Surat, November 29
Pacer Abhimanyu Mithun, openers Devdutt Padikkal and KL Rahul starred as defending champions Karnataka romped into the final of the Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy after thrashing Haryana by eight wickets in the first semifinal.
The highlight of the match was Mithun taking five wickets in an over, including a hat-trick and registering his name in the record books. Mithun, who ended up with 5/39, became the first bowler in domestic circuit to claim hat-trick in all the formats. He had snared a hat-trick in the Vijay Hazare (national ODI championship) final against Tamil Nadu earlier this year.
The Karnataka pacer did not have a good time until he bowled his last over where he prevailed over the Haryana batsman. In the 20th over of the innings, he dismissed Himanshu Rana (61) and Rahul Tewatia (32) off the first two balls and completed his hat-trick by sending back Sumit Kumar (0). There was more drama in store as Mithun got a wicket on the fourth ball, that of Amit Mishra (0), and then sent back Jayant Yadav (0) on the final ball of the over.
Asked to bat first, Haryana piled up 194/8 but Karnataka chased it in 15 overs, thanks to blazing half-centuries by openers Devdutt Padikkal (87) and KL Rahul (66), who took the opposition attack to the cleaners.
Karnataka vs TN in final
Karnataka will now face Tamil Nadu, who defeated Rajasthan by seven wickets in the second semifinal, in the summit clash, to be played on Sunday. — PTI
Brief Scores: Haryana: 194/8 (Rana 61, Bishnoi 55, Patel 34, Tewatia 32; Mithun 5/39, Gopal 2/23); Karnataka: 195/2 (Padikkal 87, Rahul 66, Agarwal 30*)
1 Karnataka’s Abhimanyu Mithun is the first player to take a hat-trick in the Ranji Trophy, Vijay Hazare Trophy and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
vs Uttar Pradesh, 2009 (FC)
vs Tamil Nadu, 2019 (List A)
vs Haryana, (T20)
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