Nagpur: Shree Choudhary and Sanskar Chavate starred with the bat and ball as Vidarbha U-19 boys held their nerves to squeeze out a narrow 3-run victory over Rajasthan in their Group B match of the Vinoo Mankad (One-Day) Trophy on Tuesday. It was Vidarbha’s third win in a row and they now have 12 points from three matches.
At the Jamia Millia Islamia Ground in New Delhi, Vidarbha batted first after winning the toss, but could manage only a below par score of 233-8 in their allotted 50 overs. Opener Shree Choudhary top-scored with 70 off 105 balls. He added 75 runs for the second wicket with Tushar Suryavanshi (29). However, when Shree was run out in the 36th over, Vidarbha slipped to 140-5. Sanskar (46) and Vedant Dighade (56*) added 73 runs for the seventh wicket to take the team’s tally beyond the 200-run mark.
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Rajasthan batters were in no hurry and in spite of losing wickets at regular intervals, they kept accumulating runs. At 171-6 in the 41st over, Vidarbha appeared to be in control, but a 41-run partnership between Naved Khan (26) and Parth Yadav (46*) tilted the balance in Rajasthan’s favour. When Naved was dismissed by Shree, Rajasthan were 212-7 and still needed 22 runs in 13 deliveries. Sarthak Dhabadgaonkar and Sanskar Chavate kept their cool and successfully defended those runs.
Brief Scores: Vidarbha 233-8 in 50 overs (Shree Choudhary 70, Vedant Dighade 56*, Sanskar Chavate 46, Tushar Suryavanshi 29, Shreyansh 20; Sachin Sharma 3-27, Naved Khan 3-61).
Rajasthan 230-8 in 50 overs (Sachin Sharma 57, Toshit 43, Parth Yadav 46*; Aditya 2- 26, Sarthak Dhabadgaonkar 2-49, Shree Choudhary 1-16, Sanskar Chavate 1-43). Result: Vidarbha won by 3 runs.
Vidarbha girls sign off with victory
Vidarbha’s U-19 girls thumped Saurashtra by seven wickets in their last Group B match of the T20 Trophy on Tuesday. Vidarbha finished with 12 points from five matches but they failed to make the cut for the knock-out stage. Vidarbha dismissed Saurashtra for 38 runs in 17.3 overs. Vidarbha bowlers, led by Yashshri Soley (2-9), Riya Baniya (2-2) and Dharvi Tembhurne (2-6) had a stranglehold on their opponents and none of the Saurashtra batters could reach into double figures. Vidarbha knocked off the required runs in just 7.4 overs to seal victory
Brief Scores: Saurashtra 38 all out in 17.3 overs (Yashshri Soley 2-9, Dharvi Tembhurne 2- 6, Riya Baniya 2-2). Vidarbha 39-3 in 7.4 overs (Aarohi Bambode 14 not out). Result: Vidarbha won by 7 wickets.
