J&K suffers 3rd consecutive defeat
CHENNAI, Sept 23:
Left-arm spinner R Sai Kishore starred with a five-wicket haul as host Tamil Nadu edged out Rajasthan by one wicket for its second win, while J&K suffered 3rd consecutive defeat in the Vijay Hazare Trophy Elite Group ‘C’ match here Sunday.
In a match played at the TI-Murugappa ground where Shahbaz Nadeem returned with a world record List ‘A’ a few days ago, Tamil Nadu bowled out its rival for 133 in 37.1 overs after skipper B Indrajith won the toss and elected to field first.
Rajasthan was on the backfoot in the very first over as Amitkumar Gautam was leg-before wicket to M Mohammed off the second ball.
Sai Kishore, who picked up the experienced Robin Bist for 36-ball six, got into the act and picked up two more quick wickets to leave the rivals at 24 for 4.
Tajinder Dillon, who came in at No.7, was the only Rajasthan batsman to offer resistance with a knock of 55 (58b, 6x4s, 3×6) as the innings folded for 133.
Dhillon and Abhimanyu Lamba added 58 runs in 70 balls for the eight wicket from 66 for 7.
Sai Kishore finished with 5 for 39, his second five-wicket haul in List A matches while young mystery spinner C V Varun took three for 28.
In response, Tamil Nadu didn’t have things easy as experienced Abhinav Mukund fell for a duck in the opening over.
Things got worse as N Jagadeesan, centurion in the previous match and stand-in skipper Indrajith followed in quick succession to leave TN at 8 for 3.
M Kaushik Gandhi (18) and B Aparajith (17) strung together a partnership before the former was run-out.
Later, Aparajith fell to Rahul Chahar.
The left-handed B Anirudh Sitaram contributed a vital 40 (3×4) but the team looked in trouble at 113 for 9 when he departed.
However, Mohammed (22 not out) and a determined T Natarajan (7 not out) saw Tamil Nadu home amid mounting tension.
Rahul Chahar took three for 35 in a disciplined bowling effort by the Rajasthan team.
In another match, Jammu and Kashmir suffered 3rd consecutive loss against Haryana today.
J & K 108 in 34.3 overs (Paras Sharma 25, Amit Mishra 3 for 26) lost to Haryana 112 for 7 in 36.1 overs (Pramod Chandila 29, Jayant Yadav 28 not out, Auqib Nabi 3 for 32). (PTI)
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