Leggie Karn Sharma celebrated his India call-up by guiding Railways to a five-wicket win over Madhya Pradesh in a Central Zone match of the Vijay Hazare one-day tournament today
Nagpur: Leggie Karn Sharma celebrated his India call-up by guiding Railways to a five-wicket win over Madhya Pradesh in a Central Zone match of the Vijay Hazare one-day tournament here today.
Sharma, who has been selected for India's remaining two ODIs against Sri Lanka and the tour of Australia, took three wickets before hitting a 32-run cameo in his team's victory.
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Railways raced past Madhya Pradesh's 241 for five with 14 balls to spare. It was Railways' third win in as many games while Madhya Pradesh suffered their second loss in a row.
Wicketkeeper-batsman Naman Ojha, who finds himself in the squad for the first Test against Australia, struck a solid 61 off 86 balls in a losing cause.
Ojha and his opening partner Jalaj Saxena shared a 118-run stand but the other batsmen could not capitalise on their good start.
Opener Asad Pathan made Railways' chase much easier by hammering 63 off 36 balls.
Brief scores: Madhya Pradesh 241 for five (Naman Ojha 61, Jalaj Saxena 61; Karn Sharma 3/47) lost to Railways by five wickets (Asad Pathan 63, Karna Sharma 32 not out; Ishwar Pandey 2/49, Jalaj Saxena 2/37).
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