Live cricket score, Vijay Hazare Trophy final, Karnataka vs Saurashtra: KAR 15/2 (5 overs)

Saurashtra won the toss and decided to field against Karnataka. Ravindra Jadeja remain in focus as his team Saurashtra face Karnataka in the national one-day championship final for the Vijay Hazare Trophy at the Ferozeshah Kotla on Tuesday. Karnataka have come into the final on the back of massive victories --- a nine-wicket win against Maharashtra in the semi-final and a 103-run win against Delhi in the quarter-final. Follow live cricket score and updates of Karnataka vs Saurashtra, Vijay Hazare Trophy final here.

09:21 hrs IST: Mayank Agarwal, who has been in magnificent form throughout the tournament, made his intentions clear with a boundary over covers off the first ball of the innings. But Saurashtra struck in the second over to get rid of Karun Nair, Karnataka captain, for a duck. Shaurya Sanandia got some inward movement and that was enough to castle Nair’s off-stump. KL Rahul, who returned from South Africa just a night ago, was run-out after facing just three deliveries. Excellent start for Saurashtra. Couldn’t have asked for anything better.

Brief Scores: Karnataka 5/2 (3 ovs) (Agarwal 5, Sanandia 1/0) vs Saurashtra

09:10 hrs IST: Karun Nair misses a straight delivery and Shaurya Sanandia hands Saurashtra the early breakthrough. KAR 4/1

09:06 hrs IST: Tidy start by Karnataka as they reach 4/0 after the first over against Saurashtra.

09:02 hrs IST: The match is underway and Mayank Agarwal whacks the first delivery for a four. KAR 4/0

08:53 hrs IST: Karnataka – Karun Nair (c), Shreyas Gopal, Stuart Binny, KL Rahul (wk), Arvind Sreenath, K Gowtham, Mayank Agarwal, R Samarth, Pavan Deshpande, Pradeep T, M Prasidh

08:51 hrs IST: KL Rahul is set to play for Karnataka despite having made his way back from South Africa only a night ago.

08:45 hrs IST: Saurashtra (Playing XI) - Samarth Vyas, Avi Barot(w), Chirag Jani, Cheteshwar Pujara(c), Ravindra Jadeja, Aarpit Vasavada, Prerak Mankad, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, Shaurya Sanandia, Kamlesh Makvana, Jaydev Unadkat.

08:40 hrs IST: Saurashtra have won the toss and have opted to field.

08:28 hrs IST: On paper, Karnataka look slightly ahead with the likes of Karun Nair and Stuart Binny adding solidity to the middle order apart from the experienced CM Gautam. But Saurashtra too have a very experienced middle-order, comprising Cheteshwar Pujara, Ravindra Jadeja and Arpit Vasavada.

08:23 hrs IST: Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the Vijay Hazare Trophy final between Karnataka and Saurashtra.

Saurashtra will be wary of the threat Karnataka opener Mayank Agarwal pose to them. Agarwal is the tournament’s highest scorer with 633 runs. With the likes of Karun Nair and Stuart Binny in the side, Karnataka look a strong unit.

Focus however will be on Indian national team cricketer Ravindra Jadeja who has been out of favour in the limited-overs international team for some time now. India’s Test specialist Cheteshwar Pujara is captain of the Saurashtra team.