Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy finals: Dominate Tamil Nadu beat Baroda to win the title

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Tamil Nadu proved too strong as they defeated Baroda in an emphatic manner of the 2021 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy finals played at Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad on Sunday.

Tamil Nadu captain Dinesh Karthik won the toss and decided to field first. It was an ideal start for TN as Baba Aparajith made an important breakthrough getting the wicket of Rathva. The inform Kedar Devdhar looked in sublime form before Siddharth dismissed him. Siddharth struck again by getting the wicket of Smit Patel to leave Baroda in trouble. At the end of the first six overs, Baroda made 28 for 3.

A superb combination effort by Arun Karthick and given to Dinesh Karthik resulted in Bhanu Paina wicket to leave Baroda in tatters. Sai Kishore was sensational giving away just 11 runs in his 4 overs and did not concede any boundaries. Siddharth made an important breakthrough getting the wicket Rajput with a simple return catch to leave Baroda in massive trouble and then dismissed Kartik Kakade to leave Baroda at 36 for 6.

Atit Sheth and Vishnu Solanki provided some resistance with positive hitting by Solanki keeping the scoreboard ticking. Sheth was dismissed trying to smack a big shot giving an easy catch to Arun Karthick. Solanki and Sheth added 58 runs for the 7th wicket.  A superb combination run out by Arun Karthick and Dinesh Karthik resulted in Vishnu Solanki’s wicket. Tamil Nadu restricted Baroda for a modest total of 120 for 9 in 20 overs.

Chasing 121 runs to win, Narayan Jagadeesan and Hari Nishanth provided a steady start with positive stroke play. Meriwala got the breakthrough dismissing Jagadeesan. Tamil Nadu openers put on 26 runs. Hari Nishanth looked in sublime touch as there was dew with the ball skidding on the bat. At the end of the first six overs, Tamil Nadu made 38 for 1.

Kakade and Bhargav Bhatt were bought into the attack. Nishanth took the attack and made the scoring easy. Pathan struck for Baroda as Bhatt took a juggling catch at fine leg. Nishanth and Aparajith added 41 runs for the 2nd wicket. Baba Aparajith struggled with timing but Dinesh Karthik hit some lovely boundaries to release some pressure. Sheth got the wicket of TN captain providing an easy catch to Solanki at midwicket. Sharukh Khan survived a close run out shout as he made just in while taking a risky second run.  

Sharukh Khan smacked a six and four to help Tamil Nadu register an emphatic 7 wickets win with 12 balls to spare. Tamil Nadu remained unbeaten in the entire Syed Mushtaq Ali season. They lost to Karnataka by just 1 run during the 2019/20 season.

This was Tamil Nadu’s second title in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy history. For his figures of 4 for 20 in 4 overs, M Siddharth was awarded the man of the match award.

 Tamil Nadu 123 for 3 in 18 overs (Hari Nishanth 35, Baba Aparajith 29*, B Pathan 1/23) beat Baroda 120 for 9 in 20 overs ( Vishnu Solanki 49, Atit Sheth 29, M Siddharth 4/20) by 7 wickets.









Tamil Nadu beat Baroda to win the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021 title 

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