Tamil Nadu vs Saurashtra Live – Vijay Hazare Trophy Semi-finals: After putting 310 on the board, Saurashtra pacer Chetan Sakariya has started brilliantly for his team. The left-arm quick accounted for in-form N Jagdessan in the very first over. He then dismissed TN skipper Vijay Shankar in his next over. Meanwhile, Baba Aparajith has kept the scoring rate up for TN with continuous striking. Follow InsideSport.in for more Vijay Hazara 2021 updates
| BATSMEN | RUNS | BALLS | SR | 4S | 6S | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B Aparajith | Not Out | 48 | 49 | 97.96 | 7 | 0 | |
| N Jagadeesan | ct H Desai b Chetan Sakariya | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vijay Shankar C | ct D A Jadeja b Chetan Sakariya | 4 | 2 | 200.00 | 1 | 0 | |
| B Indrajith | Not Out | 28 | 41 | 68.29 | 3 | 0 | |
| EXTRAS | (nb 0, w 2, b 0, lb 0, pen 0) | 2 | |||||
| TOTAL | (2 wickets; 16 overs) | 82 | |||||
YET TO BAT:
| BOWLER | O | M | R | W | ECON | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J Unadkat C | 5 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 5.00 | |
| Chetan Sakariya | 5 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 5.60 | |
| Chirag Jani | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 6.00 | |
| Prerak Mankad | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 5.00 | |
| D A Jadeja | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | |
- 1-6 (N Jagadeesan, 1.5 ov) ,
- 2-23 (Vijay Shankar, 3.2 ov)
| BATSMEN | RUNS | BALLS | SR | 4S | 6S | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viharsinh Jadeja | ct Shahrukh Khan b M Siddharth | 52 | 74 | 70.27 | 6 | 1 | |
| H Desai | lbw Ragupathy Silambarasan | 9 | 19 | 47.37 | 2 | 0 | |
| Sheldon Jackson W | ct R Sai Kishore b Vijay Shankar | 134 | 125 | 107.20 | 11 | 4 | |
| Prerak Mankad | ct N Jagadeesan b Ragupathy Silambarasan | 37 | 32 | 115.63 | 4 | 1 | |
| A V Vasavada | ct Shahrukh Khan b Vijay Shankar | 57 | 40 | 142.50 | 4 | 2 | |
| Samarth Vyas | ct Dinesh Karthik b Ragupathy Silambarasan | 2 | 4 | 50.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chirag Jani | Not Out | 3 | 3 | 100.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| J Unadkat C | ct B Sai Sudharsan (Sub) b Vijay Shankar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D A Jadeja | ct Washington Sundar b Vijay Shankar | 2 | 2 | 100.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| EXTRAS | (nb 0, w 8, b 0, lb 6, pen 0) | 14 | |||||
| TOTAL | (8 wickets; 50 overs) | 310 | |||||
YET TO BAT:
| BOWLER | O | M | R | W | ECON | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warrier | 10 | 1 | 49 | 0 | 4.90 | |
| Ragupathy Silambarasan | 10 | 0 | 54 | 3 | 5.40 | |
| Vijay Shankar C | 10 | 0 | 72 | 4 | 7.20 | |
| R Sai Kishore | 10 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 5.20 | |
| M Siddharth | 6 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 7.67 | |
| Washington Sundar | 4 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 7.75 | |
- 1-31 (H Desai , 7.3 ov) ,
- 2-123 (Viharsinh Jadeja, 25.2 ov) ,
- 3-204 (Prerak Mankad, 36.5 ov) ,
- 4-274 (Sheldon Jackson, 45.6 ov) ,
- 5-295 (Samarth Vyas, 48.1 ov) ,
- 6-307 (A V Vasavada, 49.2 ov) ,
- 7-308 (J Unadkat, 49.4 ov) ,
- 8-310 (D A Jadeja, 49.6 ov)
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Sheldon Jackson’s brilliant batting display and Arpit Vasavada’s late flourish helped Saurashtra post a 310/8 on the board against Tamil Nadu in the second semifinal. Meanwhile, captain Vijay Shankar starred for Tamil Nadu with a 4-fer. Vishvarajsinh Jadeja also scored a half-century and helped Saurashtra recover from the early blow.
Saurashtra Playing XI: A V Vasavada, Chirag Jani, D A Jadeja, Sheldon Jackson (W), Prerak Mankad, Samarth Vyas, Viharsinh Jadeja, Yuvraj Chudasama, J Unadkat (C), H Desai, Chetan Sakariya
Tamil Nadu Playing XI: Ragupathy Silambarasan, B Aparajith, Dinesh Karthik (W), B Indrajith, Shahrukh Khan, Vijay Shankar (C), Warrier, M Siddharth, N Jagadeesan, R Sai Kishore, Washington Sundar
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Having lifted the coveted title for a record five times, Tamil Nadu will be eager to leave no stone unturned to book a spot in the VHT final and hopefully lift the trophy again. The star-studded Tamil Nadu team has not one but many match-winners in the likes of N Jagadeesan, Vijay Shankar, Shahrukh Khan, Washington Sundar, and veteran Dinesh Karthik. Each one of them has been assigned a specific role. And, they have successfully delivered it.
N Jagadeesan at the top and Dinesh Karthik in the middle order have the job to provide a solid start and build a platform from which Vijay Shankar and especially Shahrukh Khan can finish the game on high. And the duo has done a commendable job with being the top two run-scorers for the side.
Coming to Shahrukh Khan’s finishing role, the 26-year-old right-hander never fails to impress be his power-packed quick-fire fifty against Mumbai in group-round or the valuable quickfire 39-ball 79 against Karnataka in the quarterfinal. Shahrukh Khan has always managed to rescue Tamil Nadu, especially with that last ball 6 in the SMAT 2021 finals.
For Saurashtra, keeping a check on Tamil Nadu’s batting line-up can be a little difficult. But they do have enough tools in the likes of skipper Jaydev Unadkat & Chetan Sakariya who were top-notch against Vidarbha in the quarterfinals.
While Unadkat bring in years of experience on the table, young Chetan Sakariya too looked red-hot against Vidarbha.
However, a lot will depend upon Saurashtra batters. Saurashtra’s batting is heavily reliant upon Prerak Mankad and the likes of H Desai and A Vasavada will have to chip in with the bat.
Both teams will square off at KL Saini Ground in Jaipur on Friday morning.
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