Nadaun, Feb 19: Himachal Pradesh produced a fine allround performance to hand over Jammu and Kashmir a 73-run defeat in a North Zone leg match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy One-Day Championship here today.
Sent into bat, HP posted a challenging 248 for nine in their stipulated 50 overs with opener Aakash Chopra cracking a superb 72 off 103 balls, including three boundaries.
The HP bowlers then returned to decimate J&K, dismissing them for a paltry 175 in 42 overs.
Rahul Singh became the pick of the bowlers with figures of four for 37, while P Dhruv Singh (2/14) and Karan Veer (2/19) took two each to complete the victory for HP.
Replying to HP’s competitive total, J&K got off to a good start as they crossed 50-run mark by losing just one wicket.
But the departures of opener Ahmed Omer (25) and I R Singh (24) triggered a collapse and suddenly from 55 for one, they were reeling at 74 for seven.
Having lost six wickets for just 19 runs, J&K could never recover, even as Waseem Paray and Ramdyal Punia (35) consolidated the innings for a while.
Paray and Punia put on a 60-run stand for the eighth wicket.
But once Punia got out, HP bowlers quickly winded up the tail, leaving Paray stranded at an unbeaten 52 off 78 balls, laced with three fours.
Earlier, Aakash and Prashant Chopra (25) gave HP a fine start, followed by the top and middle order chipping in with some valuable runs to take the team past 245-mark.
For J&K, Zahoor Sofi took four for 62, while Ramdyal claimed three for 41. PTI
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