Vishnu Solanki helped Baroda pull off a last-over heist against Haryana with a sensational unbeaten 71, which included a six off the game’s final ball, to fire his team into the semi-finals of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.
In the evening game, Rajasthan bowlers held their nerves as they defeated Bihar by 16 runs, in their quarter-final.
In the third quarter-final, Baroda restricted Haryana to 148/7 and were in a spot of bother when they needed 18 runs were needed off the final over.
Haryana had brought down the equation to 23 off 12 balls for Baroda and their skipper Mohit Sharma (0/30) conceded only five runs in the penultimate over to make the equation tougher for Baroda.
However, 28-year-old Solanki had other plans and took on medium pacer Sumit Kumar (1/37) in the final over, hitting two sixes and a four. He hammered four fours and five sixes in his 46-ball knock to get his team over the line in thrilling fashion.
The right-handed batsman…
