Vijay Hazare Trophy 2021: Tamil Nadu arrange ultimate vs Himachal after thrilling last-ball win over Saurashtra

Tamil Nadu held their nerves and reached the ultimate of the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2021 after beating Saurashtra in a last-ball thriller on the KL Saini Stadium in Jaipur on Friday. Chasing 311, Tamil Nadu all-rounder Sai Kishore hit a boundary of the ultimate ball of the fiftieth over bowled by Chirag Jani.

Tamil Nadu, who’ve reached the ultimate of the premier 50-over home competitors for the seventh time, will meet Himachal Pradesh, who defeated Services, earlier within the day within the first semi-final on the Sawai Mansingh Stadium.Tamil Nadu wrote on 100 from Baba Aparajith because the opener steadied the innings after N Jagadeesan (0) and captain Vijay Shankar (4) fell early of their 311-run chase. Left-arm pacer Chetan Sakariya, who made his India debut earlier this 12 months, picked up each the wickets to jolt Tamil Nadu early.BABA BROTHERS STITCH KEY STANDHowever, Baba brothers Aparajitth and Indrajith added 97 runs for the third wicket earlier than the latter fell proper after attending to a fifty. Aparajith then added 48 runs with senior batter Dinesh Karthik, who hit a 26-ball 31 to assist change the momentum of their chase.Aparajith and Washington Sundar (70 from 61 balls) then helped set a strong platform for the decrease middle-order to blow up in the long run overs, including 76 runs. Aparajith hit 3 sixes and 12 boundaries in his knock of 122 from 124 balls however he was not in a position to take the workforce previous the end line.Washington Sundar mixed with Shahrukh Khan, who hit 17 from simply 11 balls however each the batters have been dimissied by Chetan Sakariya within the 47tth and forty ninth overs.It all got here right down to Sai Kishore as he helped Tamil Nadu get 7 runs efficiently within the ultimate over.Earlier within the day, Vijay Shankar picked up 4 wickets with the ball however Saurashtra rode on a surprising 125-ball 134 from wicketkeeper Sheldon Jackson to put up 310 in 50 overs.RISHI DHAWAN SHINES FOR HPIn the primary semi-final, Himachal Pradesh rode on a superb all-round effor from Rishi Dhawan because the skipper hit 84 from 77 balls to assist tthem put up 281/6 in 50 overs. He picked up 4/27 with the ball as Services have been bundled out for 204 in simply 46.1 overs.WHAT. A. WIN!Captain @rishid100 stars with bat and ball as Himachal Pradesh beat Services by 77 runs to march into the #VijayHazareTrophy #Final. #SF1 #HPvSERScorecard https://t.co/MWsWAq2Q2B pic.twitter.com/tsK7Ua08Mr— BCCI Domestic (@BCCIdomestic) December 24, 2021
Tamil Nadu and Himachal Pradesh will meet within the ultimate in Jaipur on Sunday, December 26.