Vijay Hazare Trophy highlights, pre-quarterfinals updates: Kerala and Bengal qualify for quarterfinals

Bengal chases down 284-run target with eight wickets in hand and four overs to spare. 

Bengal qualifies for quarterfinals. Will face Haryana next. 

Anustup reaches his hundred in just 85 balls with the help of 10 fours and a six. Bengal just five runs away from win. 

Maharashtra suffers its second biggest defeat in List A cricket - 153 runs - as it is bowled out for 230. Kerala into quarterfinals. 

Biggest win for Kerala by margin of runs. It will now meet Rajasthan in quarterfinals. 

Bengal captain Sudip Gharami reaches his hundred in 117 balls. 

Nikhil Naik is caught at boundary and Maharashtra loses its ninth wicket. 

Ghosh departs after scoring 20 off 19 balls and in the next over Pradeep Dadhe falls on his first ball. 

Gharami has entered his 90s. Bengal in complete control of the chase. Just needs 71 runs more to win in 13 overs. Anustup on 62. 

Kazi also departs now and surely Kerala now has taken over the game here. 

Anustup has reached his fifty. The partnership for the third wicket now has gone past the 100-run mark. 97 runs more to win with 17 overs left. 

Maharashtra in trouble! Fourth wicket down, this time Siddharth Mhatre who falls for 17. Vaisakh Chandran picks up the wicket. 

And another one bites the dust. Fifth down as Ankit Bawne edges straight to keeper off Akhin in the next over. 

Captain Gharami is making sure Bengal is in control of the runchase. He has added 71 runs for the third wicket so far with Anustup. 

Kerala on fire here. Maharashtra now loses captain Kedar Jadhav for 11. Three wickets in three overs. 

Kaushal Tambe gets to fifty in 52 balls. Maharashtra is well placed here in this runchase. Jinxed it. Kaushal is runout on the next ball. Kerala gets the much-needed breakthrough! Kedar Jadhav walks in at number three. 

In the next over, Om Bhosale too departs on 78! Kerala is back into the game with successive wickets. MAH 149/2 

Kaushal Tambe is nearing his fifty. The partnership is now 117 runs. Exactly what Maharashtra wanted. Kerala will need to contain runs here somehow. 

Abishek Porel falls for 47 as he gets caught off Kathan Patel. Second wicket falls for Bengal. Anustup Majumdar walks in. 

Abishek Poral is nearing his fifty now. A good foundation here for Bengal to chase down this tricky total. Who will provide the breakthrough for Gujarat?

Fifty for Om Bhosale in 46 balls. He has provided a fantastic start to the chase for Maharashtra. 

Om and Kaushal have put on 80 runs in the first PowerPlay. Exactly the start Maharashtra needed. 

Abishek (27) and Gharami (10) have stablised the innings after the early jolt. Gujarat will need a few wickets more to keep control of the game. 

Kaushal Tambe and Om Bhosale have provided a quick start to Maharashtra in pursuit of a 384-run target. 

Om Bhosale has found a start here for Maharashtra, getting three fours in the first three overs. 

Bengal lost Shakib Gandhi in the first over for a three-ball duck. Chintan Gaja picked up the wicket. Abhishek Porel and captain Sudip Gharami at the crease now. 

Bengal to chase 284 runs against Gujarat. 

Maharashtra has to chase down 384 runs - which will be the joint-highest runchase in Indian List-A cricket. 

Priyank Panchal scored a brilliant 101 off 114 balls with nine boundaries and a six as Gujarat posted 283/9 in its 50 overs against Bengal. 

Dhruva from Rajkot: Kerala finishes with 383 for four in 50 overs. A whopping 111 runs coming in the final PowerPlay, thanks to Abdul Basith and Vishnu Vinod. Pradeep Dadhe the only silver lining to Maharashtra’s horror show with the ball.

Priyank Panchal is motoring on nicely having crossed his half-century but Saurav Chauhan falls for a run-a-ball 53. Axar Patel has opened his account and holds the key along with Priyank as Gujarat aims to up the ante with another 20 overs remaining. 

OUT! Rohan Kunnummal falls for 120 as he tries to go over midwicket fielder but can’t. A terrific knock. Maharashtra finally gets the breakthrough. Sanju Samson walks in at number three. 

Krishna has entered his 90s and Kerala has gone past 200-run mark with no wickets lost. A solid platform set by these two batters. 

Panchal (72) and Axar Patel have now joined hands to take the game forward for Gujarat. With 20 overs remaining, a close to 300 will be a target Gujarat would ideally want here. 

Rohan Kunnummal gets to his century in 83 balls. A terrific knock this by the Kerala batter. He has kept finding the fence regularly and has looked at ease throughout his innings. 

KER 183/0 in 30 overs

Rohan is now into his 90s as Maharashtra struggles to wickets as well as contain runs. 

Chauhan falls right after scoring his fifty. Pradipta Pramanik gets him caught and Gujarat loses its third wicket. A 94-run stand ends. 

Krishna (66) and Rohan (71) scoring at nearly six runs an over. Maharashtra badly needs a breakthrough here. Captain Kedar Jadhav is into his second over now. 

Chauhan too is nearing his fifty. Gujarat is well-placed now with Panchal and Chauhan adding 85 runs in their ongoing third wicket stand. 

