HP stun TN to clinch maiden Vijay Hazare title

Himachal Pradesh shocked Tamil Nadu to secure the Vijay Hazare Trophy out of the blue as they fixed a success by 11 runs by VJD strategy in Jaipur. At the point when awful light halted play, Himachal were 299 for 4 in 47.3 overs in their quest for 314. It required a considerable exertion from Shubham Arora to eclipse Dinesh Karthik's century and convey his side past the end goal. When the coin fell in Rishi Dhawan's approval, and Himachal chose to bowl, Vinay Galetiya struck on the fifth conveyance of the game to eliminate Baba Aparajith. With some help on offer for the bowlers, Tamil Nadu made a mindful beginning and were 17 for 1 toward the finish of six overs. Dhawan hit with his first bundle of the game when he had N Jagadeesan excused for 9. Later the powerplay, Tamil Nadu were 28 for 2 which before long became 40 for 4 as the four-time champs were left in a spot of trouble. What followed was Karthik (116 off 103) and Baba Indrajith (80) returning their group on top with a 202-run represent the fifth wicket. Karthik took his risks without precedent for the 21st over when he struck two sixes against Galetiya. He followed it up with one more in the 23rd to put the bowler under tension. Himachal got an opportunity to end the undermining stand in the 33rd over however Arora neglected to take hold of the possibility given by Karthik, who was by and by dropped in the 29th. At the point when the subsequent respite came, Karthik had hustled to 97 off 93 and stretched out his relationship with Indrajith to 167. Karthik got to his century in the 41st over and with nine overs to go, had laid an ideal stage for a dramatic finale. Digvijay Rangi excused Indrajith while Sidharth Sharma excused Karthik five balls later to assist Himachal with diminishing Tamil Nadu to 247 for 6. It was then Shahrukh Khan's chance to add some muscle capacity to the aggregate and his 42 off 21 took the side beyond 300 preceding they were ball out in 49.4 overs. Jaiswal finished with four wickets while Dhawan got three to put on a decent act on the day it made a difference. In the pursuit, Arora and Prashant Chopra made 54 out of eight overs before Tamil Nadu got two wickets in five balls. Nikhil Gangta also couldn't get rolling and fell for 18 as Himachal slipped to 96 for 3. Amit Kumar (74) drove the revival with Arora as they made 148 of every 25 overs to make a big difference for the pursuit and furthermore caused Tamil Nadu to remain alert. Like Himachal, Tamil Nadu also was at fault for dropping their possibilities as they reprieved the two hitters. They botched run out promising circumstances too on various events and neglected to come down on the pair. As the two hitters got moving, they were similarly forcing on the Tamil Nadu bowlers and guaranteed the pursuit never truly moved away from them. They brought the condition down to 128 off 102 preceding Arora got to his century with a limit and a couple against Sandeep Warrier in the 35th over. Amit in the end fell in the 42nd over lbw to Aparajith with the side still some distance away. Dhawan, who had struck at a strike pace of more than 120 preceding the last, did his spot by crushing 42 off 23 preceding the match arrived at an enemy of climatic end. With light blurring, the umpires chose to stop play with Himachal serenely ahead. Brief scores: Tamil Nadu 314 in 49.4 overs (Dinesh Karthik 116; Pankaj Jaiswal 4-59) lost to Himachal Pradesh 299/4 in 47.3 overs (Shubham Arora 136) by 11 runs by VJD method.