Vadodara: Rajasthan continued their victory in a series with their third victory in the Trophy Syed Mushtaq Ali after they overcome Himachal by seven goal in the G group C group on Saturday.
Rajasthan previously defeated Jharkhand and Jammu & Kashmir.
First Rajasthan limited the opposition to 136/6 and then pursued the target in just 14.4 overs, the blistering courtesy knocked in the form of Deepak Hooda (70 not out of 36 balls) and Mahipal Lomror (55 off 39 balls).
At the Reliance Stadium, Himachal lost the opening of Shubham Arora (11) and Abhimanyu Rana (0) earlier and struggled on 11/2.
Pacer Tanveer-ul-Haq crashed the second time when he released Nikhil Gangta for 6, after he was arrested by Deepak Hooda.
Himachal is in a disturbing place on 20/3.
Then, Prashant Chopra (53) and Skipper Rishi Dhawan (26) tried to collect innings with 47-run stands for the fourth goal.
But when it looked like it would score a big score, Leggie Young Ravi Bishnii Castled Dhawan to bring Rajasthan back to Chopra’s disparies then holding innings from one end, but Rajasthan continued to make a periodic breakthrough to limit the total Himachal.
Chasing 137, Rajasthan lost the appetizer of Aditya Garhwal (4) and Ankit Lamba (2) earlier and shaken on 18/2.
But captain Loubror and Hooda not only strengthened the innings but took the side of the house.
While Hooda hammered five crawl and as many as six, the beat of a lomror consisted of six four and two maximum.
Duo added a 111-run victory match for the third goal, which took the match from Himachal.
Breast Scores: Himachal 136/6 (Prashant Chopra 53, Rishi Dhawan 26; Tanveer UL HAQ 2/13, Ravi Bishnoi 1/27) Lost to Rajasthan 141/3 (Deepak Hooda 70 Not Out, Mahipal Loggor 55; Rishi Dhawan 2 / 21) by seven goals.
HARYANA 108 All Out (Rohit Pramod Sharma 29, Himanshu Rana 28; Umran Malik 4/22, Parvez Rasool 3/18) Loses Loamamu and Kashmir 109/3 (Parvez Rasool 34 Not Out, Shubham Pundir 28 Not Out; Jayant Yadav 2 / 23) by seven goals.
Andhra 165/4 (KS Bharat 48, Ashwin Hebber 45; Shahbaaz Nadeem 1/22) Wins against Jharkhand 157/9 (Ishank Jaggi 62, Uthan Singh 43; C Stephen 3/23; M Typea Reddy 3/24) by 8 Runs .
MUSHTAQ Ali Trophy: Rajasthan Defeat Himachal by 7 Wickets, Continue Running Winner