Rohan Kunnummal gets his fifty as well in 53 balls. A terrific opening partnership between these two and it has started to hurt Maharashtra. 

Fifty for Gujarat opener Priyank Panchal in 63 balls. He has hit five fours so far. Panchal and Chauhan have added 59 runs off 69 runs for the third wicket so far. 

Krishna Prasad gets to his fifty in 62 balls with the help of seven fours. 

Both Rohan and Krishna are nearing their respective half-centuries. Both looking comfortable at the crease. Maharashtra bowlers unable to control runs. 

Panchal (37) and Chauhan (11) have added 27 runs for the third wicket and have somewhat stabled the innings. 

A solid start for Kerala. Rohan and Krishna have crossed the fifty-run stand. Maharashtra need to contain runs here. 

Priyank Panchal and S D Chauhan rebuilding the innings here for Gujarat. 

Kerala ends the PowerPlay with 48 runs on the board and no wicket lost. Both Rohan and Krishna finding boundaries at regular intervals. 

Suman Das clean bowls Kshtij Patel and Gujarat loses its second wicket inside the PowerPlay. 

A solid start for Kerala. Both Krishna and Rohan looking comfortable now against Maharashtra pacers. However, there have been a few plays and misses. 

Urvil Patel is run out after scoring nine. An early wicket for Bengal. Kshtij Patel joins Priyank Panchal at the crease. 

Rohan Kunnummal and Krishna Prasad score a boundary each off Manoj Ingale’s fourth over to break the shackles. 

Both Urvil and Priyank have hit a boundary each in the first three overs. 

A slow start for Kerala as the openers negate early swing on offer. 

Rohan Kunnummal and Krishna Prasad open the innings for Kerala. Pradeep Dadhe with the new ball for Maharashtra. 

Urvil Patel and Priyank Panchal open the innings for Gujarat. Ishan Porel opens the bowling for Bengal. 

Kerala - Abdul Kazith, Akhil Scaria, Akhin, Basil Thampi, Krishna Prasad, Rohan Kunnummal, Sachin Baby, Sanju Samson, Shreyas Gopal, Vaisakh Chandran, Vishnu Vinod 

Maharashtra - A N Kazi, Ankit Bawane, Kedhar Jadhav, Kaushal Tambe, Manoj Ingale, Nikhil Naik, Om Bhosale, P C Dadhe, R Ghosh, Siddharth Mhatre, Sohan Jamale

Gujarat - Arzan Nagwaswalla, Axar Patel, Chintan Gaja, Chirag Gandhi, Jayveer Sinh, Kathan Patel, Kshtij Patel, Priyank Panchal, S D Chauhan, Umang, Urvil Patel 

Bengal - Abhishek Porel, Anustup Majumdar, Ishan Porel, Karan Lal, Mohammad Kaif, Pradipta Pramanik, Ritwik Roy, Shahbaz, Shakir Habib Gandhi, Sudip Gharami, Suman Das

Bengal wins the toss and opts to field vs Gujarat 

Maharashtra wins the toss and opts to field vs Kerala 

won by 9 wickets vs Nagaland 

won by 95 runs vs Baroda 

lost by 5 wickets vs Tamil Nadu 

won by 93 runs vs Madhya Pradesh 

won by 8 wickets vs Goa 

won by 52 runs vs Punjab

won by 36 runs vs Assam 

lost by 5 wickets vs Rajasthan 

won by 8 wickets vs Arunachal Pradesh 

won by 5 wickets vs Uttar Pradesh 

Match Abandoned vs Andhra 

won by 8 runs vs Himachal Pradesh 

lost by 6 wickets vs Jharkhand 

won by 6 wickets vs Services 

lost by 5 wickets vs Vidarbha

won by 4 wickets vs Meghalaya 

won by 3 wickets vs Hyderabad 

won by 7 wickets vs Chhattisgarh 

won by 167 runs vs Manipur

won by 3 wickets vs Saurashtra 

lost by 8 wickets vs Mumbai 

won by 78 runs vs Odisha 

won by 119 runs vs Tripura 

won by 7 wickets vs Sikkim 

won by 6 wickets vs Pondicherry 

lost by 18 runs vs Railways 

Kerala and Maharashtra’s contrasting journeys in the group stage that led them to an identical 20 points from seven matches will be on collision course when the two sides meet in the pre-quarterfinal of the Vijay Hazare Trophy at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium here on Saturday.

While Kerala’s struggles with the bat came to the fore during its 18-run defeat to Railways – that cost Sanju Samson & Co. a berth in the quarterfinal, Maharashtra’s league campaign was bookended by scores of 355 and 427 – the latter being the highest of the tournament thus far.

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Vijay Hazare Trophy 2023: With contrasting journeys in group stage, Kerala and Maharashtra clash for a place in quarters

The winner of this contest will take on Haryana in the quarterfinal on Monday, while Bengal and Gujarat will fight it out in the other pre-quarterfinal for a chance to play Rajasthan in the last-eight stage.

Kerala vs Maharashtra - Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot, 9:00 AM IST 

Bengal vs Gujarat - Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium Ground C, Rajkot, 9:00 AM IST

Hello and welcome to the pre-quarterfinals of the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2023-24 where Kerala will take on Maharashtra and Gujarat will face Bengal.