da poker： Tamil Nadu beat Hyderabad by three wickets in a last ball finish at the MAChidambaram stadium in Chepauk to stay in contention for the P Subbiah PillaiTrophy
Anand Vasu09-Dec-2000Tamil Nadu beat Hyderabad by three wickets in a last ball finish at the MAChidambaram stadium in Chepauk to stay in contention for the P Subbiah PillaiTrophy. It was a last ball boundary from R Sathish that took Tamil Nadu past thetarget of 257 off 47 overs. A solid 70 in the top order from Sadagopan Rameshoff just 82 balls set the tone for the Tamil Nadu run chase. JR Madanagopal’s 65at the top of the innings too did no harm to the Tamil Nadu cause. However, theloss of wickets when the job was not yet done caused more than a few flutters. Abrisk 32 (34 balls, 2 fours, 1 six) from Robin Singh saw Tamil Nadu to 237 off44.3 overs before the skipper fell.Then the heroics started. R Sathish was certainly the star as he slammed 10 runsoff just 4 balls to see Tamil Nadu through. Needing one run to win off the lastball of the reduced 47 overs, Satish struck the ball to the fence and settledthe matter. This win was a vital one for Tamil Nadu and put them level withKarnataka and Hyderabad at the top of the points table with six points.Earlier in the day, Hyderabad managed to post 256 off fifty overs thanks mainlyto an innings of 107 (132 balls, 7 fours, 4 sixes) from Vanka Pratap. Tamil Naduon the other hand got to face only 47 overs, being docked three overs for a slowover rate. Apart from Pratap, the rest of the batsmen chipped in with usefulscores, but no one got stuck in for a long essay. At the end of the day thescore of 256 ended up being attainable for the hosts.