Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Tamil Nadu Defeat Himachal Pradesh To Seal Semi-Ultimate Berth | Cricket Information

Baba Aparajith and Shahrukh Khan performed unbeaten knocks of 52 and 40 respectively as Tamil Nadu defeated Himachal Pradesh by way of 5 wickets in the second one quarterfinal of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on Tuesday, on the Motera Stadium. Whilst Himachal Pradesh has been knocked out, Tamil Nadu stepped forward to the semi-finals. Tamil Nadu will now face the winner of the Bihar-Rajasthan fit within the first semi-final of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on Friday. Previous within the day, Karnataka misplaced to Punjab to bow out of the event.

Chasing 136, Tamil Nadu misplaced their first 3 wickets of N Jagadeeshan (7), Hari Nishanth (17), and Arun Karthik (0) fairly early as all 3 had been blank bowled by way of Vaibhav Arora and this diminished Dinesh Karthik’s aspect to 25/Three within the fourth over.

Sonu Yadav and Aparajith then were given in combination on the crease and the duo retrieved the innings for Tamil Nadu as they placed on a stand of 35 runs, however as quickly because the innings began to achieve some steadiness, Himachal Pradesh were given the step forward of Yadav (16), with Tamil Nadu nonetheless 76 runs clear of the objective.

Skipper Dinesh Karthik had so much driving on his shoulders however to his aspect’s sadness, he was once in a position to attain simply two runs and Tamil Nadu was once left staring down the barrel at 66/Five within the 13th over. After Karthik’s dismissal, Baba Aparajith took issues into his personal hand and he modified the pace of his innings to position drive on Himachal Pradesh bowlers.

Aparajith then discovered beef up in Shahrukh Khan and each batters took Tamil Nadu over the road by way of 5 wickets with 13 balls to spare. The duo shaped an unbeaten stand of 75 runs off simply 32 balls to Tamil Nadu over the completing line.

Previous, a three-wicket haul by way of Sonu Yadav helped Tamil Nadu limit Himachal Pradesh to 135/Nine within the allocated twenty overs.

Requested to bat first, Himachal Pradesh were given off to a foul get started because the aspect misplaced its opener Prashant Chopra (6) within the fourth over of the innings. Baba Aparajith then pushed aside Rana (28) within the 7th over, lowering Himachal Pradesh to 39/2.

Nitin Sharma and RI Thakur then were given in combination on the crease and the duo stitched a temporary 29-run stand, however once Himachal Pradesh began gaining an higher hand, Sandeep Warrier pushed aside Nitin (26), lowering the aspect to 68/Three within the 12th over.

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Tamil Nadu bowlers had been in a position to take care of a take a look at at the run-flow, and for Himachal Pradesh, skipper Rishi Dhawan performed an unbeaten knock of 35 runs and in spite of everything, the aspect posted a complete of greater than the 130-run mark within the allocated twenty overs.

Temporary Rankings: Himachal Pradesh 135/9 (Rishi Dhawan 35*, Nitin Sharma 26, Sonu Yadav 3-14); Tamil Nadu 141/5 (Baba Aparajith 52*, Shahrukh Khan 40*, Vaibhav Arora 3-30).