Himachal Pradesh captain Rishi Dhawan celebrates after leading his team to the final of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, where they will face Tamil Nadu.
Rishi Dhawan led with a full performance as Himachal Pradesh advanced to the final of the One-Day Championship at the home of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, where he will face Tamil Nadu after beating the Sena by 77 runs in the semi-finals at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium here on Friday. .
Batting at number six, the Himachal Pradesh captain made 84 runs on 77 balls to help his team come back after the middle order collapsed as they set a challenging goal of 281 for six. In response, the Army team was reduced to 204 runs in 46.1 overs, in which Dhawan took four wickets for 27 runs in 8.1 overs. Previously, Dhawan received good support from Akash Vashisht.
Dhawan hit nine fours and six on his innings, while Vashisht hit four fours and two sixes on his 45 of 29 balls. Himachal Pradesh lost the wicket to Shubman Arora in the second over of the day. After this, Prashant Chopra (78 runs on 109 balls) and Digvijay Rangi (37 runs on 59 balls) were fired. Because of this, the team started slow reaching 100 runs in 22.2 overs.
Trying to regain race pace, Himachal lost three wickets within 24 races in between and was at 106 for four. Off course Rahul Singh fired Rangi while Nikhal Gangta (16) was left out.
Army pacemaker Divesh Pathania then fired Amit Kumar for zero, leaving Himachal in trouble. But Dhawan took over the team and shared an 88-run partnership with Chopra for the fifth wicket. Chopra, however, couldn’t turn the good start into a great inning and was fired at 42. After this, Dhawan and Vashisht formed an entertaining 83-run partnership in the last over. Dhawan came out in the last over.
Fast bowling all-rounder Dhawan again worked wonders at his bowling alley, taking the top two wickets from Senna – Lakhan Singh (07) and Mohit Ahlawat (06) in 13 overs in 36 runs. Vashisht again took two wickets for 28 runs with his left arm swing.
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Army captain Rajat Paliwal kept the race with a half century of 55 against 66 balls, as he needed 133 runs in 15 overs. But Siddharth Saxena once again shook the hopes of the army by firing Paliwal and Pulkit Narang. Saxena fired wicket-keeper hitter Devender Lochab when Sena lost two consecutive wickets at 41st. Later, Dhawan fired the tail batsmen and took his fourth wicket in the form of Raj Bahadur.
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