Published: Dec 13, 2015, 09:00 AM (IST)
Edited: Aug 31, 2016, 12:27 PM (IST)
Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live cricket blog of the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2015-16 tournament, between Bengal and Uttar Pradesh at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot . Bengal got off to a good start after they won their opening game against Goa by six wickets, but was unlucky to lose their second match against Himachal Pradesh by 89 runs. Bengal will want to come back into form and not lose two matches in a row. Uttar Pradesh on the other hand looked good against Himachal Pradesh wining the match by 7 wickets. Uttar Pradesh are yet to play their second match. Uttar Pradesh will want to win this match to go on unbeaten in two straight games. Complete Coverage: Vijay Hazare Trophy 2015-16
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Uttar Pradesh 222/6 |Overs 46.4 | Target 222 | BATTING: Rinku Singh 30(26), Bhuvneshwar Kumar 3(3): Piyush Chawla is caught by wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha on Pankaj Kumar Shaw’s bowling for six runs. Rinku Singh steers Uttar Pradesh past their target. Uttar Pradesh win by four wickets and get four points. Mohammad Javed with a four-wicket-haul and Umang Sharma with his 73-run knock were its heroes. OUT! Piyush Chawla c Wriddhiman Saha b Pankaj Kumar Shaw 6(12)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Uttar Pradesh 195/5 |Overs 42 | Target 222 | BATTING: Rinku Singh 12(11), Piyush Chawla 1(2): Suresh Raina gets out for seven on the bowling of Ashok Dinda. Akshdeep Nath too departs for eight runs. Piyush Chawla has come to bat. Uttar Pradesh now requires 27 runs off eight overs. OUT! Suresh Raina c Laxmi Shukla b Ashok Dinda 7(14), OUT! Akshdeep Nath c Wriddhiman Saha b Mukesh Kumar 8(11)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Uttar Pradesh 177/3 |Overs 38.1 | Target 222 | BATTING: Suresh Raina 2(6), Akshdeep Nath 8(10): Mohammed Shami cleans up Umang Sharma and Eklavya Dwivedi for 73 and 45 runs respectively. Umang struck eight fours in his knock. Two new batsmen— skipper Suresh Raina and Akshdeep Nath are at the crease now. Uttar Pradesh requires 45 runs to win off 71 balls. UP are favourites to win this game. OUT! Umang Sharma b Mohammed Shami 73(94), OUT! Eklavya Dwivedi b Mohammed Shami 45(52)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Uttar Pradesh 94/1 |Overs 23.1 | Target 222 | BATTING: Umang Sharma 43(58), Eklavya Dwivedi 3(14): Prashant Gupta gets out after a fighting 47. Umang Sharma is approaching his half century; he has hit three boundaries in his innings so far. Uttar Pradesh now requires 128 runs to win off 161 balls with nine wickets remaining. OUT! Prashant Gupta c Shreevats Goswami b Pragyan Ojha 47(68)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Uttar Pradesh 26/0 |Overs 4.4 | Target 222 | BATTING: Prashant Gupta 17(15), Umang Sharma 9(13): Uttar Pradesh is off to a flyer thanks to Prashant Gupta’s four boundaries early on in the innings. They now require 196 runs to win off 272 balls with all wickets intact. Ashok Dinda and Mohammad Shami are bowling currently.
INNINGS BREAK
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Bengal 221 |Overs 48.3 | BATTING: Mukesh Kumar 1(5): Sudip Chatterjee misses out on what could had been a brilliant century by just three runs. Ashok Dinda and Mohammed Shami also get out cheaply. Bengal are bowled out for 221. Mohammad Javed takes a four-wicket-haul. OUT! Sudip Chatterjee c Eklavya Dwivedi b Mohammad Javed 97(114), OUT! Ashok Dinda c Suresh Raina b Piyush Chawla 1(4), OUT! Mohammed Shami c&b Mohammad Javed 20(15)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Bengal 183/7 |Overs 42.1 | BATTING: Sudip Chatterjee 80(97), Ashok Dinda 1(3): It appears that Sudip Chatterjee will run out of partners and will remain the last man standing. Wickets are falling at a brisk pace at the other end and Bengal is in danger of getting bowled out here at Rajkot. Sudip Chatterjee is nearing his century; he has struck eight shots to the fence till now. OUT! Pankaj Kumar Shaw c Rinku Singh b Piyush Chawla 26(26), OUT! Pragyan Ojha c Suresh Raina b Bhuvneshwar Kumar 3(10)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Bengal 135/5 |Overs 32.5 | BATTING: Sudip Chatterjee 60(77), Pankaj Kumar Shaw 3(4): Sudip Chatterjee completes his fifty. Batting on 60, he has hit six boundaries till now. Piyush Chawla traps Laxmi Shukla for 32. Pankaj Kumar Shaw comes to the middle after Shukla’s departure. OUT! Laxmi Shukla lbw Piyush Chawla 32(51)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Bengal 61/4 |Overs 18 | BATTING: Sudip Chatterjee 17(35), Laxmi Shukla 3(7): Bengal have lost four quick wickets; two of them were taken by Mohd Javed. Currently, Sudeep Chatterjee and Laxmi Shukla are at the crease. They are batting on 17 and three respectively. Bengal needs a partnership from the duo or things might get worse for them. OUT! Shreevats Goswami c Eklavya Dwivedi b Bhuvneshwar Kumar 3(6), OUT! Sayan Shekhar Mandal c Eklavya Dwivedi b Praveen Kumar 15(26), OUT! Manoj Tiwary b Mohd Javed 1(14), OUT! Wriddhiman Saha c Piyush Chawla b Mohd Javed 16(20)
Toss: Bengal wins the toss and decides to bat first
Teams:
Bengal: Manoj Tiwary (c), Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Sudip Chatterjee, Laxmi Shukla, Ashok Dinda, Pragyan Ojha, Sayan Shekhar Mandal, Shreevats Goswami, Mohammed Shami, Mukesh Kumar, Pankaj Kumar Shaw
Uttar Pradesh: Suresh Raina (c), Eklavya Dwivedi (wk), Piyush Chawla, Akshdeep Nath, Mohd Javed, Prashant Gupta, Praveen Kumar, Umang Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Saurabh Kumar, Rinku Singh
Skipper Manoj Tiwary blasted his way to a 48-ball-62 while opener Shreevats Goswami hit 70 as Bengal comfortably beat Goa by 6 wickets in a group D match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy on Day 1.Put into bat, Goa managed 235 for 9 in 50 overs with Saurabh Bandekar (62), Reagan Pinto (55) and Sagiun Kamat (55) making useful contributions. Veteran speedster Ashok Dinda scalped three for 40. However, Bengal made short work of the target, knocking off the runs with 52 balls to spare at the at the Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground.
Riding on an unbeaten century by Eklavya Dwivedi and his fourth wicket unbroken 152-run partnership with Rinku Singh (62), Uttar Pradesh comprehensively defeated Himachal Pradesh by seven wickets in a Group “D” match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy on Day 1. Batting first at the SCA Stadium in Khandheri after losing the toss, Himachal Pradesh compiled 243 for 8 in 50 overs. Skipper Rishi Dhawan was the top scorer, making an unbeaten 67 off 64 balls with seven hits to the fence.
