Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE, Semi-final: Vidarbha enter final, win by 6 wickets

That is it. Samarth hits the winning runs for Vidarbha as they win with much ease. He ends on 76 not out. Well done.

Mere formalities left in the match now. Vidarbha are in line to make the final.

There you go. Vidyadhar Patil has removed Mokhade finally for a well-made 138 from 122. But it is too little too late for the team.

The partnership is already a massive 139 runs. Mokhade has been the find of the tournament and has shown tremendous consistency.

Samarth has also reached his 50. Now, Karnataka are in line to lose, perhaps their first ever match in VHT against Vidarbha.

Vidarbha now need just 50 to win with 11 overs left. They are cruising here. Unless Karnataka perform some sort of a miracle, the game's done and dusted.


VID: 232/2 after 39 overs. Aman Mokhade 124*, Ravikumar Samarth 51*

Vidarbha has picked up the pace by the big time. From needing 100 off 98, now they need 66 from 78. 


VID: 215/2 after 37 overs. Aman Mokhade 111*, Ravikumar Samarth 47*

A sensational knock from Aman Mokhade in the first semifinal. He has been in form. Having already registered 4 hundreds in the tournament, Mokhade has struck his best one in the biggest match. 

110, 139, 150*,147 and 102*: these are have his big scores. 

VID: 191/2 after 35 overs. Aman Mokhade 102*, Ravikumar Samarth 32*

Vidarbha are in a comfortable position. Two well set batters. The run rate is well within grasp. 

VID: 182/2 after 34 overs. Aman Mokhade 95*, Ravikumar Samarth 30*

150 up for Vidarbha. They are a little behind on the required run rate but with 8 wickets in hand, he's very much gettable. 

VID: 154/2 after 30 overs. Aman Mokhade 85*, Ravikumar Samarth 12*

There hasn't been much slowdown from Vidarbha. Mokhade is going harder after his fifty. He has struck 3 boundaries in the last 2 overs. With him there in the middle, Karnataka can't be at ease.

VID: 129/2 after 26 overs. Aman Mokhade 66*, Ravikumar Samarth 5*

Fifty for Aman Mokhade. The opener has been playing so well. Minutes after he reached the milestone, his partner Dhruv Shorey has walked back to the pavillion. Abhilash Shetty has his 2nd wicket. Can Karnataka turn things around from here?

VID: 107/2 after 23.2 overs. Dhruv Shorey 47, Aman Mokhade 50*

A good first over by Gopal here, and just four runs from it. Until now, it has been excellent from Mokhade and Shorey.

Mokhade and Shorey are reaching closing to their fifties here. It has been excellent showing and nothing seems to be working for Karnataka.

It is still four pacers operating for Karnataka, and clearly it is not working well. Gopal needs to come on soon.

Shorey and Mokhade have added 34 together. The run rate is also picking up well. Karnataka in need of a wicket here.

Vijaykumar Vyshak comes into the attack now. Wicket needed now, as this partnership is growing slowly.

Spin could be introduced soon. Karnataka must be tempted to get in Shreyas Gopal. He can turn the ball, and leg-spinners tend to pick up wickets.

Dhruv Shorey is the key batter here. He is one of the best for the team for a couple of years. Karanataka looking like getting another wicket any moment.

Shetty and Kaverappa have started the proceedings well. Not giving anything away for the moment. Another good over comes to an end.

Abhilash has the first wicket for Karnataka here. Taide edges one straight to first slip, and Padikkal takes a good catch.

Taide does get a four to start the fresh over, but the Vidarbha batters are still judging the pace of the wicket. Going slow for now.

Vidwath Kaverappa starts the proceedings for Karnataka, and it is a maiden over. Good start there.

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ful eyes

All eyes will be on Aman Mokhade, who has been excellent in the VHT. He has scored 643 runs so far in the tournament at an average of 91 with 4 tons.

It would be an uphill task for Vidarbha. They have the batting to do it, but the pitch might not be the best for a chase here. Let us find out.

Yash Thakur takes his 2nd wicket of the day in the last over and Karnataka's innings ends at 280. Nalkande leads Vidarbha out of the field with a 5-wicket haul.

It's all coming down quickly. Manohar just couldn't get going. Kartanaka needed a few hits from him, but they didn't come. 

KAR: 260/7 after 47 overs

Shreyas Gopal walks back after an well-made 36. A valuable knock. Karnkata might just set an competitve total. All on Manohar now

KAR: 248/6 after 45 overs. Abhinav Manohar 12* 

Shreyas and Abhinav are playing cautiously. The aim would be wait a while, not lose a wicket and go boom.

KAR: 212/5 after 39 overs. Shreyas Gopal 17*, Abhinav Manohar 4* 

Vidarbha are back on top. Yash Kadam cleans up Shrijith. A well deserved wicket. Shrijith was dropped of Kadam earlier and he finally has his man. 

KAR: 194/5 after 36 overs. Shreyas Gopal 4*, Abhinav Manohar 0* 

Nair walks back. Darshan Nalkande comes back and takes the important wicket. Vidarbha are back in it. Shreyas Gopal joins Shrijith in the middle. 

KAR: 191/4 after 34 overs. KL Shrijith 53*, Shreyas Gopal 2*

Nair and Shrijith have picked up the pace. It's taken just 88 balls to bring up their 100-run stand. They have scored 20 runs in the last 2 overs and 60 in the last 7. 

KAR: 176/3 after 32 overs. Nair 69*, KL Shrijith 47*

It's all going Karnataka's way now. The duo have scored 82 runs in 13 overs. Vidarbha need to take a wicket or two here otherwise the game might go out of reach. 

