Odisha registered a comfortable five-wicket victory over Assam after their bowlers produced a disciplined effort to bundle out the opposition for a paltry 103 in the Vijay Hazare Trophy (East Zone) here on Sunday.
Bowling first after winning the toss, Odisha bowled out Assam in 44.3 overs and then chased down the target in just 23.2 overs. Basant Mohanty and Deepak Behera were the most successful bowlers for Odisha, returning impressive figures of 3/14 and 3/16 respectively.
Brief scores — Assam: 103 all out in 44.3 overs (Dheeraj Jadhav 29; Basant Mohanty 3/14, Deepak Behera 3/16) lost to Odisha: 105 for five wickets in 23.2 overs (Paresh Patel 30, Bikas Pate 26; Pritam Das 4/26).
Jharkhand beat Tripura by 8 wickets
Kolkata: Former Rajasthan medium pacer Rituraj Singh grabbed five wickets on his debut for Jharkhand as they comfortably thrashed minnows Tripura by eight wickets in an east zone leg match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy One Day meet, here on Sunday. Batting first, Tripura scored 173 in 48.3 overs with Rituraj taking 5 for 34 in 9.3 overs while India A bowler Rahul Shukla took two for 25.
Brief scores — Tripura: 173 (Rakesh Solanki 63, Rituraj Singh 5/34) lost to Jharkhand: 178/2 in 33.3 overs (Virat Singh 86 no, Kumar Deobrat 48 no, Rana Dutta 1/31).
All-round show by Karia
Ahmedabad: All-rounder Jesal Karia's power-packed performance helped Gujarat beat Maharashtra by five wickets in a west zone leg match of the Vijay Hazare trophy, here on Sunday.
Batting first, Maharashtra scored 266 for nine in 50 overs with the two Nikhils — Naik and Paradkar contributing 64 and 41, respectively. Rohit Motwani scored 40 as Karia took two for 44 with his off-breaks.
Brief scores — Maharashtra: 266/9 (Smit patel 61, Parthiv Patel 45, Jesal Karia 2/44) lost to Gujarat: 269/5 (Jesal Karia 56 not out, Smit Patel 61, Parthiv Patel 45) by 5 wickets.
Mumbai pull off 4-run win over Baroda
Ahmedabad: Paceman Shardul Thakur and off-spinner Akhil Herwadkar shared six wickets between them as Mumbai eked out a narrow four-run win over Baroda in their West Zone match in the Vijay Hazare trophy, here.
Sarfraz Khan top scored for Mumbai with his unbeaten 41-run knock while Mumbai skipper Suryakumar Yadav contributed 40 runs. However, Yadav and veteran Wasim Jaffer (37) could not convert their knocks into big ones.
Aditya Waghmode did a fantastic job for Baroda, coming up with a 69-run knock before being caught off Thakur. However the other batsmen failed to resist the rival attack and only Deepak Hooda offered some fight, batting at number six. He scored 41 but once he was dismissed, Baroda innings fell apart.
Brief scores — Mumbai: 210 (S Khan 41 not out, S Yadav 40; D Hooda 5/55) beat Baroda: 197 (A Waghmode 69, D Hooda 41; S Thakur 3/39, A Herwadkar 3/29).