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Vijay Hazare Trophy final: Karnataka vs Tamil Nadu: Battle of Heavyweights: Preview, Team News, Playing XIs, TV Info

Karnataka vs Tamil Nadu: The spotlight will be on India players Mayank Agarwal, R Ashwin and KL Rahul when the evenly-matched Karnataka and Tamil Nadu lock horns in the title clash of the Vijay Hazare Trophy here on Friday.

By Pti
Karnataka will host Tamil Nadu at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Friday


Bengaluru, Oct. 24: The spotlight will be on India players Mayank Agarwal, R Ashwin and KL Rahul when the evenly-matched Karnataka and Tamil Nadu lock horns in the title clash of the Vijay Hazare Trophy here on Friday.
Well-balanced title clash

Well-balanced title clash

The Manish Pandey-led Karnataka were convincing in their victories in the knockout games but Tamil Nadu, who dominated the league phase, were a tad lucky as the rain rule allowed them to go past Punjab in the quarterfinals before young M Shahrukh Khan guided them home in the semifinal against Gujarat.

The two sides are equally matched, with a formidable batting line-up and a set of quality bowlers, though the presence of R Ashwin gives the TN attack more experience and variety.

The Friday's clash will be decided by how the two bowling attacks perform given that both teams have a lot of depth in batting.

Rahul at the forefront for hosts K'taka

Rahul at the forefront for hosts K'taka

The home side has been well served by out-of-favour Test opener K L Rahul (546 runs in 10 games), who has come into his own in the quarterfinals and semis and his opening partner Devdutt Padikkal (598 runs from 10 matches).

Captain Manish Pandey has been in good touch too and he will look to pull his weight in the summit clash as would Mayank and Test discard Karun Nair.

TN's formidable batting line-up

TN's formidable batting line-up

Tamil Nadu have an equally formidable batting unit with Baba Aparajith (480 runs), southpaw Abhinav Mukund (440 runs) and the stylish Murali Vijay at the forefront.

Skipper Dinesh Karthik has donned the finisher role with some telling knocks and would be expected to lead from the front in the final.

All-rounder Vijay Shankar and young Shahrukh Khan have made crucial contributions with the latter putting his hand up in a tricky chase on Wednesday.

K'taka's bowling unit

K'taka's bowling unit

The Karnataka bowling has seen an unlikely hero emerge with V Kousik picking up four wickets in the semifinal demolition of Chhattisgarh while the pacers -- experienced Abhimanyu Mithun and Prasidh Krishna -- and the spinners K Gowtham, Shreyas Gopal and Praveen Dube among the wickets.

The host bowlers will be up against a confident Tamil Nadu batting line-up and stopping it will hold the key to success.

Ashwin has his work cut out

Ashwin has his work cut out

Off-spinner R Ashwin and leg spinner Murugan Ashwin will be aware that the Chinnaswamy stadium with its small boundaries can be tough on the bowlers and have a huge task of containing the likes of Rahul, Mayank and others.

The role of the Tamil Nadu medium-pacers T Natarajan, M Mohammed and K Vignesh would be crucial as getting early wickets can have a huge impact on the game.

The final offers Tamil Nadu a chance for redemption after the horror run in the previous two seasons while Karnataka which hasn't had a great 2018-19 season will also look to start with a bang with a title win.

Teams (from)

Teams (from)

Karnataka: Manish Pandey (C), K L Rahul, Devdutt Padikkal, Mayank Agarwal, Karun Nair, Pavan Deshpande, K Gowtham, Shreyas Gopal, S Sharath (wk), Abhimanyu Mithun, V Koushik, Prasidh Krishna, Ronit More, Praveen Dube, J Suchith, Abhishek Reddy.

Tamil Nadu: Dinesh Karthik (C), Abhinav Mukund, Murali Vijay, B Aparajith, Vijay Shankar, M S Washington Sundar, M Shahrukh Khan, R Ashwin, M Mohammed, T Natarajan, K Vignesh, M Ashwin, N Jagadeesan (wk), Abhishek Tanwar, C Hari Nishaanth, J Kousik.

Match info:

Match info:

The Vijay Hazare final between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu will start at 9:00am IST on Friday (Oct. 25) at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

Live on Star Sports Network

Source: PTI

Story first published: Thursday, October 24, 2019, 18:02 [IST]
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