The second of the Vijay Hazare Trophy witnessed some exciting performances on the day. While Venkatesh Iyer’s all-round show handed Madhya Pradesh a convincing win, Ruturaj Gaikwad continued his form and notched up yet another ton.
Venkatesh Iyer’s all-round show
Madhya Pradesh rode on a brilliant all-round show for Venkatesh Iyer to get back on track as they defeated Kerala by 40 runs on Thursday in Rajkot. Batting first, Madhya Pradesh posted 329/9 after Iyer notched up 112 in 84 deliveries while Shubham Sharma struck a 67-ball 82 during the course.
Later, Puneet Datey and Iyer shared seven out of the ten wickets that went down to bowl the opponents out for 289. Rohan Kunnummal and Sachin Baby scored individual fifties but their efforts weren’t really enough to get the team over the line.
Ruturaj Gaikwad notches up another hundred
Maharashtra captain Ruturaj Gaikwad has been in different form and he unleashed another batting masterclass against Chhattisgarh in Rajkot. Chasing 276, Gaikwad played a match-winning knock and remained unbeaten at 154 off 143 including five maximums during the course.
Apart from him, Yash Nahar also struck a fifty as Maharashtra went over the line in 47 overs and by 8 wickets.
Earlier, Mukesh Choudhary picked up four wickets but Chhattisgarh put 275/7 in 50 overs, courtesy fifties from Amandeep Khare and Shashank Singh.
Tamil Nadu thump Karnataka
Siddharth and Sai Kishore ripped through Karnataka’s batting line up to bundle them out for 122. The two bowlers shared seven wickets among themselves. For Karnataka, it was only Rohan Kadam and Manish Pandey who got into the double-figure. Pandey top-scored with 40 off 54 balls.
Later, Tamil Nadu lost a couple of wickets but Baba Indrajith and Washington Sundar made sure that there were no further loss of wickets as the side chased down the target by 8 wickets and in 28 overs. Indrajith struck a fifty during the chase.
Close encounter between Bihar and Meghalaya
Bihar and Meghalaya were involved in a close encounter where the latter stole a win by just 1 run in Jaipur. Batting first Meghalaya scored 273/6 in 50 overs after opener Khuaran notched up a century while captain Puneet Bisht scored 75.
Later, Bihar had a good start as they were 74/2 in 18th over but the fall of the second wicket saw wickets going down at regular intervals and they were eventually bowled out for 272 despite Sakibul Gani’s 70-ball 94 and lost the match by 1 run.
Other results
Rajasthan beat Goa by 84 runs
Punjab beat Railways by 3 wickets
Services beat Assam by 4 wickets
Uttarakhand beat Chandigarh by 3 wickets
Nagaland beat Arunachal Pradesh by 5 wickets
Sikkim beat Mizoram by 4 wickets
Tripura beat Manipur by 86 runs
Saurashtra beat Haryana by 5 wickets
Odisha beat Gujarat by 3 wickets
Vidarbha beat Andhra by 8 wickets
Himachal Pradesh beat J&K by 63 runs
Mumbai beat Baroda by 13 runs (VJD Method)
Puducherry beat Bengal by 8 wickets (VJD Method)
Haryana beat Delhi by 79 runs
Jharkhand beat Uttar Pradesh by 8 wickets