RESULT
Group B, Bhubaneswar, February 25, 2017, Vijay Hazare Trophy
233/9
(49.2/50 ov, T:234) 235/8

Tripura won by 2 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)

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Karthik ton gives Tamil Nadu winning start

A round-up of the Group B matches on the opening day of the 2016-17 Vijay Hazare trophy

File photo - Dinesh Karthik razed Delhi with his ninth List A century  •  BCCI

File photo - Dinesh Karthik razed Delhi with his ninth List A century  •  BCCI

Dinesk Karthik's 118 off 97 balls took Tamil Nadu to 314 for 8 and set up their eventual 42-run win over Delhi at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack. After being put in, Tamil Nadu's openers Kaushik Gandhi (41) and Ganga Sridhar Raju (33) came good, which took the team to 94 for 2 when Karthik came out. Karthik began by adding 58 for the fourth wicket with Vijay Shankar, before sharing a 105-run fifth-wicket stand with B Indrajith. Karthik was bowled by Ashish Nehra with the score on 276, having struck 13 fours and three sixes. Thereafter, Indrajith, and Antony Dhas' late cameo ensured a strong finish. Nehra finished with 4 for 39 in nine overs.
Shikhar Dhawan dominated the early part of Delhi's chase, scoring 23 in an opening stand of 32 with Gautam Gambhir. Following Dhawan's dismissal, Gambhir added 86 with Dhruv Shorey. Both batsmen struck half-centuries, but Delhi slid from 118 for 1 to 136 for 4. A late half-century stand for the seventh wicket between Milind Kumar and Pawan Negi brought the chase back to life. But Delhi's hopes came crashing down with Milind's dismissal for 68, with 49 still needed. Delhi were bowled out shortly thereafter for 272.
At the KIIT Stadium, Gurinder Singh's career-best 61 at No. 7 took Tripura to a tense two-wicket win in a slow-scoring thriller against Kerala. After electing to bowl, Tripura restricted Kerala to 233 for 9, helped new-ball bowler Abhijit Sarkar's 3 for 41. In reply, Tripura made 235 for 8 in 49.2 overs to win with four balls to spare.
That Kerala were lifted to 233 was down to captain Sachin Baby and Salman Nizar, who helped them recover from 60 for 5. The duo shared a 120-run stand before Baby was bowled for 77 by Sanjay Majumder. But Nizar carried on and remained unbeaten on 82 - his best List A score - as Kerala scored 53 runs in the last nine overs. Like Kerala, Tripura were helped by a sixth-wicket partnership. Gurinder, who walked out at 86 for 5, took them to 161 in the company of Yashpal Singh before the latter was caught behind off Sandeep Warrier. Sanjay Majunder then dominated a seventh-wicket stand of 49 before both batsmen fell on the same score. But Sarkar and Dwaipayan Bhattacharjee fought nerves to see their team through.
Maharashtra won a run glut against Himachal Pradesh by 25 runs in Tangi. After being inserted, Maharashtra put up 376 for 7 on the back of debutant Ruturaj Gaikwad's maiden List A century. Likewise, Prashant Chopra struck a century opening the innings in Himachal's chase, but left-arm spinner Jagdish Zope's 4 for 60 on List A debut ensured Himachal were bowled out for 351.
Gaikwad set up Maharashtra's platform with a 167-run opening stand with Vijay Zol (62). He added 53 more for the second wicket with Ankit Bawne before being bowled by Bipul Sharma's left-arm spin. Naushad Shakih then took charge of proceedings, and along with Shrikant Mundhe, punished Himachal. Naushad struck 72 off 39 balls with eight fours and three sixes, while Mundhe's 42 came off 20 balls and with the help of three fours and as many sixes.
Chopra's even 100 in the chase came off 85 balls. He began by putting on 98 with his opening partner Ankush Bains (38), before following it up with 68 with Robin Bist (46) for the second wicket. With Bist falling for 46, caught off Anupam Sanklecha, Himachal were in a bit of a wobble at 227 for 6. But Ankit Kaushik mounted a late fightback, and along with Bipul Sharma (20) and Pankaj Jaiswal (24), took Maharashtra close. But Zope, who had taken out the openers, returned to dismiss the last two batsmen. Kaushik was unbeaten on 59 off 34 balls, with five fours and four sixes.

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Vijay Hazare Trophy

Group A
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VIDAR6510200.776
BRODA6420160.376
HRYNA633012-0.118
PNJB633012-0.227
ODSA624080.208
RLYS624080.038
ASSAM62408-1.042
Group B
TEAMMWLDPTNRR
TN6510201.734
MAHA6510201.214
UP6330120.515
DELHI633012-0.687
TPURA633012-0.811
HP61504-0.385
KER61504-1.448
Group C
TEAMMWLDPTNRR
BENG6510200.293
GUJ6420160.969
MUM6420160.732
MP6330120.283
AP633012-0.445
RAJ62408-0.325
GOA60600-1.917
Group D
TEAMMWLDPTNRR
KNTKA6600241.439
JHK6420160.609
HYD642016-0.134
SVCS6330120.536
CGR62408-0.724
SAU61504-0.690
J + K61504-0.840