Vijay Hazare Trophy: In the Vijay Hazare Trophy, Uttarakhand registered its first win in the tournament by defeating Punjab by 5 wickets in the List-A match played in Jaipur. In this match, Punjab captain Abhishek Sharma contributed with both bat and ball, but his all-round performance could not save the team from defeat.

After winning the toss, Punjab captain Abhishek Sharma decided to bat first. In the beginning, Punjab scored runs at a fast pace. The opening pair of Abhishek Sharma and Prabhsimran Singh took the team’s score beyond 50 runs in just 6 overs. However, Prabhsimran Singh was out after scoring 28 runs and shortly after, captain Abhishek Sharma also returned to the pavilion after scoring 30 runs.

Punjab’s innings was handled by Salil Arora in the middle order and he played an important inning of 65 runs. Krish Bhagat, who came in at number eight in the lower order, strengthened the team’s score by scoring 51 runs. Despite these innings, Punjab team could score only 269 runs after playing full 50 overs.

Chasing the target of 270 runs, the Uttarakhand team had a bad start, but captain Kunal Chandela completely changed the situation. He put pressure on the Punjab bowlers by playing a brilliant century of 118 runs. Apart from Chandela, Shashwat Dangwal also played a useful half-century inning of 51 runs, due to which Uttarakhand’s run chase became easier.

Punjab captain Abhishek Sharma also made an impact in bowling. He took 2 wickets in 9 overs and bowled at an economy of 4.33. During this, he first dismissed Uttarakhand captain Kunal Chandela and then batsman Harsh Rana, but even their wickets could not turn the tide of the match.

Ultimately Uttarakhand achieved the target in the 48th over by losing 5 wickets (with 14 balls remaining). This is Uttarakhand’s first win in the current tournament, whereas before this it had to face defeat in two consecutive matches. At the same time, with this defeat, Punjab had to face its first defeat in the Vijay Hazare Trophy.