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The Tamil Nadu under-23 squad clinched the BCCI Men’s State-A one-dayers trophy, beating Uttar Pradesh by 56 runs successful the final, at Wankhede Stadium successful Mumbai connected Monday. S. Mohamed Ali led the mode for TN with a good all-round performance, scoring 57 (67b, 3x4, 4x6) and past taking a five-for (10-1-46-5).
CHENNAI: Batting first, TN made 297, riding connected half-centuries from opener S.R. Athish, Mohamed Ali and Manav Parakh. Defending a people of 298, pacer Sunny Sandhu’s tight opening spell of 5-1-8-0 helped physique the unit and wickets fell from the different end. UP rapidly slumped to 115 for 7 by the 27th over.
From there, Prasahant Veer made 87 and kept UP successful the hunt for a portion but was near with excessively overmuch to bash successful the end.
“It is simply a large feeling. We truly gelled arsenic a squad and everyone contributed to the victory. We weren’t reliant connected conscionable 1 oregon 2 players,” said skipper M. Boopathi Vaishna Kumar, who was besides the second-highest run-scorer for the broadside with 420 runs.
Mohamed Ali, the player-of-the-final added, “I conscionable kept it elemental and bowled to my strengths. I mislaid a under-19 last a fewer years agone and to triumph a trophy means a lot. This triumph volition is simply a large boost for our careers.”
The scores: Tamil Nadu 297 successful 49.3 overs (S.R. Athish 53, M. Boopathi Vaishna Kumar 37, S. Mohamed Ali 57, Manav Parakh 57, R.K. Jayant 32, Prashant Veer 3/30) bt Uttar Pradesh 241 successful 47.5 overs (Sameer Rizvi 41, Prashant Veer 87, S. Mohamed Ali 5/46).
Player-of-the-match: S. Mohamed Ali (TN); player-of-the-series: Prashant Veer (UP).
The triumphant Tamil Nadu squad with its reward. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
