Published: Dec 17, 2015, 08:30 AM (IST)
Edited: Aug 31, 2016, 12:08 PM (IST)
Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live cricket blog of the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2015-16 tournament, between Jharkhand and Railways at KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur. Jharkhand won their previous encounter against defending champions Karnataka by 47 runs and will go into this match full of confidence. Ishank Jaggi made a fifty, whereas Saurabh Tiwary and Kumar Deobrat made significant contributions to help Jharkhand post a competitive total on the board. Railways, on the other hand, beat Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) easily despite scoring just 200 in their innings. Ashish Yadav was the pick of the bowlers, finishing with 3 for 28 in his 10 overs. Other bowlers too chipped in and played their parts to ensure that Railways got home with ease. Vijay Hazare 2015-16: Full coverage here
Live Cricket Score: Railways 96 | Overs 37 | BATSMEN: Avinash Yadav 10(31) | AND IT’S ALL OVER! Railways routed for 96, and Jharkhand pull off a huge win. Convincing victory by 115 runs for Jharkhand, who get 4 points for the win. Railways’ disappointing run continues. OUT! Anureet Singh 6(11) b Sonu Singh, Krishnakant Upadhyay 0(6) c Ankit Dabas b Shahbaz Nadeem JHARKHAND WIN BY 115 RUNS
Live Cricket Score: Railways 95/8 | Overs 35 | BATSMEN: Avinash Yadav 9(30), Anureet Singh 6(6) | Railways absolutely capitulating here, they are on their way to being bowled out for under 100. OUT! Cheluvaraj 11(27), AR Pandey 3(7) st MS Dhoni b Sonu Singh, Mahesh Rawat 3(7) LBW Sonu Singh, Karn Sharma 3(10) c Kaushal Singh b Ankit Dabas, Arindham Ghosh 44(94) LBW Shahbaz Nadeem, Ashish Yadav 4(9) b Ankit Dabas
Live Cricket Score: Railways 43/2 | Overs 14 | BATSMEN: Cheluvaraj 11(24), Arindham Ghosh 20(40)| Monu Kumar and Vikash have struck early. Railways have not had a lot of in-form batsmen this series, though Karn Sharma has done quite well. The Jharkhand bowlers will want to zip through them as soon as possible. OUT! Saurabh 0(11) c Shahbaz Nadeem b Vikash, Asadullakhan 11(9) c Saurabh Tiwary b Monu Kumar
Live Cricket Score: Jharkhand 211/5 | Overs 45 | BATSMEN: Kaushal Singh 15(16), Ankit Dabbas 14(7) | Disappointing innings from Jharkhand, all their batsmen got to double figures but none were able to dig deep and play a long innings. Saurabh Tiwary top-scored with 49 while MS Dhoni made 37 and Kumar Deobrat 38, but not a single half-century was scored. For Railways, Avinash Yadav took 2 for 44, while Anureet Singh, Karn Sharma, and Ashish Yadav took a wicket apiece. OUT! Ishank Jaggi 28(42), Anand Singh 24(57), Kumar Deobrat 38(53), Saurabh Tiwary 49(66), MS Dhoni 37(30)
Karn Sharma scored 60 and picked up two wickets and was easily the star of the match. He has been in excellent all-round touch in the tournament so far and will look to carry on his good form in this match as well. They will however require their other batsmen, especially at the top to step up and score some big runs to ensure that they can put a good score on the board. Shahbaz Nadeem has been in excellent touch with the ball throughout the series. He in fact bowled extremely well in the Ranji Trophy 2015-2016 group stages as well, which ensured that his side makes it to the quarter-final of the tournament. He has to put in more such excellent performances in this tournament so that his team makes it to the next round.
Jharkhand: Varun Aaron (c), Anand Singh, Ankit Dabas, Kumar Deobrat, MS Dhoni, Shiv Gautam, Ishank Jaggi, Jaskaran Singh, Kaushal Singh, Monu Kumar, Shahbaz Nadeem, Rahul Shukla, Sonu Singh, Sumit Kumar (wk), Saurabh Tiwary.
Railways: Karn Sharma (c), Anureet Singh, Ashish Singh, Ashish Yadav, Avinash Yadav, V Cheluvaraj, Faiz Ahmed, Arindam Ghosh, Arnab Nandi, Akshat Pandey, Asad Pathan, Mahesh Rawat (wk), Satender Thakran, Krishnakant Upadhyay, Saurabh Wakaskar.
