Vijay Hazare Trophy 2023 highlights, Round 1: JHA chases 356; KAR wins big; HAR, HYD, MUM, DEL, BEN win

Mumbai vs Sikkim: Mumbai 90/3 (12) bts Sikkim 89 all out (39.1) - Tushar Deshpande 3/19

Bengal vs Nagaland: BEN 143/1 (18.5 overs) bt NAG 139 all out (47) - Sudip Garami ‘62 not out

Bihar vs Delhi: DEL 150/2 (22.1) bts BIH 149 all out (39) - Harshit Rana 4/17

Hyderabad vs Manipur: HYD 208/5 (29.5) bts MAN 203 all out (50) - Rahul Gahlaut - 70

J&K vs Karnataka: KAR 402/2 (50) bts J&K 180 all out (30.4 overs) - Mayank 157, Samarth 123

Chandigarh vs Mizoram: CHA 364/4 (50) bts MIZ 149 all out (34.5 overs) - Arslan Khan 131, AK Kaushik 117

Haryana vs Uttarakhand: Haryana 208/4 (45 overs) bts Uttarakhand 207 all out (47.4) - Yuzvendra Chahal 6/26

Goa vs Madhya Pradesh: MP 273/3 (39.3 overs) bts GOA 272/9 (50) - Himanshi Mantri

Andhra vs Himachal Pradesh: HP 212/3 (43.3 overs) bts Andhra 206 (47.3) - Vaibhar Arora 3/23

Arunachal Pradesh vs Rajasthan: RAJ 347/8 (50) bts AP 186 all out (46.2 overs) - Deepak Hooda 114

Odisha vs Tripura: ODI 108/6 (23.2 overs) bts TRI 107 all out (29) - Biplab Samantaray 5/32

Pondicherry vs Railways: PDY 172 all out (49.1) bts Railways 150 all out (45.3 overs) - Yuvraj Singh 4/25

Kerala vs Saurashtra: KER 188/7 (47.4 overs bts SAU 185 all out (49.1) - Vishvarajsinh Jadeja 99, Akhin Sathar 4/39

Jharkhand vs Maharashtra: JHA 359/4 (48 overs) bts MAH 355/4 (50) - Virat Singh 143

Chhattisgarh vs Services: SER 301/7 (50) bts Services 261/9 (48.5 overs) - Aanshul Gupta 91*

Baroda vs Punjab: BAR 214/9 (50) bts PUN 211 all out (49.1 overs) - Baltej Singh 4/27

Assam vs Gujarat: GUJ 320/8 (50) bts Assam 284 all out (47.1 overs) - SD Chauhan 108*

Meghalaya vs Vidarbha: VID 243/9 (50) bts Meghalaya 211 all out (48.1 overs) - Karun Nair 67

Kerala wins by three wickets in hand.

Pondicherry defends 173-run target, beats Railways by 22 runs.

Odisha chases down Tripura’s 108-run target in 23.2 overs.

Rajasthan wins by a margin of 161 runs.

Himachal Pradesh chases 207 runs with seven wickets in hand.

Madhya Pradesh chases down Goa’s 273-run target with seven wickets in hand.

Anish: Fifty for Saurabh Tiwary. He has carried on after the wicket of Virat Singh with Jharkhand in prime position to pull this chase off. New batter Kumar Kushagra has begun well scoring two boundaries already. JHA 284/4

Haryana chases down 208-run target with five overs to spare.

Anish: Solanki gets the big scalp. Virat is dismissed for 143. Tried to loft one down the ground but only manages to find Bachhav at long on. JHK 252/4

Chandigarh wins by a margin of 215 runs as Mizoram is bowled out for 149 chasing 365.

Karnataka wins by a margin of 222 runs as J&K is bowled for 180 chasing 402.

Anish: Saurabh Tiwary is dropped at long-off in Naushad Shaikh’s over. Attempted to loft one straight down the ground, the fielder running across managed to get his hands to it but couldn’t complete the catch. JHK 210/3 in 31 overs

Punjab is in trouble chasing 215 runs. Mayank Markande and Harpreet Brar currently on strike.

Anish: Only a slight raise of the bat and a fist pump with the non-striker as Virat Singh completes his century. Still a long way to go in the chase and he seems determined to see his team through. JHK 175/3 in 26.1 overs

Abhishek: Yudhvir Singh races to a fifty in 22 balls and gives something to cheer for the J&K camp. 161/8 in 26 overs.

Hyderabad chased down the 204-run target in 29.5 overs with five wickets to spare.

