Published: Dec 14, 2015, 08:30 AM (IST)
Edited: Aug 31, 2016, 12:25 PM (IST)
Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live coverage of Haryana and Jharkand, Group B match of the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy at Alur Cricket Stadium 3, Bangalore. While both the sides have won two games each from the three games they have played so far, Haryana top the table with their opponents on the third spot due to a lesser run rate. Jharkand won their last fixture against Kerala by five wickets. On the other hand, Haryana thrashed Jammu and Kashmir in their previous game by 10 wickets. Both the sides are well known of the conditions of Alur as they have played there in this tournament. Vijay Hazare 2015-16: Full coverage here
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Jharkhand 134/1 | Overs 29.4 |Target 134| BATTING: Ishank Jaggi 62(92), Kumar Deobrat 38(57): Jharkhand win the game withing 30 overs. Ishank Jaggi and Kumar Deobrat remained unbeaten on 62 and 38 respectively. Jaggi struck eight boundaries in his innings while Deobrat slammed three shots to the fence and one for maximum. Jharkhand records a nine wicket victory and gains four points.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Jharkhand 86/1 | Overs 21 |Target 134| BATTING: Ishank Jaggi 44(70), Kumar Deobrat 9(27): Harshad Patel traps Anand Singh for 23. Jharkhand’s scoring rate has slowed down after the fall of Anand’s wicket. Ishank Jaggi is just six runs short of his fifty. Kumar Deobrat is batting slowly at a strike rate of approximately one run every three balls faced. Jharkhand now needs only 48 runs to win. Looks like they will pull it off around the 30th over. OUT! Anand Singh lbw Harshad Patel 23(31)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Jharkhand 60/0 | Overs 11 |Target 134| BATTING: Ishank Jaggi 33(41), Anand Singh 23(25): Jharkhand are off to a flyer. They are 60 for no loss after 11 overs. They are chasing a small target and looks like they will comfortably reach it in 20-21 overs considering the pace at which they are batting. Ishank Jaggi and Anand Singh have struck six and five boundaries respectively in their innings so far. Jharkhand now needs 74 runs off 234 balls to win with all wickets intact.
INNINGS BREAK
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Haryana 133| Overs 33 | BATTING: Ashish Hooda 0(0): Rahul Dagar is trapped by Rahul Shukla for seven. Shahbaz Nadeem then sends PB Mehta back to the pavilion. Rahul Shukla then traps Jayant Yadav leg-before and finally Mahendra Singh Dhoni runs out Yuzvendra Chahal. Haryana are bowled out for a paltry 133. Let’s see how long Jharkhand will take to win the match. Some exceptionally brilliant bowling can only save Haryana from here on. OUT! Rahul Dagar lbw Rahul Shukla 7(16), OUT! PB Mehta c Monu Kumar b Shahbaz Nadeem 10(17), OUT! Jayant Yadav lbw Rahul Shukla 2(7), OUT! Yuzvendra Chahal run out MS Dhoni 1(7)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Haryana 120/6| Overs 29 | BATTING: Rahul Dagar 38(56), PB Mehta 0(9): Jharkhand succeed in destroying Haryana’s middle-order. RP Singh, skipper AR Mishra and GA Singh are back in the pavilion. Rahul Dagar is batting along with the new batsman PB Mehta. Rahul has hit six boundaries while PB Mehta has faced nine deliveries but is yet to get off the mark. OUT! RP Sharma c Ankit Dabas b Monu Kumar 13(24), OUT! AR Mishra c Varun Aaron b Ankit Dabas 17(31), OUT! GA Singh c Saurabh Tiwary b Shahbaz Nadeem 3(8)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Haryana 50/3| Overs 10.3 | BATTING: RP Sharma 4(9), Rahul Dagar 0(7): Haryana have lost three quick wickets early on in their innings; their run rate is decent. Varun Aaron picked up two of the three wickets which fell. Two new batsmen RP Singh and RM Dagar are at the crease. Harayana needs a partnership or things might get difficult for them. OUT! NR Saini c Saurabh Tiwary b Varun Aaron 10(18), OUT! HV Patel c Saurabh Tiwary b Varun Aaron 19(12), OUT! MS Hooda lbw Rahul Shukla 7(16)
Toss: Haryana won the toss and decided to bat first
Teams:
Haryana: AR Mishra (c), Nitin Saini (wk), Harshad Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ashish Hooda, GA Singh, Jayant Yadav, PB Mehta, Rahul Dagar, RP Sharma, Mohit Hooda
Jharkhand: Varun Aaron (c), MS Dhoni (wk), Saurabh Tiwary, Shahbaz Nadeem, Ishank Jaggi, Kumar Deobrat, Rahul Shukla, Ankit Dabas, Monu Kumar, Anand Singh, Kaushal Singh
Jharkand played their opening match at the same ground against Jammu and Kashmir. The contest eventually turned into a thriller as Jharkand won just by five runs. Meanwhile, Haryana also played their first match at the same ground with the result ending in their favour. In the second game against Gujarat for Jharkand when MS Dhoni top-scored with 44 in 64 balls. His innings that included four boundaries was brought to an end by Jasprit Bumrah in the 44th over. After Dhoni, Jharkand opening batsman Ishank Jaggi was the second top-scorer with his 34 runs in 58 deliveries he had faced. Batting first, Varun Aaron’s men posted a first innings total of 177 runs before their opponents chased the total down with 10 overs to spare.
Even Haryana lost their second fixture. They faced the defending champions Karnataka with the latter winning it by 38 runs. Batting first, Karnataka posted 242 runs in their first innings before Haryana were bundled out for 204 runs in 46.3 overs. The wickets were shared between Karnataka’s Abhimanyu Mithun, Vinay Kumar, Stuart Binny, Srrenath Aravind and J Suchith.
Squads:
Haryana: NR Saini (wk), Harshal Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ashish Hooda, Jayant Yadav, Amit Mishra (c), Pratap Mehta, R M Dagar, RP Sharma, U J Chugh, MS Hooda
Jharkand: Saurabh Tiwary, Shahbaz Nadeem, Varun Aaron (c), Ishank Jaggi, Jaskaran, Kumar Deobrat, Rahul Shukla, Ankit Dabas, Anand Singh, MS Dhoni (wk), Kaushal Singh
