Deepak Chahar has a knack of making headlines. The Rajasthan pacer, who had hogged the limelight in his Ranji Trophy debut by claiming eight wickets for 10 runs and enabling Rajasthan to bundle out Hyderabad for 21 in 2010, scalped a rare T20 five-wicket haul to help his team stun a star-studded Karnataka by 22 runs in a Mushtaq Ali Trophy super league match at the Jadavpur University ground here on Tuesday.
After being put in to bat, Rajasthan rode on its top order batsmen’s fine contributions to reach 160 for eight. A 47-run opening stand between Aditya Garhwal (31 off 19 balls) and top-scorer Ankit Lamba (58 off 47) followed by a 67-run partnership between Lamba and Salman Khan (20 off 18) allowed Rajasthan to register a competitive total. Lamba struck his six fours in his crucial innings.
Deepak’s magnificent showing and career best figures, five for 15, shut out Karnataka for 138 runs. Karnataka’s chase got off to a torrid start when Lamba bowled Karun Nair in the first over before Deepak wreaked havoc. He bowled a good line around the off-stump and struck in his second over, castling R. Samarth and having Abhimanyu Mithun caught behind in consecutive deliveries.
Deepak, who took four wickets in five balls, was once again on a hat-trick in his third over when he had C. M. Gautam was caught by Lamba and Stuart Binny was trapped in front. By the end of Deepak’s first spell, 3-0-9-4, Karnataka was tottering at five for 24.
Chahar returned to complete his five-wicket haul by dismissing Karnataka captain R.Vinay Kumar. Aniruddha Joshi fought defiantly to score 73 off 45 balls, containing eight fours and three sixes, but could not prevent Karnataka from succumbing to its second successive defeat.
-Washington guides TN to win-
Washington Sundar’s fine all-round performance guided Tamil Nadu to a crucial five-wicket win over Uttar Pradesh at the Eden Gardens. Washington picked up wickets of an in-form Suresh Raina (61 off 41, 6x4, 1x6) and Rinku Singh (11) in death overs to apply the brakes on Uttar Pradesh’s progress.
Washington Sundar (33 off 30, 3x4) batted sensibly to score 35 runs with fellow opener Bharath Shankar (30 off 19, 6x4) and 64 with Sanjay Yadav (52 off 32, 2x4, 3x6) to put Tamil Nadu on a firm footing. N. Jagadeeshan (20 not out off 11) provided the finishing touch.
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