Published: Dec 18, 2015, 08:00 AM (IST)
Edited: Aug 31, 2016, 12:05 PM (IST)
Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live coverage of the following Vijay Hazare Trophy 2015-16 matches: Andhra vs Delhi, Gujarat vs Kerala, Haryana vs Railways, Himachal Pradesh vs Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra vs Vidarbha, Odisha vs Tripura, Punjab vs Services, and Rajasthan vs Tamil Nadu. As things stand, Punjab are at the top of the Group A table with 16 points, ahead of Mumbai and Tamil Nadu with 12 points each. Rajasthan and Services have 8 points each, while Hyderabad have 4 and Assam 0. In Group B, Jharkhand top with 20 points, while Gujarat are second with 16 and Karnataka third with 12. Haryana, Kerala, and Railways have 8 points apiece. Vijay Hazare 2015-16: Full coverage here
Group C consists of Vidarbha, Baroda, Delhi, Maharashtra, Andhra, Odisha, and Tripura. Interestingly, Group C has the closest of all groups. Vidarbha, Baroda, and Delhi have 16 points each, while Maharashtra has 12 points. Andhra has 8, Odisha has 4, and Tripura are yet to get off the mark. As for Group D, Uttar Pradesh sits pretty with 16 points, while Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh are at 12 points each. Saurashtra are languishing at 8 points while Bengal has just 4. Goa has no points in their first five games.
The matches are being played virtually every day which means that teams do not have enough time to recover from losses. Conversely, a team that is on a roll will be helped because their momentum stays intact. Karnataka are the current defending champions of Vijay Hazare Trophy, but the 2015-16 edition could see a new champion.
Live Cricket Score: Odisha 113/5 | Overs 30 | Target 208 | BATSMEN: Arabind Singh 24(43), Ansuman Gope 2(5): OUT! Paresh Patel b M B Mura Singh 7(17), OUT! Anurag Sarangi st N N Sen b S S Majumder 23(33), OUT! Govinda Poddar b C K Paul 17(32), OUT! Natraj Behera b C K Paul 8(11), OUT! Biplab Samantaray b S C Das 23(38)
Live Cricket Score: Vidarbha 72/1 | Overs 24 | Target 185 | BATSMEN: Jitesh Sharma 32(80), Ganesh Satish 20(39): OUT! Faiz Fazal c S M Kazi b Shrikant Mundhe 17(25)
Live Cricket Score: Haryana 26/2 | Overs 8 | Target 220 | BATSMEN: N R Saini 15(26), R P Sharma 0(8): OUT! Harshal Patel c Avinash Yadav b Anureet Singh 8(6), OUT! M S Hooda c Mahesh Rawat b K K Upadhyay 3(8)
Live Cricket Score: Odisha 17/0 | Overs 4 | Target 207 | BATSMEN: Paresh Patel 7(13), Anurag Sarangi 5(11)
Live Cricket Score: Services 323/7 | Overs 50 | BATSMEN: Ritesh Negi 4(5): OUT! Aanshul Gupta c Gitansh Khera b Harmeet Singh Bansal 47(29), OUT! Nakul Verma run out Gitansh Khera 113(125), OUT! Amit Pachhara c Barinder Singh Sran b Siddharth Kaul 20(34), OUT! Rajat Paliwal run out Yuvraj Singh 11(8), OUT! Yashpal Singh c Mandeep Singh b Harbhajan Singh 2(5), OUT! S R Swain b Barinder Singh Sran 101(90), OUT! Suraj Yadav ct Siddharth Kaul b Mandeep Singh 8(4)
Live Cricket Score: Tamil Nadu 348/6 | Overs 50 | BATSMEN: Baba Indrajith 14(10), Ravi Ashwin 18(7): OUT! Abhinav Mukund c P R Yadav b N B Singh 9(12), OUT! Dinesh Karthik run uut T M Ul Haq 108(97), OUT! Baba Aparajith c Ashok Menaria b T M Ul Haq 137(122), OUT! R Sathish b Pankaj Singh 5(3), OUT! Murali Vijay c S S Dobal b T M Ul Haq 74(44), OUT! Vijay Shankar b T M Ul Haq 7(7)
Live Cricket Score: Railways 219/7 | Overs 50 | BATSMEN: Ashish Yadav 19(24), Anureet Singh 15(7): OUT! Asadullakhan LBW A H Hooda OUT! Saurabh b Ashish Hooda 17(19), OUT! Faiz Ahmad c N R Saini b Yuzvendra Chahal 17(34), OUT! Arindam Ghosh ct N R Saini b Jayant Yadav 76(118), OUT! Mahesh Rawat c M S Hooda b Jayant Yadav 1(5), OUT! Karn Sharma c Yuzvendra Chahal b A R Mishra 29(45), OUT! Arnab Arun Nandi c M S Hooda b A R Mishra 13(26)
Live Cricket Score: Gujarat 27/2 | Overs 47 | Target 103 | BATSMEN: H R Barad 4(19), R H Bhatt 2(5): OUT! Parthiv Patel LBW Fabid Ahmed 6(14), OUT! P K Panchal c Manu Krishnan b Fabid Ahmed 14(16)
Live Cricket Score: Maharashtra 76/6 | Overs 26.2 | BATSMEN: A R Bawane 7(17), A A Sanklecha 0(4): OUT! S M Gugale b A K Karnewar, OUT! V V More b Umesh Yadav 3(22), OUT! N S Shaikh c R D Thakur b A K Karnewar 17(33) OUT! P J Bhati st A V Wadkar b A K Karnewar 7(17) OUT! Kedar Jadhav c Ganesh Satish b A K Karnewar 0(1) OUT! Shrikant Mundhe c S B Wagh b R L Jangid 6(16)
Live Cricket Score: Himachal 205/3 | Overs 26.2 | BATSMEN: Robin Bist 66(104), Rishi Dhawan 62(56): OUT! Ankush Bains c Naman Ojha b Chandrakant Sakure 32(27) OUT! Prashant Chopra run out Puneet Datey 18(20) OUT! Paras Dogra c Naman Ojha b Jalaj Saxena 22(29)
Live Cricket Score: Tripura 135/5 | Overs 38 | BATSMEN: Parvinder Singh 58(98), N N Sen 8(7): OUT! S M Singha c Natraj Behera b Subham Nayak 56(94) OUT! U U Bose c Ansuman Gope b Deepak Behera 5(19), OUT! M B Mura Singh c Anurag Sarangi b Deepak Behera 0(1), OUT! R D Banik LNW Subham Nayak 0(3), OUT! N N Sen Choudhury c Natraj Behera b Govinda Poddar 1(4)
