Vijay Hazare Trophy: Mumbai, Pondicherry cruise to massive wins in opening fixture

An all-round bowling efficiency from Mumbai helped it beat Bengal comprehensively by eight wickets within the opening Vijay Hazare fixture of Group E on the JSCA Worldwide Stadium advanced on Saturday

Electing to subject, off-spinner Tanush Kotian (4/31) scalped 4 wickets after pacer Tushar Deshpande (2/20) eliminated the openers cheaply within the first seven overs to assist Mumbai bundle out Bengal for simply 121 in 30 overs.

Former skipper Manoj Tiwary was the one batter who managed to get some runs with a valiant 47 whilst wickets fell round him. 

The one respectable partnership of the innings got here when Tiwary and Geet Puri added 33 runs for the ninth wicket earlier than the previous was dismissed.

Chasing a paltry whole, Mumbai, who gained the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy final week, managed to succeed in the goal in simply 30.2 overs with skipper Ajinkya Rahane making an unbeaten 59 (72b, 6x4, 2x6).

Within the different match in the identical group, Pondicherry defeated Mizoram in an identical commanding vogue by seven wickets with 20.2 overs to spare.

Electing to subject, Pondicherry restricted Mizoram to simply 156 for eight in 50 overs. For Mizoram, aside from Shreevats Goswami, who made 63 and Vikash Kumar (41), not one of the different batters managed to make any important contribution. The duo added 81 runs for the fifth wicket.

Chasing a modest rating, opener and skipper R. Ragupathy laid the platform with a 47 earlier than the skilled Okay.B. Arun Karthick slammed an unbeaten 59 (53b, 6x4) and took his facet house comfortably.