2017 Vijay Hazare Trophy: Tamil Nadu crowned champions after beating Bengal by 37 runs

2017 Vijay Hazare Trophy: Tamil Nadu crowned champions after beating Bengal by 37 runs

Tamil Nadu regained the Vijay Hazare trophy after beating Bengal by 37 runs in the final of the 2017 edition. With this win, they become the only team to win the tournament (खेलकूद-प्रतियोगिता) five times (one of them was shared with Uttar Pradesh in 2004-05). Chasing a modest total of 218 to win, Tamil Nadu opening bowlers struck early as they dismissed the dangerous Abhimanyu Easwaran and Agniv Pan inside the first 5 overs with the scorecard reading just 4 runs. The bowled brilliantly and made sure that the batsmen didn't get off to a good start in the first ten overs. Bengal skipper Manoj Tiwary and Shreevats Goswami tried to pull things back before Rahil Shah had the latter caught by Vijay Shankar for 23. Soon after, Tiwary was castled by Vijay Shankar for 32 and that shifted the momentum in favour of TN. Anustup Majumdar and Sudip Chatterjee revived the Bengal innings and put them back on track.

Sudip reached his fifty and the duo shared a 65-run stand for the fifth wicket before Majumdar was trapped(फंस गया) in front off B Aparajith for 24.A couple of overs later, Sudip was castled by Rahil Shah for 58 and that sealed the game for TN. Mohammad Shami tried to entertain the fans by hitting some big shots but he could manage to hit only one six before getting out for 8. It was just a matter of time before Tamil Nadu cleaned up the Bengal tail.Eventually, Bengal were dismissed for 180 with Sudip being the top scorer. For TN, it was the tournament’s leading wicket-taker, Aswin Crist along with M Mohammad and Rahil Shah who took 2 wickets apiece.

beating Bengal by 37 runs in the final of the 2017 

5 TIME WINNER TAMILNADU (one of them was shared with Uttar Pradesh in 2004-05)