A depleted Delhi, with out the companies of seasoned professionals Shikhar Dhawan and Ishant Sharma, slumped to their second successive defeat, dropping to Karnataka by 4 wickets in a low-scoring Group B match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy on Thursday. Batting first on the JU (Salt Lake) floor, Delhi had been bundled out for 159 in 45.4 overs on a sluggish floor. Seamer Vasuki Koushik took 3 for 23 in 10 overs whereas leg-spinner Shreyas Gopal polished off the tail, ending with figures of three/25.

In reply, opener Ravikumar Samarth anchored the chase with 59 off 73 balls whereas veteran Manish Pandey chipped in with 4 sixes in his 37-ball-48 as Karnataka scored the runs inside 30 overs. Delhi have now misplaced two out of their final 4 video games having come out second finest in opposition to Rajasthan within the earlier recreation.

While Dhawan, who warmed up properly for the New Zealand away ODI sequence with scores of 47 and 54 within the first two video games, needed to depart for nationwide obligation, Ishant was rested as part of workload administration.

Ishant just isn’t taking part in back-to-back video games as his physique will not capable of recuperate from rigours of 50-over video games with a niche of a day.

The pitch on the JU (Salt Lake Ground) for previous 20 years has been historically low and gradual and the Delhi batters did wrestle with IPL specialists Nitish Rana (30 off 43 balls) and Lalit Yadav (59 off 100 balls) making some contributions, which was by no means going to be sufficient.

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At one level, Delhi had been diminished to 66 for six and had been at risk of being bowled out for lower than 100. But Lalit and Lakshay Thareja (15) added 44 runs for the seventh wicket to offer the full some semblance of respectability.

Brief Scores Delhi 159 in 45.4 overs (Lalit Yadav 59, Nitish Rana 30, Vasuki Koushik 3/23, S Gopal 3/25). Karnataka 161/6 in 29.4 overs (Ravikumar Samarth 59, Manish Pandey 48, Mayank Yadav 4/47). Karnataka gained by 4 wkts.

Rajasthan 270 in 49 overs (Yash Kothari 139, Rahul Shukla 5/53) Jharkhand 271/5 in 49 overs (Utkarsh Singh 91, Saurabh Tiwary 76). Jharkhand gained by 5 wkts.

Assam 307/8 (Riyan Parag 128, Sumit Singh 2/64) Sikkim 127 in 36 overs (Sunil Lachit 3/33). Assam gained by 180 runs.

Meghalaya 111 in 40 overs (Rajesh Bishnoi 53, Nachiket Bute 4/21) Vidarbha 113/1 in 27.1 overs (Aditya Sarwate 48). Vidarbha gained by 9 wickets.

MP experience on Shubham ton, Kuldeep four-for to beat Uttarakhand by 10 runs

Madhya Pradesh rode on senior batter Shubham Sharma‘s century and Kuldeep Sen‘s four-wicket haul to beat Uttarakhand by 10 runs in a Vijay Hazare Trophy Group D match on Thursday. Batting first, MP scored 276/8 in 50 overs driving on Shubham Sharma’s 100 off 110 balls with 10 fours and two sixes. He added 138 runs for the second wicket with opener Yash Dubey (72 off 80 balls) and 59 with skipper Aditya Shrivastava (53 off 55 balls) for the fourth wicket.

For Uttarakhand, left-arm spinner Swapnil Singh picked up 4 for 60.

In reply, Uttarakhand had been restricted to 266 for 9 in 50 overs with former Mumbai keeper Aditya Tare scoring a half-century (52) and Swapnil contributing 82.

Swapnil and Dikshanshu Negi (34) added 81 runs for the fifth wicket in simply 16.1 overs. In the forty fifth over, Uttarakhand had been 232 for 4, needing simply 43 runs in 33 balls when Mumbai Indians spinner Kumar Kartikeya had Negi holed out.

The decrease middle-order then discovered Sen’s tempo too sizzling to deal with as they finally fell quick. Sen completed with figures of 4 for 51 in 10 overs.

Brief Scores: MP 276/8 (Shubham Sharma 100, Yash Dubey 72, Aditya Shrivastava 53, Swapnil Singh 4/60). Uttarakhand 266/9 (Swapnil Singh 82, Aditya tare 52, Kuldeep Sen 4/51).

Jammu and Kashmir 227 in 47.4 overs (Shubham Khajuria 72, Shubham Pundir 58, Baltej Singh 3/23) Punjab 231/2 in 28.4 overs (Abhishek Sharma 89, Anmolpreet Singh 101). Punjab gained by 8 wickets.

Baroda 284/7 (Vishnu Solanki 69, Pratyush Kumar 69, Rajesh Mohanty 2/32).

Odisha 136 in 35.3 overs (Rajesh Dhuper 49, Lukman Meriwala 4/35). PTI KHS KHS AH AH

TN beat Goa, straightforward wins for Andhra, Kerala, Haryana

Tamil Nadu defeated Goa by 57 runs in a Group C match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy on Thursday. Batting first, Tamil Nadu amassed 373 for 4 due to a blistering 168 by opener N Jagadeesan and a ton by B Sai Sudharsan (117). They restricted the opposition to 316 for six in 50 overs.

Jagadeesan, who introduced up his third straight century within the match, regarded on the right track for a double ton earlier than falling to Suyash S Prabhudessai (2/87). He was concerned in a large 276-run partnership for the opening wicket with B Sai Sudharsan (117, 112 balls, 13 fours).

Jagadeesan smashed 15 fours and 6 sixes in his knock which put Tamil Nadu on monitor for a mammoth rating.

