Haryana vs Tamil Nadu HIGHLIGHTS, Vijay Hazare Trophy Semifinal 1: HAR reaches maiden VHT final, beats TN by 63 runs

Tewatia slides one into Varun’s pads as he shimmies down the pitch. Stifled appeal and the umpire is unmoved. Haryana reviews. THREE REDS and it’s all over. Haryana beats Tamil Nadu by 63 runs to reach its maiden VHT final. Stellar all-round effort led by Himanshu Rana’s hundred and Anshul Kamboj’s four-wicket haul.

Anshul rushes Varun with a fiery bouncer and it jams into the grille of the helmet. Varun signals that he is fine as the physio walks out.

Anshul to Sai Kishore, OUT! Slower-bouncer and Sai Kishore top-edges it to the keeper. TN moving slowly towards the exit door as Haryana nears closer to a maiden final.

R Sai Kishore 29(31) ct R P Sharma b Anshul Kamboj

Tewatia offers room and Sai Kishore wallops it over long-on for SIX.

Anshul to Siddharth, OUT! Regulation bouncer and Siddharth lobs it straight to Tewatia at short mid-wicket.

M Siddharth 3(9) ct R K Tewatia b Anshul Kamboj

Sai Kishore brings up the 200 for TN with a FOUR down the ground. TN needs 94 runs in 42 balls.

Ansul to Indrajith, OUT! Splendid catch at fine leg! Indrajith laps the seamer and it clips the top-edge and sails into the night sky. Ankit Kumar sets himself underneath on the boundary and pouches a fine catch to end Indrajith’s knock.

B Indrajith 64(71) ct Ankit Kumar b Anshul Kamboj

Indrajith makes room and flays Amit through extra cover for FOUR. A single to follow. Sai Kishore keeps busy with two runs. 

Amit offers room outside the off-stump and Sai Kishore swings big over mid-off for SIX.

Indrajith clips Harshal through mid-wicket for a single. Harshal comes around the wicket to Sai Kishore. Harshal tucks the ball in and Sai Kishore lifts it over mid-off for FOUR.

Baba Indrajith brings up his half-century with a stupendous straight drive for FOUR down the ground off Harshal.

Tewatia to Shahrukh, OUT! Straight to deep mid-wicket! Short delivery from Tewatia and Shahrukh rocks back to pull but fails to muscle it over the fence. Easy catch for Sumit and TN finds itself in deep trouble now.

Shahrukh Khan 13(13) ct S P Kumar b R K Tewatia

Harshal angles another one in and Indrajith shuffles across and paddles the ball down to fine leg for FOUR. A single to follow. Beaten. Harshal cuts the ball in sharply and it nearly squares up Shahrukh as it bounces over the top of off-stump. Length from Harshal and Shahrukh pumps the ball down to long-off for FOUR. FOUR more. Fuller ball this time and Shahrukh creams the ball through sweeper cover.

Harshal Patel to Dinesh Karthik, OUT! Straight up and gone! Huge blow for TN as Karthik gets a top-edge on a quick bumper from Harshal. Shahrukh Khan walks in. Harshal sends in a beamer and concedes a no-ball, extends a hand of apology almost immediately.

Dinesh Karthik 31(35) ct Ashok Menaria b H V Patel

Indrajith and Karthik raise a 50-run stand in just 54 balls. Tewatia slides one in and Indrajith plays a late cut towards short-third. Harshal Patel intercepts and hurts himself in the process. Tewatia tosses the ball up once again and Indrajith steps out and lifts the ball over mid-on for FOUR.

Tewatia tosses one outside the off-stump and Karthik brings out a brilliant slog-sweep against the turn for a SIX over mid-wicket.

Harshal Patel into the attack for the first time. Starts with a quick delivery angling in and Indrajith taps it back. A couple of singles to follow. 

Tewatia continues. Karthik and Indrajith keep the scoreboard ticking with singles. Three from the over as Indrajith retain sstrike.

Nishant in for his eighth. Full outside off, driven to the off side sweeper for a single. Some turn and bounce for Nishant again. Four!! Byes! Indrajith steps down but misses the ball, the keeper in unsighted and lets it through to the boundary. 100 up for Tamil Nadu. 

