Vijay Hazare Trophy results: Tamil Nadu defeat Railways; Punjab win

Vijay Hazare Trophy saw ar day of competitive cricket on display on Wednesday. Tamil Nadu beat Railways comprehensively, while Punjab emerged victorious against Baroda. In or matches, Rajasthan thumped Services and Bengal defeat Tripura. Here is a look at how things went about in Vijay Hazare Trophy:

Tamil Nadu beat Railways by 8 wickets

Having won toss, Railways opted to bat first and ended up posting a total of 200 for 9 in 50 overs. Baba Aparajith was pick of bowlers with figures of 4 for 30 of his 10 overs. In reply, Tamil Nadu cruised home in 44.1 overs on back of Aparajith's ton (111 off 124 balls, 7 fours, 1 six). 

This was Tamil Nadu’s seventh consecutive win and y are sitting at top of points table in Group ‘C’.

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Punjab beat Baroda by 3 wickets

Baroda was invited to bat first and y ended up scoring 222 for 8 in ir 50 overs. Vishnu Solanki top-scored for home side (54 runs off 74 balls, 6 fours, 1 six). Kaul starred with ball for Punjab with figures of 4 for 58. Chasing a target of 223, Punjab lost Abhijeet Garg early but cameos from Abhishek Sharma, Gurkeerat Singh, Anmol Malhotra & Karan Lalia ensured that visitors got over line comfortably.

win ensures Punjab stays at top of table with 20 points in Elite Group A and B. This was Baroda’s fourth consecutive loss.

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Bengal beat Tripura by 5 wickets

Tripura was asked to bat first by Bengal Captain Abhimanyu Easwaran. y were bowled out for 224 in 49 overs. Bengal's chase did t start well as y lost Goswami for 7. Former skipper Maj Tiwari scored 85 off 103 balls with 7 fours and was well supported by Agniv Pan who scored a half-century as well which was eugh for Bengal to get over line.

With this win, Bengal gets to third place with 18 points from seven matches. To qualify for kckouts y will t only have to win ir remaining two but will also need Gujarat (24 pts from 6 matches) to lose all three. Tripura sits in sixth position in  points table in Group C.with 12 points and is already out of kck out st.

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Rajasthan beat Services by 48 runs

Services won toss and chose to field. Rajasthan scored 239 for 8 from ir 50 overs. Aditya Garhwal scored 91 off 79 balls with 8 fours and 2 sixes. Chasing 240, Services' innings never got going as y kept losing wickets frequently. y were eventually bowled out for 191. Rahul Chahar starred for visitors taking 4 for 56 in his quota of 9 overs.

This was Rajasthan's first win in seven games after losing five on trot. y are at penultimate position in points table in Group 'C' whereas Services are placed fourth.

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