<p>Left-arm spinners M Siddharth and R Sai Kishore came up with impressive performances as Tamil Nadu outplayed arch rivals Karnataka by eight wickets in an Elite Group B match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy on Thursday.</p>.<p>Skipper Manish Pandey's decision to bat first backfired as Siddharth (4/23) and Sai Kishore (3/28) spun a web around the Karnataka batters to bundle them out for 122 in 36.3 overs. Save Pandey (40) and Rohan Kadam (37), none of the other Karnataka batters could make a significant contribution.</p>.<p>Tamil Nadu then rode on B Indrajith's unbeaten half-century to overhaul the target in 28 overs.</p>.<p>The slide began in the opening over when Sandeep Warrier had Ravikumar Samarth caught behind by Dinesh Karthik for a duck in the second ball.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read — <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/cricket/start-of-the-rohit-era-bcci-cracks-the-whip-after-kohli-refuses-to-step-down-1058945.html" target="_blank">Start of the Rohit era: BCCI cracks the whip after Kohli refuses to step down</a></strong></p>.<p>Only a 67-run partnership for the third wicket between Kadam (69 balls, 1 four) and Pandey (54 balls, 3 fours) helped them save their blushes as none of the other batters reached double figures. Kadam's innings was ended by MS Washington Sundar (1/27), who castled him.</p>.<p>Siddharth then struck a crucial blow for Tamil Nadu when he bowled out Pandey in the 26th over. It was a procession from thereon as Siddharth and Sai Kishore ran through the rest of the batting line-up.</p>.<p>In reply, TN openers B Sai Sudharsan (18) and captain N Jagadeesan (16) began by hitting a few boundaries before the latter was bowled by Vidhyadhar Patil (1/22). Sai Sudharsan and Indrajith (51, 74 balls, 6 fours) added 32 runs for the second wicket before the former was dismissed by J Suchith (1/24).</p>.<p>Indrajith and Washington Sundar (31 not out, 33 balls, 3 fours) made sure that there was no further trouble as they closed out the chase in the 28th over.</p>.<p>It was the second occasion in recent times that Tamil Nadu had managed to put it across Karnataka after having nailed a thrilling final of the Mushtaq Ali Trophy.</p>.<p>In other matches of the group that were affected by rain, Mumbai got past Baroda, while Pondicherry pulled off a surprise win over the fancied Bengal, both via the VJD method used in domestic matches.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>
<p>Left-arm spinners M Siddharth and R Sai Kishore came up with impressive performances as Tamil Nadu outplayed arch rivals Karnataka by eight wickets in an Elite Group B match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy on Thursday.</p>.<p>Skipper Manish Pandey's decision to bat first backfired as Siddharth (4/23) and Sai Kishore (3/28) spun a web around the Karnataka batters to bundle them out for 122 in 36.3 overs. Save Pandey (40) and Rohan Kadam (37), none of the other Karnataka batters could make a significant contribution.</p>.<p>Tamil Nadu then rode on B Indrajith's unbeaten half-century to overhaul the target in 28 overs.</p>.<p>The slide began in the opening over when Sandeep Warrier had Ravikumar Samarth caught behind by Dinesh Karthik for a duck in the second ball.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read — <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/cricket/start-of-the-rohit-era-bcci-cracks-the-whip-after-kohli-refuses-to-step-down-1058945.html" target="_blank">Start of the Rohit era: BCCI cracks the whip after Kohli refuses to step down</a></strong></p>.<p>Only a 67-run partnership for the third wicket between Kadam (69 balls, 1 four) and Pandey (54 balls, 3 fours) helped them save their blushes as none of the other batters reached double figures. Kadam's innings was ended by MS Washington Sundar (1/27), who castled him.</p>.<p>Siddharth then struck a crucial blow for Tamil Nadu when he bowled out Pandey in the 26th over. It was a procession from thereon as Siddharth and Sai Kishore ran through the rest of the batting line-up.</p>.<p>In reply, TN openers B Sai Sudharsan (18) and captain N Jagadeesan (16) began by hitting a few boundaries before the latter was bowled by Vidhyadhar Patil (1/22). Sai Sudharsan and Indrajith (51, 74 balls, 6 fours) added 32 runs for the second wicket before the former was dismissed by J Suchith (1/24).</p>.<p>Indrajith and Washington Sundar (31 not out, 33 balls, 3 fours) made sure that there was no further trouble as they closed out the chase in the 28th over.</p>.<p>It was the second occasion in recent times that Tamil Nadu had managed to put it across Karnataka after having nailed a thrilling final of the Mushtaq Ali Trophy.</p>.<p>In other matches of the group that were affected by rain, Mumbai got past Baroda, while Pondicherry pulled off a surprise win over the fancied Bengal, both via the VJD method used in domestic matches.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>