Vijay Hazare Trophy 2018-19, Day 3, Round-up: Rahane scores century; Yuvraj, Gambhir shine with bat

The Vijay Hazare Trophy continued today with a lot of Indian cricket team players taking part in the domestic 50-over tournament.

It was Ajinkya Rahane's day as he produced a magnificent knock to take his side to a comfortable victory over heavyweights Karnataka. The Indian Test vice-captain proved himself worthy of an ODI spot with his knock today.

In the other matches, veterans Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh both performed decently for their respective sides.

The Plate Group saw a lot of action as well, with some interesting matches taking place.

Let's take a look at the round-up of the day's play:

Group A

Ajinkya Rahane carried on his good form with the bat against Karnataka as he scored a scintillating century to take his side to a huge victory. Rahane scored 148 in 150 deliveries and put on a 216 run partnership with Shreyas Iyer, who scored a century as well. Prithvi Shaw, too, continued his good run of form, scoring another quickfire half-century.

Mayank Agarwal performed well once again, scoring 66 runs, however, it was not nearly enough to help take his side over the line.

In the other match, Gurkeerat Singh Mann starred with the bat for Punjab as they cruised to a victory over Vidarbha.

Brief Scores

MUMBAI 362/5 (50.0 Ovs) def. KARNATAKA 274-all out

Punjab 278-7 def. Vidarbha

Goa 317-5 def. Railways 275 all-out

Group B

Nitish Rana's 91 run knock helped Delhi achieve an easy victory over Hyderabad in their Group B encounter held in Delhi.

Due to some rain towards the end, Delhi got the victory thanks to the VJD method. Earlier in their innings, Gautam Gambhir performed decently with the bat, scoring 41 runs.

It was Manan Sharma's 4 wicket haul in the first innings which restricted Hyderabad to just 205 runs.

Brief scores:

Delhi 178-4 def. Hyderabad 205 (VJD method)

Chattisgarh 252-6 def. UP 250

Kerala 118-4 def. Odisha 117

Group C

Mukund contributed with the bat

Tamil Nadu won their first match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy this year, defeating Services by 83 runs. It was N Jagadeesan's spectacular century which saw his side through. Apart from him, Abhinav Mukund and Baba Indrajith scored well-crafted half-centuries to help their side put up 315 on the board in the first innings.

In response, it was the mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthi's five-wicket haul which saw Tamil Nadu bowl Services out for 232. Arjun Sharma top-scored for them with 46 runs to his name. Baba Aparajith bowled well too, picking up three wickets.

Brief Scores:

Tamil Nadu 315-4 def. Services 232 all out

Tripura 81-6 def. J&K 79 all out

Haryana 83-2 def. Assam 81 all out

Plate Group

Pawan was recently playing in the KPL

KB Pawan's century helped Nagaland achieve an easy victory over Meghalaya. Pawan, who recently starred in the Karnataka Premier League, came out all guns blazing and remained unbeaten on 113, helping his side chase down the 247 run target set by Meghalaya.

R Jonathan and S Rupero contributed with the bat as well. Earlier in the first innings, it was a combined bowling effort and two run-outs which restricted Meghalaya to 246.

Brief scores

Nagaland 247-3 def. Meghalaya 246-6

Arunachal Pradesh 306-4 def. Sikkim 257-7