Kaushal hits double ton in Vijay Hazare Trophy
Nadia, Oct. 6: Uttarakahand opener Karn Veer Kaushal entered the record books by scoring the first double century in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, smashing 202 off 135 balls, to star in a 199-run rout of Sikkim in a Plate group match here on Saturday.
The in-form Kaushal, who has now three 100-plus scores from seven matches, eclipsed Ajinkya Rahane’s 187 for Mumbai against Maharashtra in Pune in 2007-08.
In List A cricket, which includes ODIs, the 200-mark has been breached six times by Indian batsmen — Rohit Sharma (thrice), Virender Sehwag, Shikhar Dhawan and Sachin Tendulkar one each. But this is for the first time it has happened in the country’s domestic circuit.
One-wicket win for Andhra Unbeaten centuries by Samarth Singh and Akshdeep Nath went in vain as Andhra pipped Uttar Pradesh by one wicket in a thrilling group B.
Chasing a target of 331 runs, Andhra openers Ashwin Hebbar (64 off 47) and Srikar Bharat (39 off 54) got the team off to a great start with an 84-run stand in 12 overs before the former was runout. — PTI Brief Scores: Group B: Uttar Pradesh 330/4 in 50 overs (Akshdeep Nath 119*, Samarth Singh 115*) lost to Andhra 331/9 in 49.3 overs (Dwaraka Ravi Teja 79*, Ashwin Hebbar 64; Akshdeep Nath 3/44). Saurashtra 110 in 34.4 overs (AV Vasavada 34, CS Jani 16) lost to Chhattisgarh 111/1 in 24.2 in overs (Rishabh Tiwari 56, Manoj Singh 36). Odisha 247/8 in 50 overs (Govinda Poddar 93, Subhranshu Senapati 41; Chama V Milind 6/43) lost to Hyderabad 250/9 in 49.2 overs (Tanmay Agarwal 76, Akshath Reddy 63, Kolla Sumanth 43*, Papu Roy 3/38).