Haryana, UPCA, Kerala win

Resuming from its overnight score of 101 for four, Haryana’s Rohit Sharma 85 (142b, 9x4) in the company of Guntash Veer Singh, added 75 runs for the fifth wicket in 23.1 overs. For Saurashtra, off-spinner Vandit Jivrajani took three wickets for 42 runs while skipper Jaydev Unadkat picked two. 

At SRMC, UPCA overcame Mumbai by five wickets to register its first win. Requiring a further 196 runs at the day’s start, UP found its saviours in Eklavya Dwivedi 81 (142b, 11x4, 2x6) and Akshdeep Nath 81 (108b, 13x4)who raised 118 runs for the fourth wicket in 25.5 overs. Medium pacer Anjdeep Lad scalped three wickets for 64 runs for the losing team.

Meanwhile, Kerala bounced back strongly from its opening round defeat to TNCA President’s XI, by recording a 240-run win over Assam at the CPT-IP ground. Chasing 381, Assam was bundled out for a paltry 140 as Kerala’s KM Asif wreaked havoc taking six for 22.

Kerala 380 in 87.4 overs bt Assam 140 in 51.5 overs (Subham Mandal 55, KM Asif 6/22). Points: Kerala 4 (4); Assam 0 (0). Saurashtra 236 in 52 overs lost to Haryana 240/9 in 72.5 overs (Guntash Veer Singh 40, Rohit Sharma 85, Vandit Jivrajani 3/42). Haryana 4 (4); Saurashtra 0 (0). Baroda 308/8 in 90 overs lost to Hyderabad 309/4 in 65.2 overs (Tanmay Agarwal 77, P Akshath Reddy 48, K Sumanth 82, K Rohit Rayudu 65*). Hyderabad 4 (4); Baroda 0 (4). Mumbai 235 lost to UPCA 237/5 in 58.2 overs (Eklavya Dwivedi 81, Akshdeep Nath 81, Anjdeep Lad 3/64). UPCA 4 (8); Mumbai 0 (0).