Vijay Hazare Trophy 2019, Round 1: TN Beat Rajasthan By 6 Wickets; 12 Matches Abandoned Due To Rain

The fourteen teams were forced to share points as seven out of 12 matches of Round 1 were abandoned due to rain

Tamil Nadu rode on opening batsman Abhinav Mukund's sensational 75 run knock to help Tamil Nadu beat Rajasthan by six wickets at the Sawai Mansingh  stadium on Tuesday. After restricting Rajasthan to 261/9, Dinesh Karthik and Baba Aparajith too made important contributions in TN's victory by making half-centuries. Shahrukh Khan too scored an unbeaten 48 to seal the victory for TN and help them attain four full points. Brief scores: Tamil Nadu 262/4 (Abhinav Mukund 75, Baba Aparajith 52, Dinesh Karthik 50 not out, Shahrukh Khan 48 not out) beats Rajasthan 261/9 (A.R. Gupta 77, Rahul Chahar 48, K. Vignesh 3/34) by six wickets. Points: Tamil Nadu 4, Rajasthan 0 The fourteen teams were forced to share points as seven out of 12 matches of Round 1 were abandoned due to rain. Six matches had to be called off without a ball being bowled. Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Meghalaya, and Sikkim won their respective matches. Here's a brief recap of the Round 1 of the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2019. Gujrat Defeats Bengal B Merai (63) and Manpreet Juneja (47) lead Gujarat to a 38-run win against Parthiv Patel-led Bengal at the Jaipura Vidhyalaya Ground in Jaipur. Brief scores: Gujarat 253/8 (B Merai 63, Manpreet Juneja 47, Axar Patel 33, Ashok Dinda 3/58, Akash Deep 2/49) beat Bengal 215 all out (Shreevats Goswami 79, Anustup Majumdar 39, Roosh Kalaria 4/34) by 38 runs. Points: Gujarat 4, Bengal 0 Meghalaya Defeats Sikkim  A Singhania's four wickets haul helped Meghalaya trounces Sikkim to start campaign on winning note Brief scores: Meghalaya 318/5 (D. Ravi Teja 109 not out, Punit Bisht 74, Bhushan Subha 2/38) beats Sikkim 124 all out (Yashpal 53, Iqbal Abdulla 13, A Singhania 4/18) by 194 runs. Points: Meghalaya 4, Sikkim 0 Tripura Defeats J&K Milind Kumar's half-century powered Tripura tp a two wickets at K.L. Saini Stadium in Jaipur. Brief scores: J&K 197 all out in 43.2 overs (Qamran Iqbal 43, Fazil Rashid 37, Harmeet Singh 3/32) lost to Tripura 198/8 (B.B. Ghosh 62, Milind Kumar 77, Umar Nazir 3/45) by two wickets. Points: Tripura- 4; J&K 0 Dehradun, Nagaland versus Manipur in Plate Group: Nagaland and Manipur share two points each after rain abandoned play in Dehradun. Nagaland 205/7; Manipur 44.2 in 8.4/50. Result: Match Abandoned - Nagaland: 2 (Points) Manipur: 2 (Points)