: Vijay Hazare Trophy: Venkatesh Iyer stars in MP win; Kerala on top after big win over Chhattisgarh #IndiaNEWS Venkatesh Iyer continued his fine form with both bat and ball as Madhya Pradesh pipped

Vijay Hazare Trophy: Venkatesh Iyer stars in MP win; Kerala on top after big win over Chhattisgarh #IndiaNEWS
Venkatesh Iyer continued his fine form with both bat and ball as Madhya Pradesh pipped Chandigarh by five runs in a high-scoring group D thriller in the Vijay Hazare Trophy National one-dayers on Sunday.Venkatesh, who is seen as a India prospect to fill in the Hardik Pandya slot across white-ball formats, blazed his way to a 113-ball 151 (8x4, 10x6) to power Madhya Pradesh to a challenging 331/9.Chandigarh responded in style with centuries from skipper Manan Vohra (105) and Ankit Kaushik (111) and needed 32 runs from the last 12 balls.Bowling the penultimate over, Venkatesh gave another breakthrough dismissing Gurinder Singh en route to his 2/64 from 10 overs as Chandigarh could only manage 326/8.Madhya Pradesh young gun Avesh Khan led the bowling show with 3/72, while Puneet Datey also chipped in with two wickets along with Venkatesh.The win helped Madhya Pradesh (+0.590) remain at second place behind Kerala (+0.778) who nosed ahead in group D table with a five-wicket win over Chhattisgarh.Maharashtra (+0.074) slipped to third place despite their four-wicket win over Uttarakhand as it’s a three-way race for the knockouts from the group of death – D – with one match left in the league.Opting to bat at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Madhya Pradesh...Read more

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