Riding on top-order batter Himanshu Rana’s fourth List-A century and a four-for from pacer Anshul Kamboj, Haryana crushed five-time champions Tamil Nadu by 63 runs to enter their maiden Vijay Hazare Trophy ultimate in Rajkot on Wednesday. Thanks to Rana’s unbeaten 116 off 118 deliveries, Haryana scored an imposing 293 for seven in 50 overs after which dismissed India wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik-led Tamil Nadu for 230 in 47.1 overs in a one-sided match on the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium. Kamboj got here up with career-best bowling figures of 4/30 in all home codecs as Tamil Nadu batter had been made to chew the mud.

Haryana will meet the winners of the second semifinal between Rajasthan and Karnataka to be performed right here on Thursday.

Rana, who has hardly made an impression this season within the event barring a century towards a weak Mizoram aspect, delivered simply on the proper time, mixing warning with aggression as he shared a 132-run stand with opener Yuvraj Singh (65).

Haryana suffered an early setback when opener Ankit Kumar was dismissed for 12, however No.3 Rana and Yuvraj began the rebuilding course of.

The 25-year-old Rana was the extra aggressive of the 2 batters, smashed 11 boundaries and two sixes to notch a strike fee within the neighborhood of 100.

Things had been going fairly easily for the pair however younger Yuvraj’s dismissal, caught by Sai Kishore off left-arm pacer T. Natarajan, noticed Haryana endure a significant collapse earlier than tailender Sumit Kumar performed a cameo innings of 48 (30 balls) to offer Haryana an imposing whole.

Tamil Nadu stuttered initially, dropping veteran opener Baba Aparajith for 7 earlier than Anshul Kamboj began the demolition job.

The 23-year-old right-arm pacer, enjoying solely his 14th List A recreation dismissed Hari Nishaanth for 1, thus including to Tamil Nadu’s dismal outing.

TN stalwart and Aparajith’s twin brother, Baba Indrajith, halted the slide with a affected person 64 however his dismissal, clear bowled by Kamboj within the forty first over all however ended Tamil Nadu’s bid to enter the ultimate and intention for a sixth title.

The final time Tamil Nadu had made it to the title spherical was within the 2021-22 season, dropping to Himachal Pradesh on the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.

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