Hardik Raj of Karnataka celebrating after taking the wicket of Vimal Khumar of Tamil Nadu.
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Hardik Raj, taking part in in his third First Class match, confirmed he belonged at this degree with an all-round efficiency in opposition to Tamil Nadu on Saturday.
The 17-year-old scored his maiden half-century after which delivered a tidy spell along with his left-arm spin to take two essential wickets and vindicated the religion proven by the Karnataka selectors.
The teenager felt the half-century gave confidence when he got here to bowl, saying, “Yeah, it is a positive thing, and inside the dressing room, there is a positive approach. So, it does help. I am just happy and looking forward to winning this game for the team.”
Despite his inexperience, he confirmed nice smarts when he tied down Vimal Khumar by coming round the wicket, giving simply three runs off 18 balls earlier than bowling him round his legs. “I was trying to get him caught at short-leg or leg-slip and to make him play down the leg side,” he defined.
“There was more turn and bounce (than the first day) on the pitch, and our bowlers were bowling good lengths. I felt that the TN batters could have applied themselves better,” he added.
Hardik Raj, taking part in in his third First-Class match, confirmed he belonged at this degree with an all-round efficiency in opposition to Tamil Nadu on Saturday.
