New Delhi. Haryana has won the title of Vijay Hazare Trophy 2023. In the final match, Haryana defeated Rajasthan by 30 runs and captured the title for the first time. Haryana won all 10 matches played in the tournament. While chasing the target of 288 runs set by Haryana in the final, the entire Rajasthan team was limited to 257 runs.
Abhijeet’s century innings went in vain
Rajasthan did not have a good start while chasing the target of 288 runs. Ram Mohan Chauhan was out after scoring just one run, while Mahipal Lomror was out by Sumit on the score of 2 runs. Captain Deepak Hooda could not even open his account and became Sumit’s second victim.
Karan Lamba was out after scoring 20 runs. However, after this Abhijeet Tomar along with Kunal Singh Rathore made a century partnership for the fifth wicket. Abhijeet batted brilliantly and played a strong inning of 106 runs in 129 balls. Harshal Patel showed Abhijeet the way to the pavilion.
Rajasthan lost the last 5 wickets for 56 runs.
After Abhijeet returned to the pavilion, Rajasthan’s batting order fell apart like a pack of cards and within no time the entire team collapsed after scoring 257 runs. Rajasthan lost its last 5 wickets by adding just 56 runs. In bowling, Sumit Kumar and Harshal Patel took three wickets each for Haryana. At the same time, Rahul Tewatia got two wickets in his bag.
Ankit-Ashok played a strong innings
In the title match, Haryana, who came to bat first after winning the toss, did not have a good start and Yuvraj Singh walked out after scoring only one run. At the same time, Himanshu Rana was out after scoring 10 runs. However, after this Ankit Kumar and captain Ashok Menaria took charge and made a partnership of 124 runs for the third wicket.
Ankit played a brilliant inning of 88 runs, while Ashok was out after scoring 70 runs. Due to the innings of 24 runs by Rahul Tewatia and 28 runs by Sumit Kumar in the last overs, Haryana team was successful in scoring 287 runs on the score board after losing 8 wickets.