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    "title": "Yuvraj, Gurkeerat star in Punjab win in Vijay Hazare Trophy",
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    "excerpt": "New Delhi, March 1 (Cricketnmore) Punjab rode on half-centuries from Gurkeerat Singh and Yuvraj Singh to beat Railways by three wickets in a Group A clash of the Vijay Hazare Trophy here on Wednesday.\r\n",
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    "editor1": "<p>New Delhi, March 1 (Cricketnmore) Punjab rode on half-centuries from Gurkeerat Singh and Yuvraj Singh to beat Railways by three wickets in a Group A clash of the Vijay Hazare Trophy here on Wednesday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Asked to bat first, Railways produced 246\/9 in their allotted 50 overs.Arindam Ghosh top scored for Railways with a 100-ball 83 which included two boundaries and four sixes.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Yuvraj bagged a couple of wickets for Punjab while Abhishek Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Baltej Singh, Manpreet Gony and Sandeep Sharma bagged a wicket each.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Punjab chase was off to a slow start as they lost a couple of early wickets before Yuvraj and Manan Vohra produced a 52-run partnership.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Yuvraj scored a run-a-ball 66 with six boundaries and a six before being dismissed by Ashish Yadav.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Gurkeerat then scored an unbeaten 69 off 84 balls and Gony hit a quickfire 46 off 24 balls lower down the order to help Punjab go past the post.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Meanwhile in Group C, defending champions Gujarat defeated Madhya Pradesh by four wickets in Chennai.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Gujarat produced a disciplined bowling effort to restrict Madhya Pradesh to 213\/9.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Subham Sharma was the top scorer for Madhya Pradesh with 40 runs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Ishwar Chaudhary, Ashav Panchal, Rohit Dahiya and Rujul Bhatt clinched two wickets each for Gujarat while Chintan Gaja got one wicket.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Kirit Panchal then scored a 78-ball 53 to spearhead Gujarat&#39;s chase. Bhargav Merai (45) also batted well as Gujarat overhauled the target in 43.1 overs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Among other matches of the day, Bengal beat Rajasthan by two wickets while Haryana got the better of Assam by 53 runs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Brief scores:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Group A:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Railways: 246\/9 in 50 overs (Arindam Ghosh 83; Yuvraj Singh 2\/35) vs Punjab: 247\/7 in 49.1 overs (Gurkeerat Singh 69 not out, Yuvraj Singh 66; Ashish Yadav 3\/41)<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Haryana: 306\/6 in 49 overs (Shubham Rohilla 118, Nitin Saini 54; Amit Verma 3\/47) vs Assam 253\/9 in 49 overs (Pritam Das 65 not out, Arun Karthik 60)<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Group C:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Madhya Pradesh: 213\/9 in 50 overs (Shibham Sharma 40; Ishwar Chaudhary 2\/39, Ashav Panchal 2\/46, Rohit Dahiya 2\/32, Rujul Bhatt 2\/44) vs Gujarat: 214\/6 in 43.1 overs (Kirit Panchal 53, Bhargav Merai 45; Saransh Jain 2\/48).<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Rajasthan: 274\/9 in 50 overs (Dishat Yagnik 100; Kanishk Seth 4\/59) vs Bengal: 275\/8 in 50 overs (Sudip Chatterjee 85 not out, Abhimanyu Easwaran 79; Rahul Chahar 3\/33, Kamlesh Nagarkoti 3\/50).<\/p>\r\n",
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