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Karnataka takes connected Mumbai successful a heavyweight Vijay Hazare Trophy quarterfinal clash astatine the BCCI CoE (1) crushed present connected Monday.
The outing, worthy of a final, came astir arsenic a effect of Mumbai’s shocking illness against Punjab successful its past Elite Group C lucifer astatine Jaipur connected Thursday.
The nonaccomplishment pushed Mumbai to the 2nd spot, robbing the broadside the accidental to decorativeness connected apical and look Madhya Pradesh successful the last-eight.
Karnataka and Mumbai volition miss a fewer cardinal players. For the location side, K.L. Rahul and pacer Prasidh Krishna are absent, having been called up for India work portion Mumbai indispensable marque bash without Shreyas Iyer and an injured Shardul Thakur.
Karnataka, which dominated Elite Group A with six wins successful 7 matches, boasts of a beardown batting unit. Devdutt Padikkal, the starring run-scorer of the tournament, is successful red-hot form. Captain Mayank Agarwal is different top-order threat, with 2 centuries and arsenic galore fifties nether his belt. Karun Nair started the run well, but has not clicked successful the past 3 games.
Mumbai’s batting hopes remainder connected Sarfaraz Khan, who possesses a marauding tourney onslaught complaint of 190.56. Sarfaraz’s 20-ball 62 against Punjab enactment Mumbai successful a winning presumption earlier Shreyas, Suryakumar Yadav and Shivam Dube fto the squad down.
At the adjacent BCCI CoE (2) ground, an unbeaten Uttar Pradesh faces Saurashtra.
Aryan Juyal and skipper Rinku Singh person been among the runs for Uttar Pradesh, and are backed by the big-hitting Sameer Rizvi and all-rounder Prashant Veer.
Saurashtra has unearthed 2 standout performers successful middle-order batter Sammar Gajjar and accelerated bowler Ankur Panwar. The much experienced opening brace of Harvik Desai and Vishvaraj Jadeja tin marque the astir of an adjacent paced BCCI CoE pitch.
Hugely impressive
On Tuesday, Delhi starts arsenic the favourite against Vidarbha successful the 3rd quarterfinal. Delhi, which enactment connected a drawstring of commanding shows successful the Elite Group D matches held here, counts connected a terrific gait trio — Ishant Sharma, Prince Yadav and Navdeep Saini — to blast done the absorption line-up.
The schedule: Quarterfinals: Monday: Karnataka vs Mumbai (QF1), BCCI CoE (1); Uttar Pradesh vs Saurashtra (QF2), BCCI CoE (2).
Tuesday: Punjab vs Madhya Pradesh (QF3), BCCI CoE (1); Delhi vs Vidarbha (QF4), BCCI CoE (2).
Quarterfinals commencement astatine 9 a.m.
Semifinals: Jan. 15: Winner of QF1 vs Winner of QF4, BCCI CoE (1).
Jan. 16: Winner of QF2 vs Winner of QF3, BCCI CoE (1).
Final: Jan. 18: BCCI CoE (1)
Semifinals and last commencement astatine 1.30 p.m.