Tewatia into the attack. Full outside off, driven to long off for a single. Full on leg stump, Indrajith steps down and manages to push it to long on for a single. Just the three from the over. 

Six!! Karthik has come out with an attacking mindset. Lofts a full one over the head of long on against Sindhu. Just the six from the over. 

Amit continues. Indrajith gets a quick single to point. Six!! Full on the stumps, Karthik lofts it over midwicket for a huge six! Crucial over from the TN point of view. Twelve runs from the over. 

Wicket!! Nishant picks up his first. Jagadeesan tries to sweep a delivery outside off, finds the top edge that is easily pouched by fine leg. 

N Jagadeesan 30(55) ct A R Rana b Nishant Sindhu

Captain Karthik walks in at 6.

Amit fires one in outside off, Indrajith tries to cut but misses. The offie has been shorter in length in comparison to Nishant and has found little or no turn so far. Four from the over. 

Nishant continues to keep it tight. He has been getting some turn from this end. Just two from the over. 

Three singles off Sindhu’s fourth over. Four!! Full on the stumps, Indrajith steps down and uses his wrists to flick it through mid wicket for four. Seven runs from Amit’s over. 

Just a single off Nishant Sindhu’s over as TN look to rebuild after a wicket at the wrong time. Just two from Amit Rana’s next as well.

Amit Rana into the attack. Wicket!! Huge miscommunication between the batters and Vijay Shankar is run out at the strikers end. Didn’t look like there was a single on offer there. 

Vijay Shankar 23(35) Run Out Ankit Kumar

Baba Indrajith in at 5. Slow on the pads, Indrajith flicks behind square for a single. 

Nishant continues. Slightly short outside off, cut to deep point for a single. Four singles from the over. 

Sumit continues. Short of a length outside off, Jagadeesan punches it past point for a single. Short ball, pulled without much timing to square leg for a single. No-ball called. Full toss on the pads, Vijay Shankar hits it down the throat of square leg. Single taken. Seven from the over.

Nishant Sindhu into the attack. First sign of spin. Turn and bounce first up. Slightly fuller, driven to long off for a single. Six!! Jagadeesan releases the built-up pressure with a huge slog sweep over mid wicket for six. 

Sumit starts off with a ball wide outside off stump, Jagadeesan misses his waft. On a length outside off, Shankar punches through cover and will get a couple. Four from the over.

Anshul into his fifth over. Short of a length on off, Jagadeesan open the face down to third man. Fuller this time, Shankar drives through mid off and gets a couple. Three from the over. 

Sumit continues. Full on the stumps, Shankar gets off strike with a quick single to mid on. Still some movement in the air for the pacers. Just the two runs from the over.

Anshul again. Full on the stumps, Shankar dabs to the right of mid on for a quick single. Four!! Slightly full and Jagadeesan lofts it straight down the ground to open his account with a boundary. Good comeback from Anshul to close out the over. 

Four!! Sumit finds Shankar’s inside edge, but the ball races past the keeper to the boundary for four. Six runs from the over. 

Anshul continues. Jagadeesan yet to get off the mark. Anshul keeping it short on the body not giving the batter room to work with. Outside off this time and the batter is beaten on the outside edge. Ball moving around a bit and Jagadeesan is beaten again.

Sumit with his second. Persisting with the line outside off stump. Shankar happy to shoulder arms. Shankar comes down the track, manages to sneak in a quick single to mid on. 

Anshul to continue. Wicket!! Hari Nishaanth edges to first slip and TN loses its second. The perfect length and line to a left hander. 

C Hari Nishaanth 1(4) ct R K Tewatia b Anshul Kamboj

Vijay Shankar in at 4.

Sumit from the other end. Slighty short of a length outside off, Aparajith punches it straight to point. Wicket!! A ball down leg side gets the better of Apar as he gets a fine nick back to the keeper. Early jolt for TN. 

B Aparajith 7(8) ct R P Sharma b S P Kumar

Hari Nishaanth in at 3. A single to mid on off the first ball to get off strike. 

Baba Aparajith and N Jagadeesan walk out to the middle. Anshul Kamboj with the first over. Five runs off the first over.

Full on the stumps, defended back. Four!! A four down to fine leg to get the innings underway for Aparajith and TN. 

