Mumbai continue their ruthless show
Bengaluru: Mumbai continued their ruthless show in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, as they hammered Goa by seven wickets in their Elite Group ‘ A’ clash here on Tuesday. After bundling out Goa for a paltry 186, Mumbai chased the target losing only three wickets in the process and in 36 overs with opener Akhil Herwadkar ( 108 not out) starring in the team's dominant victory. Mumbai have not lost any of the matches in the ongoing national one- day tournament so far, and at the Just Cricket ground here, their bowlers rose to the occasion. With this win, Mumbai are on course to make it to the next round. Experienced medium pacer Dhawal Kulkarni ( 3- 32) led from the front as Goa lost wickets at regular intervals. Kulkarni was ably supported by Royston Dias ( 2- 36), Shams Mulani ( 2- 31) and Shivam Dube ( 2- 36). For Goa, lower- middle order batsman Suyash Prabhudesai showed some resistance with a gritty 52, that helped his side pass the 175- run mark. GROUP A: Goa 186 in 49.5 overs ( Suyash Prabhudesai 52, Amit Verma 49, Dhawal Kulkarni 3/ 32) lost to Mumbai 189/ 3 in 35.3 overs ( Akhil Herwadkar 108*, Siddesh Lad 36*). Maharashtra 205/ 8 in 50 overs ( Ankit Bawne 62, Ruturaj Gaikwad 32) lost to Vidarbha 206/ 7 in 49.2 overs ( Akshay Wadkar 82*, Darshan Nalkande 53*). Punjab 284/ 6 in 50 overs ( Gurkeerat Mann 101, Yuvraj Singh 96, Chandrakant Sakure 3/ 85) bt Railways 210 in 44.3 overs ( Saurabh Wakaskar 104, Manish Rao 30, Mayank Markande 3/ 40) via VJD method.
GROUP B: Delhi 314/ 5 in 50 overs ( Himmat Singh 102*, Unmukt Chand 62, Girinath Reddy 2/ 67) bt Andhra 241 in 49.5 overs ( Prasanth Kumar 54Nitish Rana 2/ 9, Kulwant Khejroliya 2/ 29). Kerala 189/ 6 in 50 overs ( Vasudevan Jagadeesh 62, Saaketh Sairam 2/ 27, Ravi Kiran 2/ 32) lost to Hyderabad 190/ 3 in 46.4 overs ( Rohit Rayudu 57*, Bavanaka Sandeep 48*, Jalaj Saxena 2/ 22). Chhattisgarh 212 in 49.5 overs ( Harpreet Singh 43, Shakeeb Ahmad 38, Anuraj Sarangi 3/ 26) bt Odisha 164 in 41 overs ( Rajesh Dhuper 38, Pankaj Rao 3/ 15, Shivendra Singh 3/ 31).