Vijay Hazare Trophy 2023-24: All-round Tamil Nadu beats Goa by 33 runs

Sai Sudharsan laid the inspiration with a fluent century. Captain Dinesh Karthik performed the position of a finisher to perfection. T. Natarajan and Sandeep Warrier employed the short-ball ploy with the brand new ball. And R. Sai Kishore and Baba Aparajith’s spin got here in helpful.

As a outcome, Ok.V. Siddharth’s late cost for Goa may solely cut back the margin of defeat for Goa as Tamil Nadu began its Vijay Hazare Trophy marketing campaign with a 33-run win on the Dadoji Konddev Stadium.

With the big-ticket motion returning to Thane and a plethora of India and IPL stars in motion, the weekend recreation noticed a good turnaround within the gallery. And the 1,000-odd followers had been handled to an all-round show of motion, largely dominated by the Tamil Nadu pacers.

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When Lakshay Garg, having missed the opener attributable to a bout of viral an infection, trapped N. Jagadeesan in entrance of the wickets within the fourth over and Arjun Tendulkar lunged ahead to simply accept Sai Kishore’s (promoted to see off the brand new ball) return catch, Tamil Nadu had been diminished to 16 for 2. Goa’s resolution to let its pacers exploit early moisture was working.

However, Sai Sudharsan got here to the get together with Aparajith trying in good contact. The duo’s 90-run stand resurrected the innings earlier than Aparajith was adjudged lbw off captain Darshan Misal’s left-arm spin.

At 137 for 3 in 30 overs, and Tamil Nadu having the posh of a further batter, Vijay Shankar – recovering from a abdomen bug – began upping the ante. While he and Baba Indrajith’s cameos helped transfer the scoreboard quicker, Sai Sudharsan was at his easy greatest.

While he cowl drove with finesse, it was a pull off a uncommon long-hop by Mohit Redkar’s spectacular offie within the thirty eighth over that helped him attain the milestone.

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Karthik’s 31-ball 47 meant Tamil Nadu added 87 runs and took the sport past Goa’s attain. The veteran was extreme on Tendulkar on the demise, tonking the left-arm pacer for 25 runs off the 11 balls he confronted within the forty eighth and fiftieth overs mixed.

Natarajan and Warrier then bowled near-perfect brief balls to entice opener Ishaan Gadekar and No. 3 Suyash Prabhudessai into aerial pulls within the deep. When the harmful Rahul Tripathi slog-swept Aparajith, the sport was within the bag.

At 167 for six within the thirty eighth over, with Sai Kishore and Aparajith having strangulated the center order, Tamil Nadu was watching a giant win. However, Siddharth’s pleasant knock meant Tamil Nadu leaked 89 runs within the final 10 overs earlier than sealing the sport.