CHENNAI: After beginning off their home season by profitable the Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy final month, Tamil Nadu will need to proceed their sturdy present on the Vijay Hazare Trophy as nicely the place they play Punjab in Indore on Saturday. The Dinesh Karthik-led facet, who misplaced to Karnataka within the final version’s ultimate, have a slight edge on paper due to the depth they possess each in batting and bowling.
Hari Nishaanth and N Jagadeesan will open the proceedings for TN with KB Arun Karthick, B Aparajith, Karthik and M Shahrukh Khan finishing the top-order. There could possibly be probabilities within the bowling line-up relying on the wicket. In a nutshell, the TN unit wears a settled look regardless of the absence of distinguished gamers like R Ashwin, M Vijay, Vijay Shankar, Washington Sundar and T Natarajan. “We have been capable of carry out nicely on the Mushtaq Ali T20s with the present squad. Continuity is the important thing in any format and whoever has carried out nicely for us will get his probabilities,” Vasu informed TOI on the eve of the match.
The group’s good kind in the intervening time however, coach D Vasu warned his facet in opposition to complacency at any level of time. “Punjab is a robust facet and we’ll by no means take them evenly. Gamers in our facet are extraordinarily aggressive and know totally nicely that they must carry out persistently to stay within the enjoying XI,” Vasu identified. Vasu is obvious that his facet will financial institution on its spinners to ship the products. “Our spinners are our energy and I’m hopeful that they are going to come into play all through the event,” stated Vasu.
Punjab, then again, can be no pushovers. Mandeep Singh, who sustained a shoulder harm in the course of the Mushtaq Ali semifinal in opposition to Baroda, is match once more to guide the facet. Punjab has firepower each in batting and bowling. Mandeep and vice-captain Gurkeerat Singh Mann fashioned the fulcrum of Punjab’s batting and have the accountability of doing the majority of run-scoring. The facet possesses wholesome bowling choices in tempo and spin. Their pacers embrace Sandeep Sharma, Siddarth Kaul, Arshdeep Singh and Barinder Sran. Leg-spinner Mayank Markhande and left-arm spinners — Harpreet Brar and Karan Kaila — full the spin trio.
Hari Nishaanth and N Jagadeesan will open the proceedings for TN with KB Arun Karthick, B Aparajith, Karthik and M Shahrukh Khan finishing the top-order. There could possibly be probabilities within the bowling line-up relying on the wicket. In a nutshell, the TN unit wears a settled look regardless of the absence of distinguished gamers like R Ashwin, M Vijay, Vijay Shankar, Washington Sundar and T Natarajan. “We have been capable of carry out nicely on the Mushtaq Ali T20s with the present squad. Continuity is the important thing in any format and whoever has carried out nicely for us will get his probabilities,” Vasu informed TOI on the eve of the match.
The group’s good kind in the intervening time however, coach D Vasu warned his facet in opposition to complacency at any level of time. “Punjab is a robust facet and we’ll by no means take them evenly. Gamers in our facet are extraordinarily aggressive and know totally nicely that they must carry out persistently to stay within the enjoying XI,” Vasu identified. Vasu is obvious that his facet will financial institution on its spinners to ship the products. “Our spinners are our energy and I’m hopeful that they are going to come into play all through the event,” stated Vasu.
Punjab, then again, can be no pushovers. Mandeep Singh, who sustained a shoulder harm in the course of the Mushtaq Ali semifinal in opposition to Baroda, is match once more to guide the facet. Punjab has firepower each in batting and bowling. Mandeep and vice-captain Gurkeerat Singh Mann fashioned the fulcrum of Punjab’s batting and have the accountability of doing the majority of run-scoring. The facet possesses wholesome bowling choices in tempo and spin. Their pacers embrace Sandeep Sharma, Siddarth Kaul, Arshdeep Singh and Barinder Sran. Leg-spinner Mayank Markhande and left-arm spinners — Harpreet Brar and Karan Kaila — full the spin trio.
