Vijay Hazare Trophy 2023: Haryana continues successful streak, beats Tamil Nadu to enter ultimate

The hope that Dinesh Karthik’s three sixes supplied Tamil Nadu, flailing at 76 for 4 when he got here, was extinguished when he pulled Harshal Patel’s bouncer into the fingers of square-leg, though its Vijay Hazare Trophy semifinal in opposition to Haryana on the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium right here on Wednesday formally ended over an hour later.

The skipper’s predecessors had fallen to rash photographs, leaving a tall order to Karthik and Baba Indrajith. Baba Aparajith was strangled down leg-side, C. Hari Nishaanth’s drive was caught within the slips and N. Jagadeesan top-edged a sweep after leaving Vijay Shankar stranded.

Vijay Hazare Trophy: Haryana vs Tamil Nadu semifinal highlights

Indrajith was the anchor however didn’t discover a foil and ultimately fell attempting to up the ante. Shahrukh Khan flattered to deceive with three imperious fours whereas R. Sai Kishore impressed his teammates with hits down the bottom, however there was an air of inevitability to their cheers.

Haryana’s new-ball pacers hit the in-between lengths with ability, its spinners adopted go well with and Tamil Nadu’s wrestle with the bat reared its head once more.

Earlier, Haryana’s innings blossomed throughout a 132-run partnership for the second wicket between Yuvraj Singh (65, 79b, 7×4, 1×6) and Himanshu Rana (116 n.o., 118b, 11×4, 2×6) that was bookended by a stuttering begin and a collapse.

With Varun Chakravarthy and Sai Kishore triggering a collapse by choosing 4 wickets for 36 runs, Sumit Kumar (48, 30b, 3×3, 3×3) confirmed the way in which by hammering Varun for a six off the primary ball he confronted.

His knock comprised the vast majority of the 92 runs Haryana plundered within the final 10 overs.

But Sumit’s audacity was constructed on a platform laid with persistence. T. Natarajan’s angles and M. Siddharth’s accuracy meant Haryana laboured to 26 for one in 9 overs.

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When Tamil Nadu determined to strangle Haryana by bowling spin from each ends, Yuvraj performed the ball late whereas Rana picked the overpitched deliveries to achieve his fifty off 58 balls.

Varun erred on the fuller facet initially and later overcompensated by bowling quick, and Yuvraj punished him for consecutive fours to achieve his half-century off 68 balls.

Sai Kishore was the decide of the bowlers and snapped Rahul Tewatia’s beautiful string of scores within the event. However, his group failed to finish Haryana’s successful streak.