Mukund stars as TN beat Bengal
Captain Vijay Shankar and Abhinav Mukund starred in Tamil Nadu’s six-wicket win over Bengal in the Vijay Hazare Trophy Elite Group ‘C’ League on Sunday.
Opting to field at the M A Chidambaram Stadium, Tamil Nadu rode Vijay Shankar’s 4/34 to restrict Bengal to 239 in 49.4 overs.
In reply, Mukund (94) and N Jagadeesan’s (55) 143-run partnership helped Tamil Nadu seal the deal with 48 balls remaining. Brief scores: Bengal 239 in 49.4 ovs (A Easwaran 72, V Shankar 4/34) lost to Tamil Nadu 240/4 in 42 ovs (A Mukund 94) by six wickets.
J&K 123 all out in 34 ovs (P Chawla 3/29) lost to Gujarat 127/2 in 21.1 ovs by eight wickets.
Tripura 171 all out in 45 ovs (H Patel 3/ 19, R Tewatia 3/27) lost to Haryana 175/7 in 41.2 ovs (C Bishnoi 55*) by three wickets.
Madhya Pradesh 277/7 in 50 ovs (V Iyer 83, Y Dubey 66) lost to Uttar Pradesh 280/5 in 49.3 ovs (S Singh 70) by five wickets.
Saurashtra 214/7 in 50 ovs (AV Vasavada 55; K Sharma 2/48) lost to Andhra 215/4 in 48.3 ovs (DB Prashanth Kumar 71) by six wickets. Baroda 269/9 in 50 ovs (A Waghmode 74, M Rao 3/30) beat Railways 89 all out in 24.4 ovs (B Pathan 5/25) by 180 runs.
Vidarbha 125 all out in 36.2 ovs (S Gopal 3/13) lost to Karnataka 129/4 in 32.3 ovs by 6 wickets.
Himachal Pradesh 269/6 in 50 ovs (P Chopra 86, S Dubey 2/41) lost to Mumbai 270/4 in 44.3 ovs (SK Yadav 123*) by 6 wickets.
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