KER beat MAH – Vijay Hazare Trophy: Ruturaj Gaikwad’s third consecutive century went in vain as Vishnu Vinod’s unbeaten 100 along with Sijomon Joesph’s 71 not out helped Kerala chase down a huge 291 run target and register 4 wickets win over Maharashtra in Group D fixture at the Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot on Saturday. Follow Vijay Hazare Trophy 2021-22 Live on InsideSport.IN.
KER beat MAH: R Gaikwad’s century in vain as Vishnu Vinod and S Joseph guide Kerala to 4 wickets win over Maharashtra
Put into bat, Maharashtra skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad continued his fine form and slammed the third ton in a row. Maharashtra had a shaky start as they were reduced to 22/2 inside the powerplay but Gaikwad and Rahul Tripathi stitched a 195-run stand for the third wicket and resurrected the innings. Tripathi missed a well-deserved century by just a run as he departed on 99 runs while Ruturaj Gaikwad scored 124 off 129 deliveries.
Gaikwad hit nine fours and three sixes and got out to debutant seamer Suresh Vishweshar in the 46th over while trying to step up the run rate. Maharashtra could have gone past the 300-run mark but managed just 42 runs in the final-five to notch a below-par 291/8 in the stipulated 50 overs. On Gaikwad’s day, it was Kerala seamer M D Nidheesh who stole the show with a stunning 5/49 including the vital.
Coming to chase, Kerala too had a shaky start and lost two wickets inside the powerplay. At one time, Kerala’s score read 120/6 and the game was in complete control of Maharashtra. But, Vishnu Vinod’s unbeaten 100 and Sijomon Joseph’s 71 guided the side over the line with 4 wickets in hand. The duo put on an undefeated 174-run stand to steer the team home in 48.5 overs.
Gaikwad now has 414 runs to his name in three innings at an insane average of 207 to make his case even stronger for the upcoming South Africa ODI series.
| BATSMEN | RUNS | BALLS | SR | 4S | 6S | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R D Gaikwad C | ct Sanju Samson b Vishweshar A Suresh | 124 | 129 | 96.12 | 9 | 3 | |
| Y J Nahar | ct Vishnu Vinod b Basil Thampi | 2 | 8 | 25.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| A R Bawane | ct Sanju Samson b Nidheesh M D | 9 | 11 | 81.82 | 2 | 0 | |
| R A Tripathi | ct Sachin Baby b Nidheesh M D | 99 | 108 | 91.67 | 11 | 0 | |
| N S Shaikh | ct Sachin Baby b Nidheesh M D | 5 | 8 | 62.50 | 1 | 0 | |
| A N Kazi | b Basil Thampi | 20 | 17 | 117.65 | 2 | 0 | |
| Swapnil P Fulpagar W | ct Vishnu Vinod b Nidheesh M D | 14 | 10 | 140.00 | 0 | 1 | |
| A Palkar | Not Out | 4 | 6 | 66.67 | 0 | 0 | |
| J P Zope | ct Jalaj Saxena b Nidheesh M D | 5 | 3 | 166.67 | 1 | 0 | |
| M G Choudhary | Not Out | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| EXTRAS | (nb 1, w 7, b 0, lb 0, pen 0) | 8 | |||||
| TOTAL | (8 wickets; 50 overs) | 291 | |||||
DID NOT BAT:
- P C Dadhe,
| BOWLER | O | M | R | W | ECON | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basil Thampi | 10 | 0 | 56 | 2 | 5.60 | |
| Nidheesh M D | 10 | 0 | 49 | 5 | 4.90 | |
| Vishweshar A Suresh | 7 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 6.86 | |
| Sijomon Joseph | 9 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 5.33 | |
| Jalaj Saxena | 10 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 5.00 | |
| Vishnu Vinod | 3 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 9.33 | |
| Rohan S Kunnummal | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12.00 | |
- 1-3 (Y J Nahar, 2.1 ov) ,
- 2-22 (A R Bawane, 5.1 ov) ,
- 3-217 (R A Tripathi, 39.4 ov) ,
- 4-229 (N S Shaikh, 41.6 ov) ,
- 5-249 (R D Gaikwad, 45.1 ov) ,
- 6-278 (Swapnil P Fulpagar, 47.6 ov) ,
- 7-280 (A N Kazi, 48.2 ov) ,
- 8-288 (J P Zope, 49.2 ov)
| BATSMEN | RUNS | BALLS | SR | 4S | 6S | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rohan S Kunnummal | ct Swapnil P Fulpagar b A Palkar | 5 | 21 | 23.81 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mohammed Azharuddeen | Run Out R A Tripathi | 2 | 5 | 40.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vathsal | lbw P C Dadhe | 18 | 24 | 75.00 | 3 | 0 | |
| Sachin Baby | ct Swapnil P Fulpagar b A Palkar | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jalaj Saxena | st Swapnil P Fulpagar b J P Zope | 44 | 54 | 81.48 | 3 | 2 | |
| Sanju Samson C W | ct R A Tripathi b J P Zope | 42 | 35 | 120.00 | 4 | 2 | |
| Vishnu Vinod | Not Out | 100 | 82 | 121.95 | 8 | 2 | |
| Sijomon Joseph | Not Out | 71 | 70 | 101.43 | 2 | 4 | |
| EXTRAS | (nb 0, w 8, b 1, lb 3, pen 0) | 12 | |||||
| TOTAL | (6 wickets; 48.5 overs) | 294 | |||||
DID NOT BAT:
- Basil Thampi ,
- Nidheesh M D ,
- Vishweshar A Suresh
| BOWLER | O | M | R | W | ECON | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M G Choudhary | 9 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 6.33 | |
| A Palkar | 10 | 1 | 51 | 2 | 5.10 | |
| P C Dadhe | 10 | 1 | 54 | 1 | 5.40 | |
| A N Kazi | 10 | 0 | 70 | 0 | 7.00 | |
| J P Zope | 9.5 | 0 | 58 | 2 | 5.90 | |
- 1-3 (Mohammed Azharuddeen, 1.1 ov) ,
- 2-11 (Rohan S Kunnummal, 5.5 ov) ,
- 3-21 (Sachin Baby, 7.1 ov) ,
- 4-35 (Vathsal, 10.3 ov) ,
- 5-107 (Sanju Samson, 21.4 ov) ,
- 6-120 (Jalaj Saxena, 25.2 ov)
Head to Head
Maharashtra have won the last two games in previous editions.
MATCH DETAILS
Date: 11 December 2021
Venue: Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot
Series: Vijay Hazare Trophy
Season: 2021/22
Time: 9:00 AM
SQUADS
Kerala Squad: Sanju Samson, Sajeevan Akhil, KM Asif, Basil Thampi, Vathsal Govind, Jalaj Saxena, Sijomon Joseph, Rohan Kunnummal, Unnikrishnan Manukrishnan, Sudhesan Midhun, Pathirikattu Midhun, Mohammed Azharuddin, Rojith Ganesh, Sachin Baby, Robin Uthappa, Vishnu Vinod.
Maharashtra Squad: Ruturaj Gaikwad (capt.), Rahul Tripathi (vice-capt.), Yash Nahar, Naushad Shaikh, Azim Kazi, Ankeet Bawane, Shamshuzama Kazi, Mukesh Choudhary, Pradeep Dadhe, Manoj Ingale, Ashay Palkar, Divyang Hinganekar, Jagdish Zope, Swapnil Fulpagar, Avdhoot Dandekar, Taranjit Singh Dhillon, Siddhesh Veer, Yash Kshirsagar, Pavan Shah, Dhanraj Pardeshi.
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