Kolkata ,December 13 : India skipper MS Dhoni’s bad run continued with the bat . The Indian ODI captain yet again failed to impress with the bat against Kerala in Vijay Hazare Trophy match on Sunday.
Although, he did not end up on the losing side, his form with the bat will be a concern ahead of India’s tour of Australia. One might be just forced to believe that he doesn’t have that touch in him anymore. He top-scored with 44 runs in the last game, but could not power his side to a victory. At the end of the day, Saurabh Tiwary starred in Jharkhand’s five wicket win over Kerala .
While Dhoni failed with the bat , his former Indian teammate Gautam Gambhir, who is captaining the Delhi side, scored a gritty half-century and powered his side to victory against Odisha. It was rather easy for the Delhi boys on Day 4 of the Vijay Hazare trophy.
Kedar Jadhav of Maharashtra slammed a fantastic ton against Tripura. Jadhav played attacking cricket right from the start of his innings and ended up scoring 131 runs from just 90 balls. His innings was decorated with 17 fours and three huge sixes. In reply, Tripura crumbled for a total of 183 runs.
Axar Patel smashed 75 runs from just 59 balls to help Gujarat defeat Railways in a scintillating encounter by four wickets.
Mumbai continued their winning momentum as they handed a crushing defeat to Assam, winning their encounter by a margin of 96 runs. Dhawal Kulkarni was the star of the show as he picked four wickets, giving away just 19 runs in his 10-over spell.
In another match Punjab managed to beat a star-studded Tamil Nadu side by six wickets. Ravichandran Ashwin did not have as much of an impact in this game as he was expected to.
Baroda were completely outclassed by Vidarbha by seven wickets. On the other hand, Madhya Pradesh got the better of Goa easily. Hyderabad could not get the better of Services as they lost by five wickets.
The most shocking match of the day was between Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir. The latter were bundled out for a meagre 75 runs. Harshal Patel claimed a five-for and leggie Amit Mishra strangled the opposition further with a hat-trick. It took very little time for Patel to finish the game off with the willow as well, Haryana thereby winning the match by 10 wickets.