Vijay Hazare Trophy 2021: Tamil Nadu Defeat Bengal By 146 Runs, Karnataka Cruise Past Mumbai
Tamil Nadu proceeded with their triumphant run as they whipped Bengal by 146 runs in an Elite Group B match in the Vijay Hazare Trophy competition on Saturday. Sent into bat, Tamil Nadu stacked up 295 for 8 of every 50 overs, riding on half-hundreds of years from the reliable B Indrajith (64), Dinesh Karthik (87), and J Kousik (50), and afterward bowled out the rivals for 149 in 39.1 overs for their third successive triumph. From 22 for 2 and 55 for 3 in the eighteenth over, the Tamil Nadu players went on the overdrive with the accomplished Karthik driving the charge, first in the organization of Indrajith and afterward Kousik.
Indrajith and Karthik shared a 105-run represent the fourth wicket before the veteran stumper-hitter added 74 runs for the fifth wicket.
The last 13 overs yielded 135 runs as the Tamil Nadu hitters went crazy, particularly Kousik and M Shahrukh Khan (32 off 12).
In answer, Bengal was never in the chase and continued to lose wickets at normal spans with medium-pacer R Silambarasan getting four wickets including that of opener Shreevats Goswami (1).
In the interim, Karnataka lowered Mumbai by seven wickets as R Samarth scored an eminent, unbeaten 96.
Mumbai's star hitter Surya Kumar Yadav couldn't make a big deal about an impression, falling for 8 to Pravin Dubey (4/29).
In another match, Bengal crushed Pondicherry by five wickets, making substantial climate of pursuing an objective of 83.
Brief Scores:
Tamil Nadu 295 for 8 out of 50 overs (Dinesh Karthik 87, B Indrajith 64) beat Bengal 149 all out in 39.1 overs (Abhisek Das 30, R Silambarasan 4/28) by 146 runs.
Mumbai 208 for 9 of every 50 overs (Yashasvi Jaiswal 61, Armaan Jaffer 43, Hardik Tamore 46, Pravin Dubey 4/29) lost to Karnataka 211 for 3 in 45.3 overs (R Samarth 96 not out, Rohan Kadam 44, Karun Nair 39 not out) by seven wickets.
Pondicherry 82 all out in 26.4 overs (Iqlas Naha 37, Dhruv Patel 3/4, L Meriwala 3/24) lost to Baroda 85 for 5 in 27.1 overs (Sagar P Udeshi 3/14) by five wickets.