Pratham Singh, who scored 61 runs off 77 balls, was dropped by Vaishakh Chandran himself and broke the partnership, but the later wicket-keeper batsman Upendra Yadav (31 off 27 balls) provided good support to Yuvraj Singh, and Railways jumped to a good score.
First Published Dec 5, 2023, 1:10 PM IST
Alur: Kerala set a target of 256 runs against Railways in the Vijay Hazare Trophy ODI cricket tournament. Railways Sahab Yuvraj Singh, who batted first after losing the toss, scored the best score. Yuvraj Singh remained unbeaten with 121 runs off 136 balls while Pratham Singh scored 61 runs.
Railways lost the toss and came to the crease and suffered an early setback. Railways had 19 runs on the scoreboard when openers Shivam Chaudhary (3) was dropped by Akhin and Vivek Singh (11) by Vysakh Chandran. But Pratham Singh and Yuvraj Singh combined for the third wicket and added 148 runs in the third wicket partnership to get them out.
Pratham Singh, who scored 61 runs off 77 balls, was dropped by Vaishakh Chandran himself and broke the partnership, but the later wicket-keeper batsman Upendra Yadav (31 off 27 balls) provided good support to Yuvraj Singh, and Railways jumped to a good score. Upendra Yadav was dismissed by Akhil Skaria and Ashutosh Sharma(2) by Basil Thambi. Merai remained unbeaten with seven runs. Vaishakh Chandran took two wickets for 33 runs in 10 overs for Kerala.
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Kerala tops Group A with five wins from five games. Kerala came first in the group after Mumbai suffered a surprise defeat against Tripura last day. With 20 points each in six games, Kerala surpassed Mumbai (+1.743) on the strength of the best net run rate (+1.916) and climbed to the first position in Group A. Railways are at the fourth position with 12 points from six games.
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