Srinagar, Nov 28: The J&K senior cricket team’s remarkable journey in the Vijay Hazare Trophy One-Day event came to an end on Monday when Assam outplayed them in the quarterfinal match at College Ground in Ahmedabad.
J&K put up a massive total of 350 runs on the board in 50 overs, but Assam mocked the number by completing the chase in 46.1 overs with three wickets lost.
Earlier J&K had won five out of six matches in the group stage to qualify for the pre-quarterfinal.
Shubham was dismissed after making 120 runs off 84 balls, including 8 fours & 8 sixes.
Henan Malik blasted five fours and five sixes in his 124-run innings off 113 balls.
After the fall of the Khajuria wicket, Malik and Fazil Rashid who scored 53 off 46 balls added 113 for the fifth wicket to take J&K to 350 run total. For Assam, Avinov Choudhury took two wickets.
In reply, Assam slipped to 45 for two before Riyan Parag & Rishav Das formed a huge 277-run stand for the third wicket.
Riyan Parag scored 174 runs from 116 balls in which he hit 12 sixes and 12 fours. Das remained not out on 114 off 118 balls to take Assam home.
It was Parag’s third century in the ongoing Hazare Trophy and made a huge target look easy for Assam.
Parag fell 29 runs short of the target but Das saw Assam home with 23 balls to spare.
Brief scores:
J&K: 350/ 7 in 50 overs (Henan Malik 124, Shubham Khajuria 120, Fazil Rashid 53).
Assam: 354/3 in 46.1 overs (Riyan Parag 174, Rishav Das 114*).