Devdutt Padikkal was the hero of Karnataka in this match.
Punjab set a target of 250 runs for Karnataka. On the fourth day of the game, Karnataka chased this target in 27.5 overs and made its place in the quarter-finals. Devdutt Padikkal played the captaincy innings. He faced 85 balls in the second innings and scored unbeaten 120 runs while batting at a strike rate of 141.18. Padikkal hit 6 fours and 5 sixes in his innings. He was the hero of his team in this run chase.
The condition of the match was like this
Punjab won the toss and decided to bat first. In such a situation, Punjab scored 309 runs in the first innings. Abhijeet Garg and Immanjot Singh had scored 83-83 runs. Vidyadhar Patil took 4 wickets and Shreyas Gopal took 3 wickets for Karnataka. After this, Karnataka scored 316 runs in the first innings and took a lead of 7 runs. Shreyas Gopal scored the highest 77 runs for Karnataka. KL Rahul also scored 59 runs. Harpreet Brar took 4 wickets and Sukhdeep Bajwa took 3 wickets. Punjab was all out after scoring 256 runs in the second innings. In such a situation, Karnataka got the target of 250 runs. Apart from Devdutt Padikkal’s century, Mayank Agarwal also scored 53 runs for Karnataka while chasing the target of 250 runs. Anmoljeet Singh and Imanjot Singh took 2-2 wickets for Punjab. Sukhdeep Bajwa also got 1 wicket.
