Gaikwad’s fourth ton in 5 matches goes in useless, Kerala, MP qualify for knock-outs

Ruturaj Gaikwad continued his pink sizzling kind to smash his fourth hundred however Maharashtra regardless of their slender win over Chandigarh couldn’t qualify for the Vijay Hazare knock-out from group D of the Vijay Hazare Trophy right here on Tuesday.
The win nonetheless was not sufficient for Maharashtra, who had been unfortunate to be eradicated ending third on net-run charge (+0.104) after they ended with 16 factors with Kerala (+0.974) and Madhya Pradesh (+0.485).
Kerala topped group D with an enormous five-wicket win over Uttarakhand with 86 balls to spare to advance immediately into the quarters the place they’ll face Services at Jaipur on December 22.

8⃣3⃣* runs off 7⃣1⃣ balls!
Sachin Baby hit 7 fours and a couple of sixes and guided Kerala to a win. 👍 👍 #KERvCAU #VijayHazareTrophy
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— BCCI Domestic (@BCCIdomestic) December 14, 2021
Madhya Pradesh however completed second, ousting Maharashtra with an exhilarating three-run win over Chhattisgarh to qualify for the pre-quarters the place they’ll face Uttar Pradesh at Jaipur on December 19.
Chasing a tall 310 in a do-or-die group D conflict, the Maharashtra skipper led from the entrance with a blistering 168 from 132 balls.
Later their No 6 Azim Kazi gave the ending touches with a composed 79-ball 73 to win with seven balls to spare on the Saurashtra Cricket Association Ground C right here.
This was the Maharashtra and Chennai Super Kings opener’s fourth century in 5 matches — his sensational kind persevering with since his record-breaking IPL 2021 run the place he amassed 635 runs to bag the Orange Cap.

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The 24-year-old smashed 100 off 95 balls earlier than cruising to his subsequent 50 from 26 balls as he hammered 12 fours and 6 sixes earlier than getting out within the forty fourth over.
With Yogesh Nahar, Gaikwad placed on a 109-run opening stand however they went on to lose 4 wickets for 22 runs to be 131/4 within the twenty fourth over.
Then the left-handed allrounder Kazi gave high quality firm to his skipper with the duo placing on 139 runs for the fifth wicket to arrange the chase.
Gaikwad earlier had scored a hattrick of centuries — 136, 154*, 124 — within the ongoing VHT to conclude the season with 603 runs with a median of 150.75.
He additionally joined the likes of Virat Kohli, Prithvi Shaw, Devdutt Padikkal to hit 4 centuries in a single Vijay Hazare Trophy season.
Bharat smashes second successive ton in Andhra win
Captain Srikar Bharat’s second successive hundred powered Andhra to an 81-run win over Gujarat of their Elite Group A match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy right here on Tuesday.
Riding on Bharat’s blazing 156 off 138 balls, barely two days after his 161-run knock in opposition to Himachal Pradesh, a struggling Andhra managed to submit 253 for 9 after batting first.
Bharat smashed seven sixes and 16 fours throughout his knock.

In reply, Gujarat had been all out for 172 in 41.3 overs with left-arm spinner Manish Golamaru choosing 4/30.
In one other Group A match, skipper Faiz Fazal struck an unbeaten hundred as Vidarbha comfortably beat Jammu and Kashmir by 5 wickets.
Chasing 234 to win after opting to bowl first, Vidarbha rode on their skilled skipper’s 102 off 110 balls to finish the duty with as many seven overs to spare on the Bandra Kurla Complex.
The sport appeared to have opened up a bit after Vidarbha misplaced their fourth wicket within the type of Yash Rathod with the rating studying 81 for 4 within the 18th over.
However, by the point the following batter acquired out, Vidarbha had been solely 4 shy of the goal, because of a match-winning partnership of 149 runs between Fazal and Apoorv Wankhade, who made 79 off 80 balls.
While opener Fazal adorned his knock with 12 hits to the fence, Wankhade hit eight fours and two sixes throughout his keep within the center.
For Jammu and Kashmir, Ram Dayal was probably the most profitable bowler as he returned figures of two/40 in eight overs.
Leg-spinner Parvez Rasool, who has been part of the Indian workforce up to now, picked up one wicket for 44 runs in his full quota of 10 overs.
Earlier, had it not been for an 80-run stand for the ninth wicket Rasool (50) and wicketkeeper Fazil Rashid (73), J&Okay would have folded for a a lot decrease complete than the 233 they achieved in the long run.
Batting at quantity 10, Auqib Nabi made 27.
J&Okay had been reeling at 130 for eight within the thirty fifth over earlier than the lower-order batters got here to their rescue.
Yash Tahkur and Aditya Sarwate tokk three wickets apiece for Vidarbha.
Brief Scores:
Chandigarh 309/7; 50 overs (Manan Vohra 141, Arslan Khan 87, Ankit Kaushik 56; Pradeep Dadhe 4/49, Mukesh Choudhary 2/79) misplaced to Maharashtra 313/5; 48.5 overs (Ruturaj Gaikwad 168, Azim Kazi 73 not out; Yuvraj Choudhary 2/62) by 5 wickets.
Uttarakhand 224/9; 50 overs (Jay Bista 93, Dikshanshu Negi 52; M D Nidheesh 3/25, Basil Thampi 2/41) misplaced to Kerala 225/5; 35.4 overs (Sachin Baby 83 not out; Deepesh Nainwal 2/40) by 5 wickets.
Madhya Pradesh 191; 45.5 overs (Shubham Sharma 56, Rajat Patidar 47; Ravi Kiran 3/36, Sumit Ruikar 3/41, Ajay Mandal 2/25) beat Chhattisgarh 188; 49.3 overs (Sanjeet Desai 47, Ajay Mandal 42; Parth Sahani 2/21, Kumar Kartikeya 2/29, Shubham Sharma 2/35, Avesh Khan 2/46) by three runs.
Jammu and Kashmir: 233 all out in 49.3 overs (Parvez Rasool 50, Fazil Rashid 73; Yash Tahkur 3/58, Aditya Sarwate 3/36) misplaced to Vidarbha 236/5 in 43 overs (Faiz Fazal 102 not out, Apoorv Wankhade 79) by 5 wickets.
Himachal Pradesh 360/5 in 50 overs (Nikhil Gangta 81, Rishi Dhawan 91) beat Odisha 297 all out in 45.1 overs (Subhranshu Senapati 82; Mayank Dagar 6/59) by 63 runs.
Andhra: 253/9 in 50 overs (Srikar Bharat 156) beat Gujarat 172 all out in 41.3 overs (Umang Kumar 55; Manish Golamaru 4/30) by 81 runs.