Vijay Hazare Trophy Semi-finals: Tamil Nadu, Himachal win

Vijay Hazare Trophy Semi-finals: The highly-anticipated semifinals of the tournament saw five-time champions Tamil Nadu and Himachal Pradesh win respective games and set up finals clash against each other for the first time. While Himachal saw their captain Rishi Dhawan stealing the show with his all-round performance, Tamil Nadu has its stars in Baba Aparajith and Washington Sundar. Follow InsideSport.IN for more updates

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Vijay Hazare Trophy Semi-finals: Tamil Nadu beat Saurashtra, Himachal Pradesh enter Vijay Hazare finals for first time in history

Semi-Final 1: Himachal Pradesh vs Services

Himachal Innings (Run Rate: 5.62)

BATSMEN			RUNS	BALLS	SR	4S	6S
	S G Arora W	lbw Raj Bahadur Pal	5	8	62.50	1	0
	P S Chopra	ct Mohit Ahlawat b Abhishek	78	109	71.56	4	3
	D B Rangi	b Rahul Singh	37	59	62.71	4	1
	N R Gangta	Run Out Mohit Ahlawat	16	12	133.33	3	0
	A R Kumar	lbw Diwesh Gurdev Pathania	0	6	0	0	0
	R R Dhawan C	ct Ravi Chauhan b Raj Bahadur Pal	84	77	109.09	9	1
	A P Vashisht	Not Out	45	29	155.17	4	2
	P P Jaswal	Not Out	1	1	100.00	0	0
EXTRAS		(nb 1, w 9, b 0, lb 5, pen 0)	15
TOTAL		(6 wickets; 50 overs)	281

DID NOT BAT:

	O	M	R	W	ECON
Diwesh Gurdev Pathania	10	1	50	1	5.00
Raj Bahadur Pal	10	0	52	2	5.20
Abhishek	9	0	77	1	8.56
Pulkit Narang	10	0	53	0	5.30
Rahul Singh	10	0	35	1	3.50
Lakhan Singh	1	0	9	0	9.00

FALL OF WICKETS

1-8 (S G Arora, 1.4 ov) ,
2-82 (D B Rangi, 19.2 ov) ,
3-104 (N R Gangta, 22.5 ov) ,
4-106 (A R Kumar, 24.3 ov) ,
5-194 (P S Chopra, 41.4 ov) ,
6-277 (R R Dhawan, 49.3 ov)

Services Innings (Run Rate: 4.42)

BATSMEN			RUNS	BALLS	SR	4S	6S
	Lakhan Singh	b R R Dhawan	7	24	29.17	1	0
	Ravi Chauhan	ct A S Jamwal (Sub) b A P Vashisht	45	70	64.29	4	0
	Mohit Ahlawat	ct A P Vashisht b R R Dhawan	6	18	33.33	0	0
	Rajat Paliwal C	ct R R Dhawan b Sidharth Sharma	55	66	83.33	3	0
	Rahul Singh Gahlaut	ct V K Galetiya b A P Vashisht	15	19	78.95	0	0
	Devender Lohchab W	Run Out Sidharth Sharma	34	33	103.03	4	0
	Pulkit Narang	ct P P Jaswal b Sidharth Sharma	6	12	50.00	0	0
	Diwesh Gurdev Pathania	ct M J Dagar b R R Dhawan	3	4	75.00	0	0
	Abhishek	b P P Jaswal	14	15	93.33	1	0
	Rahul Singh	Not Out	8	14	57.14	1	0
	Raj Bahadur Pal	b R R Dhawan	1	2	50.00	0	0
EXTRAS		(nb 0, w 3, b 6, lb 1, pen 0)	10
TOTAL		(All out; 46.1 overs)	204

	O	M	R	W	ECON
V K Galetiya	10	1	35	0	3.50
Sidharth Sharma	10	1	34	2	3.40
R R Dhawan C	8.1	0	27	4	3.31
P P Jaswal	6	0	35	1	5.83
A P Vashisht	5	0	28	2	5.60
M J Dagar	7	0	38	0	5.43

