Venkatesh Iyer Misses On 200 By 2 Runs At Vijay Hazare Trophy 2021
Madhya Pradesh's Venkatesh Iyer, who was signed by the Kolkata Knight Riders in the 2021 Indian Premier League auction, missed out on his maiden 50-over double hundred by just two runs on Sunday.
Iyer smashed 198 off 146 balls in the Vijay Hazare Trophy against Punjab before being run out, thus missing out on becoming the second player to score a double hundred this season after Mumbai's Prithvi Shaw.
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Iyer made the most of the favorable batting conditions at the Holkar Stadium, hitting 20 fours and seven sixes, helping MP post an imposing total of 402/3. In response, Punjab was all out for 297 with opener Abhishek Sharma scoring 104. Mihir Herwani took four wickets for 62 runs.
Meanwhile, veteran fast bowler Sree Santh took four wickets as Kerala beat Bihar by nine wickets. Bihar was all out for 148 in 40.2 overs after which Kerala opener Robin Uthappa smashed an unbeaten 87 off 32 balls to get his team to 149/1 in just 8.5 overs. Uthappa hit as many as 10 sixes and four fours.
Elite A (In Surat)
Gujarat 277/7 in 50 overs (Dhruv Raval 102, Het Patel 82; Atit Sheth 3/53) beat Baroda 237/9 in 50 overs (Smit Patel 73; Piyush Chawla 3/52) by 40 runs
Tripura 230 all out in 48.4 overs (Samrat Singha 102, Milind Kumar 55; Ashutosh Singh 3/22) lost to Chattisgarh 233/5 in 47.1 overs (Amandeep Khare 101 not out, Rishabh Tiwari 30; Parvez Sultan 2/40) by five wickets with 71 balls remaining
Hyderabad 345/6 in 50 overs (Tanmay Agarwal 150, Tilak Varma 128) beat Goa 343/5 in 50 overs (Eknath Kerkar 169 not out, Snehal Kauthankar 116; Ravi Teja 3/69) by two runs
