Vijay Hazare Trophy 2017, Day 5 Round up: UP, Gujarat register massive wins; Dhoni's Jharkhand loses

The Jharkhand team has been making most of the headlines in the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy 2017. This can largely be credited to the fact that they are being led by MS Dhoni. The team was involved in yet another close contest against Hyderabad recently. Chasing a modest 203 for the win, the MS Dhoni-led unit fell short by 21 runs in the run chase. In the group A encounter between Punjab and Haryana, it was the old warhorse Harbhajan Singh who spun a web across the Haryana line-up to bundle them up for 196 with a four-wicket haul. Gurkeerat Mann remained unbeaten on 91 for Punjab to help them chase down the target.

Maharashtra had a dose of their own medicine when they were taken away for aplenty during their match against Uttar Pradesh. Openers Prashant Gupta (129) and Shivam Chaudhary (116) added 249 runs for the opening stand in the match for UP. Their efforts saw UP post 370/5 in their 50 overs. Maharashtra, in their reply, could only manage 266/10 in 38.5 overs with Kedar Jadhav top scoring with 68. It was Piyush Chawla who bagged a five-wicket haul for UP in the match.

Playing against Tripura, Delhi skipper Rishabh Pant powered his side to 356 in their 50 overs with a 72-ball 99. He was well supported by an unbeaten 72 off just 48 balls by Milind Kumar. Tripura skipper Yashpal Singh remained unbeaten on 115 as his side fell short by 70 runs. Gujarat steamrolled Andhra in the group C fixture. Riding on skipper Parthiv Patel’s ton, they posted 288 on the board. It was Jasprit Bumrah’s 4/29 with the ball that broke the back of Andhra lineup which bundled out for 106.

Ankit Kushwah bagged a five-for against Goa for the Madhya Pradesh team. In the batting, MP were led by skipper Naman Ojha’s unbeaten ton that saw them chase 290 with 7 wickets in hand. Heavyweights Bengal and Mumbai clashed in a highly anticipated match. Bengal crawled to 230 in their innings kudos to Abhimanyu Easwaran’s 127. Mumbai bundled out for 134 in the run chase with Pragyan Ojha and Sayan Ghosh bagging 3 wickets each.

Brief Scores:

Group A

Assam v Railways – Assam won by 4 wickets

Railways 215/10 (A Verma 55, Pratham 33, A Das 3/36, P Das 2/30)

Assam 216/6 (Pallavkumar 44, Arun Karthik 42, Ashish Yadav 3/26)

Haryana v Punjab – Punjab won by 5 wickets

Haryana 196/10 (Saini 48, Bishnoi 38, Harbhajan Singh 4/33)

Punjab 200/5 (Gurkeerat 91*, Shubham 35, Tewatia 3/49)

Odisha v Vidarbha – Vidarbha won by 7 wickets

Odisha 162/10 (Poddar 59, Samantray 29, Karnewar 4/21)

Vidarbha 163/3 (J Sharma 70, Rayudu 30, R Patel 2/32)

Group B

Uttar Pradesh v Maharashtra – Uttar Pradesh won by 104 runs

Uttar Pradesh 370/5 (P Gupta 129, Shivam 116, Mundhe 3/74)

Maharashtra 266/10 (Jadhav 68, Gaikwad 59, Piyush Chawla 5/47)

Tripura v Delhi – Delhi won by 70 runs

Delhi 356/5 (Pant 99, Shorey 74, Majumder 2/51)

Tripura 286/8 (Yashpal 115*, Bishal 59, Bhati 3/55, Khejroliya 2/37)

Tamil Nadu v Kerala – TN won by 6 wickets

Kerala 230/7 (Samson 84, Nizar 49, Dhas 2/13) Tamil Nadu 231/4 (Aparajith 74, D Karthik 88, Warrier 4/51)

Group C

Andhra v Gujarat – Gujarat won by 182 runs

Gujarat 288/7 (Parthiv 104, Dahiya 53*, Ayyappa 3/72)

Andhra 106/10 (Ravi Teja 44, Bumrah 4/29, Bhatt 3/21)

Madhya Pradesh v Goa – MP won by 7 wickets

Goa 290/8 (Kauthankar 94, Prabhudessai 52, Kushwah 5/60)

MP 294/3 (Naman Ojha 105*, Harpreet 83, Narvekar 2/46)

Mumbai v Bengal – Bengal won by 96 runs

Bengal 230/10 (Easwaran 127, Gani 25, Thakur 4/47, Nayar 3/35)

Mumbai 134/10 (Iyer 34, P Ojha 3/28, Ghosh 3/48)

Group D

Jharkhand v Hyderabad – Hyderabad won by 21 runs

Hyderabad 203/8 (Sumanth 48, Sandeep 43,Nadeem 3/27)

Jharkhand 182/10 (Tiwary 102, Dhoni 28, Hasan 3/40)

Chhattisgarh v Saurashtra – Saurashtra won by 92 runs

Saurashtra 279/9 (Jackson 73, Jani 58, PK Rao 4/34)

Chhattisgarh 187/10 (Manoj 55, Mankad 3/37, Unadkat 2/24)

Karnataka v Jammu & Kashmir – Karnataka won by 7 wickets

Jammu and Kashmir 108/10 (Manzoor 20,  P Krishna 4/15, Binny 2/30)

Karnataka 110/3 (Gowtham 53, Manish 27*, Mudhasir 3/53)