Kanpur: Himachal Pradesh destroyed dreams to play in the semifinals when they beat them with 5 goals in the quarter-finals of the Cricket Trophy Vijay Hazare tournament held at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium in Jaipur on Tuesday.
The hero match was the opening of the Himachal PS Chopra who scored 99 Run and played an important role in victory.
It was his bad luck that he missed his century with only one run.
Go up, put it in a bat, scored 207 runs to lose 9 numbers in 50 overs.
They were in a precarious condition that lost 4 numbers with only 39 Run.
Akshadeep Nath and Rinu Singh helped him rot.
The Pacer V Galetiya medium caused catastrophe at the beginning of the innings up claiming the top three goals cheaply.
Rinku and Akshadeep Nath added 64 Run to the fifth goal.
Their partnership went bankrupt when Akshadeep Nath fell to Sidharth Sharma for 32.
Rinku Singh once again pulled innings up and he scored 76 running at 102 balls before handing over the catch to AP Jaiswal.
He sent a ball six times to the fence.
Bhuwaneshwar Kumar also played a knock on 46 running in 52 balls looting one limit of six and 3.
RR Dhawan claimed his goal when he applied his defense and revoked his stump.
Galetia chose 3 goals for 19 walks.
Sidharth Sharma and PP Jaiswal cut 2 nominors.
SG Arora and PS Chopra gave a moderate start to Himachal to add 54 to run in their partnership.
After that Chopra and NR Gangta executed the 122 partnership to walk to the second goal.
Ankit Rajpoot claimed Gangta for 58 and violated their partnership but at that time Himachal needed only 33 runs.
Bowlers claim 3 more numbers but they cannot stop Himachal to register a comfortable victory.
Shiva Mavi chose 3 goals while Ankit Rajpoot took 2 Wickets.
Short Score: Up-9 for 207 (Abhishek Goswami 17, Akshadeep Nath 32, Rinku Singh 76, Bhuvaneshwar Kumar 46, VK Galetiya 3 for 19, RR Dhawan 1 for 60, Sidharth Sharma 2 for 27, PP Jaiswal 2 for 43) Himachal Pradesh-5 for 208 (SG Arora 19, PS Chopra 99, NR Gangta 58, Ar Kumar 14, Ankit Rajpoot 2 for 52 and Shivam Mavi 3 for 34).
Vijay Hazare Trophy: Himachal Drub Up by Five Wickets
