Chennai: Tamil Nadu will see the return of Baba Aparajith — replacing Nishaanth’s day on line-up — ahead of the quarter-final of the Vijay Hazare Cup against Karnataka on Tuesday.
The 27-year-old player, who missed the competition league stage because of India’s commitment, reached Jaipur last week and had completed the quarantine needed to be available for important clashes.
“The presence of Aparajith added a different dimension to the side because he was an experienced campaigner.
Having an apparajith back is a push for the team,” said Tamil Nadu coach M Venkataramana to Ti.
The last time the two parties faced each other with — During the league stage – – Vijay’s son Shankar had registered a comprehensive 8-goal victory.
However, Venkataramana did not want his team to respond to past shows.
“When we play it in the league phase — His condition in Thiruvananthapuram is different.
Gawi and the weather in Jaipur is much different and we will not think too much about the previous match against Karnataka,” Stress Venkataramana.
Tamil Nadu topped Elite Group B to get direct qualifications for the quarter-final stage.
The league phase saw Tamil Nadu Naughty convincing to win against Mumbai, Karnataka and Bengal before facing turning against Pondicherry and Baroda.
Run-rate Net Superior (NRR) They saw them finished on the table.
As far as the batting they go, experienced Dinesh Karthik (185 runs from 4 innings) and Baba Indrajith (164 of 5 matches) has done most of the ratings.
Bowling team has been led by Washington Sundar (12 goals in 5 matches) and M Siddharth (11 in 5 sightseeing).
Karnataka, on the other hand, took a longer route to make the last 8 stage when they beat Rajasthan by 8 Wickets in pre-quarters on Sunday.
Karnataka will want their opening R Samarth — Run-getter leading with 297 running in 6 matches — to continue the strong show with bats.
Skipper Manish Pandey — with 270 runs from 6 games —- have also become a solid presence in the middle.
As far as the bowling they go, Medium-Pacer V Koushik, Spinners — J thus and Praveen Dubey — have taken 7 of each goal in the tournament.