Shahrukh Khan powered Tamil Nadu in their pursuit of 152 runs and struck a maximum on the final delivery when his team needed five off one.
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Tamil Nadu has won the 2021/22 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy after defeating Karnataka in the final. Shahrukh Khan powered Tamil Nadu in their pursuit of 152 runs and struck a maximum on the final delivery. He led Tamil Nadu to their second consecutive championship. Tamil Nadu qualified for their third consecutive final and this time they were the defending champions. Karnataka got off to a shaky start after being invited to bat by Tamil Nadu.
In the powerplay, they lost three wickets. Middle-order batter Abhinav Manohar made a brief comeback to help Karnataka reach 100 runs. Praveen Dubey’s crucial knock helped them to 151/7. Tamil Nadu’s top three batsmen cruised through the first overs but were faced with a tough situation later on. However, Shahrukh took the reins and guided them to a fine victory.
Tamil Nadu won their third Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 title, making them the most successful team in the tournament. The tournament has been won twice by Baroda, Gujarat, and Karnataka. The 2020/21 edition was won by Tamil Nadu over Baroda. They were also the first-place finishers in the inaugural edition. In what turned out to be a nail-biting summit clash, TN defeated Punjab by two wickets.
Tamil Nadu reached the finals of a domestic limited-overs tournament for the tenth time. They have won the championship eight times in a row. Karnataka, on the other hand, lost their first-ever final (white-ball). Prior to this game, they had a perfect record in these matches.
Shahrukh proved his worth yet again. When TN was in trouble, he appeared in the middle. At that point, they needed 57 points from 28 balls. The right-handed batter launched a counter-attack, keeping TN in the race. It all came down to the final delivery, with TN needing five runs to win. Shahrukh knocked them out with a big hit.
Tanmay Agarwal of Hyderabad is the highest run-scorer in this edition. In seven matches, he scored 334 runs at an incredible average of 55.67. Agarwal had a strike rate of 148.44. The Hyderabad batter scored the joint-most half-centuries (4). On the runs tally, Agarwal is followed by Deepak Hooda (294), Ajinkya Rahane (286), Ashwin Hebbar (279), and Manan Vohra (273).
Hyderabad also has the highest wicket-taker in the 2021 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Chama V Milind, a left-arm pacer, took 18 wickets in seven matches at an average of 11.61. He had two five-wicket hauls in his career. On the wickets tally, Milind is followed by Cheepurapalli Stephen (14), Rishi Dhawan (14), and Akshay Karnewar (13).
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