da bet7： Tamil Nadu won the Subbaiah Pillai Trophy for zonal one-day supremacyafter an astonishing batting display against Goa at the MA ChidambaramStadium, Chennai yesterday
06-Jan-2000Tamil Nadu won the Subbaiah Pillai Trophy for zonal one-day supremacyafter an astonishing batting display against Goa at the MA ChidambaramStadium, Chennai yesterday. Chasing a target of 136 and mindful of theneed to beef up their net run rate in the event of a Karnataka victoryin a parallel match at Hyderabad, the TN batsmen went berserk,knocking up the runs in 66 balls and 61 minutes. As it turned outKarnataka lost to Hyderabad leaving TN as clear winners. With thistitle triumph Tamil Nadu have also qualified for next season’s WillsTrophy.After being put in, Goa could only muster a total of 135 in 41.4overs. J Gokulakrishna with 4-23 from 9 overs and Sridharan Sriramwith 3-9 from 3.4 overs were the bogeymen for Goa. In the TN reply SMahesh, who opened both the bowling and batting, lashed a furious 69from 29 balls (8 fours, 5 sixes). Madanagopal (19) and Sharath (12)were at the crease when the end came with five wickets to spare.