CRICKET | TN eases past Maharashtra for C.K. Nayudu Trophy title

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Tamil Nadu players observe  with the C.K. Nayudu Trophy aft  beating Maharashtra successful  the last  astatine  Natham successful  Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu, connected  Wednesday, 11 March 2026.

Tamil Nadu players observe with the C.K. Nayudu Trophy aft beating Maharashtra successful the last astatine Natham successful Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu, connected Wednesday, 11 March 2026. | Photo Credit: G. KARTHIKEYAN

Tamil Nadu clinched its maiden Col. C.K. Nayudu Trophy title, chasing down 66 to bushed Maharashtra by 7 wickets connected the 3rd time of the last astatine the NPR College Cricket Ground present connected Wednesday.

In doing so, it completed a double, having already lifted the BCCI men’s u-23 State-A (One-Day) Trophy this season.

Earlier successful the day, Kiran Karthikeyan’s power continued aft his innings. Having been the past antheral retired for 86 (207b, 9x4) successful Tamil Nadu’s 334, which secured a first-innings pb of 96, helium ran retired opener Vicky Ostwal astatine the striker’s extremity with a crisp portion of fielding from backward quadrate limb connected the 2nd shot of Maharashtra’s 2nd innings (161).

— BCCI Domestic (@BCCIdomestic) March 11, 2026

Left-arm spinners Sachin Rathi and P. Vignesh took 3 wickets each. Sachin (three for 57) had skipper Sachin Dhas (25) miscue to mid-off, Arshin Kulkarni (44) top-edge a slog expanse to wide mid-on, and Kiran Chormale (4) borderline to slip. Vignesh had Digvijay Patil (6) and Ajay Borude (8) caught behind, portion Vaibhav Darkunde (7) holed retired to heavy quadrate leg.

Off-spinner Mohamed Ali (two for 18) trapped Harsh U. Mogaveera (3) limb earlier and had Sahil Autade (1) caught disconnected his ain bowling. Fellow off-spinner Manav Parakh had top-scorer Niraj Joshi (55, 129b, 3x4, 1x6) caught astatine silly point.

Defiance came done a 78-run fourth-wicket basal betwixt opener Niraj and Arshin.

— BCCI Domestic (@BCCIdomestic) March 11, 2026

The scores: Maharashtra 238 & 161 successful 53.2 overs (Niraj Joshi 55, Arshin Kulkarni 44, P. Vignesh 3/42, Sachin Rathi 3/57) mislaid to Tamil Nadu 334 successful 115.5 overs (S.R. Athish 35, G. Govinth 31, Boopathi Vaishna Kumar 44, Kiran Karthikeyan 86, S. Mohamed Ali 31, Manav Parakh 47, Abhishek Nishad 4/71, Kiran Chormale 3/62) & 67/3 successful 20 overs (Vicky Ostwal 3/32).

Published - March 11, 2026 05:26 p.m. IST

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