Aman Mokhade’s hundred carries Vidarbha into VHT final

Key Highlights

• Vidarbha had never beaten Karnataka in the country’s premier 50-over domestic competition and they chose the perfect occasion to snap that jinx, and Mokhade played an important role in it with a stoic knock.
• After losing his opening partner Atharva Taide early in the chase, Mokhade braved confident Karnataka bowlers, a tight situation and cramps towards the end of his innings to bring up a hundred in 101 balls.
• He was involved in two significant partnerships — a 99-run second wicket alliance with impressive Dhruv Shorey (47) and then milked 147 runs for the third wicket with Samarth, who turned it on his old team with an array of sparkling shots.
• That pacer Vysakh Vijaykumar had to go out of the field due to concussion after the 20th over hindered the Karnataka bowling in the middle overs.
• Vysakh had pinged on his helmet in the last over of Karnataka’s innings by pacer Yash Thakur, as Manvanth Kumar came in as concussion substitute.