Ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy 2019–20 witnessed three Elite Group C matches on Monday, September 30. Madhya Pradesh vs Bihar, Gujarat vs Tripura and Bengal vs Jammu and Kashmir were the three Elite Group C Round 5 matches that took place on Monday. Madhya Pradesh totally outclassed Bihar after winning by 7 wickets. MP bowled out Bihar for just 137 runs and then chased the target in 27.4 overs. In another game, Gujarat won by 101 runs against Tripura. Tripura could not chase the massive 306-run target set by Gujarat and remained 101 runs short of the victory.
Third match of Vijay Hazare Trophy 2019-20 on Monday saw Bengal bagging a comfortable victory over Jammu and Kashmir. Bengal bowled out Jammu and Kashmir for just 169 and then reached the target with 8 wickets renaming. Ishan Porel became the limelight of the match for bagging 6 wickets. While batting, Bengal's Shreevats Goswami smashed 81 runs to pull off a victory for his team. Abhimanyu Easwaran (51) also smashed a half-century. Cricket Week Recap: From Paras Khadka's First Hundred For Nepal to KL Rahul's Century in Vijay Hazare Trophy, A Look at Finest Individual Performances.
Elite Group C Matches
Bihar 137/10 in 40.4 overs (Mihir Hirwani 4/25, Gaurav Yadav 3-41) lost to Madhya Pradesh 138-3 in 27.4 overs (Mukul Raghav 46; Rajat Patidar 48) by 7 wickets.
Gujarat 305/10 in 50 overs (Bhargav Merai 125, Manprit Juneja 50) beat Tripura 204-8 in 50 overs (Tanmay Mishra 62, Milind Kumar 103) by 101 runs.
Jammu and Kashmir 169-10 in 48.2 overs (Ram Dayal 57*, Ishan Porel 6-34) lost to Bengal 175-2 in 28 overs (Shreevats Goswami 86*, Abhimanyu Easwaran 51) by 8 wickets.
The 18th edition of Vijay Hazare Trophy commenced on September 24 and will conclude on October 2, 2019. 38 domestic teams are part of the tournament and a total of 169 matches will be played during the domestic tournament. The teams are divided into four groups. Group A, B, C and plate groups.
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