Nair Makes History as Iyer's Century Propels Mumbai to Victory in Vijay Hazare Trophy

Utkarsh Singh's 2/38 and Ravikumar Samarth's impressive 104 helped Uttarakhand secure a four-wicket victory over Jharkhand in their Group A match in Jaipur.

At Navi Mumbai, Siddhesh Veer of Maharashtra scored a match-winning 115 not out as his side defeated Andhra by five wickets in their Group B game.

At Vizianagaram, India bowler Varun Chakravarthy produced an unplayable spell of 5.2-2-9-5 as Tamil Nadu shot out Mizoram for a mere 71 in 21.2 overs and won by 10 wickets with 40 overs to spare.

Nair creates world record

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Nair, who had gone unbeaten in each of his last four matches scoring 112, 44, 163 and 112, smashed another 112 to power Vidarbha to a commanding eight-wicket win over Uttar Pradesh in their Group D contest in Vizianagaram.

After Sameer Rizvi's 104 took UP to 307 for eight, Vidarbha responded with 313/2 as Yash Rathod and Nair made merry.

Iyer's century fuels Mumbai win

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Skipper Iyer hit 137 not out as Mumbai crushed Puducherry by a massive 163 runs in their Group C game in Ahmedabad.

Mumbai were in a spot of bother at 82 for five batting first when Iyer came to their rescue, playing a match-winning knock off 133 balls with 16 fours and four sixes.

In reply, Puducherry were shot out for a mere 127 in 27.2 overs with Suryansh Shedge , Ayush Mhatre and Shardul Thakur causing the damage with the ball.

Karnataka beat Saurashtra by 60 runs

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Mayank Agarawal notched up another significant score of 69 but Aneesh KV missed a century as all-round Karnataka beat Saurashtra by 60 runs in their Group C game in Ahmedabad.

Batting first, fifties from skipper Agarawal and Aneesh as well as useful contributions from the others helped Karnataka to a big score of 349 for seven.

Harvik Desai waged a lone battle of sorts for Saurashtra scoring 114 but they were bowled out for 289 as Vasuki Koushik picked 5/51 and Shreyas Gopal claimed 4/63.

Prabhsimran, Abhishek help Punjab pummel Hyderabad

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Punjab's opening pair of Prabhsimran Singh and Abhishek Sharma once again tore into the opposition bowling attack, putting on a 196-run opening stand to set up a huge 80-run win against Hyderabad.

Prabhsimran struck 137 while Sharma smacked a 72-ball 93 with six sixes and seven fours. Ramandeep Singh struck another 53-ball 80 with six fours and four sixes as Punjab scored a mammoth 426 for four.

In reply, K Nitesh Reddy and Tanay Thyagarajan fought well for their side but the target was beyond Hyderabad in their Group C game.

Brief scores:

At Vizianagaram: Uttar Pradesh 307/8 in 50 overs lost to Vidarbha 313/2 in 47.2 overs by 8 wickets.

At Ahmedabad: Mumbai 290/9 in 50 overs beat Puducherry 127 in 27.2 overs by 163 runs.

At Ahmedabad: Karnataka 349/7 in 50 overs beat Saurashtra 289 in 47.5 overs by 60 runs.

At Ahmedabad: Punjab 426/4 in 50 overs beat Hyderabad 346 in 47.5 overs by 80 runs.

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