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Vijay Hazare Trophy : MS Dhoni blasts 129 off 107 balls as Jharkhand vanquish Chhattisgarh

Dhoni walked in with Jharkhand tottering at 43/4 in the 14th over, and saw two more wickets fall within a short while.

At 57/6, Jharkhand seemed to be staring down the barrel, but Shahbaz Nadim teamed up with Dhoni in the middle to put on 151 runs for the seventh wicket and take their team past the 200-run mark.

Nadeem (53; 90b, 4×4, 1×6) went back in the 48th over, but Dhoni struck some characteristic sledge hammer blows in the remaining deliveries and was out on only the last ball of the innings. His knock included 10 fours and six sixes.

For Chhattisgarh, right arm medium pacer Kant Singh (4/33) was the most successful bowler.

In reply, Chattisgarh never really got going, as none of their willowers managed to put up a substantial score. Only three of the batsmen went into the 20s and the highest partnership was that of 32 between skipper Mohammed Kaif (23) and Amandeep Khare (22) for the third wicket.

Kant (24) was the top scorer, while pacer Varun Aaron (3/26) and left arm spinner Nadeem (3/36) were the chief wreckers for Jharkhand.

Meanwhile, defending champions Gujarat defeated Goa by 78 runs in a Group A match in Chennai.

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