Hyderabad rode on impressive centuries from Tilak Varma and Rohit Rayudu to stun the defending champions Himachal Pradesh by 17 runs via VJD method in Vijay Hazare Trophy's Group A match on Saturday.
While Varma remained unscathed on 132 off 106 which was decorated with 10 fours and three maximums, Rayudu belted 156 off 144 loaded with 12 boundaries and eight sixes to help Hyderabad post a humongous total of 360/3 in their stipulated 50 overs after put to bat first. The duo stitched 123 runs for the second wicket to frustrate the pedestrian Himachal bowlers for 32 overs.
Himachal captain Rishi Dhawan must have rued his decision to insert Hyderabad in after winning the toss as his team was given 48 overs for their run chase as two overs got deducted due to bad light.
The revised target was calculated at 353 under VJD method and Himachal could only score 335 for 9 from 48 overs. Number three batter Amit Kumar hit 103 off 98 balls (12x4s; 1x6) but that was not enough to overahaul the tall target. Elligaram Sanketh was the most successful bowler for Hyderabad with figures of 3/54.
Other matches
Gujarat 337/6 in 50 overs (Priyank Panchal 136; Saurav Chauhan 64, Bhargav Merai 56; Rex Rajkumar 3/59) beat Manipur 185/9 in 50 overs (Langlonyamba Keishangbam 45; Siddharth Desai 3/20) by 152 runs.
Chandigarh 215/9 in 50 overs (Jagjit Singh 47; Prerak Mankad 2/17) lost to Saurashtra 216 for 3 in 44.1 overs (Harvik Desai 68, Samarth Vyas 61; Rohit Dhanda 1/31) by seven wickets.
Uttar Pradesh 242 all out in 50 overs (Rinku Singh 82; Rana Dutta 4/51) beat Tripura 159 all out in 40.3 overs (Bikramkumar Das 51; Prince Yadav 3/18) by 83 runs.
Rain play spoilsport in Group C matches:
Rain played havoc with the proceedings on the opening day of Group C matches in the Vijay Hazare Trophy one-day tournament here on Saturday with all four games being washed out.
Tamil Nadu, the previous season's runner-up, was 101 for 2 in 17.1 overs against Bihar before rain halted play and the match was subsequently called off.
Sent in to bat after Bihar captain Ashutosh Aman won the toss, Tamil Nadu lost opener N Jagadeesan (5) in the second over when he fell to HV Singh.
B Sai Sudharsan, the other opener, was in an aggressive mood and smacked eight boundaries in his 38-ball 49 before falling LBW to Pratap Singh.
Captain Baba Indrajith and his twin brother Aparajith (35, 44 balls, 5 fours) took the score to 106 before showers halted proceedings.
With the rains not relenting, the match was subsequently called off. The teams got two points each.
The Chhattisgarh-Arunachal Pradesh game saw the latter make 137 in 21 overs with A Herwadkar hammering a 54-ball 71, inclusive of five sixes.
Arunachal were set a revised target of 178 in 21 overs. They were on 35 for 2 in the ninth over when rain intervened and ended the match.
Brief scores:
Andhra 96/1 in 21 overs (Ashwin Hebbar 42 not out, K S Bharat 33 n.o) vs Goa. No result. Andhra: 2 points, Goa: 2.
Tamil Nadu 106/2 in 17.1 overs (B Sai Sudharsan 49, B Aparajith 35 not out) vs Bihar. No result. TN: 2 points, Bihar: 2.
Chhattisgarh 137/4 in 21 overs (A Herwadkar 71 (54 balls, 6X4, 5X6), Harpreet Singh Bhatia 50) vs Arunachal Pradesh (revised target 178) 35/2 in 8.1 overs. No result. Chhattisgarh: 2 points, Arunachal: 2.
Kerala 44/2 in 14 overs vs Haryana. No result. Kerala: 2 points, Haryana:
