Vijay Shankar, Abhinav Mukund shine in TN win over Bengal

Captain Vijay Shankar and Abhinav Mukund starred in Tamil Nadu's six-wicket win over Bengal in the Vijay Hazare Trophy Elite Group 'C' League here Sunday.

In other matches today, Gujarat and Haryana registered victories over Jammu and Kashmir respectively.

Tamil Nadu chose to bowl first at the M A Chidambaram Stadium and restricted Bengal to 239 in 49.4 overs.

Manoj Tiwary top scored with 47.

Vijay Shankar was the best bowler with 4 for 34.

Mukund (94) and N Jagadeesan (55) added 143 runs for the opening wicket in 133 balls, which made things easy for Tamil Nadu.

Meanwhile, Gujarat shot out J&K for 123: and reached the target in 21.1 overs.

Also, Haryana defeated Tripura by three wickets.

Brief scores: Bengal239 in 49.4 overs (Abhimanyu Easwaran 72 (97b, 4x4, 1x6), Manoj Tiwary47, Anustup Majumdar 39, Vijay Shankar 4 for 34, M Mohammed 3 for 54) lost to Tamil Nadu240 for four in 42 overs N. Jagadeesan 55 (52b, 5x4, 2x6) Abhinav Mukund (lhb) 94 (100b, 11x4), B Aparajith 43, B. Indrajith 28 not out).

Points: Tamil Nadu 4 ; Bengal 0.

J&K123 in 34 overs (Ian Chauhan 35, Piyush Chawla3 for 29 lost toGujarat 127 for two in 21.1 overs Priyank Panchal 49, Bhargav Merai 43 not out).

Points: Gujarat 4 ; J & K 0.

Tripura 171 in 45 overs (Bishal Ghosh 36,Bravish Shetty 60 (85b, 4X4, 2X6), Harshal Patel 3 for 19, Rahul Tewatia 3 for 27) lost toHaryana 175 for seven in 41.2 overs (Harshal Patel 41, ChaitanyaBishnoi 55 not out (111b, 4x4), Himanshu Rana 34, Rajib Saha 3for 25).

Points : Haryana 4 ; Tripura 0 .