Vijay Hazare Trophy | Elite Group C - Tamil Nadu, Bengal register wins, Services falter

Vijay Hazare Trophy | Elite Group C - Tamil Nadu, Bengal register wins, Services falter

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Tamil Nadu beats Railways as Baba Aparajith struck an unbeaten 111 supported by Vijay Shankar, who racked up an unbeaten 72 while a classy 85 from Manoj Tiwary helped Bengal beat Tripura by five wickets. Rahul Chahar picked up four wickets as Rajasthan beat Services by 49 runs.

Tamil Nadu 203-2 (44.1) beats Railways 200-9 (50.0) by 8 wickets

Having chosen to bat first, the Railways were off to a steady start against Tamil Nadu's new-ball pair of Vijay Shankar and K Vignesh at Jaipur's Sawai Mansingh Stadium. A steady innings saw the Railways lose three wickets at regular intervals till the 150-mark. After this, Baba Aparijith ran riots with his teammates picking up six wickets while conceding only 21 runs to restrict the Railways at 200/9 after 50 overs. In reply, Aparijith continued his form with the bat as well, smashing a 111* in 124 balls with Vijay Shankar keeping him good company scoring a 72* off 113 balls himself. With the loss of two early wickets of their openers, Tamil Nadu managed to chase the target of 201 without losing any more wickets in 44.1 overs.

Bengal 227-5 (47.1) beats Tripura 224-10 (49) by 5 wickets

Bengal won the toss and elected to field at the KL Saini Ground in Jaipur, against Tripura. Tanmay Mishra of Tripura scored a steady 72 off 99 balls but kept looking at new partners at the other end till Milind Kumar walked in after three wickets were down. However, both lost their wickets by the time Tripura crossed the 150-run mark. This was followed by no great contribution leading to a score of 224 runs. Bengal did not lose a lot of sweat as their main man Manoj Tiwary set the tone for the innings scoring a gritty 85 off 103 balls and building a 115-run partnership with Agniv Pan. Roy Chowdhury and Shahbaz Ahmed got Bengal over the line.

Rajasthan 239-8 (50) beats Services 191 (44) by 48 runs

Services won the toss and elected to field at the Jaipuria Vidyalaya Ground in Jaipur where they were up against Rajasthan. Services were off to a confident start picking up 2 early wickets but could not continue their momentum as Chetan Bist and Arijit Gupta secured a 71-run partnership to steady the Rajasthan innings. Bist continued his quest with Aditya Garhwal after Gupta had fallen and scored strong 71. Garhwal went on to be the highest scorer of the innings with 91 runs off just 79 balls putting up a decent 239 runs on the board. A steady start in reply saw the Services rack up 150 runs at the loss of just five wickets on their way to victory. But after Mohit Ahlawat lost his wicket at 175, the team broke down and were all out for just 191. Rahul Chahar picked up four wickets for Rajasthan and was well complemented by S.K. Sharma who took three wickets.

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