Vijay Hazare Trophy: Tamil Nadu eases previous Mumbai to qualify for semifinals

What promised to be a tantalising contest turned out to be a colorless one-sided match as Tamil Nadu thrashed Mumbai by seven wickets within the quarterfinal of the Vijay Hazare Trophy on the Sanosara Cricket Ground B right here on Monday. The Dinesh Karthik-led facet will now meet Haryana within the first semifinal on Wednesday.

About 30 kilometres away from the town, towards the backdrop of fields and wasteland, Mumbai but once more failed to search out its bearings with the bat. 

Baba Indrajith’s ton and Vijay Shankar’s fifty took Tamil Nadu over the road with lots to spare. Indrajith, who appeared rushed initially, scooping to the boundary after which toe-ending one trying the identical shot, performed with maturity for a fifty off 70-odd balls earlier than switching gears. Vijay hit the odd boundary however relied extra on utilizing his toes effectively towards the spinners throughout his unbeaten 126-run alliance with Indrajith.

The chase was arrange by N. Jagadeesan and Baba Aparajith’s 50-run stand. They punched by way of covers and minimize the ball late to gather boundaries whereas the ball was new. Though they fell making an attempt to up the ante, Indrajith and Vijay ensured that didn’t price Tamil Nadu. 

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Tamil Nadu gamers rejoice a Mumbai wicket.
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Earlier, with the solar beating down, Ajinkya Rahane understandably elected to bat, however his openers couldn’t benefit from it. With little swing on supply, left-arm spinner M. Siddharth was given the brand new ball and he eliminated Divyaansh Saxena for a duck off the final ball of the second over.

Jay Bista and Hardik Tamore consolidated with a fifty-run stand, piercing the gaps by enjoying with excessive elbows on a pitch that had true bounce and considerable flip. Just because it regarded like Tamil Nadu was in for an extended and irritating day on the sphere in scorching warmth, Karthik’s astute rotation of his spinners labored like a dream.

R. Sai Kishore drew Tamore’s forefront in his first over and a change of ends for Varun Chakravarthy within the following over had Rahane looping the ball up whereas urgent ahead just for Karthik to run in from behind the stumps and full the catch. The spin duo had Mumbai in a tangle with their lengths that troubled the batters’ footwork. Though Prasad Pawar stitched two important partnerships with Bista and Shivam Dube en path to a brisk half-century, the remainder of the batting caved.

Dube, after hitting his third six down the bottom off spin, was caught within the deep making an attempt to clear the identical space subsequent ball. Shams Mulani and Mohit Avasthi struck a smart 35-run partnership for the eighth wicket, trying to play the complete quota of fifty overs, however it was too little, too late.