Anish: Prashant Solanki gets the important breakthrough as Vikas Vishal departs after a well made half century. Saurabh Tiwary joins Virat Singh in the middle. JHK 161/3.

Abhishek: Krishnappa Gowtham gets Abid Mushtaq and Sahil Lotra in the 22nd over, moving Karnataka within 2 wickets of a win. 112/8 in 22 overs

Umran wont be batting after his foot injury. This is the last wicket.

Abhishek: J Suchith castles Vivrant in his first over and the only batter defying the Karnataka bowlers makes his way back. J&K 102/6

Abhishek: JK limps past 100 runs with Vivrant Sharma’s slog sweep for four. Vyshak has dented the run chase with his four wickets. Sharma is the only one putting up a fight.

Anish: Hundred partnership up between Virat Singh and Vikas Vishal at a very good run rate. Jharkhand in a good position at 122/2 in 19 overs. “Khelte raho” is the instruction from the dugout.

Delhi chases down 150-run target in 22.1 overs with eight wickets in hand.

Bengal chases down 144-run target in 18.5 overs with nine wickets in hand.

Ashwin: Kerala loses big wicket of captain Sanju Samson. Big celebration from Saurashtra. Caught at deep point.

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Mumbai chases down 90-run target in 12 overs with seven wickets in hand.

Anish: Fifty up for Virat Singh off 43 balls as Jharkhand reaches 91/2 at the end of 15 overs. He has looked very assured at the crease to both pace and spin and the team will be leaning on him to bat through to chase down this massive total.

Abhishek: Vyshak removes both Henan Malik and Abdul Samad in same over. Henan’s got bowled while Samad lofted his drive and holed out to cover after just two deliveries. J&K 76/4 in 13 overs.

Anish: Fifty up for Jharkhand within the first PowerPlay. Captain Virat Singh has looked fluent at the crease and found a partner in Vikas Vishal after the fall of two quick wickets. Rajvardhan Hangargekar was taken for 14 runs in his only over.

Abhishek: Vyshak sends Shubham Khajuriya’s off stump cartwheeling in the 11th over.

Abhishek: Vivrant Sharma with his counter aggression has taken JK to 60/1 at the end of the PowerPlay. It has been only pace for Karnataka so far and Sharma seems comfortable against it.

Sanju Samson and Sachin Baby at crease after Kerala loses two early wickets chasing Saurashtra’s 186-run target.

Abhishek: Vivrant Sharma dropped on 3 by Vidwath Kaverappa. Was going for a pull but got a top edge. Kaverappa did the hard part of getting under the ball but could not hold onto it.

Abhishek: Koushik gets Qamran Iqbal in the fourth over. A soft dismissal as the batter miscues a cut and hands a catch to covers.

Anish: Dadhe picks up his second as Nazim chips a full ball on the stumps straight to the fielder at short square.

Anish: Early breakthrough for Maharashtra as Aryaman Sen is dismissed for a two-ball duck. Tried to defend off the front foot to a full ball outside off but only manages to nick it through to the keeper. Dadhe with the wicket.

Abhishek: Qamran Iqbal and Shubham Khajuria begin the run chase for J&K.

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Vijay Hazare Trophy 2023: Karnataka records its highest-ever List-A total

Karnataka recorded its highest ever List-A total of 402/2 during the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2023 match against Jammu & Kashmir at Narendra Modi Stadium Ground ‘B’ in Ahmedabad on Thursday.

Kerala vs Saurashtra: SAU 185 all out (49.1) - Vishvarajsinh Jadeja 99, Akhin Sathar 4/39

Mumbai vs Sikkim: Mumbai 90/3 (12) beats Sikkim 89 (39.1)- Tushar Deshpande 3/19

Pondicherry vs Railways: PDY 172 all out (49.1) - Yuvraj Singh 4/25

Odisha vs Tripura: TRI 107 all out (29) - Biplab Samantaray 5/32

Jharkhand vs Maharashtra: MAH 355/4 (50) - Ankeet Bawane 107*

Hyderabad vs Manipur: MAN 203 all out (50)

Chhattisgarh vs Services: SER 301/7 (50) - Aanshul Gupta 91*, Shubham Singh 4/64

Meghalaya vs Vidarbha: VID 243/9 (50) - Karun Nair 67, Dippu 4/43

J&K vs Karnataka: KAR 402/2 (50) - Mayank 157, Samarth 123, Padikkal 71*

Chandigarh vs Mizoram: CHA 364/4 (50) - Arslan Khan 131, AK Kaushik 117

Haryana vs Uttarakhand: Uttarakhand 207 all out (47.4) - Yuzvendra Chahal 6/26

Bihar vs Delhi: BIH 149 all out (39) - Harshit Rana 4/17, Suyash Sharma 3/19, Ishant Sharma 3/30

