Vijay Hazare Trophy 2023-24: Pacers, Padikkal assist Karnataka make it three in three with six-wicket win in opposition to Delhi

Karnataka’s tempo trio of V. Koushik, Vidwath Kaverappa, and Vyshak Vijaykumar relished in overcast circumstances to arrange a six-wicket conquer Delhi within the Group C Vijay Hazare Trophy conflict on the Narendra Modi Stadium Ground B right here on Monday.

In a sport curtailed to 38 overs as a consequence of a moist outfield, Mayank Agarwal seized the sprint of fortune by opting to bowl after profitable the toss.

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Koushik rattled the highest order, beginning with Anuj Rawat, who was trapped leg-before by a supply that snuck in after pitching. Priyansh Arya’s cameo included three cover-drive boundaries off Kaverappa. But Kaverappa acquired Arya to loft the fourth, and Devdutt Padikkal’s one-handed catch at cowl acquired him the wicket.

Himmat Singh needed to pay for his lack of footwork when Koushik had him leg-before within the fifth over. Yash Dhull arrested the slide, however he quickly threw his wicket away by nicking behind to the keeper off Vyshak. Lalit Yadav was castled on the primary supply by Koushik.

Ayush Badoni (100, 106b, 12×4, 4×6) waged a lonely battle to rescue his facet from 47 for 5. Forced to rein himself in as a consequence of his facet’s collapse, Badoni’s counter-punches got here in isolation in opposition to spinners Krishnappa Gowtham and J. Suchith.

His most well-liked weapon was the slog sweep which he pulled out in opposition to Gowtham, packing him for 2 maximums. When Suchith erred by providing width, Badoni swiftly slashed by way of level. The solely time Suchith managed to deceive Badoni with flight, B.R. Sharath bottled the stumping probability.

He appeared comfy upon the return of the pacers, who used the short-ball ploy, organising traps deep on leg-side. Badoni, by now farming strike within the firm of tail-enders, answered aptly with checked pull pictures whereas additionally managing to choose boundaries of the marginally fuller deliveries.

Defending 144, Delhi asserted management early on with its lanky tempo duo of Harshit Rana and Ishant Sharma extracting bounce.

Rana induced a prime edge from R. Samarth, which was pouched at fine-leg within the third over. Delhi had its tail up when Mayank Yadav squared up his namesake Agarwal to crash into his stumps and finish his tentative 27-ball keep.

But the early jitters offered one other alternative for Padikkal (70, 69b, 3×4, 6×6) to stamp his class and tilt the match in his staff’s favour. His first assault got here in opposition to Rana, who he lofted over covers after which flicked over square-leg within the ninth over, clearing the rope on each events.

Padikkal was immediate in attacking Suyash Sharma, choosing 11 from his first over which included a six over mid-wicket and a punch by way of cowl. His 37 and 57-run associations with Nikin Jose and Manish Pandey for the third and fourth wickets, respectively, put the competition to mattress.

Padikkal holed out at deep square-leg together with his staff 15 in need of the goal, however Pandey and Sharath ensured their facet made it three wins from three within the event.