Andhra post 6th straight win

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Chennai: Skipper G. Hanuma Vihari ( 169) and K. S. Bharat ( 105) sparkled in Andhra’s 29- run win over Mumbai on Tuesday, their sixth straight win in the Vijay Hazare Trophy Group C League. The victory enabled Andhra finish on top of the standings with 24 points and qualify for the national knockout phase, along with Mumbai, who finished second with 16 points. A massive 254- run partnership in 204 balls between Bharat and Vihari helped Andhra post a mammoth 344/ 5 in 50 overs before restricting the opponent to 315/ 9 despite Siddhesh Lad’s strokeful ton. Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu ended their losing streak by posting a comfortable sevenwicket win over Team Rajasthan with left- arm spinner Sai Kishore stealing the show with a five- wicket haul, his first in List A. Scores: Gujarat 227 in 49.4 overs ( Priyank Panchal 26, Bhargav Merai 93, Santosh Shinde 27, Darshan Misal 3/ 36) lost to Goa 228/ 9 in 48.3 overs ( Sagun Kamat 110*, Snehal Kauthankar 28, Piyush Chawla 3/ 27, Kathan Patel 3/ 42); Andhra 344/ 5 in 50 overs ( K. S. Bharat 105, G. Hanuma Vihari 169, Ricky Bhui 53, Roystan Dias 3/ 77) bt Mumbai 315/ 9 in 50 overs ( Prithvi Shaw 31, Siddhesh Lad 118, Karthik Raman 3/ 55); Rajasthan 141 in 38.2 overs ( Chetan Bist 36, R Sai Kishore 5/ 26, R. Ashwin 2/ 37) lost to Tamil Nadu 143/ 3 in 23.3 overs ( N. Jagadeesan 39, B. Aparajith 55*).