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KAR vs RAJ 2nd Semi Final, VHT 2023
RAJ
283-443.4
Rajasthan won by 6 wickets 🏆
KAR
50.0282-8
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21:29 IST and Local Time | So Rajasthan have deservedly made it to the final of the Vijay Hazare Trophy and will meet another formidable team, Haryana, in the title clash. We hope you enjoyed our coverage of this semi-final. It is time for me, Sourya Chowdhury, to sign off on behalf of me and my fellow commentators Sidharth Gulati and Saptak Sanyal and our scorer and analyst Zeeshan Naiyer. See you again soon, good night.
Deepak Hooda(Player of the match)- "Today is Rajasthan's day. Throughout we played good cricket. Karan gave me a good company and it's a complete team effort.
Yes, pressure was there but the wicket was way too good. We knew we can go hard after settling in. I told Karan that we should rotate the strike and hit boundaries at bad balls and we will complete the chase.
Initially our first three bowlers bowled really well and they took wickets. Yes, they gave some run away in the slog overs and we will try to improve that day after tomorrow in the finals.
We will play our best cricket in the finals."
Yes, pressure was there but the wicket was way too good. We knew we can go hard after settling in. I told Karan that we should rotate the strike and hit boundaries at bad balls and we will complete the chase.
Initially our first three bowlers bowled really well and they took wickets. Yes, they gave some run away in the slog overs and we will try to improve that day after tomorrow in the finals.
We will play our best cricket in the finals."
Player of the match- Deepak Hooda
Mayank Agarwal(Karnataka Captain)- "Ya, I thought we batted well. We bowled really well at the start. Hat's off to Deepak Hooda.
There was a tennis ball like bounce but Hooda and Karan outplayed us. Every bowling change went against us. Abhinav and Manoj batted really well.
I struck to my plans. Every time we threw challenges to them, they countered us. You have to give credit to the sensational batters. Lots of positive to take away for us."
There was a tennis ball like bounce but Hooda and Karan outplayed us. Every bowling change went against us. Abhinav and Manoj batted really well.
I struck to my plans. Every time we threw challenges to them, they countered us. You have to give credit to the sensational batters. Lots of positive to take away for us."
Time for the post match presentation.
Deepak Hooda is coming downstairs from the dressing room, and the crowd who were at the close vicinity of the stairs are extending hands to touch his hands for congratulating him.
He is getting the well deserved appreciation!
He is getting the well deserved appreciation!
21:14 IST and Local Time | Sourya:
Powered by a scintillating century by their skipper Deepak Hooda (180 off 128),
unbeaten Rajasthan romped into the final of the Vijay Hazare Trophy by six wickets
here at the Saurashtra Cricket Stadium here tonight. Chasing a challenging, if not
imposing, target of 283 set by their adversaries Karnataka, Hooda’s team were
in all sorts of trouble at 23/3 and staring down the barrel before the India
international came together with the teenaged Karan Lamba (73 not out off 112)
to put up a gargantuan partnership to help Rajasthan romp home with 38 balls to
spare.
The two batters took their time to get set and consolidate matters with Karnataka on top with the new ball and then slowly opened their arms, Hooda in particular. The 28-year-old showed the full catalog of his shots, cutting, pulling, and driving with power and grace as he reached the individual highest score in competition history against Karnataka. Hooda picked the lengths early and became steadily more aggressive to make the chase seem easy taking his team to the cusp of victory.
For Karnataka, the pick of the bowlers was Koushik (1/28 off 8), but the big disappointment was Vyshak who, bizarrely, kept on bowling short on a placid pitch, with the ball sitting up for the well-set batters. Lamba remained the steady anchor at the other end and would no doubt have learnt a lot from this experience.
Earlier, Mayank Agarwal won the toss for Karnataka and chose to bat first but were immediately put to the sword by some fine, tight bowling from Rajasthan. Aniket Choudhary and Ajay Kookna were the stars with the ball with identical figures of 2/43 from their 10 overs. Karnataka had to rely on a great rear-guard action from Abhinav Manohar (91 off 80) and Manoj Bhandage (63 off 39), the latter creaming it to all corners while the former setting it up as they reached a competitive total.
In the end, though, it was not enough on the face of Hooda’s brilliance. Rajasthan will face another unbeaten team, Haryana, in what promises to be a mouth-watering final.
43.4 K Gowtham to K Lamba
4 Karan Lamba finishes the game in style and Rajasthan clinches a phenomenal victory over a domestic giant cricket team!!! They are off to the final and will face Haryana in search of their first Vijay Hazare Trophy title.
Good length ball outside off. Lamba gets the width and cuts the ball through the left of the point fielder for a boundary. Rajasthan wins the game with 38 balls and 6 wickets. They will play the final after 16 long years!
Good length ball outside off. Lamba gets the width and cuts the ball through the left of the point fielder for a boundary. Rajasthan wins the game with 38 balls and 6 wickets. They will play the final after 16 long years!
43.3 K Gowtham to Rathore
1b Tosses it up at the outside leg stump line. Rathore goes for a big heave over leg side and gets beaten. Shrijith is also beaten and a bye run is taken here.
43.2 K Gowtham to Rathore
0 Full length ball at the leg stump. Rathore defends on front foot.
43.1 K Gowtham to D Hooda
W Gowtham gets better of Hooda and that's the end of a terrific innings from him!!! Hooda is disappointed as he can't finish the game. Every Karnataka player is coming to congratulate him, that's some scene here!
Coming to the ball, good length ball at the off stump from round the wicket. Hooda rocks back and pulls it straight to Manohar pulls it to deep midwicket and he takes it.
Coming to the ball, good length ball at the off stump from round the wicket. Hooda rocks back and pulls it straight to Manohar pulls it to deep midwicket and he takes it.
OVER 43
Rajasthan
278/3
Karan Lamba
69(111)
Deepak Hooda
180(127)
Manoj S Bhandage
1-57(8.0)
42.6 Bhandage to K Lamba
0 Short delivery outside off. Lamba lets it go to the keeper.
42.5 Bhandage to D Hooda
1 Slower and fuller angling at the middle and leg. Hooda flicks it to deep square leg for a single.
42.4 Bhandage to D Hooda
2 Rajasthan are one hit away from the final now. Good length ball outside off. Hooda cuts the ball through the left of the deep extra cover fielder and he collects a couple of runs.
42.3 Bhandage to K Lamba
1 Slower ball on length and at the fourth stump. Lamba taps it in front and collects a single.
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