Sudharsan, who has been in good kind too, matched his opening associate stroke for stroke as the 2 went on the offensive from the beginning.

Though the speed of scoring slowed down after the exit of Sudharsan and Jagadeesan, Aparajith smashed three sixes in his 17-ball 31 to take TN to 373 for 4.

Goa put up a courageous response by way of half centuries by Snehal Kauthankar (67), Siddhesh Lad (62 not out), Ishaan Gadekar (51) and Eknath (50).

Lad, who beforehand performed for Mumbai, gave it his all. However, the large goal proved past Goa.

It was the third win for Tamil Nadu, the runners-up final season.

In different matches, Kerala beat Chhattisgarh by eight wickets and Andhra crushed Bihar by 132 runs driving on an excellent 154 by Ashwin Hebbar and half-centuries from Hanuma Vihari and Ricky Bhui.

Meanwhile, Haryana routed Arunachal Pradesh by 306 runs with C Okay Bishnoi and Yuvraj Singh hammering tons.

Brief scores: Tamil Nadu 373 for 4 in 50 overs (N Jagadeesan 168, B Sai Sudharsan 117, B Aparajith 31 not out, M Shahrukh Khan 29, Arjun Tendulkar 2/61) vs Goa 316 for six in 50 overs (Snehal Kauthankar 67, Siddhesh Lad 62 not out,Ishaan Gadekar 51, Eknath 50) by 57 runs. TN: 4 factors, Goa: 0.

Chhattisgarh 171 all out in 48.1 overs (Ashutosh Singh 40, Ajay Mandal 30, Akhil Scaria 4/25, N Basil 3/40) misplaced to Kerala 175 for two in 36.1 overs (P Rahul 92 not out, Vatshal 35) by eight wickets. Kerala: 4 factors, Chhattisgarh: 0.

Andhra 302 for 7 in 50 overs (Ashwin Hebbar 154, 141 balls, 10X4, 4X6), Hanuma Vihari 52, Ricky Bhui 52) beat Bihar 170 all out by 132 runs (Pratap 60, Sachin Kumar Singh 42, M Harishankar Reddy 3/21, B Ayyappa 2/19). Andhra: 4 factors, Bihar: 0.

Haryana 397 for 8 in 50 overs (C Okay Bishnoi 134 (124 balls, 16X4, 1X6), Yuvraj Singh 131 (116 balls, 12X4, 3X6), Himanshu Rana 38, Nishant Sindhu 36, Niia 5/84) beat Arunachal Pradesh 91 all out (Rahul Tewatia 4/24, Mohit Sharma 2/7) by 306 runs. Haryana: 4 factors, Arunachal: 0.

Majumdar stars in Bengal’s straightforward win over Pondicherry; Maharashtra beats Mumbai

Anustup Majumdar hit an unbeaten ton as Bengal romped to an eight-wicket win over Pondicherry in a Group E match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy on Thursday. Maharashtra, alternatively, defeated Mumbai by 21 runs regardless of a fantastic knock of 142 by the extremely rated Yashasvi Jaiswal.

In the Bengal-Pondicherry match, the previous gained the toss and elected to subject. Bowlers Geet Puri (3/24) and Shahbaz Ahmed (3/25) did a fantastic job to assist dismiss the opposition for 197 in 43.2 overs.

Right-handed batter Majumdar (100 not out, 106 balls, 14 fours, 1 six) was concerned in a 117-run second wicket partnership with captain Abhimanyu Easwaran (56) to arrange a strong platform.

He and the skilled Manoj Tiwary (32 not out) then noticed the workforce dwelling within the fortieth over.

In the opposite match, Maharashtra had posted 342 for two on the again of 137-ball 156 by Rahul Tripathi (18 fours, 2 sixes) and Pavan Shah’s 84.

It was Maharashtra’s third straight win within the competitors and takes the workforce to 12 factors, the identical as Railways which has performed one recreation extra.

In one other match, Railways posted an enormous 103-run win over Services for his or her third victory.

Shivam Chaudhary with an innings of 125 (126 balls, 10 fours, 4 sixes) and Mohammad Saif (86) performed key roles for the Railways.

Brief scores: Railways 347 for six in 50 overs (Shivam Chaudhary 125 (126 balls, 10X4, 4X6), Mohammad Saif 84, Vivek Singh 48, Karn Sharma 40) beat Services 244 in 42.2 overs (Ravi Chauhan 65, Amit Pachhara 54, S G Rohilla 48, Rajat Paliwal 46) by 103 runs. Railways: 4 factors, Services: 0.

Maharashtra 342 for two in 50 overs (Rahul Tripathi 156 (137 balls, 18X4, 2X6), Pavan Shah 84 (104 balls, 7X4, 2X6), Azim Kazi 50 not out) beat Mumbai 321 all out in 49 overs (Yashasvi Jaiswal 142 (135 balls, 14X4, 4X6), Armaan Jaffer 32, Prithvi Shaw 32, Satyajit Bachhav 6/46) by 21 runs. Maharashtra: 4 factors, Mumbai: 0.

Pondicherry 197 all out in 43.2 overs (Paras Dogra 63, KB Arun Karthick 34, Shahbaz Ahmed 3/25, Geet Puri 3/4) misplaced to Bengal 202 for two in 39 overs (Anustup Majumdar 100 not out (106 balls, 14X4, 1X6), Sudip Kumar Gharami 56, Manoj Tiwary 32 not out) by eight wickets. Bengal: 4 factors, Pondicherry: 0.