Vijay Hazare: UP suffer 2nd successive defeat

Kanpur: Uttar Pradesh suffered their second successive defeat in Vijay Hazare trophy on Thursday as Jharkhand trounced them by 8 wickets at Maharaja Yadvendra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mohali. UP had earlier lost their first match against Saurashtra on Wednesday. Jharkand’s Opener Mohd Nazim was the hero of the match as his fine knock of 116 runs and 131 runs opening wicket partnership with IR Jaggi helped them to register the victory.

UP were asked to bat first as they posted a score of 239 for 7 in 50 overs. Rinku Singh once again emerged as highest scorer for UP as he hit 104 runs in 98 balls, including 11 boundaries and two sixes. Captain Karan Sharma and Sameer Chaudhary also contributed 34 and 36 runs respectively. UP had lost half of their side on 95 runs, but Rinku and Sameer Chaudhary built a 108 runs partnership for 6th wicket. For Jharkhand, Rahul Shukla and Varun Aaron bagged 3 and 2 wickets respectively.

Chasing the target, Jaggi and Nazim executed a 131 runs partnership for the first wicket. Jaggi supported Nazim from the other end very well and he scored 32 runs. Nazim smashed 15 boundaries and 4 sixes in his innings. Utkarsh Singh played an unbeaten knock of 57 runs and completed the formality of victory with captain Virat Singh.

Brief score:

UP – 239/7 (Rinku Singh 104, Almas Shaukat 17, Karan Sharma 34, Priyam Garg 10, Sameer Chaudhary 36, Shivam Mavi 14, Varun Aaron 2/36, Rahul Shukla 3/51, Bal Krishna 1/28, Shabz Nadeem 1/51 ) Jharkhand – 2 for 242 ( IR Jaggi 32, Md Nazim 116, Utkarsh Singh 57 no, Virat Singh 20 no, Shivam Mavi 1 for 29, Shivam Sharma 1 for 57)


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