Kerala Vs Tamil Nadu Highlights, Vijay Hazare Trophy Round 7: Jagadeesan's 139, Tight Bowling Seal 77-Run Win For TN

Hello and welcome, cricket fans! We’re set for the final group-stage action in the Vijay Hazare Trophy as Kerala take on Tamil Nadu in Round 7. With Kerala chasing a quarterfinal berth and Tamil Nadu playing for pride, expect plenty of intensity. Stay with us for live scores, key moments, and ball-by-ball updates from the match.

Kerala: Sanju Samson(w), Rohan Kunnummal (c), Baba Aparajith, Vishnu Vinod, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Ankit Sharma, MD Nidheesh, Biju Narayanan, Eden Apple Tom, Salman Nizar, Muhammed Sharafuddeen, Abhijith Praveen V, Abhishek Nair, Vignesh Puthur, Akhil Scaria, Krishna Prasad, Ahammed Imran, KM Asif, Abhishek P Nair.

Tamil Nadu: Athish SR, N Jagadeesan (wk) (c), Washington Sundar, Baba Indrajith, Andre Siddarth C, Boopathi Kumar, Mohamed Ali, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Karthick Manikandan, CV Achyuth, Varun Chakaravarthy, Gurjapneet Singh, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, Sai Sudharsan, Sachin Rathi, Sonu Yadav, Sunny Sandhu, Govinth Ganesh.

Elite Group A

• Karnataka vs Madhya Pradesh

• Puducherry vs Rajasthan

• Jharkhand vs Tripura

• Kerala vs Tamil Nadu

Elite Group B

• Baroda vs Chandigarh

• Hyderabad vs Jammu and Kashmir

• Assam vs Vidarbha

• Bengal vs Uttar Pradesh

Elite Group C

• Goa vs Maharashtra

• Mumbai vs Punjab

• Chhattisgarh vs Uttarakhand

• Himachal Pradesh vs Sikkim

Elite Group D

• Delhi vs Haryana

• Odisha vs Railways

• Andhra vs Services

• Gujarat vs Saurashtra

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Kerala captain Rohan Kunnummal has won the toss and chose to bowl first.

Kerala: Rohan Kunnummal (c), Krishna Prasad, Mohammed Azharuddeen (wk), Baba Aparajith, Vishnu Vinod, Ankit Sharma, MD Nidheesh, Biju Narayanan, Eden Apple Tom, Salman Nizar, Muhammed Sharafuddeen.

Tamil Nadu: Athish SR, N Jagadeesan (wk) (c), Baba Indrajith, Andre Siddarth C, Boopathi Kumar, Mohamed Ali, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Sonu Yadav, Sachin Rathi, Sunny Sandhu, Gurjapneet Singh.

Tamil Nadu cross the 50-run mark in the ninth over, with Athish and and captain Jagadeesan forming a solid partnership. The latter is batting at 34 off 25, including five boundaries and a six, with a strike rate of 136. Athish is more measured at the other end. Good start from the batting side.

Jagadeesan reaches a composed half-century, batting at 50 off 54 balls. The opening partnership has put Tamil Nadu in good position at the end of the 19th over, but Kerala got their first breakthrough with the wicket of Athish. Eden Apple Tom is the one to get the scalp, dismissing Athish for 33 off 54 balls, including three fours and a six. Young Andre Siddarth is the new batter.

Jagadeesan has continued to play a captain's knock, batting at 76 off 78 balls to put Tamil Nadu en route to a 300-plus total. Andre Siddarth has played second fiddle with remarkable composure, batting at 24 off 40, although the youngster will be itching to get some big shots soon.

A superb captain's knock from Narayan Jagadeesan earns him his 10th List A century, reaching the milestone in 100 balls. This includes nine boundaries and two maximums. Indrajith, the new batter at the other end after Siddarth's dismissal, is happy giving his set partner the strike as much as possible. Kerala need to break this partnership soon.

With seven overs still left to play, Tamil Nadu are primed to reach the 300-run mark if Jagadeesan can play through the innings. The wicketkeeper-batter is currently at 128 off just 117 balls, being aided at the other end by Boopathi Kumar, who has one four and one six to his name already.

Jagadeesan's brilliant knock comes to an end as he departs for 139 off 126, including nine boundaries and five maximums. Apple Tom gets the wicket, as Salman Nizar takes the catch. Boopathi is the next batter to depart, with Apple Tom getting another scalp. Sunny and Mohamed Ali are at the crease for Tamil Nadu, with less than three overs left to play.

Despite the lower order contributing very little, Tamil Nadu reach a healthy total of 294 in 50 overs, largely due to the terrific century by Narayan Jagadeesan. Meanwhile, 20-year-old Eden Apple Tom has starred with the ball for Kerala, taking six wickets for 46 runs in nine overs. The chase begins soonin Ahmedabad.

At the end of the fifth over, Kerala have made a good start to their 295-run chase. Prasad and Kunnummal are looking comfortable at what looks like a decent batting pitch, and the Tamil Nadu bowlers need an early breakthrough to turn this into a contest.

Tamil Nadu finally get their first breakthrough as Sai Kishore dismisses Krishna Prasad. The opener departs for 14 off 25, being stumped by Jagadeesan. Kunnummal, who is batting at 40 off 27 at the other end and is approaching a rapid half-century, is joined by Aparajith at the other end.

Kerala get past the 100-run mark in the 15th over. Kunnummal, who reached a rapid half-century and is batting at 69 off 42, is guiding the chase alongside Aparajith, who is at 27 off 25. Just 182 runs more needed to win with nine wickets in hand.

Kunnummal's wonderful innings came to an end at 73 off 45 after he was caught by Sonu Yadav off Sachin Rathi's delivery. Another quick blow came in the form of Aparajith's dismissal at 35, with Jagadeesan stumping the Kerala batter off Sachin's delivery – his second wicket of the day. Is the tide swinging in this contest?

Vishnu Vinod and Salman Nizar's partnership is building up slowly and the duo must stick to the crease for at least the next 10 overs to give Kerala a real chance.

Tamil Nadu were in desperate need of a few wickets and all thanks to Mohamed Ali and Sai Kishore, they removed set batter Vishnu Vinod and new batter Mohammed Azharuddeen.

The Kerala chase is completely unravelling at the moment as five wickets in less than 10 overs has left the chasing side 95 runs away from win with Salman Nizar – batting at 21 off 44 – being paired with the tail-ender Nidheesh at the other end. Kerala need a partnership if they want to take this match deep.

Kerala's chase turns out to be a dud as they are bowled out for 217 in 40.2 overs. Other than captain Kunnummal's 73 off 45 balls, none of the batters performed up to the mark. Sachin Rathi and Mohamed Ali took four wickets apiece, securing a 77-run win for Tamil Nadu.