FALL OF WICKETS

1-22 (Lakhan Singh, 6.5 ov) ,
2-36 (Mohit Ahlawat, 12.2 ov) ,
3-85 (Ravi Chauhan, 24.4 ov) ,
4-115 (Rahul Singh Gahlaut, 30.5 ov) ,
5-154 (Rajat Paliwal, 36.1 ov) ,
6-174 (Pulkit Narang, 40.2 ov) ,
7-174 (Devender Lohchab, 40.3 ov) ,
8-179 (Diwesh Gurdev Pathania, 41.1 ov) ,
9-203 (Abhishek, 45.5 ov) ,
10-204 (Raj Bahadur Pal, 46.1 ov)

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Semi-final 2: Tamil Nadu vs Saurashtra:

Saurashtra Innings (Run Rate: 6.20)

BATSMEN			RUNS	BALLS	SR	4S	6S
	Vishvarajsinh Jadeja	ct Shahrukh Khan b M Siddharth	52	74	70.27	6	1
	H Desai	lbw Ragupathy Silambarasan	9	19	47.37	2	0
	Sheldon Jackson W	ct R Sai Kishore b Vijay Shankar	134	125	107.20	11	4
	Prerak Mankad	ct N Jagadeesan b Ragupathy Silambarasan	37	32	115.63	4	1
	A V Vasavada	ct Shahrukh Khan b Vijay Shankar	57	40	142.50	4	2
	Samarth Vyas	ct Dinesh Karthik b Ragupathy Silambarasan	2	4	50.00	0	0
	Chirag Jani	Not Out	3	3	100.00	0	0
	J Unadkat C	ct B Sai Sudharsan (Sub) b Vijay Shankar	0	1	0	0	0
	D A Jadeja	ct Washington Sundar b Vijay Shankar	2	2	100.00	0	0
EXTRAS		(nb 0, w 8, b 0, lb 6, pen 0)	14
TOTAL		(8 wickets; 50 overs)	310

DID NOT BAT:

	O	M	R	W	ECON
Warrier	10	1	49	0	4.90
Ragupathy Silambarasan	10	0	54	3	5.40
Vijay Shankar C	10	0	72	4	7.20
R Sai Kishore	10	0	52	0	5.20
M Siddharth	6	0	46	1	7.67
Washington Sundar	4	0	31	0	7.75

FALL OF WICKETS

1-31 (H Desai , 7.3 ov) ,
2-123 (Vishvarajsinh Jadeja, 25.2 ov) ,
3-204 (Prerak Mankad, 36.5 ov) ,
4-274 (Sheldon Jackson, 45.6 ov) ,
5-295 (Samarth Vyas, 48.1 ov) ,
6-307 (A V Vasavada, 49.2 ov) ,
7-308 (J Unadkat, 49.4 ov) ,
8-310 (D A Jadeja, 49.6 ov)

Tamil Nadu Innings (Run Rate: 6.28)

BATSMEN			RUNS	BALLS	SR	4S	6S
	B Aparajith	ct Vishvarajsinh Jadeja b Yuvraj Chudasama	122	124	98.39	12	3
	N Jagadeesan	ct H Desai b Chetan Sakariya	0	4	0	0	0
	Vijay Shankar C	ct D A Jadeja b Chetan Sakariya	4	2	200.00	1	0
	B Indrajith	b Yuvraj Chudasama	50	58	86.21	5	1
	Dinesh Karthik W	ct Vishvarajsinh Jadeja b J Unadkat	31	26	119.23	4	1
	Washington Sundar	ct Sheldon Jackson b Chetan Sakariya	70	61	114.75	8	0
	Shahrukh Khan	ct J Unadkat b Chetan Sakariya	17	11	154.55	1	1
	R Sai Kishore	Not Out	12	9	133.33	1	0
	M Siddharth	ct Prerak Mankad b Chetan Sakariya	1	2	50.00	0	0
	Ragupathy Silambarasan	Not Out	2	3	66.67	0	0
EXTRAS		(nb 0, w 4, b 0, lb 1, pen 0)	5
TOTAL		(8 wickets; 50 overs)	314