Karnataka became the first team to enter the final of the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2024-25 on Wednesday when they defeated the defending champions Haryana by five wickets at the Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara. (Match Blog | Cricket News)
𓄧The Mayank Agarwal-led side opted to bowl first and restricted Haryana to 237/9 after 50 overs. Himanshu Rana and captain Ankit Kumar scored in the 40s and helped their team put a respectable total on the board.
🦂Abhilash Shetty took four wickets whereas Vasuki Koushik and Shreyas Gopal took a couple of wickets in the match.
♚In response, Mayank Agarwal lost his wicket early but Devdutt Padikkal (86) spent some time at the crease with Smaran Ravichandran (76) to take their team past the line.
Playing XIs:
Haryanaﷺ (Playing XI): Arsh Ranga, Himanshu Rana, Ankit Kumar(c), Parth Vats, Nishant Sindhu, Dinesh Bana(w), Rahul Tewatia, Sumit Kumar, Anuj Thakral, Anshul Kamboj, Amit Rana
Karnataka💝 (Playing XI): Mayank Agarwal(c), Devdutt Padikkal, Aneesh KV, Smaran Ravichandran, Krishnan Shrijith(w), Abhinav Manohar, Hardik Raj, Shreyas Gopal, Prasidh Krishna, Vasuki Koushik, Abhilash Shetty
LIVE STREAMING INFO
The VHT 2024-25 semifinals will be available for live streaming on the JioCinema app and website.
♑Haryana entered the semi-finals by finishing second in Group A and defeating Bengal and Gujarat in the preliminary quarter-final and quarter-final, respectively.
𝕴Karnataka topped Group C before defeating Baroda by five runs in a close quarter-final match.
