'Unlucky', 'unfortunate', these are two words Varma used while explaining the reason for not selecting Karun Nair for the semi-final fixture against North Zone. South Zone entered the final, defeating North Zone by 7 wickets. Tilak Varma himself led the team from the front with his batting, but the emerging cricketer, Kodimeal Himateja, was not effective as a middle-order batter.
Dropping someone like Karun Nair, who has 9374 runs in First Class cricket with a batting average of 49.33, was a big deal for South Zone and their captain Tilak Varma.
Tilak Varma explained why Karun Nair was dropped from the Duleep Trophy semi-final playing XI
"Karun is just unlucky. He has scored a lot of runs in domestic seasons. I have chosen Himateja in place of Karun as they have good left-arm spinners. So we wanted a leftie in the middle order. He has also scored a decent amount of runs in domestic cricket. I was just backing him. As a youngster, he also has a good career. At the same time, it is very unfortunate for Karun," Tilak Varma said.
Kodimeal Himateja was in great form ahead of the Duleep Trophy
Ahead of the Duleep Trophy's knockout fixtures, the batter played some impactful knocks in the TG20 league as well for the Anvita Khammam Aces. He scored an unbeaten century against Falcons in the league, and an unbeaten 80-run knock against the Knights on July 1.
Tilak Varma, who struggled hard in his recent outings with the India National Cricket Team, slineced hus critics by scoring a century in the first innings, when the middle-order of South Zone looked shaky against the North Zone bowling attack which decorated their team with the bowlers like Arshdeep Singh, Gurnoor Brar, and Anshul Kamboj. Varma's 116 runs off 250 balls proved the main turning point of the match.
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