Ranji Trophy 2024: Sai Kishore’s all-round game took Tamil Nadu to the semi-finals, made it to the semi-finals after 7 years
Tamil Nadu has defeated Saurashtra by an innings and 33 runs. Sai Kishore (Image Credit- Twitter X) Tamil Nadu vs Saurashtra, 3rd Quarter Final: The third quarterfinal match of the ongoing Ranji Trophy was played between Tamil Nadu and Saurashtra. Let us tell you that in this match, Tamil Nadu has created history by defeating the strong Saurashtra by an innings and 33 runs. Also, with this victory, they have also made it to the semi-finals of Ranji Trophy after 7 years. So, team captain and all-rounder Sai Kishore played an important role in helping Tamil Nadu win the match. Let us tell you that in the match he scored 60 runs along with taking 9 wickets in both the innings, and for this excellent performance he was also given the Player of the Match award. TAMIL NADU QUALIFIED INTO THE RANJI TROPHY SEMI-FINAL AFTER 7 LONG YEARS. – Sai Kishore & his boys have created history by defeating the mighty Saurashtra…!!!! pic.twitter.com/QBd7vTuwbU —Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) February 25, 2024 Status of Tamil Nadu vs Saurashtra, 3rd quarterfinal match: If we give you information about this match played at SNR College Cricket Ground, Coimbatore, then Saurashtra won the toss and decided to bat first, which proved to be completely wrong for them. Let us tell you that Saurashtra’s first innings collapsed for only 183 runs in front of the excellent bowling of Tamil Nadu. In the first innings for the team, only wicketkeeper Harvik Desai could play a big inning of 83 runs. Apart from this, no other player could score more runs. On the other hand, if we talk about Tamil Nadu’s bowling, captain Sai Kishore took maximum 5 wickets, while S Ajit Ram got 3 and Sandeep Warrier got 2 wickets. After this, Tamil Nadu lost all its wickets for 338 runs in 119.4 overs in the first innings and took a lead of 155 runs over Saurashtra. Sai Kishore (60), Baba Inderjit (80) and Bupati Kumar (65) played half-century innings for Tamil Nadu. On the other hand, after this, when the Saurashtra team came to bat in the second innings, it collapsed like a pack of cards in front of the excellent bowling of Tamil Nadu. Cheteshwar Pujara played the best innings of 46 runs, while Kevin Jivaarjani scored 27 runs. The entire Saurashtra team was all out for just 122 runs and lost the match innings by a margin of 33 runs.