Punjab have entered the semi-finals with a win against Railways. Gurkeerat Singh Mann got another half-century and took the team home.
Punjab have lost two quick wickets. Yuvraj Singh came into an attacking mode and completed his half-century. He also hit four sixes in his knock. Yuvraj was later dismissed.
OUT!! c A Ghosh b A Mishra 56 (52) and T Kohli c M Rawat b Amit Mishra 2(9)
Punjab are slowly cruising towards the target posted by Railways. Gurkeerat Singh Mann is carrying on his good form.
Punjab have lost three wickets and experienced campaigner Yuvraj Singh and Gurkeerat Singh Mann are at the crease. Yuvraj has hit two boundaries so far in the innings.
Amit Mishra provided Railways a key breakthrough when he got rid of Manan Vohra in the 12th over. Mandeep Singh has joined Amitoze at the crease, who is looking tad rusty at the moment. Punjab need 164 more runs to win.
Punjab have made a strong start to their chase, reaching for no loss after nine overs. Both Amitoze Singh and Manan Vohra are looking extremely confident at the crease.
Punjab need 243 to qualify for the semi-final of Vijay Hazare trophy. Anustup Majumdar was the top-scorer with 76.
Railways have stuttered as they have lost far too many wickets without a strong total on board in this game. Anustup Majumdar’s innings of 76 was the only bright spot, as the lower middle-order has flopped as well.
Anustup Majumdar is out for 76 after leading Railways’ charge. He faced 100 balls and struck 10 fours to scoe 76. Railways, however, will now cross the 200-run mark and they would be eyeing a total no less than 250.
OUT! A Majumdar c A Singh b B Singh 76 (100)
Anustup Majumdar has done an excellent job so far, keeping the Punjab bowlers at bay. But Mahesh Rawat’s wicket off Taruvar Kohli would have hurt the Railways’ side. Majumdar is nearing his half-century. This is a crucial phase for the Harbhajan Singh-led side.
Punjab are going strong with Anustup Majumdar and Mahesh Rawat stitching a strong stand. Punjab need these two batsmen to stick to their crease and builup a strong partnership.
Punjab won the toss and put Railways in to bat. They lost the wickets of openers Asadullakhan and Abhishek Kaushik. Asadullakhan played a cameo of 35 from 24 balls.
Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s coverage of the fourth quarter-final between Punjab and Railways of the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2014-15 on Friday.
In their last match, Harbhajan Singh led from the front with an all-round effort as Punjab coasted to a comfortable 29-run win against Gujarat in the pre-quarterfinals. Punjab will meet Railways in the quarter-finals.
Put into bat at the Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Punjab rode fine fifties from Amitoze Singh (75), Gurkeerat Singh Mann (72) and Harbhajan (51 off 25 balls) to post a respectable 255 for eight in 50 overs. In reply, Gujarat batsmen failed to capitalise on their starts as Punjab pace spearhead Sandeep Sharma, who bagged three wickets, helped bundle out the Parthiv Patel-led side for 226 in 47.3 overs.
The senior off-spinner also performed admirably with the ball taking two for 51 in his quota of 10 overs. But it were the Punjab batsmen who made it count after opener Manan Vohra (6), No.3 Mandeep Singh (1) and two-down Yuvraj Singh (17) were out early.
On Thursday, Odisha and Bengal made it to the last four. Buplap Samantray sealed a last-ball win for his team against Goa while Bengal kept their calm to go past a valiant effort from Vidarbha with Subramaniam Badrinath and Faiz Fazal getting centuries yet failing to get their team past a challenging 300 plus total.
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