Vinoo Mankad Trophy: Abhishek scalps 8 in lost cause but Hyderabad qualify

Hyderabad: Off-spinner Murugun Abhishek returned with fine figures of 10-2-40-8 but all his efforts went in vain as Hyderabad lost to Mumbai by 57 runs in the fifth and final round Elite Group C league match of the Vinoo Mankad Trophy one-day tournament in Ahmedabad on Monday. Hyderabad and Rajasthan finished with 16 points each […]

Hyderabad: Off-spinner Murugun Abhishek returned with fine figures of 10-2-40-8 but all his efforts went in vain as Hyderabad lost to Mumbai by 57 runs in the fifth and final round Elite Group C league match of the Vinoo Mankad Trophy one-day tournament in Ahmedabad on Monday.

Hyderabad and Rajasthan finished with 16 points each to qualify to the quarterfinals. They they won four and lost one. Rajasthan had better net run-rate than Hyderabad. But Hyderabad topped the table as they had beaten Rajasthan in the league match.

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Mumbai could post only 168 in 39.1 overs as Abhishek spun a web around the batsmen. But Hyderabad floundered in their run-chase. The dismissal of skipper and in-form opener Thakur Tilak Verma (8) in the second over triggered Hyderabad collapse.

Brief scores: Mumbai 168 in 39.1 overs (Ayaz Khan 68; Murugan Abhishek 8/40) bt Hyderabad 111 in 36.4 overs (B Rishikesh 35 not out, Shashank M 26);

Elite Group D matches in Hyderabad:
Bengal CA 166 in 43.2 overs (Shashwat Dangwal 3/25, Arush 4/18) bt Uttarakhand CA 80 in 22.5 overs (D Halder 2/9, Ravi Kumar 3/10, Amrit Raj U 3/13, Milind Mondal 2/4); Kerala CA 270/7 in 50 overs (Shoun Roger 121, Rohan Nair 100, Karan Umatt 4/65, Harsh Desai 2/54) vs Baroda CA (Rain washed out the game); Haryana CA 219 in 50 overs (Nishant Sindhu 58, Dinesh Bana 51; Manroop Singh 3/45, Harshdeep Singh 4/33) vs Punjab CA (Rain washed out the game).

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