Driving Naari Programme launched in Chandigarh
Alur, February 15
Manan Vohra’s strokeful 143 went in vain as Railways derailed Punjab’s bid to reach the knockouts of the Vijay Hazare Tournament with a four-wicket win here today. Vohra smashed a brilliant 143 off 148 balls, studded with fours and two sixes. Yuvraj Singh (35) gave him good support as Punjab posted a challenging 280/8.
In reply, Railways rode on Arindam Ghosh’s unbeaten 89 to knock off the target in 49.2 overs.
In Group D, Jharkhand thrashed Jammu & Kashmir by 97 runs. After posting a daunting 296, Jharkhand wrapped up J&K for a paltry 199 in 46 overs. Shubham Pundir (74) was the top-scorer for J&K. Pacer Ashish Kumar returned impressive figures of 3/23 for Jharkhand. In the last Group A tie, Haryana thrashed a hapless Assam by 86 runs.
Brief scores: Punjab 280/8 (Manan Vohra 143, Yuvraj Singh 35; Avinash Yadav 2/44); Railways 283/6 (Arindam Ghosh 89*, Mahesh Rawat 56; Mayank Markande 2/35)
Haryana 323/9 (Rajat Paliwal 76, Shubham Rohilla 74, Jayant Yadav 58; Mrinmoy Dutta 5/67); Assam 237/6 (Romario Sharma 97*; Harshal Patel 3/40)
Jharkhand 296/9 (Virat Singh 96; Parvez Rasool 3/46, Umar Nazir 3/71); J&K 199 (S Pundir 74; Ashish Kumar 3/23, Vikash Singh 3/37).
