Vijay Hazare Trophy 2017, Day 6 Round up: Aditya Tare, Akshdeep Nath lead their teams to big wins

Day 6 of the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2017 saw Baroda featuring in the news, and on social media for a stellar show on the filed against Assam. Krunal Pandya’s mighty all-round performance of 72 off 101 balls with career-best figures of 4 for 20 helped Baroda cruise to a 92-run victory over Assam.

The Pathan brothers also contributed in the same with a 71 from Yusuf Pathan and a handy 50 from Irfan Pathan. Left-arm spinner Swapnil Singh also impressed with the ball, taking 3 for 37 as Assam were bowled out for 141 while chasing a total of 234.

Dhawal Kulkarni and Rohit Sharma made it to Mumbai’s Playing XI today. Rohit featured in his first game after a four-month injury lay-off. His outing was forgettable and failed to impress on his comeback as he was caught behind for 16 off 33 balls, it was a decent day for Mumbai. Aditya Tare’s 77 along with Siddhesh Lad’s 55 powered Mumbai to a 43-run win over Andhra. K Bharat remained Andhra’s best performer with the bat scoring 64 runs.

Vidarbha thumped Haryana with a 68-run victory at the Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi after Akshay Karnewar’s 4 for 29 and Akshay Wakhare’s 3 for 38 that left Haryana helpless at 169 in a chase of 238. Shivam Chauhan and Rajat Paliwalcame to Haryana’s rescue, but the rest of the batting didn’t cooperate.

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Though Vidarbha had lost their openers early as well, with captain Faiz Fazal going back at a duck, Ganesh Satish’s 78 and Apoorv Wankhade’s 45-ball 64 helped the team to reach 237/9. Mohit Sharma, Sanjay Pahal, and Rahul Tewatia picked up two wickets each for Haryana but ended up in the losing cause.

Akshdeep Nath’s 109, his second List A hundred in three matches, carried Uttar Pradesh to a 6-wicket win over Himachal Pradesh in Bhubaneswar. Nath struck 17 fours and two sixes during his 90-ball stay. Rinku Singh and Sarfaraz Khan sealed the victory as Uttar Pradesh chased down 256 in 40.4 overs. Mayank Dagar contributed with a 46 of 33 balls to help Himachal Pradesh to 255 but Mohd Israr returned 4/33 while his senior partner Praveen Kumar claimed 2/40.

Brief Scores:

Group A:

Assam v Baroda- Baroda won by 92 runs

Baroda 233/6 (K Pandya 77, Y Pathan 71, K Pandya 4/20, S Singh 3/37)

Assam 141 (R Das 44, KB Arun Karthik 23, PL Das 3/73)

Odisha v Railways- Railways won by 6 wickets

Odisha 228/8 (S Pattanaik 85, G Poddar 2/35)

Railway 231/4 (M Rawat 88, A Mishra 2/31)

Vidarbha v Haryana- Vidarbha won by 68 runs

Vidarbha 237/9 (G Sathish 78, A Wakhade 64, A Karnewar 4/29 A Wakhade 3/38)

Haryana 169 (S Chauhan 46, R Paliwal 32, M Sharma 36/2)

Group B:

Delhi v Kerala- Delhi won by 4 wickets

Kerala 231/8 (S Nizar 59, S Samson 41, S Warrier 2/51)

Delhi 237/6 (U Chand 64, Milind Kumar 40, P Suyal 2/46)

Tripura v Maharashtra – Maharashtra won by 4 wickets

Tripura 188/9 (Gurinder Singh 91, AK Sarkar 2/39)

Maharashtra 193/6 (K Jadhav 48, N Naik 46, N Dhumal 4/19)

Uttar Pradesh v Himachal Pradesh- Uttar Pradesh won by 6 wickets

Uttar Pradesh 259/4 (Akshdeep Nath 109, S Chaudhary 75, Israr Azim 4/33)

Himachal Pradesh- 255 (A Kaushik 72, E Sen 58, P Jaswal 1/47)

Group C:

Mumbai v Andhra- Mumbai won by 43 runs

Mumbai 231/8 (A Tare 77, S Lad 55, S Dubey 3/21, P Tambe 2/26)

Andhra 188 (K Bharat 64, G Vihari 33, PG Reddy 3/53, B Bhatt 2/54)

Bengal v Madhya Pradesh- Bengal won by 14 runs

Bengal 270/8 (S Chatterjee  91, M Tiwary 59, S Ghosh 3/43)

Madhya Pradesh 256 (Harpreet Singh 109, S Dhaliwal 37, VR Iyer 2/38)

Goa v Team Rajasthan- Team Rajasthan won by 7 wickets

Goa 211/8 (P Gawas 66, S Prabhudesai  41, D Misal 2/46)

Team Rajasthan 214/3 (MK Lomror 73, SF Khan 61, K Nagarkoti 2/30)

Group D:

Chhattisgarh v Services at Kolkata- Chattisgarh won by 14 runs

Chhattisgarh 246/7 (A Singh 84, M Kaif 65, S Agarwal 3/26, P Rao 3/36)

Services 232 (SR Swain 92, S Yadav 78, D Pathania 2/45)

J&K v Saurashtra- J & K won by 23 runs

J&K 170 (P Rasool 53, R Dayal 50, P Rasool 4/39)

Saurashtra 147 (P Mankad 47, Jaydev Unadkat 3/17)

Karnataka v Hyderabad- Karnataka won by 1 wicket

Karnataka 109/9 ( V Kumar 35, K Gowtham 5/28)

Hyderabad 108 (S Badrinath 18, M Siraj 3/24)