Gill’s ton helps Punjab beat HP; Haryana’s match abandoned

Chandigarh, September 19

Shubman Gill scored a century, while Yuvraj Singh missed out on a half-century as Punjab beat Himachal Pradesh by 35 runs in their Vijay Hazare Trophy Group A match in Bengaluru on Wednesday.

Opener Gill scored 115 off 131 balls, smashing four sixers and six fours, as Punjab scored 290/7 in 50 overs. 

The 19-year-old shared a 41-run partnership with Manan Vohra (20), a 76-run stand with captain Mandeep Singh (39) and a 102-run stand with Yuvraj. The veteran left-handed batsman smashed eight fours in his 41-ball 48.

For Himachal, Rishi Dhawan was the best bowler with figures of 3/50.

Chasing 291, Himachal Pradesh made a great start and were cruising at 207/4 in 39 overs when Siddarth Kaul wreaked havoc with his second spell. Kaul first removed captain and opener Prashant Chopra for 95 before taking three more wickets to break Himachal’s back. 

Himachal were finally bowled out for 255.

Mavi’s hat-trick goes in vain as Saurashtra beat UP    

New Delhi: Sheldon Jackson struck his sixth List A hundred, overshadowing Shivam Mavi’s hat-trick on his Uttar Pradesh debut, to guide Saurashtra to a 25-run win in a Group B match. Jackson (107 off 108 balls) and Robin Uthappa (97 off 110) put up a mammoth 194-run opening stand to set the foundation for Saurashtra’s 303/9. Test specialists Cheteshwar Pujara (31) and Ravindra Jadeja (14) didn’t score too many runs.

Mavi, who ended up leaking 73 runs in 10 overs, fought back towards the end of the innings to remove Chirag Jani, Arpit Vasavada and Jaydev Unadkat in three balls to mark a memorable List A debut. Captain Suresh Raina could only make 22 off 22 as UP fell short. Unadkat (3/42) was the pick of the bowlers for Saurashtra and got support from Prerak Mankad (3/63) and Dharmendrasinh Jadeja (3/48).     

Services register win 

Chennai: Services defeated Tripura by seven wickets (via the VJD method) in a rain-hit match in Group C. The two other Group C matches scheduled for the day — Gujarat vs Assam and Haryana vs Jharkhand —were abandoned because of rain. — Agencies

Vijay Hazare Trophy
Brief scores

Punjab: 290/7 (S Gill 115, Yuvraj 48; R Dhawan 3/50); HP: 255 in 48.3 overs (P Chopra 95; S Kaul 4/55)

Baroda: 238 in 49.5 overs (K Pandya 85; D Kulkarni 4/39); Mumbai: 239/1 in 41.3 overs (P Shaw 98, A Rahane 79*, S Iyer 56*)

Saurashtra 303/9 (S Jackson 107, R Uthappa 97; S Mavi 5/73); UP: 278 in 49.1 overs (A Nath 62; J Unadkat 3/42)