Mayank Agarwal’s blazing century was the cornerstone of Karnataka’s imposing 163-run triumph over Andhra Pradesh in a South Zone match on Friday. Andhra’s decision to bowl first after winning the toss boomeranged spectacularly as Karnataka posted 330 runs, riding on Agarwal’s 137-ball 162 and Manish Pandey’s 63-ball 75. In reply, Andhra folded for 196 in 47.4 overs with Kaif’s 54 and Siva Kumar’s 40 being the only highlights of a disappointing batting performance.
Brief Scores — Karnataka: 330/6 in 50 overs (Mayank Agarwal 162, Manish Pandey 75, Ayyappa Bandaru 4/43) beat Andhra Pradesh: 196 all out in 47.4 overs (Kaif 54, Siva Kumar 40, Abhimanyu Mithun 4/18) by 163 runs.
Bengal beat Odisha
Kalyani (West Bengal): Pint-sized opener Shreevats Goswami and new ball bowler Veer Pratap Singh produced impressive performances as Bengal comfortably beat Odisha by 25 runs to kick-start their campaign in the East Zone leg of the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
Brief Scores — Bengal: 220/6 (Shreevats Goswami 110 no, Subhajit Banerjee 33, Basant Mohanty 3/46) beat Odisha: 195 all out in 46.4 overs (Nataraj Behera 77, Veer Pratap Singh 5/23, lR Shukla 2/33, Ashoke Dinda 2/41) by 25 runs.
Raj lose despite Pankaj’s six-for
Nagpur: Vidarbha’s outstation professionals Ganesh Sathish and India discard Subramanium Badrinath made significant contribution as the hosts hammered Rajasthan by 134 runs in a Central Zone leg match here.
Brief Scores — Vidarbha: 285 in 49.3 overs (G Sathish 103, S Badrinath 86, Pankaj Singh 6/50) beat Rajasthan: 151 in 36.3 overs (Ashok Menaria 60, Puneet Yadav 44, Ravi Thakur 3/18) by 143 runs.
Assam beat Tripura
Kolkata: Opener Parvez Aziz scored 72 as Assam notched up a comfortable seven-wicket win over minnows Tripura in an East Zone leg match of the Vijay Hazare Tropjy, here.
Brief Scores — Tripura: 160 (Nirupam Sen Chowdhury 50, Yogesh Takawale 36, Arup Das 2/15, Pritam laru Das 2/23) lost to Assam: 161/3 (Parvez Aziz 72, Gokul Sharma 66) by 7 wkts.
Mukund hits century
Secunderabad: Riding on Abhinav Mukund’s superb century (139), Tamil Nadu got the better of Hyderabad by 47 runs in a South Zone match.
Brief Scores — Tamil Nadu: 334/6 (Abhinav Mukund 139, R Sathish 79*, Baba Aparajith 66; C V Milind 3/71) beat Hyderabad: 287 (T Suman 136, Praneeth Kumar 68; laxmipathy Balaji 3/55) by 47 runs.
Kaushik scores ton on debut
Jamtha (Nagpur): left-handed opener Abhishek Kaushik struck a century on list A debut while off-break bowler Arnab Nandy grabbed five for 46 as Railways beat Uttar Pradesh by 39 runs in a Central Zone leg match.
Brief Scores — Rajasthan: 255/9 (Abhishek Kaushik 100, Mahesh Rawat 46, RP Singh 4/50) beat UP: 219 in 47.4 overs (Umang Sharma 59, Arnab Nandi 5/46) by 39 runs.