Current Match Report – Haryana vs Tamil Nadu 1st semi last 2023/24
Haryana 293 for 7 (Himanshu 116*, Yuvraj 65, Sumit 48, Natarajan 3-79) beat Tamil Nadu 230 (Indrajit 64, Kamboj 4-30) by 63 runs
Haryana stormed into their maiden Vijay Hazare Trophy last by thrashing five-time champions and a star-studded Tamil Nadu within the first semi-final in Rajkot. Haryana’s historic win was arrange by an unbeaten century from No. 3 Himanshu Rana, a blitzy end from Sumit Kumar that propelled the rating to 293 for 7, and the bowling assault that mixed to bowl out Tamil Nadu for 230 within the absence of their lead spinner Yuzvendra Chahal, who left for South Africa for nationwide obligation.
Opting to bat, Haryana began sluggish earlier than Yuvraj Singh and Himanshu picked up tempo with a second-wicket partnership of 132. The center order, nonetheless, couldn’t capitalise on Yuvraj’s 65 off 79 and Haryana slipped from 170 for two to 206 for six as most batters fell whereas making an attempt large photographs. Himanshu, in the meantime, continued to drag and drive to anchor the innings earlier than the No. 8 Sumit joined Himanshu to carry Haryana once more. He began with a first-ball six and smoked three fours and two extra sixes for a game-changing partnership of 75 off 42 that ensured Haryana collected 69 runs within the final 5, together with 43 runs off three overs from T Natarajan, and a 19-run over from Varun Chakravarthy.
Himanshu introduced up his century off 110 balls and scored practically half of his runs in boundaries, with 11 fours and two sixes that earned him his second century of the event.
Tamil Nadu had been dented of their chase even earlier than it began as a result of their common No. 3 Baba Indrajit injured his face by
slipping within the toilet within the innings break, and needed to transfer all the way down to No. 5. Haryana strengthened their place additional within the recreation by dismissing Baba Aparajith – caught down the leg aspect – and Hari Nishaanth inside the first three overs. Vijay Shankar dug in for practically 50 minutes however he was run-out whereas making an attempt a really dangerous single, and the well-set N Jagadeesan quickly lobbed a catch to brief high quality leg off a sweep. Tamil Nadu had been 76 for 4 within the twenty first over and though they nonetheless had Indrajith, captain Dinesh Karthik and Shahrukh Khan left, neither might take them near the goal.
With the asking fee already over 7.50 an over, Karthik smashed three sixes over the midwicket boundary and Indrajith scored a brisk half-century with strokes throughout the bottom. Karthik, nonetheless, miscued a pull to be caught at midwicket within the thirty first over, and Shahrukh holed out three overs later to all however seal’s Tamil Nadu’s elimination. Anshul Kamboj quickly had Indrajith caught at brief high quality leg and struck two extra instances in consecutive overs to complete with 4 for 30.
Karthik lamented the loss by saying that it was a “very chasable complete,” and credited his quick bowlers however stated his batters didn’t actually click on once they wanted large partnerships, an space he wished his group to enhance in to attain large totals.
Haryana captain Ashok Menaria lauded his group for stepping up within the absence of Chahal, particularly as a result of he admitted that on the midway stage, he thought 293 wouldn’t be sufficient.
