V. Koushik’s three-wicket burst with the brand new ball was the cornerstone of Karnataka’s seven-wicket win over Tamil Nadu in a Group B fixture of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on Sunday.
On a cold morning on the Emerald Heights Worldwide Faculty floor, Koushik completed with wonderful figures of 4-1-10-3 as Karnataka bundled out its neighbour for 90. In response, the Mayank Agarwal-led facet wanted simply 11.3 overs to knock off the paltry goal. Manish Pandey smashed a 29-ball 42.
Having suffered its third defeat in a row, Tamil Nadu’s probabilities of advancing to the knockouts are all however over.
Electing to bat, the staff in yellow was doomed as soon as it misplaced 4 wickets with simply seven runs on the board. Within the first over by Koushik, N. Jagadeesan was caught by Shubhang Hegde at level with out opening his account. B. Indrajith fell within the subsequent over when his try and play a paddle in opposition to Vidyadhar Patil went awry. This was the second straight occasion of Indrajith discovering the fielder at quick fine-leg with the shot.
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Koushik, subsequently, struck twice within the third over. M. Boopathi Vaishna Kumar was trying to hit over the infield, however the ball caught the splice of his bat and ballooned to Shreyas Gopal at mid-on. Vijay Shankar lasted simply two deliveries as Koushik induced the skin edge for a catch to wicketkeeper Ok.L. Shrijith.
Within the circumstances, a 32-run stand between M. Shahrukh Khan and S. Mohamed Ali supplied hope of a slight shift in momentum. But it surely was fleeting at greatest, with Ali strolling again after an uppish drive was grabbed by Vijaykumar Vyshak in his follow-through.
Lower than two overs later, Shahrukh tried to go after Manoj Bhandage’s medium-pace and holed out to R. Smaran at long-on. It was just about the final straw in an abject show from Tamil Nadu’s batting unit.
“I felt there was just a little little bit of assist for the quick bowlers. Greater than something, we hit higher lengths compared to earlier matches. I attempted to capitalise,” Koushik mentioned.
SCORES
Tamil Nadu 90 in 20 overs (V. Koushik 3/10, Manoj Bhandage 3/19) misplaced to Karnataka 93/3 in 11.3 overs (Manish Pandey 42, Mayank Agarwal 30);
Toss: Tamil Nadu; Factors: Tamil Nadu 0 (8), Karnataka 4 (12).