Medium pacer Ramandeep Singh rattled Baroda with a hat-trick and powered Punjab to a nine-wicket win of their Vijay Hazare Trophy Group D match, in Mumbai on Tuesday. Opting to bat, Baroda had been skittled out for 81 in 20.4 overs with Ramandeep wrecking havoc throughout a dream spell of 4-0-17-5, whereas left-arm spinner Abhishek Sharma picked up 3/17. In reply, Punjab cruised to the goal in 12 overs to seal their second win in as many matches. Opener Prabhismaran Singh led their chase with an unbeaten 62 from 48 balls. Baroda had a good begin in a 57-run opening stand. But all hell broke unfastened after Aditya Waghmode (24) was run out by Harpreet Brar.

Sharma dismissed Mitesh Patel (2) as well as of simply 4 runs, and thereafter, Ramandeep obtained into the act when he bagged his hat-trick by dismissing Vishu Solanki (0), Ninad Rathva (0) and skipper Amabati Rayudu (0).

The spin and tempo mixture of Sharma and Ramandeep saved making inroads as solely two Baroda batters — opener Jyotsnil Singh and Waghmode — managed to achieve double digits.

Agarwal slams ton as Hyderabad pip Saurashtra

Skipper Tanmay Agarwal led from the entrance with a 119-ball 124 as Hyderabad put up a powerful batting show to beat Saurashtra by 5 wickets in a Vijay Hazare Trophy Group A match, in New Delhi on Tuesday.

Chasing a difficult 313, Hyderabad responded in fashion as Agarwal and Rohit Rayudu put up a powerful 214-run opening stand and batted until the thirty fifth over.

But the duo departed in fast succession within the thirty fifth over and the match hung in steadiness with Hyderabad needing 34 in 35 balls when Ravi Teja obtained out for a 23-ball 34.

But Tilak Varma performed an helpful knock of 45 from 36 balls (2×4, 2×6) earlier than Tanay Thyagarajan and Mickil Jaiswal sealed the win with seven balls to spare.

Put in to bat, Saurashtra posted a difficult 312 for 9 with wicketkeeper-batter Harvik Desai anchoring their innings with a 120-ball 102.

Wickets saved falling round him however the Saurashtra opener held fort with helpful partnerships within the center order. For Hyderabad Elligaram Sanketh was the top-wicket-taker with 4/62, whereas Anikethreddy claimed 3/35.

After Desai obtained out, skipper Jaydev Unadkat slammed a 17-ball 30, whereas Chetan Sakariya smashed 4 sixes and two fours en path to his 14-ball 36 not out to take them previous the 300-mark.

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