Vijay Hazare Trophy Final LIVE: Himachal Pradesh win their first title - Live Scores, Updates, Blog
Having already won the T20 national title earlier this season, Tamil Nadu would be eyeing a double against underdogs Himachal.
Tamil Nadu vs Himachal Pradesh Vijay Hazare Trophy Final Live
Tamil Nadu are batting first against Himachal Pradesh in the Vijay Hazare Trophy final in Jaipur on Sunday. This is the seventh final for domestic heavyweights Tamil Nadu, while Himachal Pradesh will be playing a domestic final for the first time in history.
Tamil Nadu (Playing XI): Baba Aparajith, N Jagadeesan, Vijay Shankar(c), Baba Indrajith, Dinesh Karthik(w), Washington Sundar, Shahrukh Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, R Silambarasan, Murugan Ashwin, Sandeep Warrier
Himachal Pradesh (Playing XI): Shubham Arora(w), Prashant Chopra, Digvijay Rangi, Nikhil Gangta, Amit Kumar, Rishi Dhawan(c), Akash Vasisht, Pankaj Jaiswal, Mayank Dagar, Vinay Galetiya, Sidharth Sharma
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Maybe the players were inspired by the recently released film, 83 but regardless, Himachal Pradesh has done the unthinkable by winning today. It seemed as though the game had gotten away from them when they let Dinesh Karthik score his century for Tamil Nadu. However, disciplined batting allowed HP to reach their intended target of 288 and a play stop resulted in them winning despite scoring only 299. Brilliant day for domestic cricket in India as it is great to see a new name on the winners board.
Himachal had to have scored 288 runs in order to be declared the winners at this stage and they cleared it by scoring well over the intended target.
Light did not seem to stop Himachal from winning as the umpires stop play and finally declare Himachal as the winners
This will be costly no doubt as there are just 21 runs needed from 20 balls. Truly shocking as the fielder had enough time to judge the ball but dropped it after catching it and slipping.
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