Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Tamil Nadu, Baroda to face one another in summit conflict

KB Arun Karthik led Tamil Nadu into their second successive Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy ultimate with an unbeaten 89-run knock that formed their seven-wicket victory over Rajasthan within the first semi-final on Friday.
Arun Karthik’s 89-run partnership with skipper Dinesh Karthik (26 not out) meant that Tamil Nadu overhauled the 155-run goal with eight balls to spare.

Tamil Nadu march into the ultimate! 👍👍
The @DineshKarthik-led unit beat Rajasthan by 7⃣ wickets to seal a spot within the summit conflict. 👏👏 #TNvRAJ #SyedMushtaqAliT20 #SF1 | @TNCACricket
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TN had misplaced the summit conflict by only one run to Karnataka, final yr.
Rajasthan’s resolution to bat first on the Sardar Patel stadium appeared to be working nicely however Tamil Nadu restricted them to a sub-par 154 for 9 regardless of skipper Ashok Menaria’s 51 off 32 balls.
Rajasthan misplaced opener Bharat Sharma (0) within the first over, as Baba Aparajith took a diving catch off left-arm spinner R Sai Kishore (2/16).
Aditya Garhwal (29) took on medium pacer Aswin Crist, placing successive boundaries within the third over however he was unable to transform his begin and perished within the fifth over.
Menaria launched into Crist, hammering three boundaries and a six, within the sixth over.
The left-handed Menaria, whose knock was laced with 5 fours and two sixes, took on the Tamil Nadu bowlers as he and Arjit Gupta (45 off 35 balls) raised a 83-run third-wicket stand.
Tamil Nadu, initially, have been sloppy within the discipline and dropped three catches, together with one in every of Menaria.
Tamil Nadu pegged again Rajasthan by taking two fast wickets. First Sai Kishore dismissed well-set Menaria and in-form Mahipal Lomror (3) additionally fell cheaply as Rajasthan slumped to 129 for 4.
Rajasthan then suffered a collapse because the southern facet stormed again into the competition by selecting common wickets and pacer M Mohammed (4/24) doing bulk of the injury. In the ultimate 5 overs, Rajasthan misplaced 5 wickets and added solely 24 runs as Tamil Nadu bowlers stamped their authority.

WATCH: Arun Karthik’s match-winning 89* (54) vs Rajasthan 👌👌
The right-hander hit 9 fours & 3 sixes and powered Tamil Nadu into the #SyedMushtaqAliT20 ultimate. 👍👍#TNvRAJ #SF1
Watch his knock 🎥👉 https://t.co/ftiCACcSVa pic.twitter.com/l3hr8RWxJd
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Chasing 155, TN misplaced C Hari Nishanth (4) early when he was trapped in entrance of the wicket by Tanveer-Ul-Haq (1/22). Tamil Nadu have been in spot of hassle at 17/2 after Aparajith (2) was caught within the slip cordon.
But a decided Narayan Jagadeesan (28) and Arun Karthik got here to the rescue as they put collectively 52 runs for the third wicket and took the sport away from Rajasthan.
Young leggie Ravi Bishnoi (1/32) tried to carry Rajasthan again into the sport by eradicating Jagadeesan, who holed out within the deep, as TN misplaced its third wicket on 69.
But then Tamil Nadu cruised as skipper Dinesh Karthik joined Arun and the duo tore aside the Rajasthan assault.
Arun Karthik hammered 9 boundaries and three sixes, in his match-winning knock and fittingly completed the sport with a boundary.
Brief Scores:
Rajasthan 154/9 (Ashok Menaria 51, Arjit Gupta 45, M Mohammed 4/24, R Sai Kishore 2/16) misplaced to Tamil Nadu 158/3 (Arun Karthik 85 not out, Narayan Jagadeesan 28; Tanveer-Ul-Haq 1/22, Aniket Chaudhary 1/29) by 7 wickets.
Baroda beat Punjab by 25 runs to enter Mushtaq Ali ultimate
Baroda rode on skipper Kedar Devdhar’s combating 64 and bowlers’ spectacular present to beat Punjab by 25 runs and enter the ultimate of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, right here on Friday.
Put into bat on the Sardar Patel Stadium, Baroda posted a aggressive 160 for 3 after which restricted Punjab to 135 for 8.

Baroda are within the ultimate! 👏👏
Kedar Devdhar and Co. beat Punjab by 2⃣5⃣ runs within the #SyedMushtaqAliT20 #SF2 and with it, seal a spot within the #Final. 👌👌 #PUNvBDA
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Half centuries from skipper Devdhar (64 off 49 balls) and two-down Kartik Kakade (53 not out off 41balls) laid the muse for Baroda’s complete.
Baroda misplaced opener Ninad Rathva (15) early as he was cleaned up by skilled pacer Siddharth Kaul (1/31).
Then in-form Vishnu Solanki (12) and Devdhar joined palms and fetched 14 runs off the sixth over as Baroda ended the powerplay at 44 for 1.
When it appeared like the 2 would take the sport away from Punjab, younger leggie Mayank Markande (1/29) did the trick and trapped Solanki in entrance within the ninth over as Baroda slumped to 57 for two.
Devdhar acquired a life on 31 when Kaul dropped a skier at short-fine leg.
He grabbed the possibility with each palms and along with Kakade added 93 runs for the third wicket.
Kakade hammered 5 boundaries and two sixes and was ably supported by Devdhar, who later shifted gears.
Devdhar’s knock was laced with 4 fours and three sixes. Baroda added 54 runs within the final 5 overs.

WATCH: Karthik Kakade’s high-quality 53* (41) 👌👌
The Baroda right-hander scored a brisk half-century with the assistance of 5 fours & 2 sixes within the #SF2 in opposition to Punjab. 👍👍 #PUNvBDA #SyedMushtaqAliT20
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Chasing 161, Punjab have been by no means on the right track. They misplaced opener Abhishek Sharma (5) within the second over.
Pacer Lukman Meriwala (3/28) struck once more as he dismissed in-form Prabhsimran Singh (15), who was holed out within the deep as Punjab slumped to 21 for two.
Anmolpreet Singh (15) too did not convert his begin and in an effort to meet up with the required run-rate, was holed out within the deep.
Baroda stored making in-roads as they dismissed Ramandeep Singh (6) with Ninad Rathva (2/18) registering his second scalp of the day.
Run-rate stress acquired to Gurkeerat Mann (39), who too was holed out within the deep, as Punjab misplaced its half facet for 85.
Skipper Mandeep Singh (42 not out), who injured his shoulder whereas fielding and got here out to bat down the order, tried his finest however couldn’t take his facet house.
Baroda will now tackle Tamil Nadu within the summit conflict on Sunday.
Brief Scores:
Baroda 160/3 (Kedar Devdhar 64; Kartik Kakade 53 not out; Mayank Markande 1/29, Siddharth Kaul 1/31) beat Punjab 135/8 (Mandeep Singh 42 not out, Gurkeerat Mann 39; Lukman Meriwala 3/28, Ninad Rathva 2/18) by 25 runs.