New Delhi: Defending champions Tamil Nadu beat Karnataka by 4 wickets in the final of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Cup T20 Series to retain the trophy. Tamil Nadu – Karnataka clashed in the final yesterday at Arun Jaitley Stadium. Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to bowl Karnataka scored 151 for 7 in 20 overs. Abhinav Manohar top-scored with 46 (37 balls, 4 fours, 2 sixes). Praveen Dubey scored 33 (25 balls, 3 fours, 1 six), Jagadeesha Suchit and Karun Nair 18 each. Captain Manish Pandey was out for 13.
In Tamil Nadu bowling, Sai Kishore took 3 wickets for 12 runs in 4 overs. Natarajan, Sandeep Warrior and Sanjay Yadav took 1 wicket each. Tamil Nadu set a target of 152 for victory in the next 20 overs. Hari Nishant, who was in action early on, scored 23 runs (12 balls, 1 four, 2 sixes) and was unfortunately run out. Sai Sudarshan, who came next, was dismissed for 9 and Tamil Nadu suffered a setback. Captain Vijay Shankar 18, Narayan Jagadeesan 41 (46 off 46 balls, 2 fours, 1 six) in the first 2 balls of the 16th over, Karnataka raised their hand. With 36 runs needed in the last 3 overs, Sanjay and Mohammad each went out for 5, giving the Tamil Nadu team further crisis. Tamil Nadu needed 14 runs in the 19th over to score 14 runs in the last over.
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