Rana chips the first ball to mid-wicket for a single. Natarajan to Sumit, OUT! Straight to backward square-leg. Sumit fails to tonk the full toss over the line and falls short of his fifty. Harshal Patel is in at 9. He swings and connects twice and reels in four runs. Short ball and Harshal flat-bats it through mid-wicket for SIX. Two runs to finish and Haryana sets a 294-run target for Tamil Nadu.

S P Kumar 48(30) ct Vijay Shankar b T Natarajan

Seven from the Vijay Shankar over as he maintains a fine length to Sumit. 

Natarajan starts with a wide and darts in another wide yorker but Sumit crunches it over deep point for SIX! Natarajan goes full and Sumit clears his front leg and pumps the ball down the ground for FOUR.

Short from Varun and Himanshu nimbly rocks back to pump the ball over cow corner for SIX. A single and Sumit smites a length ball over mid-wicket for a massive SIX! Low full toss and Sumit dabs it past point for FOUR this time. A couple of singles to follow.

Natarajan concedes a couple of wides while attempting wide yorkers to Sumit. Another wide and Karthik asks his bowler if he would require a change of line. He takes out a fielder from the off-side to square-leg. A single to follow. Width from Natarajan and Rana creams the ball over covers for FOUR.

Flat from Sai Kishore and Sumit slams the ball through point for FOUR. Fuller ball but Sumit miscues the slog just over mid-off’s head for a single. Loopy delivery outside the off-stump and Rana drives it to sweeper for a single. Second ton of the season for Rana.

TN skimming through the overs in a flash with the spinners. Karthik’s attacking fields have also made it hard for the batters to rotate strike. 

Chakaravarthy to Menaria, OUT! Straight up off the leading-edge and Vijay Shankar takes an easy catch inside the circle. Sumit Kumar walks in and pumps his first delivery over long-on for a huge SIX.

Ashok Menaria 1(5) ct Vijay Shankar b Varun

The boundaries have dried out as captain Ashok Menaria walks in to join Rana who ins on the cusp of his ton. Just two from the Aparajith over.

Sai Kishore maintains a superb line and the batters have been forced to tread on singles. Loud shout as Sai Kishore pins one to Tewatia’s pads as he misses a sweep across the line. Karthik reviews. Wickets missing on replay and TN loses its second review. Is that out? Slower ball through the air and it seems like Sai Kishore is celebrating a caught-and-bowled off Tewatia who chips the ball back to him. OUT! Tewatia is finally dismissed in the tournament. He falls for three after scores of58*, 80*, 99*, 67* and 21* in the previous rounds.

R K Tewatia 3(8) ct & b R Sai Kishore

Chakaravarthy continues. Himanshu taps the ball through the off-side for a single. Tewatia brings up the 200 for Haryana with another single.

Sai Kishore to Rohit Sharma, OUT! Brilliant catch from Siddharth. Short ball from Sai Kishore and Rohit mistimes the slog-sweep. Siddharth runs sideways from mid-on and completes a fine catch. Rahul Tewatia walks in at 6.

R P Sharma 17(20) ct M Siddharth b R Sai Kishore

Fuller bowl from Siddharth and Rohit unleashes the slog-sweep for back-to-back FOURs through cow corner.

Varun peppers the batters with sliders and the duo in the middle do not have a clear line to thwart those deliveries. Just four from the over.

Siddharth returns. Just three singles from the over as TN pulls things back quickly. 

Himanshu prods forward to push the ball outside the off-stumpa as Varun darts the ball in towards the pads. Stifled appeal for a leg-before and Karthik opts for a review. The ball pitches outside the off-stump and TN loses the review. Varun to Himanshu, given! He gets him this time. Varun goes slower through the air with the slider. It lands on length and climbs to Rana’s pads as he misses a solid block down the line. He takes a moment but takes a review. Himanshu survives! The replays suggest that the ball is missing the stumps, the extra bounce saving the batter this time.

Karthik continues the attack with Siddharth. He pins Rohit Sharma on the back foot with a slew of dots. Four from the over.

Varun to Nishant, OUT! A superb catch from Aparajith at first-slip! Karthik brings Chakaravarthy back and he finds the outside-edge from the left-hander. The ball zips sharply but Aparajith dips hard to his left for a brilliant one-handed catch.

