Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021-22: Darshan Nalkande picks four wickets in four balls in semi-final

The second semi-final match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021-22 saw action between Vidarbha and Karnataka. Though Karnataka went on to grab the game by four runs, Vidarbha pacer Darshan Nalkande picked four wickets in four balls straight. All of his four wickets came in the final over of Karnataka’s innings.

As soon as Nalkande completed the first wicket, he looked adamant enough to place another fine ball and he executed the same. All the fine deliveries pushed the batters to play a shot which found fielders’ safe hands. A hat-trick in the game is already considered a huge feat for the bowlers but the Vidarbha pacer only got satisfied with four wickets in a go.

The falling of wickets began from Aniruddha Joshi and was followed by Sharath BR, J Suchith, and Abhinav Manohar. All the batters came and went in no time but the only big wicket can be called of Manohar who looked on a song while having collected 27 runs off 13 deliveries.

Here is a look at four wickets scalped by Vidarbha pacer Darshan Nalkande

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KC Cariappa shines from Karnataka’s bowling artillery in the semi-final

Talking about the match, Vidarbha won the toss and put their opponents to Bat first. The Vidarbha opener Roham Kadam laid the foundation of a fairytale start for Karnataka as he smashed 87 off 56 deliveries to push Karnataka to post good 176 runs on the board. He was well supported by his partner and captain of the side Manish Pandey who smashed a fifty (54 off 42) to continue the momentum of the side.

Lalit Yadav picked two wickets for Vidharbha and the rest of the attention from bowling was solely captured by young pacer Nalkande. Though almost every batter from the Vidarbha side stepped up for the team’s cause, they remained four runs short of winning the game towards the end. Atharva Taide and Ganesh Satish collected 32 and 31 runs respectively.

KC Cariappa picked two wickets for his side and had the best economy to offer on the day from Karnataka’s bowling artillery