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Player of the Match
Player of the Match

Nair, Shorey unbeaten centuries power Vidarbha into Vijay Hazare Trophy semi-finals

Karun Nair was in excellent form against Mangalore Dragons Maharaja T20

Vidarbha 292 for 1 (Nair 122*, Shorey 118*) beat Rajasthan 291 for 8 (Kartik 62, Garhwal 59, Thakur 4-39) by nine wickets

Unbeaten centuries from Karun Nair and Dhruv Shorey saw Vidarbha chase down their target of 292 in style against Rajasthan and march to the semi-finals of the Vijay Hazare Trophy.

Vidarbha captain Nair's unbeaten 122 in the quarter-final in Vadodara was his fourth consecutive century and his fifth in the season. He tops the run charts this year with a whopping 664 runs, which is also his average as he has only been dismissed once in six innings.

Nair and Shorey shared an unbroken 200-run stand for the second wicket as Vidarbha gunned down their target in 43.3 overs.

Shorey first shared a 92-run opening stand with Yash Rathod before Nair joined him at the crease.

The two then made short work of the chase, with Shorey hitting ten fours and three sixes to finish on 118 not out off 131 deliveries. Nair was more aggressive in his approach, taking just 82 balls for his 122, with 13 fours and five sixes.

After being put in to bat, Haryana started slow and had only managed 15 runs when opener Abhijeet Tomar fell to Nachiket Bhute in the seventh over. One over later, his opening partner Manav Suthar was sent packing by Yash Thakur.

Mahipal Lomror and Deepak Hooda then stitched a 71-run stand before the two fell in the space of 11 balls. Shubham Garhwal and Kartik Sharma then added 82 runs for the fifth wicket before Thakur struck again, removing Garhwal for 59. Kartik then shared a 50-run stand with wicketkeeper Samarpit Joshi but the two fell in consecutive overs, with Rajasthan's score still under 250.

But Deepak Chahar smacked three sixes and two fours en route to a 14-ball 31 that helped Rajasthan get close to 300.

Thakur was the pick of the bowlers for Vidarbha, with figures of 4 for 39.

Vijay Hazare Trophy

Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
GUJ770282.582
HRYNA761240.728
JHK743160.423
UKHND734120.846
GOA73412-0.676
ASSAM73412-0.816
ODSA72580.17
MNPR7070-2.952
Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
MAHA761241.736
RLYS752200.856
RAJ752200.349
AP743161.115
HP743160.649
SVCS7258-0.51
SIKM7258-1.395
MEGHA7070-2.474
Group C
TeamMWLPTNRR
PNJB761242.401
KNTKA761241.393
MUM752202.114
HYD743160.516
SAU734120.57
PONDI73412-0.88
NAGA7164-0.69
ARP7070-6.246
Group D
TeamMWLPTNRR
VIDAR660241.996
TN641182.443
UP632140.338
CHD623100.415
CGR62310-1.122
J + K6146-0.56
MIZO6052-4.298
Group E
TeamMWLPTNRR
BRODA651200.851
BENG641180.539
MP632140.583
DELHI633120.371
KER623100.652
TPURA6146-1.894
BIHAR6154-1.261