Vijay Hazare Trophy 2017, Day 4 Roundup: Jharkhand find a new hero in today's win

In a close encounter at the Chepauk, Andhra edged past Goa by 3 runs on Day 4 of the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2017. Goa came back strong after being reduced to 122/6 in 36 overs while chasing 229 runs. Kauthankar’s 83 helped them take the game down to the wire when 12 runs were needed from the last over where the tail-enders managed to get only 9 runs. Earlier, an 111-ball 115 from AG Pradeep helped Andhra post a respectable total.

Talking after the game, Pradeep said, “It was a good pitch to bat on compared to the wicket in the previous game which was damper. I paced my innings well to ensure we got a good total which turned out to be a very close one. I would like to dedicate my century to my newborn baby.”

Brief Scores:

Andhra: 228/9 in 50 overs (AG Pradeep 115*, Ricky Bhui 41; Felix Alemao 3/42)

Goa 225 all out in 50 overs (Snehal Kauthankar 83; Bhargav Bhatt 3/36, Swaroop 3/66)

Punjab vs Railways

Yuvraj Singh’s all-round performance set up a win for Punjab against Railways. Yuvraj had figures of 7-0-35-2 with the ball and later scored a 66-ball 66 with the bat and completed 12,000 runs in List A cricket. However, the 247-run chase was possible only due to Manpreet Gony and Gurkeerat’s 80-run unbeaten stand for the 8th wicket in just 47 balls.

Brief Scores:

Punjab: 247/7 in 49.1 overs (Gurkeerat Mann 69*, Yuvraj Singh 66; Manpreet Singh Grewal 46*; Ashish Yadav 3/41)

Railways 246/9 in 50 overs (Arindam Ghosh 83; Yuvraj Singh 2/35)

Uttar Pradesh vs Kerala

After a couple of poor batting displays, Uttar Pradesh posted a mammoth total of 387/5 against Kerala with Akshdeep Nath scoring a brilliant 143 supported by Shivam Chaudhary and Eklavya Dwivedi who scored 63 and 75 respectively. Sarfaraz Khan scored a quick 22-ball 45 towards the end. Kerala in reply were bowled out for just 142 and lost the game by a huge margin of 245 runs, the 2nd largest defeat in terms of runs for any in List A cricket in India.

Brief Scores:

Uttar Pradesh: 387/5 in 50 overs (Akshdeep Nath 143, Eklavya Dwivedi 75, Shivam Chaudhary 63)

Kerala: 142 all out in 32 overs (Vishnu Vinod 32; Piyush Chawla 3/19)

Maharashtra vs Tamil Nadu

After posting 300+ totals for the 3rd consecutive game, Maharashtra scored 270 today after electing to bat despite a good start. The inform players Ruturaj and Shaikh scored 82 and 68 respectively to hand their side a total that helped them register their 4th win in as many games in the tournament so far. Chasing 271, no Tamil Nadu played a substantial knock and this cost them the game. Captain Indrajith top scored with a 49 before getting out in the 41st over, which sealed the game for Maharashtra.

Brief Scores:

Maharashtra: 270 all out in 48.5 overs (RD Gaikwad 82, NS Shaikh 68; M Mohammed 2/36)

Tamil Nadu: 248 all out in 49.1 overs (B Indrajith 49; Shrikant Mundhe 4/43)

Bengal vs Team Rajasthan

A century from the Team Rajasthan keeper-opener Dishant Yagnik took his side a strong total of 274/9 with contributions coming from other batsmen after they were put into bat. Bengal got off to a racing start in the chase as they put on 109 for the opening wicket in 15 overs. The likes of young Rahul Chahar and Kamlesh Nagarkoti, who took 3 wickets apiece inched the game till the penultimate over but Sudip Chatterjee’s unbeaten 85 guided his side to a 2-wicket win.

