Darshan Nalkande’s good spell (six for 55) adopted by Karun Nair’s scintillating unbeaten century (111 n.o., 103, 14×4, 1×6) powered Vidarbha to a complete six-wicket win over Tamil Nadu within the Vijay Hazare Trophy league match on the Dr. Y.S.R ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam on Tuesday.
Chasing 257, Karun led from the entrance, shepherding the chase alongside priceless contributions from the opposite batters to assist his facet effortlessly chase down the goal in simply 43.5 overs.
Opener Dhruv Shorey gave his facet an excellent begin, stroking a fast 31 (33b) earlier than Karun took centre stage. The previous Karnataka participant then discovered in a position allies in Yash Kadam and later Shubham Dubey, stitching essential partnerships.
Karun and Shubham’s 76-run unbroken stand for the fifth wicket ensured Vidarbha cruises to the goal and receives a wholesome increase to its Internet Run Fee.
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Nonetheless, the victory was arrange earlier by the bowlers whose disciplined efforts ensured Tamil Nadu was bowled out for 256 within the forty ninth over.
After being requested to bat first, opener Tushar Raheja received TN off to a flyer, smashing a fast 75 (74b, 4×4, 6×6). However Nalkande received Vidarbha again within the hunt, putting thrice in three overs to cut back the southern facet from 104 for one to 123 for 4.
Children C. Andre Siddharth and S. Mohamed Ali received right down to the restore job throughout their 70-run alliance for the sixth wicket earlier than the previous was dismissed. From there, TN’s innings collapsed because the five-time champion added simply 29 extra runs earlier than being bundled out. Nalkande took two wickets off consecutive deliveries to shut out issues and full his five-wicket haul.
This was Vidarbha’s fourth straight win in as many matches. The central Indian squad is now on the high of Group D with 16 factors, forward of Uttar Pradesh (14 from 5 video games) and Tamil Nadu (10 from 4 video games).