Maharashtra thrashed in-form Punjab to earn the spot within the semi-final of the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2024-25 on Saturday, January 11. The rising teen Arshin Kulkarni smashed a superb hundred on his Listing A debut to guide Ruturaj Gaikwad-led Maharashtra to a 70-run win in Vadodara.
The 19-year-old Arshin continued his spectacular run along with his first Listing A century and in addition took a wicket to show his all-round abilities at Kotambi Stadium. In-form veteran batter Ankit Bawne additionally contributed by scoring 60 runs and wicketkeeper batter Nikhil Naik scored fifty as Maharashtra posted an enormous whole of 275 for six whereas batting first.
Arshdeep Singh, the main wicket-taker within the ongoing 50-over home match, took three wickets for Punjab nevertheless it was not sufficient to limit Maharashtra from scoring an enormous whole. Whereas chasing, Punjab struggled for a promising begin with Mukesh Chaudhary taking three early wickets for Maharashtra.
Within the second quarter-final, the four-time champions Karnataka pulled off an exhilarating 5-run win in opposition to Baroda at Moti Bagh Stadium in Vadodara. Devdutt Padikkal, who was a part of India’s current Take a look at tour to Australia, scored 102 runs and his nationwide teammate Prasidh Krishna shone with a ball to energy Karnataka to the semi-final spherical.
Padikkal, who boasts an 82.37 common in Listing A cricket, continued his terrific type by scoring 102 runs off 99 balls after Karnataka misplaced their in-form captain Mayank Agarwal early. The younger batter KV Aneesh additionally registered his third consecutive fifty within the ongoing match.
Pacers Atit Sheth and Raj Limbani picked three wickets every for Baroda however Karnataka put up a preventing whole of 281 for 8. Opener Shaswat Rawat scored a formidable century and Atit displayed his batting abilities by scoring a fifty however Punjab fell simply 5 runs quick of their chase and had been eradicated from the match.
Maharashtra Enjoying XI: Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Siddhesh Veer, Ankit Bawne, Rahul Tripathi, Azim Kazi, Nikhil Naik (wk), Arshin Kulkarni, Satyajeet Bachhav, Rajneesh Gurbani, Mukesh Choudhary, Pradeep Dadhe.
Punjab Enjoying XI: Abhishek Sharma (c), Prabhsimran Singh, Anmolpreet Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Naman Dhir, Anmol Malhotra (wk), Ramandeep Singh, Sanvir Singh, Baltej Singh, Arshdeep Singh, Raghu Sharma.