Jaipur: Karan Lamba slammed a brilliant century to steer Rajasthan to a huge 132-run victory over Puducherry in the final league match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy Elite Group A at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Thursday.It was only the second win for the Rajasthan side in seven matches and ended up at the seventh spot with just 8 points in the eight-team group.Put into bat, Rajasthan amassed 269 for 8 in their allotted 50 overs, thanks mainly to 116-ball 108 knock by Karan. The middle-order batterhit eleven fours and a six during his innings. He forged an 85-run stand for the fourth wicket with Ramnivas Golada (64: 63b, 12×4).Puducherry lost wickets from the beginning and were folded up for 137 in 26.5 overs. Pacer Danish Bhambhu picked up 3 wickets, while Ashok Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed and captain and left-arm spinner Manav Suthar scalped two wickets each.Brief ScoresRajasthan 269 for 8 in 50 overs (Karan Lamba 108, Ramnivas Golada 64, Ajay Singh Kukna 31, Manav Suthar 18, Ashok Sharma 12*; Sagar Udeshi 3-32, Nitin Pranaav 2-51) beat Puducherry 137 in 26.5 overs (Nitin Pranaav 56, Ajay Rohera 19, Aman Hakim Khan 18; Danish Bhambhu 3-35, Ashok Sharma 2-27, Khaleel Ahmed 2-30, Manav Suthar 2-38) by 132 runs.
That’s a good result for Rajasthan, especially with Karan Lamba’s century leading the way – it’s interesting to see how teams perform in these final league matches. I was reading about overcoming challenges and strategy on https://tinyfun.io/game/obby-roads and it made me think about how important momentum is in tournaments like this.