Even one of the best of the batters discover Varun Chakravarthy’s unorthodox spin troublesome to barter. No surprise then that Nagaland— the wood spooners from Group E— batters have been uncovered in opposition to Varun on the Brabourne Stadium on Tuesday.
Varun (5/9) bamboozled the inexperienced Nagaland batters to register his private finest in List A cricket. More importantly, he ensured that Tamil Nadu accomplished the formalities of sealing a spot within the knockouts, beginning in Rajkot from December 9.
Riding on Varun’s five-wicket haul— and R. Sai Kishore’s help act, Tamil Nadu bundled out a hapless Nagaland for a paltry 69 in lower than 20 overs. Sai Kishore and N. Jagadeesan then chased it down within the eighth over, with Sai Kishore ending the sport off with successive sixes – over long-on and mid-wicket – off Khrievitso Kense.
Nagaland who had been annihilated by Punjab on the identical venue on Sunday conceded solely two wickets to the tempo duo of T. Natarajan and Sandeep Warrier who got here in for M. Siddharth. When Varun was launched within the tenth over, the primary ball he bowled crashed into the center stump by Oren Ngullie’s gate between the bat and the pad.
Then on, the wickets began tumbling quickly as Varun and Sai Kishore took cost. In the seventeenth over, Varun bowled Tahmeed Rahman and Khrievitso off the final two balls to go away Nagaland reeling at 59 for eight and provides himself an opportunity to choose a hat-trick.
Akavi Yeptho survived the primary balls of Varun’s subsequent over earlier than edging one to B. Indrajith at slips at hand Varun his second five-wicket haul in List A cricket.
The subsequent over noticed Sai Kishore ending the innings together with his third scalp earlier than rapidly placing on his batting gear and getting a much-needed hit within the center. He and Jagadeesan had no hassle dominating a toothless bowling assault.
