{ "id": "34882", "author": "13", "cnmid": "0", "title": "Vidarbha continue winning run, beat Jharkhand by 7 runs in Vijay Hazare opener", "lang": "en", "series": "1", "cup_year": "2018", "article_type": "General", "excerpt": "Secunderabad, Feb 5 (CRICKETNMORE) Ranji Trophy champions Vidarbha extended their purple patch this domestic cricket season, edging past Jharkhand by seven runs in their Vijay Hazare 2018 50-overs tournament opener here on Monday. Opting to bat after winning the toss", "subtype": "", "editor1": "

Secunderabad, Feb 5 (CRICKETNMORE)<\/strong> Ranji Trophy champions Vidarbha extended their purple patch this domestic cricket season, edging past Jharkhand by seven runs in their Vijay Hazare 2018 50-overs tournament opener here on Monday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Opting to bat after winning the toss in their Group D opener, Vidarbha rode fine half centuries from Jitesh Sharma (79), Sanjay Ramaswamy (77) and Apoorv Wankhade (51) to pile a mammoth 300 before restricting the opposition for 293\/7 despite Saurabh Tiwary (65) and Kumar Deobrat (60) notching half tons.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

In another Group D tie, Saurashtra rode on Sheldon Jackson's magnificent 107-ball 106 and India Test star Cheteshwar Pujara's patient 65 to post 286\/7 before restricting Chattisgarh for 254\/9, to register a 32-run win.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The final Group D match turned out to be lop-sided in favour of Hyderabad, led from the front by skipper Akshath Reddy's quickfire 116-ball 127 and stumper Kolla Sumanth's unbeaten 26-ball 56 to post a mammoth 329\/5 against the Services, who failed to tackle the fiery Mohammed Siraj (5\/45) to be bundled out for 201 in 40.4 overs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

In Group C, Mumbai, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh registered wins in their respective opening games.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Mumbai rode on Suryakumar Yadav's unbeaten 85-ball 134 and opener Jay Bista's 90 to pile up a massive 332\/5 before bowling out Madhya Pradesh for a meagre 258, with left-arm spinner Shams Mulani returning figures of 4\/62.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Andhra gained the crucial four points after losing just four wickets during their chase of Rajasthan's 229\/6 in just 45 overs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Tamil Nadu were led by the centurion duo of Kaushik Gandhi (127 off 120) and skipper Vijay Shankar (100 off 102) to post 311\/8 before skittling Gujarat for a meagre 235, despite Bhargav Merai's 97-ball 101.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

In Group B, Delhi, Maharashtra and Himachal Pradesh opened their campaign with wins over Uttar Pradesh, Bengal and Tripura, respectively.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Unmukt Chand's 125-ball 116 helped Delhi post 307\/6 before pace duo of Kulwant Khejroliya (4\/34) and skipper Pradeep Sangwan (3\/28) bundled out Uttar Pradesh for 252, despite Umang Sharma's 104-ball 102.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

For Bengal, Opener Abhimanyu Easwaran's 103 and skipper Manoj Tiwary's 80 went in vain as Rahul Tripathi led Maharashtra with a scintillating 102-ball 125, to romp home by seven wickets with almost four overs to spare.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Similarly, Yashpal Singh's unbeaten 113 went up in smoke for Tripura as Himachal Pradesh's Amit Kumar fired 101 to help his side to a six-wicket win.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Matches for Group A, comprising Assam, Baroda, Karnataka, Odisha, Railways, Haryana and Punjab, will start from Wednesday.<\/p>\r\n", "image": "https:\/\/img.cricketnmore.com\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Vijay-Hazare.jpg", "alt_img": "Vidarbha continue winning run, beat Jharkhand by 7 runs in Vijay Hazare opener", "alt_title": "Vidarbha continue winning run, beat Jharkhand by 7 runs in Vijay Hazare opener", "image1": "", "video": "", "seo_title": "Vidarbha continue winning run, beat Jharkhand by 7 runs in Vijay Hazare opener", "seo_desc": ".", "seo_keywords": "Vijay Hazare Trophy", "tag": "", "tagging": "Vijay Hazare Trophy,", "status": "1", "img_rpt": "0", "google": "1", "standout": "0", "edapps": "0", "pulse": "0", "no_index": "0", "feed": "0", "fixture": "0", "slug": "vidarbha-continue-winning-run-beat-jharkhand-by-7-runs-in-vijay-hazare-opener", "user_id": "0", "read_count": "0", "ians_date": "0000-00-00", "ians_time": "00:00:00", "server_time": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "trash": "0", "view_count": "1669", "page_break": "0", "instant_articles": "1", "auto_link": "0", "created": "2018-02-05 21:48:31", "updated": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "img_from": "", "img_source": "", "schedule_publish": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "news_keywords": null, "livescore_text": null, "livescore_link": null, "btn_text": null, "resend_feed": "0", "google_feed": "0", "read_more": "0", "posted_by": "1", "jio_date": "2018-02-05 21:48:31", "scheduled": "0", "news_now": "1", "breaking_news": "0", "google_date": "2018-02-05 21:48:31", "featured": "0", "pred_match_id": null, "article_content_type": null, "england_cricket": "0", "link": "https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/vidarbha-continue-winning-run-beat-jharkhand-by-7-runs-in-vijay-hazare-opener-34882" }