Karnataka 281 for 8 (Padikkal 102, Aneesh 52, Limbani 3-47, Sheth 3-41) beat Baroda 276 (Rawat 104, Sheth 56, Gopal 2-38, Koushik 2-39) by 5 runs
Wicketkeeper Krishnan Shrijith dismissed Krunal by flinging himself full stretch to his left to tug off a one-hand catch off V Koushik. Within the subsequent over, Shreyas Gopal had Vishnu Solanki lbw. Mayank Agarawal, the Karnataka captain, then ran again 30 yards from mid-off with the ball swirling away to catch Shivalik Sharma.
The wickets of Pania and Rawat within the house of three balls turned the sport once more. Having gone for 58 in 9 wicketless overs, Prasidh bowled a slower bouncer that received Rawat’s vanguard to wicketkeeper Shrijith.
Nonetheless, Bhargav Bhatt and Raj Limbani stored hitting the very important boundaries to deliver the equation right down to 13 off the final six balls. However rookie left-arm seamer Abhilash Shetty was not fazed by the strain. With Baroda needing 8 off the final two, they tried to steal a second to get Bhatt on strike with six to get off the final ball, however an correct throw by R Smaran at deep midwicket to the wicketkeeper had Bhatt run out to finish the sport.
That Karnataka had a sizeable complete to defend was right down to Padikkal, who helped his group overcome the early lack of Agarawal on a pitch that had loads of help for the quicks early on. Padikkal and KV Aneesh placed on 133 for the second wicket to put the muse of the innings.
Padikkal was extreme on Baroda off spinner Mahesh Pithiya, utilizing his ft recurrently to attain boundaries as Karnataka appeared to speed up. He fell quickly after attending to a century off 94 deliveries, top-edging a pull to the wicketkeeper off Limbani. From 172 for two, Karnataka misplaced a clutch of wickets, however cameos from Shrijith and Abhinav Manohar took them to a match-winning rating of 281.
