Left-arm spinner P. Vidyuth’s seven for 73 helped TNCA President’s XI bowl out Jammu & Kashmir for 230 and safe a big 337-run first-innings lead on day 4 of the Buchi Babu match semifinal on the CSK High Performance Centre right here on Wednesday.
After J&Okay collapsed from its in a single day 212 for 4, it conceded the match for TNCA President’s XI to progress to the final.
There was appreciable flip and bounce for the spinners on the third day, when Vidyuth had claimed three wickets.
On the fourth day, he opened his tally with a basic left-arm spinner’s dismissal – he had Dikshant Kundal (1) bowled off a supply that pitched on center, turned, and hit the highest of the off-stump.
Abid Mushtaq (duck) performed off his hip to be caught at leg-slip as Vidyuth claimed his second five-for of this version.
Opener Yawar Hassan, who had dug in for 84 (204b, 10×4), was trapped plumb in entrance off a ball that pitched on center and straightened.
Sunil Kumar (duck), the final wicket to fall, was bowled off a supply that stored low and went with the arm.
Another left-arm tweaker, Vanshaj Sharma, who had injured his bowling shoulder on the sphere on Tuesday, was absent harm.
The scores (semifinal, day 4): TNCA President’s XI 567/9 decl. bt Jammu & Kashmir 230 in 74 overs (Yawar Hassan 84, Abdul Samad 75, P. Vidyuth 7/73).
