Yuvraj Singh blasted his way to an unbeaten 78 off 59 balls as Punjab coasted to a six wicket victory against Rajasthan to put a foot in the quarterfinal of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, here on Tuesday.
With their fourth win in five matches, Punjab are on top of group A with 16 points and a match to go.
Courtesy Yuvraj, who hit 10 fours and two sixes, Punjab raced to the victory target of 271 in only 44.4 overs. Opener Jiwanjot Singh (66) and Mandeep Singh (60) also made significant contributions. Along with Mayank Siddana (25), Yuvraj added 75 runs in only 9.3 overs as they hardly broke sweat while achieving the target.
Brief Scores
Rajasthan: 270/7 (Manender Singh 118, Brainder Sran 4/60) lose to Punjab: 273/4 in 44.4 overs (Yuvraj Singh 78 no, Jiwanjot Singh 66, Mandeep Singh 60). Punjab win by 6 wickets.
Msd continues to struggle
Alur (Karnataka): Mahendra Singh Dhoni's poor run of form in domestic cricket continued as he scored only one but Jharkhand managed to comfortably beat defending champions Karnataka to get a step closer to the qualifying for the quarter-finals of the Vijay Hazare Trophy. Batting first, Jharkhand scored 216 for 9 with Ishank Jaggi (50), Saurabh Tiwary (43) and Deobrat (47) being chief contributors.
In reply, Karnataka were all out for 169 with lokesh Rahul scoring 42. left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem (3/15) was the best bowler on view. Sonu Singh also got three wickets in the game.