The 5-match Test series between India and Australia is currently tied at 1-1. The fourth match of this series between the two teams will be played from December 26. During this series, BCCI had taken a big decision and sent the reserve players back to India. This decision was taken so that all these players could play for their respective teams in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. One name among them is Mukesh Kumar. He has returned to India and gave a match-winning performance for the Bengal team on the first day of the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
Vijay Hazare Trophy has started from 21st December. This tournament will be played till 18 January. A total of 38 teams are playing in this List-A format tournament. Bengal played its first match against the Delhi team in Hyderabad. In this match, Bengal defeated Delhi team by 6 wickets. Mukesh Kumar was the most successful bowler in bowling, due to his lethal bowling, Delhi team could not make a big score in this match and had to face defeat.
In this match, Bengal team won the toss and decided to bowl first. Mukesh Kumar proved this decision of the captain right. He spent 66 runs in his 10 over spell and made a total of 4 batsmen his victims. Mukesh showed the way to the pavilion to both Delhi openers Priyansh Arya and Vaibhav Kandpal. After this, wickets of Himmat Singh and Harsh Tyagi were also taken. Due to his strong bowling, Delhi team could score only 272 runs at the loss of 7 wickets in 50 overs.
While Mukesh Kumar dominated in bowling, Abhishek Porel attracted everyone's attention in batting. Abhishek Porel scored unbeaten 170 runs in 130 balls in this match, due to which Bengal team achieved this target in 41.3 overs at the loss of 4 wickets. Bengal team will now play its second match in this tournament against Tripura on 23 December. This match will start at 9 am Indian time.
