Chandigarh lose to J&K, finish second in group

Kolkata, March 1

Chandigarh’s direct qualification hopes were dashed with an eight-wicket loss to Jammu & Kashmir in their Group E match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy. Chandigarh (12 points) finished in second place, four points behind Saurashtra, who suffered a 62-run loss to Services but still managed to qualify for the knockout phase.

Chandigarh were bowled out for 241. Manan Vohra top-scored with 54, while Parvez Rasool was the best bowler for J&K. Centuries by Shubham Khajuria and Henan Nazir then helped J&K chase down the target in 34 overs.

Mumbai trounce Himachal

Jaipur: Mumbai trounced Himachal Pradesh by 200 runs in their final Elite Group D game here today to remain unbeaten in the league stage.

Delhi finished second in the group after an eight-wicket win over Rajasthan. — PTI

Brief scores: Mumbai 321/9 (Thakur 92, Yadav 91; Dhawan 4/84, Jaswal 3/65) vs Himachal Pradesh 121 (Solanki 4/31, Mulani 3/42); Rajasthan 294 (Arjit 78; Simarjeet 4/36) vs Delhi 296/2 (Himmat 117*, Nitish Rana 88*); Bengal 177 all out in 45.1 overs (Pahal 3/32, Jayant 2/31) vs Haryana 178/5 in 43.3 overs (Rohilla 50; Ahmed 3/35); Chandigarh 241 all out in 48.3 overs (Vohra 54; Rasool 3/27, Mir 3/68) vs Jammu & Kashmir 245/2 in 34 overs (Khajuria 120, Nazir 110*)