Vijay hazare Trophy: Tamil Nadu crushes Karnataka to succeed in semi-finals

Tamil Nadu got here up with an outstanding all-round efficiency to crush Karnataka by 151 runs to progress to the semifinals of the Vijay Hazare Trophy home 50-over match right here on Tuesday.
Sent in to bat by Karnataka captain Manish Pandey, Tamil Nadu first amassed 354 for eight in 50 overs after which dismissed the opposition for 203 inside 40 overs for an enormous victory with medium-pacer R Silambarasan selecting up 4 wickets to hasten the slide.
Opening batter N Jagadeesan hammered 102 (101 balls, 9x4s, 1×6) and left-arm spinner R Sai Kishore, pushed up the order to go after the bowling, smacked 61 (71 balls, 4x4s, 3x6s) earlier than the burly M Shahrukh Khan bludgeoned an unbeaten 39-ball 79 (7 fours, 6 sixes) to assist Tamil Nadu pile up 350-plus rating.
That the final 4 overs yielded 64 runs was a sign of the aggressive temper Shahrukh Khan was in because the Karnataka bowlers bore the brunt within the dying overs.
Shahrukh Khan, who has typically been underlining his hitting expertise and starred within the TN’s Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy triumph with a final ball six within the last towards the identical opponent, toyed with the opposition bowling and took 23 runs off the forty eighth over bowled by Prasidh Krishna.
The indisputable fact that R Silambarasan scored just one run in a ninth-wicket partnership of 64 with Shahrukh Khan indicated the form of type the latter was in. The stand took the crew to an imposing whole which at one level of time didn’t look a chance.
Jagadeesan and Sai Kishore gave the impetus to the Tamil Nadu innings with an outstanding 147-run partnership for the second wicket which left the Karnataka bowlers looking for solutions.
Dinesh Karthik (44, 37 balls, 4x4s, 2x6s) and Baba Indrajith (31, 24 balls, 3x4s) too got here up with essential contributions earlier than Shahrukh Khan took over the onus along with his pyrotechnics.
However, skipper Vijay Shankar (3) and Washington Sundar (0) couldn’t make an impression.
Leg-spinner Praveen Dubey completed with 3 for 67 and Prasidh Krishna took 2/57 although he proved costly in the direction of the tip. None of the opposite Karnataka bowlers may comprise the opposition batters.

Chasing a mammoth 355 for a spot within the semifinal, Karnataka started on the improper foot with the gifted Devdutt Padikkal falling for a duck to Sandeep Warrier.
Rohan Kadam and (24) and Okay V Siddharth (29) steadied the Karnataka innings after the opening blow however, with the the asking fee mounting, the previous fell to a pleasant return catch by Silambarasan (4/36).
Siddharth fell making an attempt a giant hit off the bowling of Sai Kishore (1/32), taken by Shahrukh within the deep to depart Karnataka at 69 for 3.

So much trusted the skilled Manish Pandey if Karnataka needed to put up a battle however he fell to M Siddharth for 9 because the crew slipped to 74 for 4.
Though wicket-keeper S Sharath (43), Abhinav Manohar (34) and Praveen Dubey (26) battled effectively, Karnataka was at all times combating a shedding battle from there on.
Silambarasan and Washington Sundar (3/43 from 9 overs) made positive that the lower-order didn’t keep on the battle for too lengthy and picked up wickets at common intervals to finish the Karnataka problem at 203 in 39 overs.
Brief Scores: Tamil Nadu 354 for 8 in 50 overs (N Jagadeesan 102, M Shahrukh Khan 79 not out, R Sai Kishore 61, Dinesh Karthik 44, Praveen Dubey 3/67) beat Karnataka 203 all out in 39 overs (S Sharath 43 Okay V Siddharth 29, R Silambarasan 4/36, Washington Sundar 3/43) by 151 runs.