Jammu beat Baroda with Vivrant Sharma’s all-rounder game; Punjab and Odisha also won

Jammu and Kashmir beat Baroda by 94 runs in a rain-hit Group D match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy here on Sunday on the back of young Vivrant Sharma’s all-rounder game. Baroda were bowled out for 188 in 43.2 overs after Jammu and Kashmir posted 282 for six at the Bandra Kurla Complex here. Opening the innings, Vivrant took four wickets with his left-arm spin after making 64 off 87 balls. The match was reduced to 49-49 overs due to a wet outfield. Vivarant hit four fours and a six in his innings, while Abdul Samad and Fazal Rashid hit aggressive half-centuries.

Samad scored 64 off 52 balls and Rashid scored 55 off 52 balls. Vivrant took four wickets for 22 runs, while Adib Mushtaq (3 for 33), Sahil Lotra (2 for 28) and Yudhveer Singh Charak (1 for 54) also showed the way to the pavilion of Baroda batsmen. played an important role in Ambati Rayudu was the top scorer for Baroda. He scored 49 runs in 63 balls. In another group match played at the DY Patil Sports Complex, Mandeep Singh’s unbeaten 100 off 111 balls helped Punjab register a six-wicket win against Uttarakhand with 26 balls to spare. On being invited to bat first, Uttarakhand’s T was bowled out for 255 runs in 49.1 overs.

While chasing the target, Punjab lost three wickets for 21 runs in 6.1 overs. Captain Mandeep then led the team to victory with century partnerships with Aman Malhotra (46) and Sanvir Singh (84 not out). Odisha beat Nagaland by 135 runs at the Wankhede Stadium with five wickets from Tarani Sa and half-centuries from Rajesh Dhupar (79) and captain Abhishek Raut (64).