Vijay Hazare Trophy: Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh Register Important Wins

Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh registered good victories in their Vijay Hazare Trophy league games

Uttar Pradesh Hand Saurashtra Another Loss

A splendid bowling performance by both the pacers and spinners along with Shubham Chaubey's unbeaten 85 helped Uttar Pradesh defeat Saurashtra by five wickets in their Group B match of the Vijay Hazare One-Day cricket tournament

Electing to bowl, Uttar Pradesh restricted Saurashtra to 189 off 48.5 overs and then chased down the target in 44.4 overs at the Madhavrao Scindia cricket ground.

Himachal Pradesh Outplay Goa

Opener Prashant Chopra's blistering half-century helped Himachal Pradesh outplay Goa by seven wickets in their Group D match.

Chasing 185 for a win at the Saurashtra Cricket Association stadium in Khandheri, Himachal rode on an 80-run opening stand between Ankush Bains (36) and Prashant (67) to race to their target in 29.2 overs.

After the opening duo's dismissal and the wicket of Robin Bisht (12), Paras Dogra (34 not out) and Rishi Dhawan (31 not out) made sure that they canter home without any more casualties.

For Goa, Shadab Jakati bagged all the three wickets giving 33 runs.