Robin Uthappa whirlwind knock powers Kerala to another win in Vijay Hazare Trophy!

Robin Uthappa’s 22 ball half century in Vijay Hazare Trophy fixture against Bihar helped Kerala chase down the target with in 9 overs! Uthappa displayed great form all through the tournament with match winning knocks all over. The 35 year old Indian batsmen has scores of 107, 81, 100, 0 and 87* so far in the tournament.

Earlier Kerala won the toss and elect to bowl as Sreesanth (4/30) and Jalaj Saxena (3/30) ran through Bihar line up – bowling them out for 148 runs!

Opening the batting for Kerala – Robin Uthappa led the way with 87* in 32 balls powered by 4 fours and mind boggling 10 sixes. He was assisted by Vishnu Vinod who went berserk with 37 in 12 balls before falling to Ashutosh Aman in a 19 run over! Sanju Samson finished the proceedings with a unbeaten 9 ball 24*.

Match Summary

Bihar 148 all out in 40.2 overs
Babul Kumar 64 (89) – 6 Fours & 3 Sixes
S Sreesanth 9-2-30-4
Jalaj Saxena 10-1-30-3

Kerala 149-1 in 8.5 overs
Robin Uthappa 87*(32) – 4 Fours & 10 Sixes
Vishnu Vinod 37 (12) – 2 Fours & 4 Sixes
Sanju Samson 24 (9) – 2 Fours & 2 Sixes

Kerala won by 9 wickets

Toss: Kerala won the toss and elect to bat

Venue: KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur

Kerala which is in Elite, Group C – are now tied on 16 points with Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka with 4 wins in 5 matches!