Vijay Hazare Trophy: Aditya Tare shines in Mumbai's 43-run win over Andhra

Riding on skipper Aditya Tare's 77, Mumbai beat Andhra by 43 runs in the Group 'C' tie of the Vijay Hazare Trophy in Chennai

Aditya Tare

Riding on skipper Aditya Tare's 77, Mumbai beat Andhra by 43 runs in the Group 'C' tie of the Vijay Hazare Trophy in Chennai on Saturday.

Put in to bat, Mumbai's Tare had a 69-run fifth wicket partnership with Siddhesh Lad (55) and had a 76-run sixth-wicket partnership with Shivam Dubey (41) to help Mumbai reach 231 for eight.

Rohit Sharma, who was playing after a four-month injury layoff, came in at No. 4, was caught behind off Girinath Reddy for 16. Reddy was the pick of the Andhra bowlers with 3-53.

Chasing 232, Andhra at one stage were 72-1 in 10 overs. Srikar Bharat was the highest scorer for Andhra with 64 runs as his side were bundled out for 188 in 38.1 overs.

For Mumbai pacer Dubey claimed three wickets while Dhawal Kulkarni, Shardul Thakur and Pravin Tambe got two apiece.

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