Ishan Kishan slams century in Jharkhand win

Chennai: Skipper Ishan Kishan slammed a 91-ball 139, punctuated with 12 fours and nine sixes, as Jharkhand blasted to an eight-wicket win over Assam in the Vijay Hazare Trophy Elite Group C match here on Monday. Chasing 222, Jharkhand achieved the target with 19 overs to spare.

In another match, Gujarat downed Tripura by 74 runs, restricting their opponents to 138/9 after making 212/6 in 50 overs. Rujul Bhatt was the top-scorer with 62 while Piyush Chawala’s 4/21 turned the match Gujarat’s way.

All six games in Group A and B were washed out due to heavy rain.

Puneet Bisht cracked a career-best 135 before Abhay Negi bamboozled Arunachal Pradesh with a seven-wicket haul to power Meghalaya to a 256-run win in Plate division.

Brief scores
Group C: Assam 221/9 in 50 overs (Sibshankar Roy 46, Shahbaz Nadeem 3/47) lost to Jharkhand 222/2 in 31 overs (Ishan Kishan 139, Anand Singh 58). Gujarat 212/6 in 50 overs (Rujul Bhatt 62, Priyank Panchal 39) bt Tripura 138/9 in 50 overs (JR Banik 57, Piyush Chawla 4/21). Haryana 257/8 in 50 overs (CK Bishnoi 88*, Pramod Chandila 57, Divesh Gurdev Pathania 5/42) lost to Services 260/5 in 47.3 overs (Nakul Verma 95, Rahul Singh Gahlaut 61).

Plate: Nagaland 206/9 in 50 overs (Abrar Kazi 75*, R. Jonathan 33, D. Dhapola 4/34) lost to Uttarakhand 210/4 in 47 overs (Vineet Saxena 43, Vaibhav 63, Rajat Bhatia 31*, Saurabh Rawat 60*). Meghalaya 317/4 in 43 overs (Punit Bisht 135, Yogesh Nagar 56*, Gurinder Singh 35*) bt Arunachal Pradesh 61 in 26 overs (Abhay Negi 7/16).