Vijay Hazare 2018 Round-up: Gambhir, Raina shine with the bat; Pandya takes 6 wickets

Vijay Hazare action continued for Group A, B, C and the plate division, with 12 games played in various parts of India throughout the day. Veteran batsmen Gautam Gambhir and Suresh Raina, once regulars in the Indian ODI squad but now out of contention, shone with the bat for their respective teams.

Here's a summary from the games of the day:

Group A

Mumbai 245 (J Bista 68, M Gony 2-28) beat Punjab 202 (S Gill 40, D Kulkarni 3-18) by 43 runs

A star-studded Punjab line-up lost their way against strict Mumbai bowling, losing three wickets for six runs in a bumper Dhawal Kulkarni spell, losing by 43 runs in their game at Bengaluru.

Batting first, Mumbai got 245 on the board, primarily because of opener Jay Bista's 68. In response, Punjab were cruising along at 143-2, but Yuvraj Singh's dismissal brought the house burning down.

In another game at Baroda, Krunal Pandya ripped the heart out of the Goa side with figures of 9-0-41-6.

Maharashtra 278 (R Gaikwad 118, P Chopra 4-20) beat Himachal Pradesh 195 (N Gangta 76, S Fallah 3-18) by 83 runs

Baroda 281-5 (K Devdhar 107, K Das 2-53) beat Goa 148 (A Verma 59, K Pandya 6-41)

Group B

Gautam Gambhir

Delhi 392-3 (G Gambhir 151, V Jagadeesh 1-51) beat Kerala 227-8 (V Jagadeesh 59*, P Negi 3-41) by 165 runs

Delhi skipper Gautam Gambhir smashed an unbeaten 151, helping his side notch up a thumping 165-run win over Kerala at the Kotla. He retired out after facing 101 balls, with more than 10 overs to go, giving the others a chance to bat in the middle. Dhruv Shorey remained stranded on 99, as the side amassed a massive 392 in 50 overs.

In response, starts from Sanju Samson, Sachin Baby and a fifty from V Jagadeesh could help Kerala reach only 227, with Pawan Negi picking up three wickets.

Madhya Pradesh 227 (Y Dubey 75, D Behera 3-38) beat Odisha 276-8 (A Sarangi 78, R Khan 4-49) by 1 run

Uttar Pradesh 130 (S Raina 53, M Hasan 5-20) lost to Hyderabad 134-1 (A Reddy 64, S Singh 1-31) by 9 wickets

Group C

Piyush Chawla was the sole wicket-taker for Gujarat

Gujarat 219-7 (R Bhatt 56, D Pathania 3-36) lost to Services 220-1 (R Chauhan 106*, P Chawla 1-51)

Courtesy a Ravi Chauhan century, Services completed an all-round nine-wicket win over Gujarat in their Group C game at Chennai. Batting first, Gujarat managed only 219, with Diwesh Pathania picking up three wickets.

In response, Services lapped up the target in just 38 overs, with Chauhan scoring a 117-ball 106. Piyush Chawla was the lone wicket-taker for the Parthiv Patel-led side, as the bowlers couldn't put any pressure on the top three.

Assam 150 (R Parag 32, P Pramanik 4-27) lost to Bengal 151-5 (V Singh 51, M Dutta 3-46) by five wickets

Tripura 242-7 (B Shetty 107, R Chahar 3-44) lost to Rajasthan 194 (R Bist 42, R Saha 3-50) by 48 runs

Plate

Abhishek Nayar took 4 wickets for Puducherry

Manipur 279-4 (Y Singh 102, L Varte 2-37) beat Mizoram 69 (SA Khadir 17, R Rez Singh 5-17) by 210 runs

R Rex Singh's five-wicket haul helped Manipur blank out Mizoram by a massive 210 runs at Anand. Batting first, Manipur racked up 279, on the back of a century from Yashpal Sharma.

In response, five of Mizoram's batsmen, including Taruwar Kohli, fell for a duck, as teenager R Rex Singh ran through the batting line-up and finished with figures of 5-17.

Nagaland 202 (R Jonathan 89, A Nayar 4-40) lost to Puducherry 203-8 (P Dogra 98, A Kazi 2-19) by 8 wickets

Arunachal Pradesh 145 (A Sahani 44, K Kumar 5-23) lost to Bihar 150-5 (B Kumar 57, M Singpho 3-50)