Hyderabad : Madhya Pradesh (MP) defeated Bengal by 6 wickets at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad in Round 7, Group E encounter of Vijay Hazare Trophy 2024-25.
Bengal, Batting first lost Abhishek Porel (9) for 10 runs. A 92 runs partnership between Sudip Gharami (99) & Sudip Chatterjee brought Bengal back on track. Gharami went on to make 2 more vital partnerships between Anustup Majumdar (15) & Karan Lal (15).
Bengal began losing wickets at regular intervals of time and their score was reduced to 205-7 (41.4) after big wicket of Gharami.
However, veteran Mohammad Shami (42*) & Kaushik Maity (20*) notched up important 64 runs partnership to end Bengal’s first innings on 269-7 (50).
Aryan Pandey and Avesh Khan from Madhya Pradesh picked 2 wickets each.
Madhya Pradesh chasing 270 runs lost 2 quick wickets for 2 runs.
Skipper Rajat Patidar (132*) & Shubham Sharma (99) notched up match winning 185 runs partnership. Patidar went on building another vital 79 runs partnership with Subhrangshu Senapati (25) as Madhya Pradesh chased down the total in 46.2 overs.
Patidar was adjourned man of the match for his 132* (137), which included 8 Boundaries and 1 six.
Brief Scorecard :
1st Innings :
BEN : 269-7 (50)
Sudip Gharami : 99 (125)
MP :
Aryan Pandya : 2/40
2nd Innings :
MP : 271-4 (46.2)
Rajat Patidar : 132* (137)
Shubham Sharma : 99 (104)
BEN :
Sayan Ghosh : 2/58
Result : Madhya Pradesh win by 6 wickets.
