Tamil Nadu Squad: Tushar Raheja, N Jagadeesan(w), Boopathi Kumar, Baba Indrajith, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, Vijay Shankar, Mohamed Ali, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore(c), Varun Chakaravarthy, Trilok Nag, Sandeep Warrier, Shahrukh Khan, S Ajith Ram, Andre Siddarth C, Pranav Ragavendra, CV Achyuth
Rajasthan Squad: Shubham Garhwal, Sumit Godara, Kartik Sharma, Deepak Hooda, Rajkumar Saini, Samarpit Joshi(w), Manav Suthar(c), Kukna Ajay Singh, Rahul Chahar, Mohit Jain, Khaleel Ahmed, Aniket Choudhary, Deepak Chahar, Mahipal Lomror, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Abhijeet Tomar, Rajat Choudhary, Zubair Ali khan, Ram Mohan Chouhan, Rajveer Singh Rathore, Aman Singh Shekhawat
The Rajasthan vs Tamil Nadu, pre-quarterfinal match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2024-25 will be streamed live on the JioCinema app and website and telecast on the Sports18 channels.
Tamil Nadu skipper Sai Kishore has called it right at the all-important toss and has inserted Rajasthan to bat first.
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Rajasthan (Playing XI): Abhijeet Tomar, Sachin Yadav, Kartik Sharma(w), Deepak Hooda, Mahipal Lomror(c), Samarpit Joshi, Aman Singh Shekhawat, Manav Suthar, Kukna Ajay Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, Aniket Choudhary
Tamil Nadu (Playing XI): Tushar Raheja, N Jagadeesan(w), Boopathi Kumar, Baba Indrajith, Sanjay Yadav, Vijay Shankar, Mohamed Ali, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore(c), Varun Chakaravarthy, Sandeep Warrier, Trilok Nag
Tamil Nadu, after opting to field first are off to a very disciplined start with the new ball as Sandeep Warrier and Vijay Shankar are making the ball jag around. Abhijeet Tomar and Sachin Yadav, opening for Rajasthan, are looking cautious but have also respected the good balls.
Tamil Nadu have their first breakthrough of the preliminary quarter-final as Trilok Nag sends Sachin Yadav back. A good TN start has only been bettered. For Rajasthan, skipper Mahipal Lomror has made his way to the middle.
Sandeep Warrier, Vijay Shankar and Trilog Nag have done fairly well with the ball having not let Rajasthan get away. The Mahipal Lomror-led side will need to up the ante once the platform is set, going against a formidable bowling attack.
Abhijeet Tomar and Mahipal Lomror have started to build a solid partnership for Rajasthan as Tamil Nadu now are on a serious search for wickets. The duo has set a platform and will look to bat till the 25th over and then take the attack to the opposition.
The first-part of Rajasthan's rebuild has been successfully ticked as both Abhijeet Tomar and Mahipal Lomror have batted beautifully to take them to 141 for the loss of just one in 25 overs. With 25 more overs left, and nine wickets still in the tank, Rajasthan will look to score upwards of 300.
Sai Kishore's men are slowly coming back into the game with quick wickets as Varun Chakravarthy has picked up three in not much time. Rajasthan are now 209 for the loss of four wickets with 14 overs to go.
After a sensational hundred from Abhijeet Tomar and a composed 60 from Mahipal Lomror, Varun Chakravarthy has just helped Tamil Nadu come back with four wickets. With six overs to go, Rajasthan have already made 260 and have four wickets in the bank.
Varun Chakravarthy stars with the ball and has picked up a five-for to restrict Rajasthan to 267/10 in 47.3 overs. Abhijeet Tomar scored a brilliant century while Mahipal Lomror played the perfect supporting role but the spinner got his team back with a stunning spell. Sandeep Warrier and Sai Kishore added two wickets to the tally.
We are just a few minutes away from the chase. Stay tuned for all the live updates as Tamil Nadu look for a spot in the quarter-finals.
Tamil Nadu are off to the perfect start as openers Narayan Jagadeeshan Tushar Raheja take them to 47/0 in just four overs. Jagadeeshan is striking at over 200, and it looks like he wants to finish this soon.
Tamil Nadu have lost their way a little after two quick wickets in the form of Tushar Raheja and Bhoopathi Vaishna Kumar. However, they have two experienced candidates in Jagadeeshan and Indrajith in the middle and all hopes will be pinned on the duo.
And that's drinks in Vadodara. Jagadeeshan and Indrajith are slowly starting to stitch a valuable partnership for Tamil Nadu. They have now notched up 86 for two in their 15 overs and still need 186 more for victory.
Tamil Nadu have lost one of their main batters in Narayan Jagadeeshan after a brilliant 65 from just 52 deliveries, scoring ten fours. Tamil Nadu, with Indrajith and Vijay Shankar out there in the middle, need 143 more runs to win.
Aman Shekhawat dismissed the set batter Baba Indrajith in the 25th over. Vijay Shankar and Mohammaed Ali are batting for Tamil Nadu with 134 runs still needed in the half of the overs left.
Sanjay Yadav lost his wicket after the opponent team took a review and that made the umpires change their decision of not out. Mohammed Ali lost his wicket to an unfortunate run-out. Now, Tamil Nadu need 72 runs to win off 13 overs with only four wickets in hand.
Vijay Shankar has shown his all-round skill in the death overs once again as Tamil Nadu are just 33 runs away from a much-needed win in the Vijay Hazare Trophy pre-quarterfinal match against Rajasthan. With five overs left in the game, Varun Chakaravarthy is batting with him.
Aman Singh Shekhawat bowled Vijay Shankar on the first delivery of the 46th over to tarnish the dreams of Tamil Nadu to qualify for the quarterfinals. That was the turning point in the game and after that wicket, Tamil Nadu lost the rest of the wickets within 13 runs and lost the match by 19 runs.
Rajasthan defeated Tamil Nadu and Haryana defeated Bengal in the first two pre-quarterfinals to qualify for the next stage in the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2024-25. That's all from our side. Goodbye and take care!