India, Dec. 25 -- Uttar Pradesh batters, including T20 World Cup-bound Rinku Singh, fired in unison before the spinners did the damage as they outclassed Hyderabad by 84 runs in their opening Vijay Hazare Trophy Group B match on Wednesday. Abhishek Goswami (81), Aryan Juyal (80), Dhruv Jurel (80) and Rinku (67) struck contrasting half-centuries to power Uttar Pradesh to a formidable 324 for five after being asked to bat.

The bowlers then ensured there was no late twist, with List-A debutants Zeeshan Ansari (4/31) and Prashant Veer (3/47), who recently secured a whopping Rs 14.2 crore IPL deal with Chennai Super Kings alongside Vipraj Nigam spinning a web around the Hyderabad batters, despite the best efforts of Tanmay Agarwal (53) and Bu...