Nishant Sindhu 8(15) ct B Aparajith b Varun

Four runs from Aparjith’s over but Himanshu and Nishant have shown early intent to keep the runs flowing. 

Himanshu belts Natarajan for back-to-back FOURs and follows it up with a single to move to 79. Natarajan strays to the pads and Nishant lifts him over square-leg for another FOUR.

Himanshu continues to build on and slides Aparajith for another FOUR behind square. 150 comes up for Haryana.

Natarajan returns. Comes around the wicket and angles the ball but Yuvraj deftly guides it past point for FOUR. Natarajan to Yuvraj, OUT! A tame dismissal in the end. A well-directed bumper from Natarajan and Yuvraj sheepishly hooks it straight towards Sai Kishore at deep mid-wicket. A superb stand for the second wicket comes to an end as the change for Karthik. Nishant Sindhu walks in at 4. Natarajan lands one right in the blockhole first-up and Nishant digs it out towards mid-on.

Yuvraj Singh 65(79) ct R Sai Kishore b T Natarajan

Aparajith continues to slide the ball down to the pads and Himanshu brings out a fierce sweep that nearly takes out to the square-leg. Floater on length and Yuvraj steps out to smash the ball way into the stands over long-on for SIX.

Short and loose onto the pads from Chakaravarthy and Yuvraj rocks back swiftly to pull the ball through mid-wicket for FOUR. FOUR more as Chakaravarthy lands another short ball. Yuvraj swiftly carves it through to the cow-corner fence to bring up his 50. Carrom-ball from Varun and it nearly squares up Yuvraj who manages a leading-edge to the off-side.

Yuvraj chips Aparajith towards mid-on and a misfield concedes a single. Himanshu at ease with the sweep and finds a single through square-leg. Short from Aparajith and Himanshu flays the ball through cover for FOUR.

Varun back into the attack. Full on off stump, solidly defended off the front foot. Four!! Tad too short from Varun, Himanshu rocks back and pulls to midwicket for four. 100 partnership up between the two. Six runs from the over.

Baba Aparajith into the attack. Five singles from the over. 

Appeal for LBW from Sai Kishore. Umpire says no. Looks like it was a tad too high. First real chance for TN since the fall of the first wicket. Fifty up for Himanshu with a single!

Shankar with his third. Four! Too short and the batter swivel pulls it over deep square for a boundary. 100 up for Haryana. Eight from the over. 

Four!! Fuller in length from Sai, Himanshu lofts it straight down the ground for a boundary. Still only six from the over. 

Just three singles from the Sai Kishore over. 

Shankar continues. Short of a length on the pads, tucked to deep square for a single. Similar delivery, tucked squarer this time and they will get two.

Vijay Shankar into the attack. Short of a length on off, dabbed to third man for a single. Six!! Shankar attempts a bouncer but the lack of pace allows the batter to get under it and pull it over square leg for six. Ten runs from the over.

Sai Kishore continues to keep it tight despite the boundaries at the other end. Just three from the over.

Sai Kishore continues. Just the four runs from the over.

Siddarth with his sixth over. Four!! Over pitched on the stumps, the batter plays it straight down the ground and gets it past mid on for a boundary. Four!! Too full on the stumps, wristy flick through midwicket for another boundary. Fifty partnership up!

Siddarth back into the attack. Yuvraj plays it late to short third for a single. Four!! Himanshu plays the ball inside out over cover to get another boundary. Runs coming quickly for Haryana now.

Sai Kishore again. Four!! Full on the stumps, Yuvraj uses his wrists brilliantly to turn it past mid on for a boundary.

Varun continues. Four!! Bit of room outside off, Himanshu lofts it behind square on the off side and the ball runs away to the boundary. Four!! Varun finds the outside edge as Yuvraj looks to open the face, no slip in place this over and the ball runs away for a boundary.

Sai Kishore into the attack. He attacks the stumps as well. Three singles from the over. Quite a sedate start for Haryana so far. The TN bowlers have bowled well to mount the pressure.

Varun Chakravarthy into the attack. Full on the stumps from Varun, forcing the batter to come onto the front foot. A slip in place as well. Just one run from the over.

