Karnataka kicked off their Vijaya Hazare Trophy 2023 campaign with an enormous win over Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, November 23. The four-time champions proved their superiority with captain Mayak Agarwal rising as a hero once more at Sardar Patel Stadium B Ground in Ahmedabad.
The star top-order batter scored 157 runs off 133 balls as Karnataka posted an enormous whole of 402/2 whereas batting first. Then pacer Vijaykumar Vyshak took 4 wickets to bowl out the clueless Jammu and Kashmir aspect on simply 180 runs to present his staff with an enormous win by 222 runs.
Mayank final performed worldwide cricket in March 2022 in a Test match against Sri Lanka in Bengaluru and ODI in 2020. But the skilled opener continues to show his value in home cricket throughout codecs and produced a stellar efficiency on Thursday to goal a possible return to the nationwide aspect.
The 32-year-old opening batter has been a constant performer in home cricket and carries the shape within the 50-over home cricket. Ravikumar Samarth additionally scored a century as he and Mayank added 267 runs for the opening wicket and then Devdutt Padikkal’s unbeaten 71 runs off 35 balls boosted Karnataka to an enormous whole. Jammu and Kashmir’s star pacer Umran Malik failed to make an impression as he leaked 8.50 runs per over with none success.
Jammu and Kashmir misplaced Qamran Iqbal on simply 12 runs and by no means recovered below the stress of the massive chase. Yudhvir Singh top-scored with 64 runs off simply 39 balls as Jammu and Kashmir’s innings collapsed on 180 runs in 30.4 overs. Karnataka face Uttarakhand of their subsequent match on the identical venue on November 25 and Jammu and Kashmir conflict against Chandigarh within the Group C match.
Karnataka Playing XI: Ravikumar Samarth, Mayank Agarwal (c), Devdutt Padikkal, Sharath BR (wk), Nikin Jose, Manish Pandey, Krishnappa Gowtham, Jagadeesha Suchith, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Vasuki Koushik, Vidhwath Kaverappa
Jammu and Kashmir Playing XI: Qamran Iqbal, Shubham Khajuria (c), Fazil Rashid (wk), Henan Nazir Malik, Abdul Samad, Vivrant Sharma, Rasikh Dar Salam, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Sahil Lotra, Abid Mushtaq, Umran Malik
