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Player of the Match
Player of the Match

All-round Shukla gives Bengal title

Bengal 252 for 4 (Shukla 106*, Majumdar 50*) beat Mumbai 248 (Jaffer 61, Shukla 4-38)
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An unbeaten century and four wickets from allrounder Laxmi Ratan Shukla helped Bengal beat Mumbai at the Feroz Shah Kotla, and lift the Vijay Hazare Trophy for the first time since the tournament's inception. Mumbai had scored 295 at the Kotla in the semi-final, on Saturday, but could only manage 248 this time, after Shukla prevented the top-order batsmen from kicking on from starts, and repeated strikes in the middle overs prevented an acceleration.

It was still a competitive total, though, and Shukla came in after Bengal had crawled to 69 for 2 in 17.5 overs. He took control of the chase, and, after losing a couple of partners, found company in Anustup Majumdar, who scored 50 not out off 45 balls. The pair shared an unbeaten 107-run partnership to take Bengal home in 46.1 overs. Both were aggressive: Shukla hit 12 fours and two sixes in his 106 not out off 90 balls, while Majumdar struck seven boundaries in his half-century.

The partnership came after Sourav Ganguly's 38 off 53 balls and Shreevats Goswami's 42 off 73 had left Bengal behind the asking-rate. When Wriddhiman Saha was dismissed for 11 in the 33rd over, Bengal were 145 for 4 and the match was still even. Shukla and Majumdar took it away from Mumbai, whose spinners were expensive.

Mumbai chose to bat, after the strategy had worked in the semi-final, and had a bright beginning thanks to Wasim Jaffer's 61 off 48 balls, which included 10 fours and a six. They were 83 for 0 in the 13th over when Shukla bowled Jaffer. Shukla then dismissed Ajinkya Rahane and Anup Revandkar to slow the run-rate down. The dangerous Abhishek Nayar was dismissed for 11 and Bengal kept chipping away at the wickets after that. Suryakumar Yadav held one end up, and scored 50 off 68 balls, but once he was dismissed, Mumbai's lower order failed to make significant contributions, and they were bowled out in 49.2 overs, Shukla taking the final wicket.

  • All-round Shukla gives Bengal title

    An unbeaten century and four wickets from allrounder Laxmi Ratan Shukla helped Bengal beat Mumbai at the Feroz Shah Kotla, and lift the Vijay Hazare Trophy for the first time since the tournament's inception

Bengal 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st1SG DasSP Goswami
2nd68SC GangulySP Goswami
3rd35LR ShuklaSP Goswami
4th41LR ShuklaWP Saha
5th107LR ShuklaAP Majumdar

Vijay Hazare Trophy

Central Zone
TeamMWLPTNRR
RLYS431130.895
MP4228-0.163
UP4228-0.633
VIDAR42280.229
RAJ4133-0.419
East Zone
TeamMWLPTNRR
BENG440191.25
ASSAM431120.313
ODSA42280.14
JHK4133-0.792
TPURA404-2-0.947
North Zone
TeamMWLPTNRR
DELHI550241.822
PNJB541170.472
HRYNA532140.508
HP5235-1.049
SVCS5141-0.996
J + K505-1-0.747
South Zone
TeamMWLPTNRR
KNTKA541181.388
HYD541160.546
TN532140.315
GOA5239-0.295
KER5142-0.803
AP5141-1.166
West Zone
TeamMWLPTNRR
MUM431120.086
MAHA43111-0.518
BRODA42290.854
GUJ42290.01
SAU404-1-0.586