Dayal shines with 5-wicket haul as UP outplay Hyderabad

Kanpur: Medium pacer Yash Dayal’s five-wicket haul helped Uttar Pradesh register their second victory as they defeated Hyderabad by 7 wickets in fourth-round matches of elite group C in Vijay Hazare Trophy trophy in Mohali on Monday.
With this win, UP now have 8 points from four matches. They have lost two and won the last two matches in the pool so far.UP in the morning decided to test the caliber of Hyderabad batsmen and their bowlers restricted Hyderabad on 149 runs.Yash Dayal ripped through the batting line-up and claimed 5 wickets for 31 runs. UP in reply achieved the victory target losing 3 wickets in 26 overs.
Madhav Kaushik and Aryan Juyal opened the run chase in their own fashion as they scored 70 runs in 14.5 overs. At this juncture, last match’s centurian lost his wicket when he was run out on 34. Madhav Kaushik contributed 28 runs before falling prey to Ravi Teja.
Skipper Karan Sharma and Sameer Rizvi thereafter executed a 75 runs partnership for the third wicket. When target was just 6 runs away, Sameer was trapped in front by Tanay Thyagarajan .He hit 31 runs in 29 balls with 2 boundaries and 2 sixes. Karan thereafter in company of Rinku Singh completed the victory formality. He returned unbeaten on 44.
Yash Dayal and Ankit Rajpoot in the morning destroyed the Hyderabad innings claiming 8 wickets between them. Yash removed the top order and thereafter Rajpoot shook the middle order.
Brief score:
Hyderabad -149 ( CV Milind 12, T Ravi Teja 26, Buddhi Rahul 49, Tanay Thyagarajan 15, Yash Dayal 5/31, Ankit Rajpoot 3/27, Sameer Chaudahry 2/16) UP- 151/3 ( Madhav Kaushil 28, Aryan Juyal 34, Karan Sharma 44 no, Sameer Rizvi 31, T Ravi Teja 1/30, Tanay Thyagarajan 1/57)