RESULT
Group D, Rajkot, December 17, 2015, Vijay Hazare Trophy
218
(36.3/50 ov, T:219) 224/4

UP won by 6 wickets (with 81 balls remaining)

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Uttar Pradesh seal quarterfinal berth; MP stay alive

A round-up of all the Group D matches of the Vijay Hazare Trophy on December 17, 2015

File photo: Suresh Raina failed to convert his start and fell for 29 but UP made light work of Goa's target courtesy Umang Sharma's unbeaten 85  •  BCCI

File photo: Suresh Raina failed to convert his start and fell for 29 but UP made light work of Goa's target courtesy Umang Sharma's unbeaten 85  •  BCCI

Uttar Pradesh rounded off their group engagements with a five-wicket win over Goa to assure themselves of a quarterfinal berth from Group D. Umang Sharma stroked an unbeaten 85 helped UP chase down 219 with five wickets in hand and plenty to spare.
Umang was complemented at the top by Saurabh Dubey (35) and Suresh Raina (29) before Shadab Jakati's three quick wickets threatened to take the game away from them. But Rinku Singh held his composure to make an unbeaten 51 as UP won with 13.3 overs to spare. Reagon Pinto's 66 and Sagun Kamat's 57 were the major talking points for Goa with the bat. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Dubey, Piyush Chawla and Raina picked up two wickets each.
Harpreet Singh's third successive fifty helped Madhya Pradesh keep their quarter-final hopes alive as they beat Bengal by five wickets in Rajkot. Harpreet made 71 as MP chased down 263 with 19 balls to spare.
Rajat Patidar, the opener, laid the foundation of the chase with a 78-ball 63, while Anand Singh Bais made an unbeaten run-a-ball 54 to steer them home after the dismissal of Harpreet. That meant Sayan Mondal's 88 that helped Bengal put up a competitive score went in vain. Puneet Datey, Chandrakant Sakhure and Jalaj Saxena picked up two wickets apiece for MP. A second loss in three matches meant Bengal's qualifying route to the quarter-final hinged on plenty of mathematical possibilities should they win their last two matches.

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Vijay Hazare Trophy

Group A
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PNJB6510200.349
MUM6420160.866
SVCS633012-0.321
RAJ633012-0.772
HYD61504-0.454
ASSAM60600-0.807
Group B
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JHK6510200.860
GUJ6510200.540
KNTKA6420161.465
RLYS633012-0.083
HRYNA62408-0.328
KER62408-0.472
J + K60600-1.933
Group C
TEAMMWLDPTNRR
VIDAR6510201.209
DELHI6510200.860
BRODA6420161.114
MAHA6330120.465
AP62408-0.844
ODSA61504-0.680
TPURA61504-2.407
Group D
TEAMMWLDPTNRR
HP5410161.085
UP5410160.335
SAU5320120.373
MP5320120.305
BENG51404-0.417
GOA50500-1.851