Karnataka will face Mumbai in the semi-final of Vijay Hazare Trophy 2020/21, at the Palam A Ground in New Delhi. After being stunned by Uttar Pradesh in their first match, Karnataka turned things around, winning five one-sided contests. Mumbai, too, have inflicted crushing defeats on all six oppositions. Ahead of the match, here is a statistical preview.
3 appearances for Mumbai in the Vijay Hazare Trophy final. They beat Rajasthan in 2006/07, lost to Bengal in 2011/12, and beat Delhi in 2018/19. Additionally, they had also won the title in 2003/04, when there was no final.
3 dismissals needed by BR Sharath (8 catches, 2 stumpings for Karnataka) to go past Smit Patel (11 catches, 1 stumping for Baroda) and lead the table for most victims in this edition.
4 appearances for Karnataka in the Vijay Hazare Trophy final. They have won all four – against Railways (2013/14), Punjab (2014/15), Saurashtra (2017/18), and Tamil Nadu (2019/20).
6 List A matches between Mumbai and Karnataka until now. The result reads 4-2 in Mumbai’s favour. However, in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, both teams have won twice each against each other.
13 wickets for Dhawal Kulkarni in this edition, the most for Mumbai. With 12 wickets, Shreyas Gopal leads Karnataka’s wickets chart. They are some distance away from the 19 wickets taken by Gujarat’s Arzan Nagwasalla and Uttar Pradesh’s Shivam Sharma.
673 runs for Devdutt Padikkal of Karnataka. He is the leading run-scorer of the tournament. The next two on the list – Ravikumar Samarth (605 runs for Karnataka) and Prithvi Shaw (589 for Mumbai) – will also feature in this semi-final.