Impactful: Sai Sudharsan’s ton took TN to 296, which proved an excessive amount of for Goa.
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Sai Sudharsan laid the inspiration with a fluent century. Captain Dinesh Karthik performed the function of a finisher to perfection. T. Natarajan and Sandeep Warrier employed the short-ball ploy with the brand new ball. And R. Sai Kishore and Baba Aparajith’s spin got here in helpful.
As a outcome, Okay.V. Siddharth’s late cost may solely cut back the margin of defeat for Goa as Tamil Nadu began its Vijay Hazare Trophy marketing campaign with a 33-run victory on the Dadoji Konddev Stadium.
When Lakshay Garg, having missed the opener as a result of a bout of viral an infection, trapped N. Jagadeesan in entrance of the wickets within the fourth over and Arjun Tendulkar lunged ahead to simply accept Sai Kishore’s (promoted to see off the brand new ball) return catch, Tamil Nadu had been decreased to 16 for 2. Goa’s determination to let its pacers exploit early moisture was working.
However, Sai Sudharsan got here to celebration with Aparajith trying in good contact. The duo’s 90-run stand resurrected the innings earlier than Aparajith was adjudged lbw off captain Darshan Misal’s left-arm spin.
At 137 for 3 in 30 overs, and Tamil Nadu having the posh of an extra batter, Vijay Shankar – recovering from a abdomen bug – began upping the ante. While he and Baba Indrajith’s cameos helped transfer the scoreboard quicker, Sai Sudharsan was at his easy finest.
While he cowl drove with finesse, it was a pull off a uncommon long-hop towards Mohit Redkar’s spectacular offie within the thirty eighth over that helped him attain his ton
Karthik’s 31-ball 47 meant Tamil Nadu added 87 runs and took the sport past Goa’s attain. The veteran was extreme on Tendulkar on the loss of life, tonking the left-arm pacer for 25 runs off the 11 balls he confronted within the forty eighth and fiftieth overs mixed.
Natarajan and Warrier then bowled near-perfect brief balls to entice opener Ishaan Gadekar and No. 3 Suyash Prabhudessai into aerial pulls within the deep. When the harmful Rahul Tripathi slog-swept Aparajith, the sport was within the bag.
At 167 for six within the thirty eighth over, with Sai Kishore and Aparajith having strangulated the center order, Tamil Nadu was watching a giant win. However, Siddharth’s pleasant knock meant TN leaked 89 runs within the final 10 overs earlier than sealing the sport.
