Vijay Hazare Trophy 2018-19, Elite Group C wrap: Ishan Kishan 139 flattens Assam

Elsewhere in Chennai, Services chased Haryana’s 258 with five wickets and 15 deliveries in hand.

Batting first, Haryana made 257/8 in 50 overs with fifties to Chaitanya Bishnoi (88* off 126 balls) and Pramod Chandila (57 off 66) with breezy thirties from Jayant Yadav and Arun Chaprana. Bishnoi and Chaprana combined to add 49 in 29 balls, of which Chaprana hit 33* off 18 with five fours and a six.

Doing the damage was pace bowler Diwesh Pathania with his second five-wicket haul in List A cricket. Pathania struck thrice to reduce Haryana to 30/3 in 8.5 overs, and later removed Yadav for 32 and skipper Amit Mishra for 4 before Chaprana’s hitting revived the innings.

After an early wicket, Services were taken home on the back of 95 from Nakul Verma, who put on 129 for the second wicket with Rahul Gahlaut (61 off 56 balls) and then 52 with his captain Rajat Paliwal who made 45 before he was the fifth batsman out at 233/5 in the 42nd over. Hardik Sethi’s unbeaten 31 in 41 balls ensured there were no further hiccups.

Services 260/3 in 47.3 overs (Verma 95, Gahlaut 61, Paliwal 45) beat Haryana 247/8 in 50 overs (Bishnoi 88*, P Chandila 56, Pathania 5/42) by five wickets