Fazal guides Vidarbha to third win in row; J&K stun Saurashtra

BRIEF SCORES

Faiz Fazal returned to form with a stellar century as Ranji champions Vidarbha routed Hyderabad by 237 runs for a hat-trick of wins in the Vijay Hazare Trophy one-day competition here on Thursday.

The left-handed opener overcame a string of poor scores with a 97-ball 103 (9x4, 3x6) before the duo of Ravi Jangid (81 from 62 balls; 6x4, 3x6) and Apoorv Wankhade (66 from 43 balls; 3x4, 5x6) took charge of the proceedings to propel Vidarbha to a huge 350/6 after they opted to bat.

In reply, Hyderabad folded for 113 in 34.2 overs with Karn Sharma returning figures of 3/38 while Shrikant Wagh claimed 2/20, as the home side suffered its first defeat from three matches.

HYDERABAD:

Vidarbha 350/6 (Faiz Fazal 103, Ravi Jangid 81; Ravi Teja 2/53) bt Hyderabad 113 in 34.2 overs (Karn Sharma 3/38).

Saurashtra 267/6 (Arpit Vasavada 85*; Waseem Raza 2/45) lost to J&K 269/4 in 49 overs (Parvez Rasool 67*, Ahmed Bandy 65) Services 202/9 (Hardik Sethi 66; Varun Aaron 3/20) lost to Jharkhand 203/5 in 30.5 overs (Ishan Kishan 106; Vikas Yadav 2/23).

With three wins in a row, Vidarbha led Group D table with 12 points, while the home side remained second with eight points.

In other matches, Jharkhand and Jammu & Kashmir secured their first wins respectively, to remain in contention. Parvez Tamil Nadu 183 in 49.3 overs (R Ashwin 4; Dhawal Kulkarni 3/ 44) lost to Mumbai 184/ 8 in 48.5 overs (Shubam Ranjane 59*; Ashwin 3/35).

Rajasthan 266/8 (CP Singh 71 *, Amogh Desai 4/41) lost to Goa 267/7 in 49.5 overs (Darshan Mishal 66*.

Gujarat 248 in 49.4 overs (Priyank Panchal 65; Anshul Tripathi 4/37) lost to MP 253/6 in 45 overs.

Rasool led from the front with an unbeaten 67 (80 balls; 3x4, 2x6) and he along with Shubham Pundir (55 from 47 balls; 7x4) steered them to a stunning six-wicket win over a star-studded Saurashtra with an over to spare at the Gymkhana Ground in Secunderabad.