<p>Punjab rode on Bipul Sharma’s all-round effort and opener Chandan Madan’s 79 to sail into the semifinal of the Vijay Hazare one-day tournament with a five-wicket victory over Hyderabad here on Wednesday.<br /><br />After his figures of four for 31 helped Punjab bundle out Hyderabad for a meagre 175 at the Palam A Ground, Bipul (41, 48b, 3x6, 3x4) played able foil to wicketkeeper-batsman Chandan as his team chased the target with 53 balls to spare. Punjab will take on Bengal in the last four.<br /><br />Leg-spinner Rahul Sharma too shone as he finished with an impressive haul of three for 40.<br />Madan and Bipul showed composure on a difficult pitch to bat on as Punjab bounced back after losing their top five batsmen for 88 runs. Chandan, who found the fence 10 times during his 120-ball knock, anchored one end, giving the left-handed Bipul the liberty to free his arms, which resulted in three clean sixes, as the duo put on 91.<br /><br />Earlier, electing to bat, Hyderabad lost wickets at regular intervals to be bowled out cheaply. Ibrahim Khaleel top-scored with 46 off 51 balls, the wicketkeeper hitting six boundaries during his stay at the wicket.</p>.<p>Score Board </p>.<p>HYDERABAD: T Suman st Madan b Rahul 34, DB Ravi Teja c Madan b Gony 7, Akshath Reddy c Amitoze b Bipul 37, Hanuman Vihari lbw Bipul 21, Ibrahim Khaleel st Madan b Harbhajan 46, Syed Ahmed Quadri c & b Bipul 0, Ashish Reddy c Kohli b Bipul 7, Paramveer Singh lbw Rahul 5, Pragyan Ojha lbw Rahul 1, Anwar Ahmed c Mandeep b Rajwinder 4, M Ravi Kiran (not out) 5. Extras (LB-1, W-7) 8. Total (all out, 49.2 overs) 175.<br /><br />Fall of wickets: 1-10, 2-79, 3-97, 4-121, 5-121, 6-133, 7-138, 8-140, 9-167.<br />Bowling: Manpreet Singh Gony 7-3-21-1, Amitoze Singh 6-1-21-0, Bipul Sharma 10-1-31-4, Rahul Sharma 10-0-40-3, Rajwinder Singh 8.2-0-21-1, Harbhajan Singh 8-2-40-1.<br /><br />PUNJAB: Manish Bhatia b Anwar 1, Chandan Madan (not out) 78, Gurkeerat Singh c Khaleel b Anwar 8, Mandeep Singh c Khaleel b Ashish 4, Taruwar Kohli lbw Paramveer 12, Amitoze Singh c Vihari b Teja 16, Bipul Sharma (not out) 41. Extras (B-1, LB-2, W-16) 19. Total (for 5 wkts, 41.1 overs) 179.<br /><br />Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-19, 3-28, 4-53, 5-88.<br />Bowling: Anwar Ahmed 4-0-19-2, M Ravi Kiran 4-0-26-0, Ashish Reddy 4-1-8-1, Pragyan Ojha 9.1-1-33-0, DB Ravi Teja 8-0-34-1, Paramveer Singh 7-1-32-1, Syed Ahmed Quadri 2-0-7-0, T Suman 2-0-10-0, Hanuman Vihari 1-0-7-0.</p>
<p>Punjab rode on Bipul Sharma’s all-round effort and opener Chandan Madan’s 79 to sail into the semifinal of the Vijay Hazare one-day tournament with a five-wicket victory over Hyderabad here on Wednesday.<br /><br />After his figures of four for 31 helped Punjab bundle out Hyderabad for a meagre 175 at the Palam A Ground, Bipul (41, 48b, 3x6, 3x4) played able foil to wicketkeeper-batsman Chandan as his team chased the target with 53 balls to spare. Punjab will take on Bengal in the last four.<br /><br />Leg-spinner Rahul Sharma too shone as he finished with an impressive haul of three for 40.<br />Madan and Bipul showed composure on a difficult pitch to bat on as Punjab bounced back after losing their top five batsmen for 88 runs. Chandan, who found the fence 10 times during his 120-ball knock, anchored one end, giving the left-handed Bipul the liberty to free his arms, which resulted in three clean sixes, as the duo put on 91.<br /><br />Earlier, electing to bat, Hyderabad lost wickets at regular intervals to be bowled out cheaply. Ibrahim Khaleel top-scored with 46 off 51 balls, the wicketkeeper hitting six boundaries during his stay at the wicket.</p>.<p>Score Board </p>.<p>HYDERABAD: T Suman st Madan b Rahul 34, DB Ravi Teja c Madan b Gony 7, Akshath Reddy c Amitoze b Bipul 37, Hanuman Vihari lbw Bipul 21, Ibrahim Khaleel st Madan b Harbhajan 46, Syed Ahmed Quadri c & b Bipul 0, Ashish Reddy c Kohli b Bipul 7, Paramveer Singh lbw Rahul 5, Pragyan Ojha lbw Rahul 1, Anwar Ahmed c Mandeep b Rajwinder 4, M Ravi Kiran (not out) 5. Extras (LB-1, W-7) 8. Total (all out, 49.2 overs) 175.<br /><br />Fall of wickets: 1-10, 2-79, 3-97, 4-121, 5-121, 6-133, 7-138, 8-140, 9-167.<br />Bowling: Manpreet Singh Gony 7-3-21-1, Amitoze Singh 6-1-21-0, Bipul Sharma 10-1-31-4, Rahul Sharma 10-0-40-3, Rajwinder Singh 8.2-0-21-1, Harbhajan Singh 8-2-40-1.<br /><br />PUNJAB: Manish Bhatia b Anwar 1, Chandan Madan (not out) 78, Gurkeerat Singh c Khaleel b Anwar 8, Mandeep Singh c Khaleel b Ashish 4, Taruwar Kohli lbw Paramveer 12, Amitoze Singh c Vihari b Teja 16, Bipul Sharma (not out) 41. Extras (B-1, LB-2, W-16) 19. Total (for 5 wkts, 41.1 overs) 179.<br /><br />Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-19, 3-28, 4-53, 5-88.<br />Bowling: Anwar Ahmed 4-0-19-2, M Ravi Kiran 4-0-26-0, Ashish Reddy 4-1-8-1, Pragyan Ojha 9.1-1-33-0, DB Ravi Teja 8-0-34-1, Paramveer Singh 7-1-32-1, Syed Ahmed Quadri 2-0-7-0, T Suman 2-0-10-0, Hanuman Vihari 1-0-7-0.</p>