Vijay Hazare Trophy: Delhi suffer first loss, Uttarakhand on a roll
Cricket | Sep 26, 2018, 10:17 PM ISTA star-studded Delhi batting line-up failed to chase 250 against Odisha to suffer their first loss in the Vijay Hazare Trophy on Wednesday.
A star-studded Delhi batting line-up failed to chase 250 against Odisha to suffer their first loss in the Vijay Hazare Trophy on Wednesday.
In his third domestic match, Negi returned with extraordinary figures of 6-0-17-7 as Arunachal Pradesh batting caved in for 61 all-out.
Shreyas Iyer and Prithvi Shaw hit blistering hundreds to help Mumbai pile on 400 for five in fifty overs and defeat Railways by 173 runs on Sunday.
Rahane, dropped from the Indian squad in white ball cricket, led from the front with his blistering 148-run knock against Karnataka at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Nadeem broke a two-decade world record for best figures in List A matches with his eight-wicket haul, which saw Rajasthan being bundled out for 73 in 28.3 overs.
Nadeem ran through the Rajasthan batting to end a sensational spell of 10-4-10-8.
In the end, Mavi's five-wicket haul was not enough as Uttar Pradesh fell short of the target to end at 278 all in 49.1 overs.
The Vijay Hazare Trophy will be played in New Delhi where last year's runners-up Saurashtra will play their first match against Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association (UPCA).
Pant, who captained Delhi to Ranji Trophy final last year, didn't take up the leadership role as he is a certainty in the Indian Test squad for the West Indies series, starting October 4.
Mumbai are placed in Elite Group A and will begin their campaign against Baroda in Alur, near Bengaluru, on September 19.
Mayank Agarwal continued his record-breaking form in the domestic season as his 79-ball 90 set up the foundation for Karnataka’s 41-run win against Saurashtra in the final of the Vijay Hazare Trophy on Tuesday.
Saurashtra batsmen Ravindra Jadeja (56) and Aarpit Vasavada (58) starred to post 255 runs on the board.
The 160-run target was never going to be a big ask for Karnataka's quality batting line-up as openers Mayank Agarwal (81*) and skipper Karun Nair (70*) made merry with no pressure of scoreboard, achieving the target in only 30.3 overs.
Pacer Siva Kumar (4/29 in 10 overs) and left-arm spinner Bharghav Bhatt (3/28 in 7.1 overs) wreaked havoc as Delhi were skittled out for 111 in 32.1 overs.
Along with Ravikumar Samarth (125 off 124 balls), Mayank added 242 runs for the second wicket as Karnataka piled up a huge 347 for 8 in 50 overs and then bowled out Hyderabad for 244 in 42.5 overs with Shreyas Gopal picking up 5/31.
It was a thorough professional performance by Maharashtra as they first restricted a star-studded Mumbai batting line-up to a modest 222 for 9 in 50 overs and then surpassed the score in 46.5 overs losing only three wickets.
During December 2016, Karun was the new batting sensation with a Test triple hundred under his belt and by December 2017, he was nowhere in the vicinity of the Indian team in any format.
Shaw, who had led India U-19 to a record fourth World Cup title in New Zealand recently, played four games and scored two fifties in the league stage of the Vijay Hazare Trophy in Chennai.
In the other two games played in the group, Odisha trounced Haryana by nine wickets and Baroda, riding on opener Aditya Waghmode's superb knock of 148 (128 balls, 17X4, 4X6), posted a massive 279-run win over Assam.
With Maharashtra facing Kerala in the decider, one team will go on to 18 points and Delhi will pray that Bengal beat Himachal in the final game so that they can qualify as the second team.
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