UP vs MP Live: Madhya Pradesh failed to travel the distance after going down by 5 wickets against Uttar Pradesh on Sunday. Aksh Deep Nath and Rinku Singh were at the top of their game as Uttar Pradesh chased down the 235-run target with 5 balls to spare. Bhuvneshwar Kumar took two wickets in the match for Uttar Pradesh, while Shubham Sharma (83) and Rajat Patidar (46) were the top-scorers for Madhya Pradesh. Venkatesh Iyer scored 30 runs and took one wicket for Madhya Pradesh. Follow Vijay Hazare Trophy Live on InsideSport.IN.
Uttar Pradesh Innings:
| BATSMEN | RUNS | BALLS | SR | 4S | 6S | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madhav Kaushik | ct Abhishek Bhandari b Venkatesh Iyer | 29 | 43 | 67.44 | 6 | 0 | |
| Aryan Juyal W | ct Rajat Patidar b Avesh Khan | 3 | 8 | 37.50 | 0 | 0 | |
| Karan Sharma C | ct Venkatesh Iyer b Avesh Khan | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sameer Rizvi | Run Out Rajat Patidar | 38 | 71 | 53.52 | 3 | 0 | |
| Aksh Deep Nath | ct Aditya Shrivastava b Kumar Kartikeya Singh | 78 | 92 | 84.78 | 7 | 1 | |
| Rinku Singh | Not Out | 58 | 64 | 90.63 | 5 | 0 | |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | Not Out | 16 | 13 | 123.08 | 2 | 0 | |
| EXTRAS | (nb 0, w 7, b 7, lb 1, pen 0) | 15 | |||||
| TOTAL | (5 wickets; 49.1 overs) | 237 | |||||
DID NOT BAT:
| BOWLER | O | M | R | W | ECON | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avesh Khan | 10 | 3 | 47 | 2 | 4.70 | |
| Puneet Datey | 8 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 3.00 | |
| Kuldeep Sen | 9 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 6.44 | |
| Venkatesh Iyer | 9 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 4.44 | |
| Kumar Kartikeya Singh | 8.1 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 4.78 | |
| Rameez Khan | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 4.00 | |
| Shubham Sharma | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5.00 | |
- 1-7 (Aryan Juyal, 4.1 ov) ,
- 2-7 (Karan Sharma, 4.5 ov) ,
- 3-43 (Madhav Kaushik, 13.2 ov) ,
- 4-101 (Sameer Rizvi, 27.4 ov) ,
- 5-198 (Aksh Deep Nath, 44.5 ov)
Madhya Pradesh Innings:
| BATSMEN | RUNS | BALLS | SR | 4S | 6S | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abhishek Bhandari W | b Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rameez Khan | Run Out Shivam Mavi | 35 | 68 | 51.47 | 4 | 0 | |
| Shubham Sharma | b Shivam Sharma | 83 | 99 | 83.84 | 10 | 0 | |
| Rajat Patidar | ct Rinku Singh b Shivam Mavi | 46 | 49 | 93.88 | 3 | 1 | |
| Venkatesh Iyer | ct Aryan Juyal b Yash Dayal | 30 | 28 | 107.14 | 1 | 1 | |
| Aditya Shrivastava C | b Yash Dayal | 2 | 8 | 25.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| Parth Sahani | ct Aryan Juyal b Yash Dayal | 1 | 7 | 14.29 | 0 | 0 | |
| Puneet Datey | ct Shivam Sharma b Shivam Mavi | 19 | 21 | 90.48 | 0 | 2 | |
| Kumar Kartikeya Singh | Run Out Shivam Sharma | 2 | 6 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 | |
| Avesh Khan | b Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 2 | 4 | 50.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kuldeep Sen | Not Out | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| EXTRAS | (nb 1, w 9, b 0, lb 4, pen 0) | 14 | |||||
| TOTAL | (All out; 49.2 overs) | 234 | |||||
| BOWLER | O | M | R | W | ECON | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 10 | 1 | 46 | 2 | 4.60 | |
| Yash Dayal | 10 | 0 | 35 | 3 | 3.50 | |
| Ankit Rajpoot | 10 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 5.10 | |
| Shivam Mavi | 9.2 | 0 | 51 | 2 | 5.46 | |
| Shivam Sharma | 10 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 4.70 | |
- 1-0 (Abhishek Bhandari, 0.4 ov) ,
- 2-73 (Rameez Khan, 19.6 ov) ,
- 3-151 (Shubham Sharma, 33.4 ov) ,
- 4-199 (Rajat Patidar, 40.4 ov) ,
- 5-204 (Venkatesh Iyer, 41.5 ov) ,
- 6-207 (Aditya Shrivastava, 43.2 ov) ,
- 7-208 (Parth Sahani, 43.6 ov) ,
- 8-213 (Kumar Kartikeya Singh, 45.6 ov) ,
- 9-217 (Avesh Khan, 46.6 ov) ,
- 10-234 (Puneet Datey, 49.2 ov)
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While, UP finished second in Elite Group C and won three out of their 5 matches, MP finished behind table-toppers Kerala in Elite Group D, winning four of their five matches. Also, Madhya Pradesh has won their last four matches on the bounce after losing to Maharashtra in the opener. Uttar Pradesh have won their last three matches after losing the first two against Saurashtra and Jharkhand in Chandigarh and Multanpur respectively.
Two out of three of UP’s win have come while chasing. MP have defended their totals on all the four occasions. It should be noted that MP led by Aditya Shrivastava have scored on excess of 300 in all four of their five matches. Their last match was a low scoring one in which they defended 192 against Chhattisgarh in Rajkot.
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On the flip side, Uttar Pradesh are yet to cross the 250-run mark. Their highest team total came against Haryana in the last group stage match when they scored 245 in Mohali.
With Venkatesh Iyer going through a purple patch, Madhya Pradesh certainly have an upper hand against Uttar Pradesh in the match. Iyer has scored 349 runs at an average of 69.80 from 5 matches. In his last four outings, the southpaw has registered scores of 112, 71, 151 and 1. Shubam Sharma and Abhishek Bhandari have very ably supported him by accumulating 335 and 244 runs from five matches each.
Rinku Singh (245) is UP’s top run-getter and the only batsman to get more than 200 runs for the team.
In the bowling department, Puneet Datey have picked 9 wickets in 5 matches. Yash Dayal and Shivam Mavi have picked 11 and 10 wickets respectively for Uttar Pradesh.
When and Where to watch UP vs MP Live?
The match will be telecasted live on Disney + Hotstar. Selected games will be telecasted on the Star Sports Network as well.
Squad Details
Uttar Pradesh: Karan Sharma (C), Almas Shaukat, Bobby Yadav, Priyam Garg, Jasmer Dhankhar, Dhruv Jurel, Aryan Juyal, Abhishek Goswami, Madhav Kaushik, Munindra Maurya, Nalin Mishra, Mohsin Khan, Akshdeep Nath, Sameer Choudhary, Sameer Rizvi, Saurabh Kumar, Ankit Rajpoot, Shivam Mavi, Shivam Sharma, Rinku Singh, Yash Dayal.
Madhya Pradesh: Aditya Shrivastava (C), Rajat Patidar, Ankit Sharma, Arshad Khan, Avesh Khan, Rahul Batham, Parth Sahani, Rishabh Chouhan, Puneet Datey, Arpit Gaud, Mihir Hirwani, Shubham Sharma, Venkatesh Iyer, Abhishek Bhandari, Saransh Jain, Kumar Kartikeya, Ishwar Pandey, Kuldeep Sen, Rakesh Thakur.
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