Assam vs Gujarat: GUJ 320/8 (50) - SD Chauhan 108*

Andhra vs Himachal Pradesh: Andhra 206 (47.3) - Vaibhar Arora 3/23

Arunachal Pradesh vs Rajasthan: RAJ 347/8 (50) - Deepak Hooda 114, Deepak Chahar 66*

Baroda vs Punjab: BAR 214/9 (50) - Baltej Singh 4/27

Goa vs Madhya Pradesh: GOA 272/9 (50) - Rahul Tripathi 92, Arshad Khan 3/49

Bengal vs Nagaland: NAG 139 all out (47)

Abhishek: Karnataka ends at 402/2 in 50 overs. Manish Pandey provides the final flourish with his 14-ball 23 which included a six as well. 71 off 35 for Paddikal.

This is also Karnataka’s highest List A score.

Anish: Century for Ankeet Bawne against Jharkhand at better than a run-a-ball. Made sure to bat through the innings after Jadhav’s wicket. MAH finishes on 355/4 in 50 overs.

Anish: Varun Aaron removes Kazi in the penultimate over. Nazim comes in from the deep and completes a forward diving catch to dismiss Kazi for 61.

Abhishek: Devdutt Paddikal brings up his half-century in just 27 balls. With a little more than two overs left, he’s the key for Karnataka to cross 400.

Anish: Two fours and a six off Sushant Mishra’s 48th over. Kazi speeds to his fifty and takes the partnership past 100 as well.

Yuzvendra Chahal gets his sixth wicket in his final over, finishing with figures of 6/26 as Uttarakhand is bundled out for 207.

Abhishek: Sahil Lotra brings the end of Mayank after his 150. Looking to continue the onslaught, Mayank steps out but is foxed by the spin and gets stumped.

Abhishek: 150 up for Mayank Agarwal. He’s been brutal in dealing with length deliveries, packing them down the ground on multiple occasions.

3/19 for Suyash Sharma on List A debut as Delhi bundles Bihar for 149. Ishant Sharma and Harshit Rana claim the remaining seven wickets.

Karnataka gets past 300 in the 43rd over. Devdutt Paddikal has effortlessly kept the run rate up in his short stint so far by using pace to collect fours behind square.

Anish: After a few tight overs from the pacers, Azim Kazi goes after Anukul, hitting two boundaries in the over. Ankeet unbeaten on 75 as the two put on a fifty partnership.

Abhishek: Rasik Salam fires one in the block to castle Samarth R (123, 120b, 11×4, 2x6). The partnership is finally broken on 267. Devdutt Paddikal walks in at No. 3.

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Vijay Hazare Trophy 2023: Yuzvendra Chahal completes 200 List A wickets with six-wicket haul for Haryana

Yuzvendra Chahal completed 200 List A wickets during the Vijay Hazare Trophy match between Haryana and Uttarakhand in Ahmedabad on Thursday.

Sikkim has been bundled for 89 in 38.1 overs by Mumbai. Seamer Tushar Deshpande leas the attack with three wickets in seven overs.

Jaydev Unadkat (29*) and Vishvarajsinh Jadeja (31*) combine to lead Saurashtra to 100 as Kerala introduces spin for the first time in 33 overs.

Mayank crosses the three-figure mark in 104 balls. Bisects the gap between cover and mid off against Umran Malik to get to the milestone. 245/0 in 36 overs

Anish: Took a while to get there but Ankeet Bawne completes his fifty after playing out a few dot balls. Nadeem removes Kedar Jadhav immediately after to break the 100-run stand between the two.

Deepak Hooda hits an 85-ball hundred for Rajasthan after walking in at 36/3 against Arunachal Pradesh. RAJ 233/6 in 35 overs.

Anish: Fifty up for Kedar Jadhav in 43 balls. Ominous signs for Jharkhand as the two batters near a hundred-run stand. The players take drinks. MAH 216/2 in 32 overs

Abhishek: Samarth gets to his ton with a simple flick to square leg off Abid Mushtaq. Nine fours and two maximums on the way to the ton. 197/0 in 31 overs.

