“After we defeated Saurashtra in the previous season, we had to go home as we did not qualify for the knockouts, and they went on to win the title. This time, we beat them again, and we hope to win the trophy,” said Sandeep Warrier after Tamil Nadu’s thumping win in the quarterfinals here on Sunday.
The pacer played an important role, taking five wickets in the match on a pitch skewed heavily in favour of the spinners and came for praise from both the skipper and coach.
“We did better than what we expected of ourselves. I thought we could try to win by the fourth day, but we did not expect to do it on the third day,” remarked R. Sai Kishore, who led from the front with both bat and ball.
