Tamil Nadu’s batting debacle in a 41-run loss to Baroda in their final Group B League match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy did not deter them from qualifying for the knock-out stage of the competition.
Defending champions Mumbai suffered their fourth defeat in five matches and finished with four points.
Although Tamil Nadu (12 points) was well beaten by Baroda, its healthy net run-rate of 1.052 allowed the team to take the top spot ahead of Karnataka (12 points, NRR 0.789) and Bengal (12 points, NRR 0.235) and Puducherry. helped to do. 12 points, NRR -1.360) after the four teams have finished with equal points.
Tamil Nadu advanced to the quarter-finals as they topped the group while Karnataka will play the pre-quarterfinals as the second qualifier from Group B.
It was a forgettable tournament for Shams Mulani-led Mumbai as it managed only one out of five matches and finished last with 4 points after winning the delayed tournament (2020-21) earlier in the year. His solitary victory came against Baroda.
On the day of top-turvy results, Tamil Nadu could not chase down the target of 115 in 50 overs as Baroda’s spinners Bhargav Bhatt (3/27), Kunal Pandya (2/16) were all out for 73 in 20.2 overs. Gone. and Gurjinder Singh Mann (2/7) strangled the strong opposition batting line-up.
Batting first after captain Kedar Deodhar won the toss, Baroda lost wickets at regular intervals and only Kunal Pandya (38, 82 balls, 3 fours) made a significant contribution with his uncanny and slow knock.
For Tamil Nadu, spinners MS Washington Sundar (2/15), M Siddharth (2/25) and R Sanjay Yadav (2/13) took two wickets each, as did medium pacer Sandeep Warrier (2/20) .
After a quick start from opener C Hari Nishant (11, 8 balls, 1 six, 1 four), things turned bad for Tamil Nadu as the rest of the batsmen fell like a deck of cards and were all out in the 21st over. Only three batsmen were confined to double figures.
Apart from power-hitter M Shah Rukh Khan (9), none of the big cannon-captains Vijay Shankar (1), Dinesh Karthik (1), Washington Sundar (8) and B Inderjit (0) could make an impact in the low scoring. Play.
Meanwhile, Karnataka lost to Bengal despite scoring 252 for 8 in 50 overs, thanks to Manish Pandey’s scintillating 90-run knock. Captain Sudip Chatterjee (63) and opener Abhishek Das (58) along with Shahbaz Ahmed (26 not out) registered Bengal’s victory. Work.
In the Mumbai-Pondicherry match, spinner Fabid Ahmed turned the match with an impressive spell of 4 for 16 in 10 overs with the wickets of talented, young Yashasvi Jaiswal (2), PY Pawar (11), skipper Mulani (6) Gave. ) and Tanush Kotian (0).
Responding to Pondicherry’s 157 off Paras Dogra’s 58, Mumbai batsmen saved Akash Gomel (70, 127 balls, 5 fours), never got caught up in the situation and lost in front of some accurate bowling . A 49-run ninth-wicket stand between Gomel and Dhaval Kulkarni (18) troubled Pondicherry even before Sagar Udeshi (2/20) met Mumbai’s hopes.
Brief Scores:
Karnataka 252 for 8 in 50 overs (Manish Pandey 90, 85 balls, Rohan Kadam 37, Karun Nair 25, Pradeep Pramanik 4/48) Bengal 253 for 6 in 48.3 overs (Sudip Chatterjee 63, Abhishek Das 58, Ritwik Roy Chowdhury 49, Shahbaz Ahmed 26 not out) by four wickets. Bengal: 4 points, Karnataka: 0.
Baroda 114 all out in 39 overs (Krunal Pandya 38, R Sanjay Yadav 2/13) Tamil Nadu 73 runs in 20.2 overs (Bhargava Bhatt 3/27, Gurjinder Singh Mann 2/7) all out for 41. Baroda: 4 points, Tamil Nadu: 0.
Pondicherry 157 all out in 46 overs (Paras Dogra 58 (84 balls, 6×4, 1×6), Mohit Awasthi 3/19) Mumbai 139 in 48.1 overs (Acreev Gomel 70 (127 balls, 5X4), Fabid Ahmed 4/16) all out for 18. Pondicherry: 4 points, Mumbai: 0.
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