Published: Mar 06, 2017, 09:18 PM (IST)
Edited: Mar 06, 2017, 09:19 PM (IST)
New Delhi: The two quarter-finals of the Vijay Hazare Trophy that were scheduled to be held on Monday, March 13 have now been advanced by a day and will be played on Sunday, March 12. The BCCI CEO Rahul Johri said that the change of schedule happened as it would have been difficult to conduct matches on Holi, which is a public holiday. The two quarterfinal matches that have been re-scheduled are Karnataka versus Baroda and Tamil Nadu versus Gujarat. The other two quarter-finals will be played on March 14 between Bengal and Maharashtra, and Vidarbha versus Jharkhand. Vijay Hazare Trophy: Bengal, Gujarat qualify for quarter-finals
Earlier, Ranji Trophy champions Gujarat rode on Jasprit Bumrah’s three-wicket haul and Parthiv Patel’s 88 to make the quarterfinals of the Vijay Hazare Trophy after beating Bengal by seven wickets in a Group C match on Monday. However, despite losing, Bengal topped the Group C table with 20 points and booked a berth in the last-eight stage of the tournament. Meanwhile, Ranji Trophy finalists Mumbai failed to make the cut, finishing third in the points table after Bengal and Gujarat from Group C. Gujarat toppled Mumbai on the basis of higher net run-rate. Both Gujarat and Mumbai finished with 16 points each but the former advance to the knock-out round, winning by a huge margin over Bengal today and significantly improving their run-rate.
Also, Mahendra Singh Dhoni led Jharkhand entered the quarterfinals of the Vijay Hazare Trophy with a six-wicket thrashing of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday. Their campaign in tatters after their 21-run loss to Hyderabad, Jharkhand not only needed a big win against Jammu and Kashmir but wanted Hyderabad to lose to Services.
