KL Srijith eclipses Shreyas Iyer’s ton with unbeaten 150 in ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy (File)
KL Shrijith’s whirlwind unbeaten 150 trumped Shreyas Iyer’s fiery 114 as Karnataka etched a seven-wicket win over Mumbai in a Group C match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy at the Narendra Modi Stadium Ground ‘B’ in Ahmedabad.
Shreyas’ unbeaten 55-ball knock (5×4, 10×6) combined with fifties from Ayush Mhatre (78, 82b), Hardik Tamore (84, 94b) and Shivam Dube (63 not out, 36b) guided Mumbai to an imposing 382 for four in 50 overs.
But Shrijith, who went to Mumbai Indians for Rs 30 lakh in the recent IPL auction, hammered 150 off 101 balls with 20 fours and four sixes to help Karnataka scale down the target with 3.4 overs to spare. He was ably supported by KV Aneesh (82, 66b), Praveen Dubey (65 not out, 50b) and captain Mayank Agarwal (47, 48b).
During his knock, Iyer became the second batter to hit 10 sixes twice in a Vijay Hazare Trophy innings after Yusuf Pathan.
Mumbai lost Angkrish Raghuvanshi (6) cheaply. But Mhatre ( 6x4s, 2x6s) put on 141 runs for the second wicket with wicketkeeper-batter Hardik Tamore (7x4s, 3x6s). Thereafter, captain Iyer dominated the Karnataka bowlers. He smoked Vidyadhar Patil for four sixes, Vijay Kumar Vyshak for three and Pravin Dubey for two maximums.
Brief scores – Group C, Ahmedabad: Mumbai 382/4 in 50 overs (Shreyas Iyer 114, Ayush Mhatre 78, Hardik Tamore 84, Shivam Dube 63) lost to Karnataka 383/3 in 46.2 overs (KL Shrijith 150 not out, KV Aneesh 82, Praveen Dubey 65) by 7 wickets.
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