Ashok Menaria’s Haryana on Saturday clinched their first-ever Vijay Hazare Trophy title as they defeated Rajasthan within the remaining by 30 runs in Rajkot. In a northern derby, the Haryana aspect managed to outclass the Deepak Hooda-led aspect in an exciting finale on the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot.Â
Harshal Patel and Ankit Kumar had been the celebs of this win alongside with notable contributions from different gamers too. Chasing a goal of 289, Rajasthan had been bundled out for 257 with some stellar bowling from Sumit Kumar and Harshal. Sumit did the early harm to push Rajasthan on the again foot, whereas Harshal took essential wickets of centurion Abhijeet Tomar and half-centurion Kunal Singh Rathore, each of whom saved their workforce very a lot within the hunt. For his spectacular present within the remaining and within the general event, fast-bowling all-rounder Sumit was named each Player of the Match and Player of the Series.
Rajasthan had been in all kinds of hassle within the remaining as they had been reeling at 12/3 in 5.1 overs with Sumit selecting all of the three wickets. It appeared all however gone for Rajasthan however Abhijieet and Kunal staged a superb comeback on the again of a 121-run stand for the fifth wicket. Opener Abhijeet went on to smash 100, whereas Kunal scored 79. The remainder of the gamers couldn’t contribute a lot with the third-highest rating being 18 by Rahul Chahar. Rahul Tewatia and Anshul Kamboj additionally chipped in with two wickets every to finish Rajasthan’s dream of the title.
Batting first, Ankit Kumar and captain Ashok Menaria led the best way with 88 and 70 runs respectively. They misplaced opener Yuvraj Singh early however the different opener Ankit held one find yourself to assist them in a robust batting part. The duo notched up a stand of 124 runs earlier than Ankit fell to Aniket Choudhary. Menaria additionally fell quickly however Rohit Parmod Sharma, Nishant Sindhu, Rahul Tewatia and Sumit Kumar performed some helpful cameos to take them previous 275.
From Rajasthan, Aniket Choudhary was the choose of the bowlers with figures of 4/49. Arafat Khan additionally picked two wickets, whereas Rahul Chahar picked one scalp too. Haryana have received the title undefeated as they’ve received all of the 10 video games in a row.
