Siddesh Lad starred in Mumbai’s 41-run win over Gujarat on Tuesday while defending champions Tamil Nadu crashed to a six-wicket defeat to Goa in the Vijay Hazare Trophy Group ‘C’ League. Lad hit 11 fours and four sixers in his 125-ball 129 to power Mumbai to 317/8 in 50 overs. Gujarat didn’t seem in the hunt despite captain Priyank Panchal’s 89 and was bowled out for 276 to hand Mumbai a second straight win.
The match saw Lad come up with a dominant display and was involved in two big partnerships, one with opener Akhil Herwadkar and then with captain Aditya Tare which yielded 127 runs.
In reply, Gujarat appeared to be behind on the required run-rate despite Panchal’s century partnership with Bhargav Merai (64), who scored a ton against Tamil Nadu on Monday.
Tamil Nadu outclassed
Tamil Nadu lost six wickets for 44 runs to collapse to 210 all out before Swapnil Asnodkar’s 103 took Goa home after a mid-innings wobble.
Tamil Nadu couldn’t build on a 89-run opening wicket partnership between India Test opener Murali Vijay (51) and M Kaushik Gandhi (43) in the face of disciplined bowling and sharp fielding by Goa to be bowled out in 48.5 overs. Asnodkar led Goa’s chase with a well-compiled 103. India Test spinner Ravichandran Ashwin kept things tight and took 2/30.
Andhra win
In the other game of the day, Andhra Pradesh notched up a second win on the trot, beating Madhya Pradesh by six wickets with medium-pacer P Girinath Reddy’s six-wicket haul and G Hanuma Vihari (61 not out) being the stars. Madhya Pradesh were bowled out for 184 as Andhra chased it down with ease.
Brief scores
Tamil Nadu 210 all out (M Vijay 51, B Aparajith 52, Darshan Misal 3/42) lost to Goa 211 for 6 in 46.2 overs (Swapnil Asnodkar 103). Points: Goa: 4; Tamil Nadu: 0.
Mumbai 317/8 (Siddhesh Lad 129, Ishwar Chaudhary 3/46) beat Gujarat 276 all out (Priyank Panchal 89; Roystan Dias 4/64). Points: Mumbai: 4; Gujarat: 0.
Madhya Pradesh 184 all out (P Girinath Reddy 6/24) lost to Andhra 190/4 (G Hanuma Vihari 61) Points: Andhra 4; Madhya Pradesh 0.
