New Delhi: Leading from the front, Punjab skipper Harbhajan Singh bowled yet another tight spell as other bowlers, too, chipped in to take wickets at regular intervals and helped Punjab restrict Jharkhand to just 104/9 in 20 overs in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Tournament on Wednesday. Later, Pargat Singh led Punjab’s charge with an unbeaten 60 as they beat Jharkhand by seven wickets with 15 balls to spare.
Earlier, Jharkhand opener Virat Singh made 41 off 38 balls but the rest struggled to even get to 20. In another match, Hanuma Vihari first top scored for Hyderabad with 44 from just 28 balls and then picked 2/13 from three overs as Hyderabad beat Haryana by 35 runs.
Meanwhile, a half century by Parthiv Patel helped Gujarat beat Bengal by nine wickets at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur.
Brief scores:
Hyderabad v Haryana: Hyd 173/8 (Hanuma Vihari 44, Akshath Reddy 43, Yuzvendra Chahal 3/43) beat Haryana 138/7 (H Rana 31, Hanuma Vihari 2/13) by 35 runs
Bengal v Gujarat: 101/10 in 19.2 overs (Debrata Das 22, Rohit Dahiya 3/14, Jasprit Bumrah 3/16) lost to Guj 104/1 in 11.5 overs (Parthiv Patel 52) by 8 wickets
Jharkhand Punjab: Jha 104/9 v Pun (Virat Singh 41, Harbhajan Singh 2/16) lost to Punjab 105/3 in 17.3 overs (Pargat Singh 60 not out)
Baroda vs Goa: Bar 154/2 (Irfan Pathan 49, Kedar Devdhar 39, Darshan Misal 2/25) beat Goa 82/10 in 15.5 overs (Deepraj Gaonkar 48, A Arothe 2/7) by 72 runs
Tamil Nadu v Vidarbha: 150/8 (Baba Aparajith 41, R Sathish 32, R Thakur 2/22) Vid 154/3 (J Sharma 73, Faiz Fazal 45) by 7 wickets
J & K v Tripura: J&K 119 (Bandeep Singh 33, Sanjay Majumder 3/17) lost to Tri 121 (Samrat Singh 45, Omar Alam 2/19) by 4 wickets
Kerala v Saurashtra: Ker: 165/9 (Rohan Prem 56, Sachin Baby 43, Jaydev Unadkat 3/23) beat Sau 115/9 (Cheteshwar Pujara 26, Manu Krishnan 3/11, P Padmanabhan 3/13) by 50 runs
Delhi v Assam: Assam 44 (Subodh Bhati 4/9, Shivam Sharma 3/7) lost to Del 50/2 in 9.1 overs (Unmukt Chand 29 not out) by 8 wickets.
Madhya Pradesh v Railways: Rlys 103/10 in 20 overs (Saurabh 28, Ashwin Das 4/10) lost to MP 104/4 (Jalaj Saxena, Karn Sharma 2/28) by 6 wickets
Scores Courtesy: BCCI.tv