Brief Scores:

Bengal: 275/8 in 49 overs (Sudip Chatterjee 85*, AR Eswaran 79; RD Chahar 3/33, KL Naharkoti 3/50)

Team Rajasthan: 274/9 in 50 overs (DH Yagnik 100; Kanishk Seth 4/59)

Tripura vs Himachal Pradesh

Tripura’s young medium pacers Abhijit Sarkar and Ajoy Sarkar rattled out Himachal’s batting as they were bowled out for just 68 with 6 of their batsmen bagging ducks in reply to Tripura’s 206. Himachal were 58/3 in the 10th over but lost their last 7 wickets for 10 runs in a span of 31 balls.

Brief Scores:

Tripura: 206 all out in 49.5 overs (NN Sen Chowdhary 51, Yashpal Singh 47; PP Jaiswal 4/32, AN Chauhan 3/41)

Himachal Pradesh: 68 all out in 15 overs (Sumeet Varma 31; Abhijit Sarkar 6/31, Ajoy Sarkar 4/37)

Gujarat  vs Madhya Pradesh

A collective bowling effort from Gujarat in absence of Jasprit Bumrah kept Madhya Pradesh down to 213/9 after losing the toss and were asked to take the field. Panchal’s fifty and contributions for the remaining batsmen helped the defending champions to bag their 2nd win with 6.5 overs to spare for the loss of 6 wickets.

Brief Scores:

Gujarat: 214/6 in 43.1 overs (PK Panchal 53, RH Merai 45; Saransh Jain 2/48)

Madhya Pradesh: 213/9 in 50 overs (Shubham Sharma 40; Rohit Dahiya 2/32)

Hyderabad vs Chhattisgarh

After being put to bat, Hyderabad started off well with their top 4 getting starts but the middle and the lower order fell for single digits as they were bowled out for 197 in 47 overs. B Sandeep top scored with an unbeaten 70. Hyderabad pulled back after Chhattisgarh made a quick start in the chase but Ashutosh Singh, with a 65, kept his side in the game and got the tail to contribute as well before getting out in the final over when 8 runs were needed and his team fell 5 runs short of the target.

Brief Scores:

Hyderabad: 197 all out in 47 overs (B Sandeep 70*; SV Thakur 4/44)

Chhattisgarh: 193/9 in 50 overs (Ashutosh Singh 65; Mehdi Hasan 2/30, Ravi Kiran 2/33)

Jharkhand vs Saurashtra

In a low-scoring game at the Eden Gardens, Jharkhand defeated Saurashtra by 42 runs defending their total of 125 runs. Ishan Kishan was the star with the bat for Jharkhand scoring 53 off just 40 balls with 5 fours and 4 sixes on a pacer’s paradise. MS Dhoni was the other to cross the 20-mark as he scored 23. Defending a low total, 4-wicket hauls for Varun Aaron and Rahul Shukla bundled out Saurashtra for just 83 with 8 of their players dismissed for single-digit scores.

Brief Scores:

Jharkhand: 125 all out in 27.3 overs (Ishan Kishan 53; SM Sanandia 5/47, KD Patel 4/39)

Saurashtra: 83 all out in 25.1 overs (Sheldon Jackson 20; Varun Aaron 4/20; Rahul Shukla 4/32)

Other scores:

Services vs Jammu and Kashmir

Services: 214 all out in 48.4 overs (Nakul Verma 68, SU Yadav 52; Parveez Rasool 3/36)

Jammu and Kashmir: 190 all out in 45.1 overs (Ahmad Banday 59, Punit Bisht 45; Vipin Singh 3/41)

Services won by 24 runs.

Haryana vs Assam

Haryana 306/6 in 49 overs (SG Rohilla 118, NR Saini 54; Amit Verma 3/47)

Assam: 253/9 in 49 overs (Pritam Das 65*, KB Arun Karthick 60; CK Bishnoi 2/15)

Haryana won by 53 runs.

Baroda vs Odisha

Odisha: 281/7 in 50 overs (GB Poddar 77; S Sing 3/58)

Baroda: 284/5 in 46.2 overs (A Waghmode 92; D Singh 2/51)

Baroda won by 5 wickets.