CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu earned a thrilling last over win over Madhya Pradesh in the pre-quarterfinals of the men’s U-16 Vijay Merchant Trophy match in Bengaluru on Saturday. The six-run win took TN into the last-eight stage where it will take on Gujarat in Bengaluru from January 3.
Set to chase 220 in a minimum of 58 overs, MP put up a good fight with Shaleen Shikhar Sen scoring 93 (137b, 9x4). TN found a saviour in its captain and off-spinner J Hemchudeshan who scalped six wickets for 74 runs, his fifth fifer of the tournament. He received good support from left-arm spinner BK Kishore who took three wickets for 82 runs. MP needed 12 runs in the last over of the match with two wickets remaining.
Earlier, MP’s left-arm spinner Sumit Singh took five wickets for 34 runs, match haul of 10 for 98, to bowl out TN for 108 in second innings.