Jammu and Kashmir prolonged their dream run within the Vijay Hazare Trophy to the quarterfinals as they knocked Kerala out from the match with a seven-wicket win, on Saturday. In-form Auqib Nabi led the present along with his career-best haul of 4/39, serving to J&Okay skittle out Kerala for a paltry 174 in 47.4 overs after they opted to subject of their first-ever Vijay Hazare Trophy knockout match. In reply, J&Okay cantered residence in 37.5 overs with Shubham Khajuria (76) and Qamran Iqbal (51) establishing win with their 113-run opening stand in 21.4 overs.
In the type of his life, Khajuria smashed six sixes and 5 fours in his 61-ball knock, which was his fourth half-century on the trot this season.
However, he was run out for a second consecutive time as J&Okay misplaced three wickets for the addition of simply 32 runs. But there was no scoreboard stress and Henan Nazir and Fazil Rashid sealed their sixth win from seven matches this season.
J&Okay will now face group B toppers Assam of their quarterfinal right here on Monday.
The J&Okay tempo trio of Nabi, Yudhvir Singh (2/16) and left-arm pacer Mujtaba Yousuf (1/37) accounted for seven batters as Kerala struggled to get going.
Opener Vinoop Maoharan top-scored for Kerala with a 81-ball 62 however Yudhvir dismissed him to set off the collapse within the thirty second over, earlier than Nabi wreaked havoc with a dream spell.
With 12 wickets apiece from seven matches, Nabi and Yudhvir have carried out exceptionally properly for J&Okay this season.
The Ajay Sharma-coached aspect had upset reigning Ranji champions Madhya Pradesh, chasing down a large 343 with two wickets in hand.
They additionally defeated Baroda, Odisha and Nagaland with little fuss.
Their solely defeat got here towards group D toppers Punjab as they completed second within the league stage.
Brief Scores Kerala: 174 all out in 47.4 overs (Vinoop Manoharan 62, Sijomon Joseph 32; Auqib Nabi 4/39, Yudhvir Singh 2/16) misplaced to Jammu and Kashmir 175/3 in 37.5 overs (Shubham Khajuria 76, Qamran Iqbal 51; Sijomon Joseph 2/19) by seven wickets.
UP thrash depleted Mumbai
Uttar Pradesh took full benefit of an under-strength Mumbai aspect as they romped residence by eight wickets in a lopsided pre-quarterfinal match. UP bowlers, led by pacers Shivam Mavi (4/41) and Kartik Tyagi (2/43) and ably assisted by left-arm spinner Shiva Singh (2/43), restricted Mumbai to a below-par 220 all out on a high quality batting pitch.
The chase was a cakewalk as keeper-opener Aryan Juyal (82 off 103 balls) anchored it with helpful contributions from fellow opener Madhav Kaushik (46 off 75 balls) and skipper Karan Sharma (42 not out off 38 balls).
UP gained the match with 26 balls to spare and can now face Maharashtra within the quarterfinal.
For Mumbai, lacking out flamboyant opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and the damaging Sarfaraz Ahmed (each on India A tour of Bangladesh) because of nationwide commitments did have its impact as neither Prithvi Shaw (10) nor skipper Ajinkya Rahane (26 off 39 balls) may make a distinction on the large day.
While Shaw was cleaned up by Mavi as he tried to play throughout the road, Rahane loosely drove away from his physique to a fuller ‘fifth off-stump’ line supply from Tyagi.
Mumbai had been at one stage tottering at 94 for 5 after spinners Shiva and Shivam Sharma dismissed Arman Jaffer (32) and Suved Parkar (13) with arm balls.
Suved was gone making an attempt to chop a supply near the stumps whereas Jaffer performed to the unsuitable line and was out LBW.
However, Mumbai’s disaster man Shams Mulani (51 off 70 balls) and keeper-batter Hardik Tamore (53 off 67 balls) added 103 runs for the sixth wicket which helped the present Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 champions cross the 200-run mark.
But as soon as Tamore was out making an attempt to hit a second six off Shiva, the final 5 Mumbai wickets fell for a mere 23 runs with no resistance from the decrease order.
With no scoreboard stress on them, UP openers Madhav and Aryan added 119 runs in 25 overs to set the tone. Aryan was extra attacking with 10 boundaries whereas his associate had three fours and a six to his credit score.
In truth, Priyam Garg (39 not out) and skipper Karan added 63 runs for the unbroken third wicket stand in slightly below 12 overs to knock off the required runs with minimal fuss.
Brief Scores: Mumbai: 220 all out in 48.3 overs (Hardik Tamore 53, Shams Mulani 51, Shivam Mavi 4/41, Shiva Singh 2/43, Kartik Tyagi 2/43).
Uttar Pradesh: 221 for two in 45.4 overs (Aryan Juyal 82, Madhav Kaushik 46).
UP gained by 8 wkts.
Karnataka thrash Jharkhand
Pace trio of Ronit More, Vidwath Kaverappa and M Venkatesh grabbed three wickets every as Karnakata thrashed Jharkhand by 5 wickets in a low-scoring affair to cruise into Vijay Hazare Trophy quarterfinals. Kaverappa (3/20) and More (3/31) began all of it with an ideal bowling show contained in the Powerplay overs earlier than Venaktesh (3/51) seized management within the center overs to wrap up Jharkhand innings for 187 in 47.1 overs.
Karnataka stuttered a bit of their run chase however opener Ravikumar Samarth (53) and No. 3 batter Nikin Jose (63 not out) steered the aspect residence with 55 balls to spare.
Karnataka will now face Punjab of their last-eight fixture right here on Monday.
Earlier, More and Kaverappa produced a terrific bowling show to scale back Jharkhand to 29/3. Openers Arnav Singha and Utkarsh Singh didn’t open their accounts, whereas Saurabh Tiwary (1) and Shahbaz Nadeem (22) additionally fell cheaply.
Half of their aspect was out for 40 runs in 13.3 overs however wicketkeeper-batter Kumar Kushagra (74) and Anukul Roy (57) gave them some respite with a 115-run partnership.
Brief Scores Jharkhand 187; 47.1 overs (Kumar Kushagra 74, Anukul Roy 57; Vidhwath Kaverappa 3/20, Ronit More 3/31, M Venkatesh 3/51) misplaced to Karnataka 188/5; 40.5 overs (Nikin Jose 63 not out, Ravikumar Samarth 53; Rahul Shukla 2/44) by 5 wickets.
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