Vijay Hazare Trophy 2023: Karnataka begins marketing campaign with enormous win over Jammu and Kashmir

Hundreds from Mayank Agarwal and Samarth R arrange Karnataka’s 222-run demolition of Jammu & Kashmir in its Group C opener of the Vijay Hazare Trophy on the Narendra Modi Stadium Ground B right here on Thursday.

The opening pair pressured the J&Okay bowling unit into submission with its 267-run stand and powered the staff to 402/2.

Unperturbed by the low bounce early on, Agarwal took his possibilities in opposition to Rasikh Salam, pocketing three boundaries via the off facet. Samarth received going, flicking two half-trackers on his pads from Salam via sq. leg.

Agarwal blunted the spinners within the center overs, dancing down the wicket to hit two sixes in opposition to Sahil Lotra within the thirteenth over. Skipper Shubham Khajuria’s ploy to make use of his vary of part-timers bore little to no rewards. His trump card, Umran Malik, didn’t dent the circulate of runs both.

READ | India’s ODI World Cup odyssey factors to brilliant way forward for sustained success

To rub salt in its wounds, Agarwal was put down on 67 by Qamran Iqbal off Abdul Samad’s bowling. Making probably the most of his second life, Agarwal accomplished his century in 104 deliveries. Before Agarwal, Samarth received to his ton in 97 deliveries.

Samarth was despatched packing within the thirty seventh over by Salam’s yorker. But Mayank’s onslaught continued undeterred previous 150. Courtesy of Mayank’s heroics and Devdutt Paddikal’s 35-ball 71, Karnataka added 128 within the last 10 overs.

The solely part when J&Okay’s reply appeared on the right track was throughout Vivrant Sharma’s counterattack within the PowerPlay. After opener Iqbal fell within the fourth over, Vivrant took the initiative by enjoying throughout the road in opposition to pacers to take his staff to 60/1.

Vyshak Vijayakumar brought on a momentum shift when he despatched Khajuriya’s off stump cartwheeling to interrupt the 58-run second-wicket stand. In his subsequent over, he eliminated Henan Nazir and Samad within the area of three deliveries to strangle J&Okay.

Vivrant’s defiance broke in opposition to J. Suchith who induced an error to citadel the southpaw on 41 earlier than Krishnappa Gowtham prised out two within the twenty second over.

Yudhvir Singh’s 39-ball 64 at quantity 9 gave J&Okay one thing to cheer for but it surely merely delayed the evitable because the facet folded for 180.