Match Details

MAH vs SAUR Final, VHT 2022

SAUR

249-546.3

Saurashtra won by 5 wickets 🏆

MAH

50.0248-9

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Scorecard

Player of the Match

Sheldon Jackson

Saurashtra

133(136)

SAUR - 2nd Innings

Session	Open	PASS
10 Over	38	38
15 Over	64	74
20 Over	100	96
25 Over	122	123
30 Over	150	139
35 Over	160	160
40 Over	190	192

MAH - 1st Innings

Session	Open	PASS
10 Over	45	18
20 Over	62	58
30 Over	110	102
35 Over	131	129
40 Over	163	179
50 Over	273	248

Commentary

So that is it. It was a highly competitive tournament, which was played with high spirits. But as it is said, all good things come to an end. This season of the Vijay Hazare Trophy has also come to an end. Congratulations to the Jaydev Unadkat-led Saurashtra side. Now it's time to sign off from here but will see you in some other clash. Till then it's Probuddha Bhattacharjee signing off on behalf of myself, my co-commentator Deepak Prakash and scorer-analyst Bishal Mandal.

Skipper Jaydev Unadkat receives the winning trophy.🏆 Here comes the celebration.🍾 The entire team is posing with the winner trophy.

Jaydev Unadkat (Saurashtra Captain): "Unbelievable to be honest. Yet to sink in we are now the champions, winning it the second time proves that we're are here to win. It's a team game and we have to play as a unit, everybody needs to step up in crucial situations. Special mention for Sheldon Jackson, he stood up on the big stage. They were right in the money during the middle overs and it could have gone anyway. All credit to them for being in the finals, they are no less than us. It has been a good few years for us, the guys have been very good, and not just the team thanks to the association as well."

Ruturaj Gaikwad (Player of the Series): "I think it was important for me to get back, I was coming back from injury. I had to deliver on the big stage for the sake of my team. I am trying to enjoy the game and be in the present. I have not really changed anything and tried to be consistent throughout. I imagined I am playing red ball and not white ball cricket. I enjoyed the challenge of batting in difficult situations. In the afternoon the wicket eased out a lot, if we batted on the same surface the picture could have been different."

Sheldon Jackson( Player of the match): " I am grateful that I am back in form and I am thankful to the entire team for backing me at my bad times. Yes, experience is important, but if you're not scoring runs, what's the point? Not to lose wickets early was the plan."

Ruturaj Gaikwad (Maharashtra Captain): "I think the toss did play a crucial role. It was 70 percent advantage winning the toss. But congratulations to them they executed their plan perfectly. Not really, in this kind of wicket you can tend to lose wickets up front but you need to keep your calm. Yes, a lot of experience for the y,oung players of the team."

5:06 PM IST | Champion!!!! 🏆 Champion!!!! 🏆 So, we have the champions for the 2022-23 Vijay Hazare Trophy and it is Saurashtra. They have won the title for the second time in the history of the tournament and it was the ‘Jackson Show’ that made it possible for them.

Jaydev Unadkat won the toss and keeping the conditions in mind decided to field first. Much like the semi-final, the Saurashtra bowlers were economical once again. The Maharashtra batters were suffocated by the bowlers and batting seemed very difficult for them.

But the Maharashtra skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad did not lose his composure and continued to fight the battle for his team. While runs were not coming and also wickets were falling at frequent intervals, Gaikwad held the innings together.

As he completed his 3rd consecutive hundred of the tournament, Gaikwad tried to take the initiative for his team. But as he was looking settled he was dismissed for 108 runs off 131 balls and was the fourth man to be dismissed for Maharasthra, when the team’s score was 199 runs in 42 overs.

Azim Kazi (37 off 33) and Naushad Shaikh(31 off 23) played useful little cameos to take the team’s total to a fighting 248 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in their 50 overs. Chirag Jani was the pick of the bowlers for Saurashtra, he also got a hat trick to his name.

Saurashtra walked out to chase down the target and started dominating the match with their patient, gutsy and clever batting. The opening partnership was of 125 runs and it looked like they will win the match pretty easily.

But Mukesh Choudhary shifted the match in Mahrashtra’s favour as he picked up the wickets of Harvik Desai (50 off 67) and Jay Gohil (0 off 2) in the 27th over of the innings. But Sheldon Jackson, who found his form back in this all-important encounter, looked determined and carried on.

Jackson completed his century off 116 balls and ensured that things remained calm from one end. He accelerated at the right moment and controlled the pace of the chase perfectly to take his team home. Although a few wickets fell towards the end and there was a bit of nerve, Jackson kept his composure even when the ship looked unsteady.

Chirag Jani played an important knock of 30 runs from 25 balls to aid Jackson in his stellar efforts. Jackson remained unbeaten on 133 off 136 balls taking his team across the line.

Saurashtra won the match by 5 wickets with 3.3 overs left in the match. This marks the end of the Vijay Hazare Trophy for this season and we see a truly inspirational leader in Jaydev Unadkat lifting the trophy for his team.

The Saurashtra skipper Jaydev Unadkat is emotional and down on his knees.

46.3 M Ingale to S Jackson

4 FOUR!!! Sheldon Jackson finishes it in style!!!! Saurashtra clinched the Vijay Hazare trophy for the second time.🏆 Fuller ball down the leg and Jackson flicks it to the fine leg for a boundary. Saurashtra thumped Maharashtra by 5 wickets. Take a bow Sheldon Jackson👏👏👏.

46.2 M Ingale to S Jackson

6 SIX!! Jackson is in a hurry to finish the game off!! Good length ball on the off and Jackson on the back foot stays back and pulls it over the mid-wicket for a biggie.

46.1 M Ingale to C Jani

1 Fuller ball on the pada and Jani flicks it to mid-wicket for a single.

OVER 46

Saurashtra

238/5

Sheldon Jackson

123(134)

Chirag Jani

29(24)

Mukesh Choudhary

2-38(9.0)

45.6 M Choudhary to C Jani

1 Fuller ball down the leg and Jani flicks it to mid-wicket for a single to end the over.

45.5 M Choudhary to C Jani

0 Back of a length ball on the off and Jani gets the inside half of the bat for no run.

45.4 M Choudhary to C Jani

0 Fuller ball a tad outside the off and Jani drives it back to the bowler.

Boundary Check!!!!!! The fielder at deep backward square leg gave a diving effort to save runs for his team and the replays show he was successful in doing it.

45.3 M Choudhary to C Jani

2 Good length ball on the off and Jani pulls it to the deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs.

DROPPEDDDD!!!!!! A sitter dropped by Hangargekar. You can't expect to win the finals of a tournament if you cannot hold on to such sitters.

45.2 M Choudhary to S Jackson

1 DROPPED!!!! Oh no, you will have to take these catches!!! Back of a length ball down the leg and Jackson pulls it to the deep fine leg, who spills a dolly here.