Vijay Hazare Trophy: Karnataka reached the final for the fifth time, Haryana stunned by the performance of Padikkal and Shetty

Sports Desk: Karnataka has made it to the finals of the Vijay Hazare Trophy organized by BCCI by defeating Haryana by 5 wickets. Karnataka has succeeded in reaching the finals four times before. During this period he has won the finals in all four. In such a situation, looking at the figures, it seems that no one can snatch the trophy from the hands of Karnataka. When the Karnataka team reaches the finals, there is definitely a claim for the trophy. Karnataka will now be eyeing its fifth title.

Karnataka won the toss and decided to bowl first. In the match played at Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara, Haryana, batting first, could score only 237 runs at the loss of 9 wickets in 50 overs. In which Ankit Kumar scored the maximum runs. Ankit played an inning of 48 runs. All the batsmen of Haryana got starts but they could not convert the starts into big scores. Apart from Ankit, Himanshu Rana played an inning of 44 runs.

For Haryana, other batsmen Rahul Tewatia scored 22, SP Kumar scored 21, Anuj Thakral scored 23 not out, AR Rana scored 15 not out, Dinesh Bana scored 20, Arsh Ranga scored 10 and Nishant Sindhu scored 10 runs. Abhilash Shetty took 4 wickets for Karnataka. Apart from that, Prasidh Krishna took 2 wickets and Shreyas Gopal took 2 wickets.

Devdutt and Smaran Ravichandran shine

In reply, the Karnataka team which came to chase this target did not have a good start. Inform batsman captain Mayank Agarwal was out without opening the account. After that, Devdutt Padikkal along with Anish had managed the innings for some time when Anish was out after scoring 22 runs. Padikkal got along with Smaran Ravichandran. Both of them made a partnership of 128 runs for the third wicket. Meanwhile, Devdutt Padikkal completed his half-century. Also, Smaran Ravichandran also completed his half-century.

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Karnataka team reached the final

Smaran Ravichandran played an innings of 76 runs facing 94 balls. Whereas Devdutt Padikkal played an innings of 86 runs facing 113 balls. Both their innings ensured Karnataka's victory. In the end, Shreyas Gopal won the match by scoring unbeaten 23 runs and entered the final. Karnataka won by losing 5 wickets in 47.2 overs. While bowling for Haryana, Nishant Sindhu took 2 wickets. Apart from that, Anshul Kamboj took 1 wicket, Rana took 1 wicket and Perth took 1 wicket.