The highlight of the match was Mithun (5-39) taking five wickets in an over including a hat-trick and registering his name in the record books
Abhimanyu Mithun
Hat-trick in Vijay Hazare too
He had snared a hat-trick in the Vijay Hazare (national ODI championship) final against Tamil Nadu earlier this year. Asked to bat first, Haryana piled up 194-8 but Karntaka chased it in 15 overs, thanks to blazing half centuries by openers Devdutt Padikkal (87) and KL Rahul (66). In the second semi-final, TN bowlers dished out a clinical show to restrict Rajasthan to 112-9. For Rajasthan, barring two-down Rajesh Bishnoi (23), no batsman showed spine as the southern outfit grabbed wickets at regular intervals.
The Shankar-Sundar show
For TN, all-rounder Vijay Shankar (2-13) was the pick of the bowlers. TN then rode on a gritty unbeaten 54 by all-rounder Washington Sundar as they overhauled the target with 2.1 overs to spare. Sundar played a responsible knock as he held the innings from one end.
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