A file image of Maharastra's Ankit Bawne
Ankit Bawne scored an unbeaten ton to help Maharashtra defeat Karnataka by 57 runs by the VJD method in the rain-hit Vijay Hazare Trophy Elite Group A game here on Thursday.
This was Maharashtra's second successive victory after their win over Goa Wednesday by five wickets.
Put in to bat by Karnataka, Bawne took the opposition bowlers to task en route to 104 not out in 115 balls.
He found an able partner in Maharashtra skipper Rahul Tripathi, who chipped in with a valuable 70-run innings.
Their knocks ensured that Maharashtra posted 245/8 on the board in their fifty overs.
Bawne struck 10 fours and a six, while Tripathi hit seven fours and two other hits over the fence.
Except these two, no other Maharashtra batsman made a decent contribution.
For Karnataka, R Vinay Kumar, M Prasidh Krishna, Abhimanyu Mithun and K Gowtham scalped two wickets each.
Karnataka's target was reset to 165, but they managed to post only 107/6 in 22.4 overs with rain intervention.
From the beginning Maharashtra bowlers struck at regular intervals and never allowed Karnataka batters to settle down.
Seasoned pacer Samad Fallah removed the in-form Mayank Agarwal (12), while Karun Nair (4) too fell cheaply.
Pawan Deshpande (31) and C Gautam (29) tried to put up a fight, but once they departed, Karnataka were out of sorts.
The two other Elite Group A matches --- Vidarbha versus Baroda and Railways versus Himachal Pradesh -- also had to decided by the VJD method with rain interruption.
While Baroda won against Vidarbha by 37 runs, Himachal Pradesh defeated Railways by 33 runs.
Summarised Scores: At Bengaluru: Maharashtra 245/8 in 50 overs (Ankit Bawane 104 not out, Rahul Tripathi 70, Abhimanyu Mithun 2-30) beat Karnataka 107/6 in 22.4 overs (Pavan Desphande 31, C Gautam 29, Satyajeet Bachhav 2-19) by 57 runs via VJD method.
Vidarbha 254 all out (Atharva Taide 57, Faiz Fazal 56, Lukman Meriwala 3-54) lost to Baroda 151/2 in 29 overs (Aditya Waghmode 50, Kedar Devdhar 46, Akshay Karnewar 1-27) by 37 runs via VJD method.
Railways 187 all out in 47.5 overs (Karan Sharma 33, Harsh Tyagi 29, Mayank Dagar 4-38) lost to Himachal Pradesh 170/5 (Prashant Chopra 77, Anureet Sigh 2-26) by 33 runs via VJD method.
Nadeem's 8/10 helps Jharkhand sink Rajasthan
Shahbaz Nadeem's magical spell of 8 for 10 helped Jharkhand register an easy seven-wicket win over Rajasthan in a match in the Vijay Hazare Trophy Elite Group C league on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Priyank Panchal's brilliant ton helped Gujarat put it across host Tamil Nadu at the M A Chidambaram stadium while Bengal defeated Jammu & Kashmir by six wickets in a reduced match.
Nadeem broke a two-decade world record for best figures in List A matches with his eight-wicket haul, which saw Rajasthan being bundled out for 73 in 28.3 overs with 20 by Ankit Lamba being the highest score.
His haul also included a hat-trick spread over two overs as he dismissed Mahipal Lomror (19.5-bowled), Chetan Bist (19.6-caught at slip) and Tajinder Singh Dhillon (21.1-lbw). He became the twelfth bowler to take 8 wickets in the
history of List 'A' matches.
The previous best was eight for 15 Delhi's Rahul Sanghvi against Himachal Pradesh at Una in 1997-98. Nadeem took the first eight wickets to fall and appeared set to run through the side and finish with a ten-wicket haul
by fellow left-arm spinner Anukul Roy scalped the last two batsmen.
In response, Jharkhand lost skipper Ishan Kishan (1) early before Virat Singh and Anand Singh (22) added 34 to steady the ship.\
The two fell in the space of six runs but the experienced Saurabh Tiwari (19 not out) and Sumit Kumar (19 not out) took the team home.
In the Tamil Nadu-Gujarat match, the host batted after skipper Vijay Shankar won the toss. However, they suffered an early jolt when opener M Kaushik Gandhi was sent packing by R Kalaria.
Though Vijay Shankar (47, 2X4, 6X1) and Abhinav Mukund (36, 2X4) got starts, they could not go on to make sizeable contributions. Baba Indrajith scored a half-century whichincluded three big sixes but the lower-order couldn't accelerate enough, meaning Tamil Nadu ended up at a below par 205 for 8 in 49
overs (the quota was reduced as the match stared late).
Veteran Piyush Chawla was the pick of the bowlers, with figures of 3 for 36.
In reply, Gujarat got off to a brisk start as captain Parthiv Patel went on the attack before falling for a 20-ball 24 (4X4).
His opening partner Priyank Panchal was the cornerstone of the Gujarat innings as he kept the scoreboard ticking and also played the big shots when presented with the opportunity.
Panchal saw the team home despite a middle-order wobble as Tamil Nadu bowlers kept them on a leash. "We were short by 10-15 runs. The wicket was sticky and we didn't score quickly enough," Vijay Shankar said after the
game.
In the third match of the day featuring Bengal and Jammu & Kashmir, which was delayed owing to a wet outfield, the latter was shot out for 96 in 23.4 overs with Paras Ray Barman and Ishan Porel returning with four and three wickets
respectively.
Bengal won in the 21st over to secure four points.
Brief scores:
J&K 96 in 23.4 overs (Paras Sharma 17, Prayas Ray Barman 4 for 20, Ishan Porel 3 for 19) lost to Bengal 98 for 4 in 20.4 overs (Shreevats Goswami 22) by six wickets.
Points: Gujarat: 4; Tamil Nadu. Team Rajasthan 73 in 28.3 overs (Ankit Lamba 20, Anukul Roy 2 for 23, Shahbaz Nadeem 8 for 10) lost to Jharkhand 76 for 3 in 14.3 overs (Anand Singh 22, Mahipal Lomror 2 for 22) by seven wkts.
