Tripathi slams 102-ball 125 in Maharashtra win
IPL sensation Rahul Tripathi blasted the Bengal bowlers into submission with a 102-ball-125 as Maharashtra comfortably crushed last year’s runners-up Bengal by seven wickets in a group B encounter of the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
Batting first, Bengal scored 293/9 riding on opener Abhimanyu Easwaran’s 103 and an unbeaten 80 from skipper Manoj Tiwary. Easwaran’s innings was laced with 12 boundaries in 114 balls while Tiwary hit four boundaries and two sixes.
Bengal lost six wickets for 51 runs from a relatively comfortable 242 for 3 as they failed to cross the 300-run mark. However Maharashtra made a short work of the chase as Tripathi hit 12 boundaries and four sixes in his 125 off 102 balls as Maharashtra reached the target in 46th over.
Maharashtra did not have any trouble with the opening duo of Ruturaj Gaikwad (77) and Vijay Zol (24) giving them a solid but cautious start. The duo put on 65 runs in 13.3 overs before Tripathi took charge of the chase and sealed the issue in an unbroken 107- run partnership with Ankit Bawne (22).
TAMIL NADU WIN
Tamil Nadu rode on centuries by captain Vijay Shankar and M Kaushik Gandhi to post a 76-run defeat Gujarat in the Group ‘C’ league here on Monday. Test stars Murali Vijay and Ravichandran Ashwin had mixed fortunes with the former being dismissed cheaply while the off-spinner returned figures of two for 38.
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Brief Scores
Bengal 293/9(Abhimanyu Easwaran 103, Manoj Tiwary 80 not out) lost to Maharashtra 294/3 in 45.5 overs (Rahul Tripathi 125 not out, Ruturaj Gaikwad 77) by seven wickets.
Tamil Nadu 311/8 (M Kaushik Gandhi 127, Vijay Shankar 100) beat Gujarat 235 in 45.1 overs (Priyank Panchal 42, Bhargav Merai 101, A Aswin Crist 3/44, R Ashwin 2/38) by 76 runs.
Mumbai 332/5 (Akhil Herwadkar 49, Jay Bista 90, Surya Kumar Yadav 134 not out) beat Madhya Pradesh 258 in 46.1 overs (Anshul Tripathi 67, Shams Mulani 4/62, Dhrumil Matkar 3/50) by 74 runs.
Team Rajasthan 229/6 (Salman Khan retd hurt 58, Chetan Bist 82 not out) lost to Andhra 235/4 in 45 overs (G Hanuma Vihari 49, B Sumanth 71 not out) by six wickets.
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