Assam, Maharashtra, Saurashtra and Karnataka have clinched the last four spots in the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy as the four teams battle it out for a place in the final of India’s premier List A tournament. After some hard work, the teams will now try to give their best in the semi-final match to be held in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.
Assam and Maharashtra have also joined Karnataka and Saurashtra, who have been consistent, scoring heavily this season and have managed to post 300-plus scores on five occasions.
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The last time Assam reached the final of this tournament was in the 2012–13 season, when they lost to Delhi in the title match. Maharashtra, on the other hand, would be looking to enter their maiden final. Karnataka is the second most successful side in the competition’s history with four titles and Saurashtra has won the title once. Two mouth-watering contests are on the way as four of this year’s most successful teams prepare to give it their all to make it to the finals.
Karnataka very formidable: The Karnataka team, at least on paper, looks very formidable as they have the services of Mayank Agarwal, Manish Pandey, R Samarth, Shreyas Gopal and K Gautam. All of them have been part of the Indian set-up and bring a lot of experience to these knockout bouts. With the bat, Nikin Jose and R Samarth have been very consistent and the inexperienced bowling attack led by V Kaushik, V Kaverappa and Ronit More has done a very effective job.
Gaikwad, Maharashtra: Ruturaj Gaikwad’s double century in the quarter-finals was the perfect dose of caution and aggression. While the right-armer was very cautious when there was something in it for the bowlers, he got a lifeline when dropped near fifty, but exploded, and how, in the second half of the innings, which saw him collect 43 runs. saw. 49th over. Along with Gaikwad, in-form Rahul Tripathi and Ankit Bawne have been the top run-getters for Maharashtra this season. The team has posted 300-plus scores five times this season and the bowling has bite to match the batting. Mukesh Chowdhary with the new ball and Rajvardhan Hungrekar in the middle overs have been very effective for them and they will be looking to replicate the feat against Assam on Wednesday.
Constant Parag: Assam and Riyan Parag have been the story of the tournament. They dominated the group stage of the tournament, where they convincingly beat Karnataka, Vidarbha and Delhi, and upstaged Jammu and Kashmir in a high-scoring quarterfinal. Chasing 350, Assam chased down the target with 23 balls to spare, riding on Parag’s 116-ball 174. With both bat and ball, Parag (537 runs and 9 wickets) has been the star for Assam and has been well supported by Sibshankar Roy (289 runs in seven innings), Rishav Das (213 runs in four innings), Avinow Chaudhary (13 wickets) and Mukhtar Hussain (11 wickets).
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Dominant Saurashtra unit: Year after year, season after season, tournament after tournament Saurashtra are finding their way into the knockout stages of domestic competitions. Samarth Vyas (398 runs) and Harvik Desai (390 runs) have done the job with the bat and the bowling unit has shown great consistency. J Unadkat is again among the wickets (14) and he is supported by D Jadeja (15), Chetan Sakaria (12), and Parth Bhut (10). Vyas is the find of the season for the Saurashtra unit as the right-handed batsman has scored at a torrid clip from the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy where he scored 314 runs in seven innings at a strike rate of 177.40.
number cruncher:
* Karnataka’s V Kaushik (17 wickets) and V Kaverappa (16 wickets) have a chance to go past Kuldeep Sen (18 wickets) in the list of highest wicket-takers
* While N Jagadeesan (830 runs) is a long way off, Riyan Parag (537 runs) and Rahul Tripathi (521 runs) have a good chance of occupying the second spot, with Sai Sudarshan (610 runs) being the leading-getters list of
* All three of Riyan Parag’s List A centuries have come this season
* D Jadeja’s 7/10 remains the best bowling figures in the tournament this season
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