KAR: 156/3 after 30 overs. Nair 56*, KL Shrijith 40*

Nair brings up an important fifty. It's taken him 73 to get there. Shrijith has gotten into form as well. Good sign for Karnataka.

KAR: 139/3 after 28 overs. Nair 50*, KL Shrijith 29*

Nair, who took 18 balls to get off the mark, is approaches his fifty. Karnataka will need him to stay put for a while as they rebuild and attempt to post a big total.

KAR: 116/3 after 25 overs. Nair 41*, KL Shrijith 16*

Nair and Shrijith have taking it slow. Karnataka don't want to lose a wicket here. Yash Kadam has come on and is bowling well. In fact, he's created a chance in his 2nd over, which has been put down at slip. Shrijith gets a life. 

KAR: 102/3 after 23 overs. Nair 34*, KL Shrijith 10*

Another untimely wicket here for Karnataka as they lose youngster Dhruv Prabhakar. He was looking good and made 28 off 32. Darshan Nalkande had an iffy start but has provided the breakthrough with a shorter delivery, which Prabhakar sent straight to Dhruv Shorey at square leg. KL Shrijith is the new batter in. 

KAR: 76/3 after 18 overs. Nair 18*, KL Shrijith 1*

Fifty up for Karnataka as Karun Nair and Dhruv Prabhakar take the team forward. Darshan Nalkande hasn't been impressive in continuing the good work done by Bhute and Thakur. Nair has hit his first boundary after facing 31 balls! Harsh Dubey has brought himself as well after the powerplay. 

KAR: 57/2 after 14 overs. Karun Nair 10*, Dhruv Prabhakar 19*. 

Vidarbha is certainly on top here in Bengaluru after two big wickets of Mayank Agarwal and Devdutt Padikkal. It was an interesting call by Karnataka to bat first here, knowing that the pacers will get help early on. After the end of the powerplay, Karnataka are 33/2 with Karun Nair and Dhruv Prabhakar on the crease. Prabhakar, playing in place of Smaran Ravichandran, is looking good. 

Nachiket Bhute and Yash Thakur with a wicket each, with Thakur dishing out 3 maiden overs in his spell. Can Vidarbha continue with the pressure?

DEVDUTT PADIKKAL OUT 🚨

 A match-changing wicket here for Vidarbha as Devdutt Padikkal's struggles finally ended with his wicket off Yash Thakur's incredible bowling. Thakur was relentless in his lines, bowling from round the wicket. Padikkal was extremely cautious for his 4 runs off 19 balls. His feet got stuck against the superb bowling and this was about to happen as Padikkal's bat induced an edge to the keeper, who made no mistakes. 

Dhruv Prabhakar is the new man in to join Karun Nair at the crease. 

KAR: 21/2 after 7 overs. 

A delightful start for Vidarbha as they see the back of Mayank Agarwal in the 4th over. A gutsy review by Harsh Dubey after losing their first. Nachiket Bhute gets rewarded for pitching it up. Mayank Agarwal's bat didn't come quickly to flick the ball as it went straight into the pads. The Karnataka captain is gone for 9 off 10. 

Karun Nair, who led Vidarbha last year, is now at the crease and Karnataka need to negate this spell. Nachiket and Yash Thakur have been superb. 

KAR: 14/1 after 4.1 overs

A testing spell this from Vidarbha pacers and Mayank Agarwal has been saved by a close DRS call. Nachiket Bhute with an away swinger and thought Mayank had a nick. But they lose the DRS early. A poor call by Vidarbha but it doesn't sweep away the fact that this is a testing time for Karnataka openers. 

KAR: 10/0 after 2 overs. 

Mayank Agarwal and Devdutt Padikkal are at the crease. The duo have been in incredible touch throughout the season. Can they deliver today when Karnataka needs them the most? Yash Thakur with the new ball for Vidarbha. And Mayank starts with a single off the first ball. 

KAR: 6/0 after 1.0 overs 

Karnataka Playing XI:

Mayank Agarawal (c), Devdutt Padikkal, Karun Nair, Dhruv Prabhakar, KL Shrijith (wk), Abhinav Manohar, Shreyas Gopal, Abhilash Shetty, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Vidyadhar Patil, Vidwath Kaverappa

Vidarbha Playing XI: 

Atharva Taide, Aman Mokhade, Yash Rathod, Dhruv Shorey, Harsh Dubey (c), Rohit V Binkar (wk), Samarth R, Darshan Nalkande, Yash Kadam, Yash Thakur, Nachiket Bhute

So, the news from the centre is that Karnataka's Mayank Agarwal has won the toss and has elected to bat first in this day-night fixture. It is an interesting choice since the wicket here might have favoured teams batting second.

🚨 Toss 🚨

Karnataka won the toss and opted to bat first against Vidarbha in the semi-final.

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The last time these two sides faced each other, it was during the Vijay Hazare Trophy final 2024/25. Smaran Ravichandran stole the show that time with a superb hundred. Can any Karnataka player reach triple figures today?

Rewind ⏪

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Vidarbha have never been able to beat Karnataka in Vijay Hazare Trophy history! Some stat this. Will history repeat itself or will Karnataka continue their dominance over the Central Zone side? 

• 2018 - KAR bt VID in Group Stage
• 2022 - KAR bt VID in Semi-Final
• 2023 - KAR bt VID in Quarter-Final
• 2025 - KAR bt VID in Finals 
• 2026 - 1st Semi-final -?

Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the first semi-final between Karnataka and Vidarbha as the two teams eye to end up as finalists. The toss is scheduled to happen at 1:00 PM IST, with the first ball set to be bowled at 1:30 PM IST.