Vijay Hazare Trophy 2018-19: Day 1 - Round-Up

India’s limited-overs domestic tournament Vijay Hazare Trophy began today with as many as 12 matches were played on the day. Three matches each from the Elite Group A, B, C and Plate Group wee played. A couple of them were washed out with incessant rains in Chennai and while most of the other matches were one-sided, the fans also witnessed a low-scoring thriller between Andhra and Kerala.

The match was played in Delhi with Andhra winning the toss and opting to bat first. They couldn’t come to the terms of the conditions and managed to post only 190 runs before getting bowled out in 49 overs. Bodapati Sumanth batted well for them to score 79 runs. One would’ve hoped for Kerala to gun down the total with ease but Andhra’s bowlers had other ideas. They kept on picking wickets at the regular intervals and even the likes of Sanju Samson and Sachin Baby couldn’t win the game for the team.

They were bundled out for 183 and eventually fell only seven runs short of the target and started the tournament with a loss.

Shaw and Rahane shine for Mumbai

In a group A encounter, Baroda faced Mumbai in Alur and the latter side just rolled over the opponents with utter ease. After opting to bat first, Krunal Pandya’s 85 runs helped the reach a below-par total of 238 runs. He didn’t get enough support from the other end and despite Yusuf Pathan’s blistering knock, they couldn’t post a daunting total. In response, Mumbai were clinical in their chase. The opening duo of Prithvi Shaw and Ajinkya Rahane started superbly by adding 137 runs in less than 20 overs.

Shaw was special as he scored 98 runs off just 66 deliveries with 12 fours and five maximums. Rahane, the skipper, led from the front with a good unbeaten knock of 79 runs off 116 balls. Shreyas Iyer also scored a half-century batting at three and remained not out on 56 off 67 balls as Mumbai gunned down the total comfortably in the 42nd over.

Brief Scores

Elite Group A

Baroda vs Mumbai

Baroda 238 after 49.5 overs (K Pandya 85; D Kulkarni 4/39)

Mumbai 239/1 after 41.3 overs (P Shaw 98, A Rahane 79*; K Pandya 1/34)

Result: Mumbai won by nine wickets.

Goa vs Maharashtra

Goa 266/7 after 50 overs (A Desai 65; S Fallah 2/42)

Maharashtra 267/5 after 47.4 overs (J Pande 117*; A Desai 2/39)

Result: Maharashtra won by seven wickets.

Himachal Pradesh vs Punjab

Punjab 290/7 after 50 overs (S Gill 115; R Dhawan 3/50)

Himachal Pradesh 255 after 48.3 overs (P Chopra 95; S Kaul 4/55)

Result: Punjab won by 35 runs

Elite Group B

Kerala vs Andhra

Andhra 190 after 49 overs (B Sumanth 79; S Midhun 2/56)

Kerala 183 after 49.1 overs (S Baby 57; K Sharma 3/37)

Result: Andhra won by seven runs

Madhya Pradesh vs Hyderabad

Madhya Pradesh 231 after 48.2 overs (R Patidar 49; M Siraj 3/42)

Hyderabad 235/3 after 47.4 overs (T Agarwal 83; R Khan 2/34)

Result: Hyderabad won by seven wickets

Uttar Pradesh vs Saurashtra

Saurashtra 303/9 after 50 overs (S Jackson 107; S Mavi 5/73)

Uttar Pradesh 278 after 49.1 overs (A Nath 62; J Unadkat 3/42)

Result: Saurashtra won by 25 runs

Elite Group C

Assam vs Gujarat

(Match Abandoned without a ball being bowled)

Haryana vs Jharkhand

(Match abandoned without a ball being bowled)

Services vs Tripura

Tripura 118 after 38.4 overs (B Ghosh 21; D Pathania 3/218

Services 104/3 after 25.2 overs (R Singh 48; R Dutta 2/28)

Plate Group

Arunachal Pradesh vs Mizoram

Mizoram 234/8 after 50 overs (T Kohli 127; M Singpho 2/34)

Arunachal Pradesh 237/6 after 47 overs (S Seth 107; Lalrempuia 3/43)

Result: Arunachal Pradesh won by four wickets

Bihar vs Nagaland

Nagaland 253/8 after 50 overs (N Lochab 79; S Quadri 3/35)

Bihar 254/2 after 43.4 overs (B Kumar 121*; I Lemtur 1/42)

Result: Bihar won by eight wickets

Manipur vs Puducherry

Manipur 120 after 37.1 overs (L Rawat 29; S Udheshi 4/20)

Puducherry 121/2 after 35.3 overs (S Singh 63*; B Konthoujam 2/22)

Result: Puducherry won by eight wickets

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