Shikhar Dhawan blasts century to power Delhi to win

JAIPUR: Shikhar Dhawan smashed a brilliant century to power Delhi to a thrilling three-wicket victory against Maharashtra in the Elite Group D match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy one-day tournament in Jaipur, on Saturday.

Chasing a huge 329 for victory, Dhawan tore apart the Maharashtra attack as he hammered 153 from 118 balls, hitting 21 fours and a six, as Delhi won with four balls to spare.

Dhawan gave Delhi a perfect in the run chase as he put on 136 runs for the opening wicket with Dhruv Shorey, who hit 61 from 75 balls.

He then put on 101 runs for the fourth wicket with Kshitiz Sharma, who hit 36 from 29 balls.

Earlier, Azim Kazi top scored for Maharashtra with a quickfire 91 from 73 balls, hitting 10 fours and two sixes. He along with Kedar Jadhav, who stroked 86 from 81 balls, added 98 runs for the fourth wicket to take their team past the 300-run mark.

Iyer helps Mumbai continue winning run

Skipper Shreyas Iyer's fluent 116 and an impressive show by India speedster Shardul Thakur powered Mumbai to a 67-run win over Rajasthan in an Elite Group D game of the Vijay Hazare Trophy in Jaipur on Saturday.

This was Mumbai's fourth successive win, having earlier defeated Delhi, Maharashtra and Puducherry.

Opting to bat at the KL Saini stadium, Mumbai rode on Iyer's 103-ball knock to post a competitive 317/7. The elegant right-handed batsman led from the front before his bowlers bundled out the opposition for 250 with Thakur (4/50) doing the bulk of the damage.

Mumbai openers -- young Yashasvi Jaiswal (38) and Prithvi Shaw (36) -- gave the domestic giants a strong start, adding 71 for the first wicket. But Rajasthan pegged back Mumbai by removing both the openers in quick succession as they slipped to 83/2.

Iyer anchored the innings before toying with the Rajasthan attack, scoring his second century of the tournament with the help of 11 fours and three sixes.

For Rajasthan, left-arm spinner Shubham Sharma (3/59) did the bulk of the damage.

Chasing 318, Rajasthan lost opener Yash Kothari (2) and skipper Ashok Menaria (20) early and were struggling at 32/2.

Manender Singh (40) and Mahipal Lomror (76) tried to take the game deep with their 101-run third-wicket stand, but medium pacer Parkar broke the partnership after trapping Singh in front of the wicket.

Shardul castled Lomror to leave Rajasthan at 160/4. From thereon, it was an uphill task for Rajasthan and they were eventually bowled out for 250.

Brief Scores:

Mumbai 317/7 (Shreyas Iyer 116, Yashasvi Jaiswal 38; Shubham Sharma 3/59, Abhimanyu Lamba 2/66) beat Rajasthan 250 (Mahipal Lomror 76; Shardul Thakur 4/50) by 67 runs.

At Sawai Mansingh Stadium: Maharashtra 328/7 (Azim Kazi 91, Kedar Jadhav 86; Lalit Yadav 3/69, Pradeep Sangwan 2/61) lost to Delhi 330/7 (Shikhar Dhawan 153, Dhruv Shorey; Satyajeet Bachhav 3/68) by three wickets.

At Jaipuria Vidhyalaya ground: Puducherry 227/9 (Sheldon Jackson 104, Sagar Trivedi 51; Rishi Dhawan 4/44, Pankaj Jaswal 2/23) beat Himachal 123 (Abhimanyu Rana 27; Sagar Udeshi 4/35, Kannan Vignesh 3/30) by 104 runs. Agencies

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