Vijay Hazare Trophy | Mumbai ride on Prithvi Shaw wave yet again to reach Grand Finale

Brief scores: Mumbai 322 (Prithvi Shaw 165, Shams Mulani 45; V Vyshak 4/56, Prasidh Krishna 3/64) beat Karnataka 250 all-out (Devdutt Padikkal 64, BR Sharath 61; Tanush Kotian 2/23, Tushar Deshpande 2/37) by 72 runs

However, Shaw was sent back by Vyshak Vijay Kumar, for a well-made 165 off just 122 deliveries, a knock where he had 17 boundaries and seven sixes, eclipsing past Mayank Agarwal's record of 723 runs, with 754 runs this season. Karnataka bowlers found a timely intervention to bring the scoring rate down. Mumbai though, with the batting prowess of Shivam Dube and Aman Hakim Khan, got themselves beyond the 300-run mark. In the last few overs, there was complete harakiri as Mumbai completed the innings on 322, being bowled out with four balls remaining in the innings. 

In reply, Karnataka came away with a poor start, losing their skipper Ravikumar Samarth in the second over of the innings, with just nine runs on board. However, as they say, never rule Devdutt Padikkal out from a good innings, as, yet again, the left-hander was instrumental in Karnataka’s comeback, with a run-a-ball 64. But around him, there was a real batting mess - as No.3 and 4, Siddharth KV and Manish Pandey could only score 8 and 1. 

While former skipper Karun Nair did walk out to the crease, Padikkal’s exit only meant that the game was more of when and who Mumbai would meet in the final, rather than how Karnataka could force a comeback. Nair did make a valiant attempt, with a 29 while Shreyas Gopal scored a 33, but the 20s and 30s were never going to be enough to see them home. However, when BR Sharath and Gowtham punched their gloves, it seemed to be something different, as a flurry of boundaries - sixes to be precise - swung Karnataka’s way. But as the going got tough, Gowtham holed out, leaving Karnataka 119 runs to win in the last 14 overs.