Yuvraj Singh blasted his way to an unbeaten 78 off 59 balls as Punjab coasted to a six wicket victory against Rajasthan to put a foot in the quarter-final of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, here on Tuesday.
Yuvraj Singh blasted his way to an unbeaten 78 off 59 balls as Punjab coasted to a six wicket victory against Rajasthan to put a foot in the quarter-final of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, here on Tuesday.
With their fourth win in five matches, Punjab are on top of Group A with 16 points and a match to go Courtesy Yuvraj, who hit 10 fours and two sixes, Punjab raced to the victory target of 271 in only 44.4 overs.
Opener Jiwanjot Singh (66) and Mandeep Singh (60) also made significant contributions. Along with Mayank Siddana (25), Yuvraj added 75 runs in only 9.3 overs as they hardly broke sweat while achieving the target. Earlier, Brainder Sran (4/60) had the best figures as Rajasthan posted a decent 270/7 in 50 overs.
Scores Andhra 261/4 in 50 overs (A.G. Pradeep 102*, Jyotisaikrishna 72, D.B. Prashanth Kumar 46) bt Odisha 206 in 48 overs (A. Sarangi 52, B. Samantaray 44, N. Behera 42, Siva Kumar 4/37). Rajasthan 270/7 in 50 overs (M.N. Singh 118, P.R. Yadav 43, B.S. Sran 4/60) lost to Punjab 273/4 in 44.4 overs (Yuvraj Singh 78*, Jiwanjot Singh 66, Mandeep Singh 60). Hyderabad 271/8 in 50 overs (Tanmay Agarwal 83, H. Vihari 51, Arup Das 3/45, Jogeswar Bhumiz 3/58) bt Assam 199 in 50 overs (Pallav Das 54, Ravi Kiran 3/30, C.V. Milind 3/44). Jharkhand 216/8 in 50 overs (I. Jaggi 50, K. Deobrat 47*, Saurabh Tiwary 43, J. Suchith 4/35) bt Karnataka 169 in 45 overs (K.L. Rahul 42, Sonu SIngh 3/20, Shahbaz Nadeem 3/15). Services 151 in 42.1 overs (Nakul Verma 50, R. Paliwal 41, Shardul 4/19) lost to Mumbai 156/4 in 25.2 overs (A. Herwadkar 46).