Abhishek: No end in sight for J&K’s agony. The spinners asserted control for a while by drying up boundaries but could not get any wicket. Samarth on 98 and Mayank on 79. 193/0 in 30 overs

Anish: Ankeet joins the party with six and four off Nadeem. Slightly short on the stumps, Ankeet rocked back to pull it over midwicket on both occasions. Fifty partnership up between the pair.

Akhin Sathar traps Parth Bhut for two to claim his fourth wicket. Captain Unadkat walks out for Saurashtra at number nine.

Anish: Appeals for LBW against Kedar as he tried to prod his foot forward and defend against Anukul. Umpire says no. He’s looked good so far, helping himself to a few boundaries off the spinners. Jharkhand will want to break this partnership quickly.

Snubbed from the T20I side, Yuzvendra Chahal has started his VHT season with three wickets in his first four overs against Uttarakhand. Figures of 4-1-5-3 now.

Abhishek: Mayank Agarwal put down on 67 by Qamran Iqbal at short cover off Abdul Samad.

How costly is that going to prove now?

Debutant Akhin Sathar gets his third wicket as he removes Chirag Jani for 2. SAU reeling at 59 for six.

Kerala vs Saurashtra: SAU 51/5 (18.4)

Mumbai vs Sikkim: SIK 58/2 (21.5)

Pondicherry vs Railways: PDY 51/4 (19)

Odisha vs Tripura: Match start delayed

Jharkhand vs Maharashtra: MAH 125/2 (19.1)

Hyderabad vs Manipur: MAN 96/2 (22.2)

Chhattisgarh vs Services: SER 103/0 (21.3)

Meghalaya vs Vidarbha: VID 85/3 (20.4)

J&K vs Karnataka: KAR 131/0 (20.2)

Chandigarh vs Mizoram: CHA 100/1 (21)

Haryana vs Uttarakhand: UTT 92/3 (21)

Bihar vs Delhi: BIH 71/6 (17.5)

Assam vs Gujarat: GUJ 115/3 (23.5)

Andhra vs Himachal Pradesh: AP 81/4 (20)

Arunachal Pradesh vs Rajasthan: RAJ 131/5 (18.2)

Baroda vs Punjab: BAR 84/3 (21)

Goa vs Madhya Pradesh: GOA 93/2 (22.1)

Bengal vs Nagaland: NAG 82/3 (22.5)

Anish: Bhosale departs for 73 after mistiming a shot straight into the hands of Saurabh Tiwary at mid on off the bowling of Sushant Mishra. The debutant hangs his head back in disbelief as he walks back.

Abhishek: Samarth too gets to his half century as the opening pair continues to march on. 124/0 in 20 overs.

Kerala bags its fifth wicket as Arpit Vasavada’s stoic knock ends. He falls for three off 32 balls as Akhin Sathar picks up his second. Kerala has used four pacers so far.

Anish: Bhosale continues to get a move on despite the fall of the wicket at the other end. Two fours off Anukul’s over takes him into the seventies.

Abhishek: Vivrant Sharma bowls a full toss which Samarth pulls over long on to bring up the century stand for the opening wicket. Karnataka cruising at the moment.

Anish: First wicket down for Maharashtra as Naushad departs for 32 after top-edging a slightly wider ball from Varun Aaron. Saurabh Tiwary completes the catch to finally break the opening partnership. Captain Kedar Jadhav comes in at 3.

Aaron manages to find Jadhav’s under-edge as he flung his bat at a full, wide ball, falls short of the diving keeper and runs away for four.

Baltej Singh and Harpreet Brar pick up the early wickets for Punjab as Baroda fails to put up big partnerships.

Anish: 100 up for Maharashtra in the 14th over. Jharkhand has brought on spin to try to counter this attacking first wicket partnership with left-arm spinner Anukul Roy in operation. 103/0 in 14 overs

Abhishek: Fifty for Mayank Agarwal. He’s been the more assured of the two batters and has set up the perfect platform for his side.

Abhishek: A change of ends for Umran. Another stays low and gets Mayank on the pad.The umpire denies the appeal and Umran stands with his hands held over his head in disbelief. Takes his time to get to the top of his run up.

Abhishek: Mayank Agarwal charges down to loft off spinner Sahil Lotra twice in the 13th over. Clears the fence over long off on the first and long on on the second. KAR 79/0 after 13.

Anish: A sublime fifty from Om Bhosale. A stroke filled innings from the southpaw. Has punished anything that has been full or wide. Sheikh has rotated strike well at the other end to ensure Maharashtra is in a strong position at the end of the first powerplay.

