Vishnu Solanki helped Baroda pull off a final-more than heist against Haryana with a sensational 71, which incorporated a six off the game’s final ball, to fire his group into the semifinals of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on Wednesday. Baroda initially restricted Haryana to 148/7 in the third quarterfinal, and then it was Solanki, who hammered 4 fours and 5 sixes in his 46-ball unbeaten knock to get his group more than the line right after 18 runs had been required off the final more than.
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Haryana had brought down the equation to 23 off 12 balls for Baroda, and their skipper Mohit Sharma (/30) conceded only 5 runs in the penultimate more than to make the equation tougher for Baroda. However, 28-year-old Solanki had other plans and took on medium pacer Sumit Kumar (1/37) in the final more than, hitting two sixes and a 4, to script an eight-wicket win for his group.
The appropriate-handed batsman fittingly completed the game with a six, a helicopter shot on the final ball to seal the game with Baroda needing 5 runs off the final ball. Earlier place into bat at the Sardar Patel Stadium, Haryana lost opener Guntashveer Singh (1) early. Soon it became 25/2 right after the other opener Chaitanya Bishnoi (21) also fell cheaply.
However, Himanshu Rana (49 off 40 balls) and Shivam Chauhan (35 off 29 balls) rallied the innings with their 80-run third-wicket stand. While Chauhan hammered 3 fours and a six, Rana’s knock was laced with seven boundaries. However, in the 15th more than, pacer Atit Sheth (1/27) broke the stand right after Chauhan gave a sitter to Vishnu Solanki.
Rana also threw his wicket in the 16th more than, as Haryana slumped to 115/4. The bowlers did properly to restrict Haryana under the 150-run mark, regardless of a 16-ball unbeaten 20 from Sumit. For Baroda, off-spinner Kartik Kakade (2/7) was the choose of the bowlers.
Chasing 149, Baroda lost opener Smit Patel (21) early as he became spinner Yuzvendra Chahal’s (1/15) only victim. Kedar Devdhar (43 off 40 balls 2×4. 2×6) and Solanki added 68-runs for the second wicket as they took the game deep. The duo initially took time to settle, but then changed gears. However, Sumit Kumar broke the stand by dismissing Devdhar.
Solanki then took the onus on himself and took their side property in the corporation of Abhimanyu Singh Rajput (13 not out).
Brief Scores: Haryana 148/7 (Himanshu Rana 49, Shivam Chauhan 35 Kartik Kakade 2/7, Atit Sheth 1/27) lost to Baroda 150/2 (Vishnu Solanki 71 not out, Kedar Devdhar 43, Yuzvendra Chahal 1/15) by 8 wickets.
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