In January, Puducherry bowled Mumbai out for simply 94 on their solution to a six-wicket win on the Wankhede Stadium within the T20I Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. On Tuesday, they defeated the defending champions within the 50-over Vijay Hazare Trophy by 18 runs in a low-scoring sport at Thiruvananthapuram.
Former Himachal Pradesh legend, Paras Dogra maintained the batting order with 58 runs to drag Puducherry to 157. Off-spinner Fabid Ahmed scored 4/16 in ten overs as Mumbai rolled to 90/8 regardless of the presence of Suryakumar Yadav and Yashasvi Jaiswal.
Opener Akashit Gomel (70) chased down the goal with the ninth wicket of 49 runs together with Dhawal Kulkarni. But with 19 runs nonetheless wanted, mainly two Mumbai gamers – Sagar Udeshi and Sagar Trivedi – dismissed the pair to register a memorable win for Puducherry.
It was not the primary main scalp of the event for Puducherry, although it ended a depressing protection of the title for Mumbai with just one win from 5 matches. Puducherry had additionally defeated the ultimate toppers of Group B, Tamil Nadu and Bengal.
“I’d say Tamil Nadu’s win was larger than Mumbai’s. We misplaced to Tamil Nadu in Mushtaq Ali final month, however we beat Mumbai in T20 final season.’
Yagnik mentioned that many individuals had described him as a ‘group of dying’, which his aspect was astonished.
“What we did on this event is that we didn’t go within the title of the opposition. Instead, we stored specializing in our talents and the sport.
“So many people called me ahead of the tournament to say that we are going into the death group, that we will find it very difficult to survive against teams like Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Mumbai, Bengal and Baroda.”
The fielding coach of Rajasthan Royals felt that such assessments have been unfair to his staff, which then resolved to make life troublesome for the established sides. “We had determined that we have been going to present a troublesome time to a few of these home giants. Even our gamers needed to indicate that they have been at this stage. We are usually not like some groups within the North-East.
“And when we lose, the atmosphere in the dressing room becomes unpleasant and that’s a good sign for a team, that losing is hurting the players.”
Puducherry completed on 12 factors – much like Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Bengal – however missed out on qualifying for the knockouts on the idea of web run-rate. Tamil Nadu superior to the quarter-finals, whereas Karnataka superior to the pre-quarters.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