Akhil Scaria knocks over Samarth Vyas in his first over. He bowls a wicket-maiden. Saurashtra in shambles at the end of 10 overs at 29 for four.

Harshit Rana on a role. He’s got three wickets in four balls across two overs. Figures of 4-2-5-3 so far.

Arunachal Pradesh runs through the Rajasthan top-order with four early wickets. The onus is now on skipper Deepak Hooda to lead a recovery.

Saurashtra in trouble as Basil Thampi removes Prerak Mankad for a four-ball duck.

Abhishek: Samarth joins the party. Rasik Salam offers two gifts on the pads which Samarth dispatches to the boundary. Puzzling why Umran Malik has still not been called in.

42/0 in 6 overs

Harvik Desai falls as he hands a caught-and-bowled opportunity for Akhin. Kerala has removed the openers early.

Anish: Appeals for caught behind as Naushad tries to fetch a fuller wide one off Aaron. Umpire says no. Looks like the sound was of the bat hitting the ground. MAH 35/0 in 5 overs

Abhishek:Mayank Agarwal continues to play the aggressor for Karnataka. He’s picked two boundaries off Rasik Salam. Hard to pick from the side on view but a hint of movement seems to have inducing the couple of play-and-miss shots so far. 29/0 after 5 overs.

Sheldon Jackson falls early as Basil Thampi finds the early breakthrough for Kerala. Saurashtra 20/1 in 4.2 overs; Jackson c Vishnu Vinod b Basil Thampi 4

Our correspondent Anish Pathiyil from the venue: Om Bhosale and Naushad Sheikh open for Maharashtra. Monu Singh and Varun Aaron operating from the two ends. A no ball from Aaron in his first over. And the free hit is dispatched to midwicket by Bhosale. Aaron pointing at the landing mark and some sawdust being put to level it.

Our correspondent Abhishek Saini from the venue: J&K gives away seven extras in the first over from Rasik Salam. The only scoring shot comes off Mayank Agarwal’s bat - a slash through point. Early signs of the ball keeping low too.

Ishant Sharma strikes with the first ball against Bihar. He dismisses Bipin Saurabh caught-behind by Anuj Rawat.

Sheldon Jackson and Harvik Desai open the batting for Saurashtra against Kerala.

Baroda XI: Atit Sheth, Abhimanyusingh, B A Pathan, JK Singh, Krunal Pandya, Lukman Meriwala, Mahesh Pithiya, Mitesh Patel, Ninad Rathva, Shivalik Sharma, Vishnu Solanki.

Punjab XI: Abhishek Sharma, Anmolpreet Singh, Baltej Singh, Harpreet Brar, Mandeep Singh, Mayank Markande, Nehal Wadhera, Prabhsimran Singh, Sanvir Singh, Siddharth Kaul.

Karnataka: Mayank Agarwal, Samarth R, Sharath R, Devdutt Paddikal, Manish Pandey, Nikin Jose, Gowtham K, Suchith J, Vidwath Kaverappa, Vyshak V, Koushik V

J&K: Shubham Khajuria, Qamran Iqbal, Vivrant Sharma, Abdul Samad, Henan Malik, Fazil Rashid, Sahil Lotra, Abid Mushtaq, Umran Malik, Yudhveer Singh, Rasik Salam

Kerala vs Saurashtra: Kerala won the toss and elected to field

Mumbai vs Sikkim: Sikkim won the toss and elected to bat.

Pondicherry vs Railways: Railways won the toss and elected to field

Odisha vs Tripura: Match start delayed

Jharkhand vs Maharashtra: Jharkhand won the toss and elected to field.

Hyderabad vs Manipur: Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field

Chhattisgarh vs Services: Services won the toss and elected to bat.

Meghalaya vs Vidarbha: Meghalaya won the toss and elected to field

J&K vs Karnataka: Karnataka won the toss and elected to bat.

Chandigarh vs Mizoram: Mizoram won the toss and elected to Field

Haryana vs Uttarakhand: Haryana won the toss and elected to field

Bihar vs Delhi: Bihar won the toss and elected to bat

Assam vs Gujarat: Gujarat won the toss and elected to bat

Andhra vs Himachal Pradesh: Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to field

Arunachal Pradesh vs Rajasthan: Rajasthan won the toss and elected to bat.

Baroda vs Punjab: Punjab won the toss and elected to field.

Goa vs Madhya Pradesh: Madhya Pradesh Won the Toss and elected to field

Bengal vs Nagaland: Bengal won the toss and elected to field

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