Jackson 133 pips Gaikwad 108 as Saurashtra lift Vijay Hazare title

Sheldon Jackson's 133 not out eclipsed Ruturaj Gaikwad's 108 as Saurashtra got a five-wicket triumph over Maharashtra in Ahmedabad on Friday (December 2) to lift the Vijay Hazare Prize interestingly since their title win in 2008. Gaikwad enrolled his third hundred on the jog, stretching out his count to four from five games in the 2022 version of the opposition, yet Maharashtra's players were generally held under tight restraints by the Saurashtra bowlers as they wrapped up with 248/9 in their 50 overs. A 125-run opening organization including Jackson and Harvik Desai then, at that point, gave the stage to the pursuit, and the 36-year-old Jackson shaped valuable collusions with the center request hitters to complete unbeaten and agree with his position over the line. Jackson had the organization of Chirag Jani to give the final details to the pursuit, with the accomplished all-rounder having prior stowed a full go-around. Not at all like Maharashtra's battle toward the beginning of the day, Saurashtra's openers were significantly more conversant in the initial 10 overs of the pursuit, with Jackson and Desai scoring limits occasionally. They raised the 50 years stand in the twelfth over before Jackson took the assault to Satyajeet Bachhav in the fifteenth, scoring two sixes and a four. Jackson arrived at a 66-ball fifty in transit to a century stand that came in 21 overs. Desai likewise arrived at a fifty, off 61 conveyances, with two fours off Rajvardhan Hangargekar in the 25th over, while Jackson was cheerful pivoting the strike for a couple of overs, as the initial pair put Saurashtra in charge of the pursuit. Mukesh Choudhary attempted to get Maharashtra ready to make a splash with two wickets in the 27th over, representing Desai, who got a main edge to mid-on, and finding the external edge of Jay Gohil's bat. Samarth Vyas was excused by Vicky Ostwal a couple of overs later, leaving Saurashtra at 147/3 in the 33rd over. Jackson, who was batting during the 80s around then, cleared the wall two times off Bachhav in the 37th over, got to his hundred with a couple, prior to slicing a Hangargekar conveyance to the limit. Prerak Mankad, at the opposite end, didn't have a useful trip as he was bowled by 1 by Bachhav. Saurashtra were left with a situation of 57 to get off the last 10 overs and Jackson and Chirag Jani moved toward the end overs with smoothness, playing sans risk cricket. They gathered the singles while Jani struck several limits, monitoring the necessary rate. Hangargekar turned out to be hit for a four each by Jani and Jackson in the 45th over, with the last option likewise being placed somewhere near Hangargekar in the accompanying over. Jackson polished it off with a six and a four off Manoj Ingale in the 47th over. Prior, having been approached to bat, Maharashtra lost Pavan Shah right on time to an expire and could oversee just 18 runs in the initial 10 overs in spite of Bachhav striking two or three limits. Gaikwad, who was on 4 off 32 conveyances at that stage, dealt with his most memorable limit just in the seventeenth over when he cleared a Dharmendrasinh Jadeja conveyance over in reverse square leg. He likewise set aside a short ball from Kushang Patel for a six, giving a genuinely necessary stimulus to his innings. The second wicket organization, worth 66 runs, reached a conclusion in the 25th over when Bachhav miscued a flung shot to long-on to give Parth Bhut a wicket, finishing a striving innings that endured 59 balls and yielded just 27 runs. Ankit Bawne joined Gaikwad and the pair tracked down the wall a couple of times to help Maharashtra past 100 in the 30th over. Bawne's visit, in any case, was finished by Bhut as the hitter got an external edge to slip. Gaikwad went past 50 before long, and had Azim Kazi for organization as they began playing with much more opportunity contrasted with the main portion of the innings. Gaikwad arrived at three figures off 125 conveyances with two progressive sixes off Chirag Jani in the 40th over, having prior scored a greatest off Prerak Mankad. Kazi too cleared the wall two times in the 41st over which was bowled by Bhut. Gaikwad and Kazi added 94 runs for the fourth wicket before the previous was run out in the 42nd over. Kazi tumbled to Mankad a brief time later, leaving Maharashtra at 205/5 after 44 overs. Unadkat, in spite of going for a limit in his last finished, wrapped up with conservative figures of 1-25. Jani got a full go-around in the 49th over, excusing Saurabh Navale, Hangargekar and Ostwal with full conveyances. Naushad Shaikh struck three progressive fours off Kushang Patel in the last over to assist Maharashtra with wrapping up with a decent aggregate, however one that demonstrated lacking eventually. Brief scores: Maharashtra 248/9 in 50 overs (Ruturaj Gaikwad 108, Azim Kazi 37; Chirag Jani 3-43) lost to Saurashtra 249/5 in 46.3 overs (Sheldon Jackson 133*, Harvik Desai 50; Vicky Ostwal 2-20) by 5 wickets.