Bowlers help UP score big win in Cooch Behar Trophy
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh bowlers on Wednesday came up with a stunning performance and fashioned an innings and 163-run win against hosts Baroda in their Under-19 Cooch Behar Trophy match at Vadodara.
Seamer Kartik Tyagi took 4/35, Shivam Sharma bagged 3/23 and Purnank Tyagi 2/19 as Baroda collapsed for 122 in 58.3 overs on the penultimate day of their four-day Elite Group encounter, at the Alembic Cricket Ground. Slow bowler Mohit Jangra too had one wicket.
In their first innings, Uttar Pradesh had scored 417, and in reply Baroda could score just 132. Resuming at the overnight score of 28/3 while following-in on Wednesday, Baroda batsmen never looked comfortable in the middle.
They lost day’s first wicket in the very third over as VS Patil (1) was caught by Shivam Sharma off Kartik Tyagi only after addition of seven runs to the overnight total.
Even a 35-run fifth wicket stand between Shaswat Rawat (50, 116b, 7x4) and Shivang Sane (22, 43b, 5x4) didn’t make a difference as wickets kept falling line nine pins from both the ends.
With this win Uttar Pradesh now lead the table with 17 points in three matches. Now they take on Tamil Nadu from December 24 at Meerut.
EVES WIN
Rashi Kanojiya and Tanu Kala took two wickets each, whereas Aditi struck an unbeaten halfcentury as Uttar Pradesh notched up a fascinating eightwicket win against J&K in an Elite Group C tie at the Senior Women’s One-Day League at Cuttack on Wednesday.
Rashi had 2/14, whereas Tanu took 2/20 as J&K collapsed for paltry 98 in 50 overs while batting first after winning the toss, at the Nimpur Ground. Kshama and Anjali Singh shared two wickets between them.
After losing opener Bushra Ashraf (0) in the very first over, J&K kept losing wickets on regular intervals.
Meenu Singh Salathia top scored with 42, which came off 107 balls with the help of five fours and a six.
In reply, Uttar Pradesh despite losing two quick wickets for just 18 in 6.1 overs, romped home in 29 overs, losing just two wickets. Tanu also showed her class with willow, hitting an unbeaten 28, which came off 79 balls with the help of three hits to the fence.
Aditi made 68-ball 51, which contained 11 boundaries. She along with Tanu added unbeaten 81-run for the third wicket. For J&K, Sarla Devi took both the wickets.