Vijay Hazare Trophy 2018-19, Day 2 Round-Up: Nadeem breaks world record, Gambhir, Pujara shine

It was a mixed day for Team India veterans on the second day of the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2018-19 - Gautam Gambhir and Cheteshwar Pujara scored fifties, left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem shattered a two-decade-old world record en route an 8-fer, even as Robin Uthappa (Saurashtra) and Stuart Binny (Karnataka) failed to fire.

U-19 stars Unmukt Chand and Rishabh Pant were dismissed cheaply while likes of Ishan Porel, a member of the 2018 U-19 World Cup squad, and Mayank Dagar had a solid day with the ball, picking up three and four wickets respectively.

Here is the summary and brief scores from the second day of India's domestic 50-over tournament, scheduled to take place from September 19 to October 20.

GROUP A

Ankit Bawne

Ankit Bawne continued his good form from the Quadrangular 'A' series to help Maharashtra notch up a 57-run win over Karnataka at the Chinnaswamy stadium. His unbeaten 104, along with Rahul Tripathi's 70, helped his side reach 245, eventually winning by 57 runs in a rain-marred game.

Brief scores:

Maharashtra 245-8 (Ankit Bawne 104*; Vinay Kumar 2/33) beat Karnataka 107-6 (Pavan Deshpande 31; S Bachhav 2-19) by 57 runs (VJD method)

Vidarbha 254 (Atharva Teide 57; Lukman M 3/54) lost to Baroda 151/2 (Aditya W 50)

Railways 187 (Karan Sharma 33; Mayank Dagar 4/38) lost to Himachal Pradesh 170/5 (Prashant Chopra 77) by 33 runs (VJD method)

GROUP B

Gautam Gambhir

At the Palam B grounds in Delhi, captain Harpreet Singh's 91 laid the platform for Chattisgarh's massive win over Madhya Pradesh. Ishwar Pandey picked up four wickets, and Anshul Pandya's valiant 59, weren't enough to spare MP a 122-run defeat.

In Delhi, Saurashtra lost to the home team by five wickets, with Gautam Gambhir starring with a 48-ball 62. Unmukt Chand got out off the first ball, and in the opposite camp, Robin Uthappa to a four-ball duck.

Twin half-centuries from Sheldon Jackson and Cheteshwar Pujara took Saurashtra to 237, with Suboth Pathi picking up a fifer. In response, Gambhir led from the front, assisted well by even as Rishabh Pant failed.

Brief scores:

Chattisgarh 268/7 (Harpreet Singh 91; Ishwar Pandey 4/45) beat Madhya Pradesh 146 (Anshul Tripathi 59; Pankaj K 3/14)

Saurashtra 237 (Sheldon Jackson 62) lost to Delhi 238/5 (Himmat Singh 74)

Odisha 184/9 (Sujit Lenka 55; Karn Sharma 3/29) lost to Andhra 186/4 (Ashwin 92)

GROUP C

Shahbaz Nadeem

Prayas Barman and Indian U19 cricketer Ishan Porel shared 7 wickets between them as Bengal folded J and K under 100 and won the game with close to 30 overs to spare. Barring Mohammed Madhasir, none of the Jammu players could cross 20, ending their innings at 96.

Priyank Panchal starred for Gujarat helping them notch up a 4 wicket win over Tamil Nadu at Chennai. For TN, Baba Indrajith was the top scorer, while Indian discard Piyush Chawla grabbed 3 wickets. Indrajith got support from Vijay Shankar and Abhinav Mukund but the total wasn’t enough as a stuttering Gujarat chased it down in 47 overs.

Brief scores:

Tamil Nadu 205-8 (B Indrajith 58, Piyush Chawla 3-38) lost to Gujarat 210-6 (Priyank Panchal 117)

Jammu and Kashmir 96 (Mohammed M 21; Prayas Barman 4/20) lost to Bengal 98-4 (S Goswami 22)

Rajasthan 73 (Ankit Lamba 20; Nadeem 8/10) lost to Jharkhand 76/3 (Anand Singh 22)

Out of favour left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem created a world record by picking up an astonishing 8 wickets against Jharkhand. He broke Rahul Sanghvi’s 2-decade old record to end with figures of 10-4-10-8.

"I didn't know until some people told me that I had broken the world record. It feels really good to play for the state (team) and do well and help it win matches," he later told PTI.

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Pragyan Ojha

Bihar posted a comfortable 5-wicket win over Uttarakhand at Anand. Led by Pragyan Ojha, who himself picked up one wicket, Bihar restricted Uttarakhand to 160 with opener Vineet Saxena managing 57.

In response, his Bihar counterpart Vikash Ranjan hit a breezy 79 as Rajat Bhatia’s side rued their inability to score a big total.

Brief scores:

Uttarakhand 160 (Vineet Saxena 57, Anunay Singh 3-21) lost to Bihar 163-5 (Vikash Ranjan 79)

Sikkim 84 (Lee Yong 35; Bishworjit K 3/9) lost to Manipur 85/0 (Lakan Rawat 44)

Mizoram 154 (T Kohli 90) lost to Meghalaya 155/2 (Puneet Bisht 95)