Devdutt Padikkal was named Player of the Match for his performance. Photo: X | BCCI Domestic Devdutt Padikkal was named Player of the Match for his performance. Photo: X | BCCI Domestic 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)slot paraiso
The 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:
Haryana (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
The first match of the final round of group matches took place between Korea and Malaysia and resulted in a 3-3 draw. The splitting of points confirmed Korea's qualification to the semifinal. The draw also ensured that Pakistan would finish second in the group regardless of their result in their last group match against India.
The India-Pakistan hockey rivalry has lost its sheen in recent times. Hockey in Pakistan has been in a freefall for the last decade or so while Indians have made a tremendous comeback in the same time period. The two countries used to rule world hockey at one point and the seeds for it were sown during the British rule in India.
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.
Karnataka topped Group C before defeating Baroda by five runs in a close quarter-final match. slot paraiso