Vijay Hazare Trophy 2023: Injured Baba Indrajith bats with taped mouth for Tamil Nadu in semifinal

Vijay Hazare Trophy 2023-24: With Tamil Nadu stumbling to 53 for three in in the semifinal against Haryana, Indrajith walked in with a tape that was coverering his lips.

Tamil Nadu’s Baba Indrajith with a taped mouth during the match against Haryana. | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI

Tamil Nadu batter Baba Indrajith was seen batting with a taped mouth during the Vijay Hazare Trophy semifinal against Haryana at the SCA Stadium in Rajkot on Wednesday.

With Tamil Nadu stumbling to 53 for three inside 14 overs in a 294-run chase, Indrajith walked in with a tape that was coverering his lips. He also received medical assistance in the 16th over.

It was learnt that Indrajith suffered a freak injury during the innings break when he cut his lip after slipping in the bathroom.

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TN was dented further with N Jagadeesan’s dismissal at 76 for four in the 21st over.

Indrajith with a taped mouth during Tamil Nadu’s chase in the semifinal. | Photo Credit: JioCinema Screengrab

Despite a fighting knock of 64 in 71 balls laced with five fours, the wicket-keeper batter couldn’t help his team across the line as Tamil Nadu faltered in its chase of 293, losing by 63 runs.

Indrajith had struck an unbeaten 103 in Tamil Nadu’s quarterfinal win over Mumbai. He is also the leading run-scorer for the team this edition with over 270 runs from seven innings with a ton and a fifty.