“It is a matter of pleasure that the Karnataka state cricket team defeated the Vidarbha team by 36 runs in the final round match played at Vadodara Stadium, Gujarat on Saturday. The Karnataka team won the title by performing brilliantly in both batting and bowling. I would like to congratulate all the players and the coaching staff, including captain Mayank Agarwal, for their excellent performance in the tournament,” DK Shivakumar said in a Karnataka CMO press release.
Final Summary: Vidarbha won the toss and elected to bowl first. However, his decision did not work in his favor in the first innings. Openers Mayank Agarwal (32 runs from 38 balls, 5 fours) and Devdutt Padikkal (8 runs from 19 balls, 1 four) failed to give a strong start, managing only a partnership of 23 runs. The credit for Karnataka's success goes to their middle order, which helped them post a strong score of 348/6 in the first innings. Smaran Ravichandran (101 runs on 92 balls, 7 fours and 3 sixes), Krishnan Sreejith (78 runs on 74 balls, 9 fours and 1 six) and Abhinav Manohar (79 runs on 42 balls, 10 fours and 10 sixes) performed well. Did. Vidarbha's bowlers struggled in the first innings, failing to make early breakthroughs. Darshan Nalkande and Nachiket Bhute took two wickets each, while Yash Thakur and Yash Kadam took one wicket each.
In the run chase, opener Dhruv Shorey played a brilliant inning of 110 runs in 111 balls with the help of 8 fours and 2 sixes. However, he did not get support from other batsmen. Vidarbha captain Karun Nair could score only 27 runs in 31 balls at a strike rate of 87.10. Harsh Dubey played a brilliant inning of 63 runs with the help of 5 fours and 5 sixes in 30 balls, but Vidarbha lost the match by 36 runs.
Karnataka's bowlers played a key role, with Vasuki Kaushik, Prasidh Krishna and Abhilash Shetty taking three wickets each to bowl out Vidarbha for 312 runs. Smaran Ravichandran was adjudged 'Player of the Match' for scoring a century in the final. Meanwhile, Vidarbha captain Karun Nair was given the 'Player of the Series' award. (ANI)
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