Karnataka, Maharashtra in Vijay Hazare semis

New Delhi 

Mayank Agarwal’s dream run in domestic cricket continued as his power-packed 140 off only 111 balls helped Karnataka to a crushing 103-run victory over Hyderabad in the quarterfinals of the Vijay Hazare Trophy here today. Along with Ravikumar Samarth (125 off 124 balls), Mayank added 242 runs for the second wicket as Karnataka piled up a huge 347/8 in 50 overs and then bowled out Hyderabad for 244 in 42.5 overs with Shreyas Gopal picking up ‘5/ 31. In the other quarterfinal, Maharashtra stunned Mumbai by seven wickets. 

Brief scores: Karnataka 347/8 (Mayank Agarwal 140, Ravikumar Samarth 125; Mohammed Siraj 5/59); Hyderabad: 244 in 42.5 overs (Ambati Rayudu 64; Shreyas Gopal 5/31).

Mumbai 222/9 (Suryakumar Yadav 69; Pradeep Dadhe 3/57, Prashant Kore 2/34);   Maharashtra 224/3 in 46.5 overs (Shrikant Mundhe 70, Naushad Sheikh 51*, Rahul Tripathi 49). 

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