Natarajan with his fifth over off the spell, down leg again, clipped to deep fine for a double. Natarajan goes for the short ball, but it is too high and has been called a wide. Four from the over.

Siddarth with his fourth. Full outside off, two singles to long off to start the over. A slight miscommunication between the batters after tapping the ball to cover, no damage caused. Four!! Sligtly wide, cut expertly past a diving third man for a boundary.

Wicket!! Natarajan gets the breakthrough. Ankit tries to drive one on off, hits it straight to the fielder at cover. 

Ankit Kumar 12(21) ct B Indrajith b T Natarajan

Himanshu Rana in at 3. Appeal for LBW first ball but looks like it was going down leg. Maiden over again!

Siddarth continues with his tight lines. Mixing up the speeds bowling on the stump, not allowing the batters any room. Maiden over again.

Natarajan gets another one to move away from Ankit who misses his expansive drive. Length ball, driven on the up past cover for a couple. Four!! Swinging into the stumps, driven straight down the ground by Ankit for four.

Siddarth with his second. Tossed up on the stumps, Yuvraj prods forward and defends. Maiden over from the left armer.

Natarajan continues. Four!! Another delivery down the leg side, Ankit clips it through square leg for a boundary. Ankit flashes at one outside off stump but misses. Huge appeal for LBW! Umpire gives it out. Review taken immediately. Successful review as the ball is found to be pitching outside leg. 

M Siddarth in from the other end. Full on the stumps, defended right back. Siddarth bowling it quick on the stumps, three dots to start. Quick single to mid on off the last ball.

Yuvraj Singh and Ankit Kumar out to open for Haryana. Natarajan with the new ball.

Length on leg stump, solidly defended back by Yuvraj. Fuller down leg, clipped to fine leg for an easy single. Similar line to Ankit as well, he defends to mid wicket. Natarajan corrects his line, just outside off stump, Ankit dabs to third man for a single. Hint of movement in the last two balls as Yuvraj shoulders arms.

Tamil Nadu: B Aparajith, B Indrajith, C Hari Nishaanth, Dinesh Karthik (C,wk), M Siddarth, N Jagadeesan, R Sai Kishore, Shahrukh Khan, T Natarajan, Varun Chakravarthy, Vijay Shankar

Haryana: Amit Rana, Ankit Kumar, Anshul Kamboj, Ashok Menaria (C), Himanshu Rana, Harshal Patel, Nishant Sindhu, Rahul Tewatia, Rohit Sharma (wk), Sumit Kumar, Yuvraj Singh

TOSS: Haryana wins toss, opts to bat

Here is the list of top-scorers of the 2023 Vijay Hazare trophy:

Here is the list of highest wicket-takers of the 2023 Vijay Hazare trophy:

• Beat Goa by 33 runs
• Beat Bengal by five wickets
• Beat Baroda by 38 runs
• Lost to Punjab by 76 runs
• Beat Madhya Pradesh by 17 runs
• Beat Nagaland by 10 wickets
• Beat Mumbai by seven wickets

• Beat Uttarakhand by six wickets
• Beat Bihar by 10 wickets
• Beat Chandigarh by 84 runs
• Beat Mizoram by 190 runs
• Beat Delhi by 53 runs
• Beat Karnataka by five wickets
• Beat J&K by four wickets
• Beat Bengal by four wickets

Tamil Nadu, eyeing a record-extending sixth Vijay Hazare Trophy title, will be wary of a high-flying Haryana, on an eight-match winning streak, when the two teams lock horns in the semifinal at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium here on Wednesday.

Haryana, having never made it to the summit clash of a white-ball tournament at the senior level, will be all the more determined to usher in a new dawn, while Tamil Nadu will hope to revive its legacy. 

However, it will be interesting to see how Haryana contends with the absence of its top wicket-taker in the tournament Yuzvendra Chahal, who has flown to South Africa and was key in his team’s quarterfinal win over Bengal on Monday. Tamil Nadu, despite missing Sai Sudharsan, delivered its most comprehensive batting performance in the competition with a seven-wicket win against Mumbai in the last-eight stage. ​READ MORE​

The Tamil Nadu vs Haryana Vijay Hazare Trophy semifinal match will be streamed on JioCinema from 1:30 PM IST on Wednesday.