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Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20: Semifinal: Rajasthan vs TN; Punjab vs Baroda: Timing, TV channel, Live streaming

Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20: Semifinal: Rajasthan vs TN; Punjab vs Baroda: Timing, TV channel, Live streaming info. The two semifinals will be played on Friday at Ahmedabad.

Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20: Semifinal: Preview

Ahmedabad, January 28: Shahrukh Khan's brute power will be countered by experience and guile of Chahar brothers - Deepak and Rahul - when a Tamil Nadu lock horns with Rajasthan in the semifinal of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on Friday (January 29).

With IPL 2021 auction set for February 18, players from both side wouldn't like to miss out on an opportunity to impress the talent scouts of various IPL teams like Shahrukh did against Himachal Pradesh during Tamil Nadu's quarter-final victory.

Rajasthan on the other hand have been a steady side with a host of young T20 specialists like Mahipal Lomror (170 runs at strike rate of 165 plus) in batting and Chahar along with last IPL's find Ravi Bishnoi and left-armers Khaleel Ahmed and Aniket Chaudhary in bowling department.

Rajasthan's top-scorer in the tournament is Ankit Lamba (198 runs) but he would like to improve on his strike-rate. Rajasthan will, however, depend on their premier leg-spinner Rahul Chahar (11 wickets) who has been named as a stand by for England series. Similarly, for Tamil Nadu, their premier run-scorer N Jagadeesan (322 runs) would feel that he might have done enough to ensure that Mahendra Singh Dhoni gives him regular chances for CSK in the upcoming IPL 2021.

Skipper Dinesh Karthik have had a quiet season by his standards but is known to fire on big days. Even the others batsmen like C Hari Nishanth, Baba Aparajith and KB Arun Karthik will be more than keen to make an impact against a quality Rajasthan attack. In the bowling department, leg-spinner M Ashwin and left-arm spinner R Sai Kishore have been quite a handful but it was Aparajith, who was the surprise packet, taking the new ball and enjoying a great degree of success too.

The trio will be keen to play their roles to perfection and aid the pacers Mohammed Mohammed and Aswin Crist in absence of Sandeep Warrier, who has been picked as a net bowler for the England Tests.

In the second semis, Punjab's battle hardened veterans like Siddarth Kaul and Sandeep Sharma will pose a few questions in the semifinal for Baroda's Vishnu Solanki, who has won many fans with a perfect last ball execution of 'Helicopter Shot' during his team thrilling quarterfinal win against Haryana.

Kaul, Sandeep and Arshdeep Singh, along with leg-spinner Mayank Markande have been outstanding throughout the tournament with economy rate of less than seven runs per over. Baroda would want their pacers Lukman Meriwala and former India U-19 Atith Sheth to rattle the Punjab top-order and their left-arm spinners Bhargav Bhatt, Ninad Rathwa and off-spinner Kartik Kakade would also hold the key.

But when it comes to their batting, it would be all about skipper Kedar Devdhar and Solanki, who have bailed out the team more than once in the tournament.

Match timing: Tamil Nadu vs Rajasthan - 12 PM IST

Punjab vs Baroda - 7 PM IST

All the matches will be live on Star Sports Networks. Live streaming on: HotStar.

Story first published: Thursday, January 28, 2021, 16:45 [IST]
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