Vijay Hazare Trophy 2023: Haryana beats Rajasthan by 30 runs to clinch maiden title

In a pulsating Vijay Hazare Trophy closing, Sumit Kumar’s ubiquitous brilliance and Harshal Patel’s flashes of inspiration scripted Haryana’s 30-run win over Rajasthan and secured the state workforce’s first title triumph in additional than 32 years on the Saurashtra Cricket Affiliation Stadium right here on Saturday.

With Abhijeet Tomar and Kunal Rathore soaking the strain of a top-order collapse with a 121-run partnership for the fifth wicket, it was becoming that Sumit and Harshal mixed to dismiss the previous and assist Haryana claw again.

Vijay Hazare Trophy Closing Highlights

After being taken to the cleaners in his first two spells, Harshal induced a miscued lofted shot over covers from Tomar just for Sumit to tug off a stunner at mid-off. A couple of overs later, Harshal acquired Rathore to slice one within the deep and usher in Rajasthan’s lengthy tail.

Sumit’s capability to maneuver the ball each methods had Rajasthan reeling at 12 for 3. After eradicating Ram Chouhan and Mahipal Lomror, Sumit acquired one to maneuver in and lure Deepak Hooda leg-before, deflating the partisan crowd.

Tomar staged a 68-run resistance for the fourth wicket with Karan Lamba earlier than giving Haryana a mighty scare with Rathore. The duo’s intent towards spin might have been the distinction between the perimeters however Harshal had different concepts.

Rajasthan’s Abhijeet Tomar celebrates his century throughout Vijay Hazare Trophy Closing.
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Earlier, Ankit Kumar (88, 91b, 12×4. 1×6), and captain Ashok Menaria (70, 96b, 8×4) annoyed Rajasthan with a 124-run partnership for the third wicket after shedding two wickets inside 9 overs.

The duo rebuilt throughout a 17-over section of relentless spin bowling that yielded 78 runs. Rajasthan’s ploy of using left-arm spinner Kukna Ajay Singh towards right-hander Ankit and Hooda bringing himself into the assault to have a go at Menaria didn’t repay.

Aniket Choudhary ultimately broke the alliance because the left-arm pacer rearranged Ankit’s stumps off the primary ball of his second spell.

With Ankit again within the hut, Menaria regarded to crank by means of the gears however ended up flicking Choudhary’s full supply into the fingers of deep square-leg.

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Choudhary put down the marker for Arafat Khan and Khaleel Ahmed. Although Arafat had a disciplined begin, nabbing Yuvraj Singh with a good line and bounce, he strayed too large and too full.

Nishant Sindhu and Rahul Tewatia struck sprightly cameos, whereas Sumit (28 off 16), who elicited chants of “Surya, Surya” from a bunch of youngsters with a dangerous scoop for six over fine-leg in a 14-run final over, was solely warming up.