Ranji Trophy Roundup: Wins for Jammu & Kashmir, Vidarbha

Jamshedpur, Nov 12 (CRICKETNMORE): Jammu & Kashmir defeated Jharkhand while Vidarbha registered a win against Bengal in their respective groups on the final day on Sunday of the fifth round in the Ranji Trophy cricket tournament. In Group B, Jammu

By Saurabh Sharma
Nov 12, 2017 • 07:54 PM

Ranji Trophy Roundup: Wins for Jammu & Kashmir, Vidarbha ()

Jamshedpur, Nov 12 (CRICKETNMORE): Jammu & Kashmir defeated Jharkhand while Vidarbha registered a win against Bengal in their respective groups on the final day on Sunday of the fifth round in the Ranji Trophy cricket tournament.

In Group B, Jammu & Kashmir rode on a five-wicket haul from captain Parvez Rasool (5/99) and Aamir Aziz Sofi (5/63) to bundle out Jharkhand for 243 runs in the second innings, registering a victory by 106 runs.

For Jharkhand, lower-order batsman Shahbaz Nadeem (53) was the highest scorer at the Keenan Stadium in Jamshedpur.

In Group D, Vidarbha bowlers Lalit Yadav (4/54) and Aditya Sarwate (3/59) bowled brilliantly to dismiss Bengal for 306 runs.

Later, coming in to bat, Vidarbha posted 18/0 to chase down the narrow target in 1.3 overs and register a victory by 10 wickets at the Bengal Cricket Academy Ground in West Bengal.

The sixth round of the tournament is slated to start from November 17.

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