Rinku Singh celebrates. | Photo: AP/Eranga Jayawardena Rinku Singh celebrates. | Photo: AP/Eranga Jayawardena Chhattisgarh captain Amandeep Khare won the toss and opted to bowl first against Rinku Singh's Uttar Pradesh in the fourth round of Vijay Hazare Trophy 2024-25 at Vizzy Stadium, Vizianagaram on Saturday (December 28satta9, 2024).
"It is a great honour to be nominated for the FIH Player of the Year Award again," the Indian defender stated in a Hockey India release.
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Both teams have had three outings so far and registered one win each. Chhattisgarh's opener against Mizoram was abandoned. It was followed by a 13-run win over Chandigarh in a rain-affected match. In their last outing, they suffered an eight-wicket defeat against Vidarbha.
Uttar Pradesh' opener, against Jammu and Kashmir, was also washed out. But they hammered minnows Mizoram by nine wickets before suffering a 114-run defeat against Tamil Nadu.
Unbeaten Vidarbha, who opted to bowl against Chandigarh today, lead the seven-team group with two wins in two. Tamil Nadu are second, and are up against Jammu and Kashmir.
Chhattisgarh vs Uttar Pradesh Playing XIs
Uttar Pradesh: Abhishek Goswami, Aryan Juyal (wk), Priyam Garg, Vipraj Nigam, Karan Sharma, Mohsin Khan, Saurabh Kumar, Rinku Singh (c), Shivam Mavi, Sameer Rizvi, and Yash Dayal.
win 777Chhattisgarh: Ashutosh Singh, Sanjeet Desai, Eknath Kerkar (wk), Shashank Singh, Amandeep Khare (c), Gagandeep Singh, Shubham Agarwal, Anuj Tiwary, Prateek Yadav, Ravi Kiran, and Harsh Yadav
Chhattisgarh vs Uttar Pradesh live streaming
The live streaming of the group stage matches of the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2024-25 is not available anywhere. Howeversatta9, the tournament can be streamed and watched on tv from the knockout stages on the JioCinema and Sports18 network.
