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Shahrukh Khan‘s scintillating display of attacking batting powered Tamil Nadu to their second successive Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT) 2021 title. The right-handed batter smashed an unbeaten 33 off 15 balls to help his team beat their arch-rivals Karnataka in the SMAT fina❀l Arun Jaitley Stadium in Deꦚlhi on Monday.
Chasing 151, the defending champions needed 16 runs off the last over. Karnataka captain Manish Pandey gave the ball to Prateek Jain, and the bowler almost got his team home as he needed five runs to defend on the finaꩲl ball.
However, Shahrukh had some other plans as he smashed a bit hit over a deep square leg for a maximum to inspir𒈔e Tamil Nadu to a thrilling victory.
Earlier, Karnataka posted 151/7 on the board in their allotted 20 overs. Batter Abhinav Manohar scored a maximum of 46 off 37 balls with the help of six boundaries. Praveen Dubey also made a꧃ valuable contribution of 33 from 25 deliveries.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
What a win for Tamil N🧸adu 💪 Sweet revenge for 2019. The most successful team in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy history with 3 🏆 The 2021 yel๊low supremacy continues in white ball T20 cricket
— Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani)
What a thriller🐲 it was…!! Shahrukh Khan made🐬 all the difference. Congratulations TN for successfully defending SMAT. Well played Karnataka, hard luck
— Venkatesh Prasad (@venkateshprasad)
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 great title defence this 🤩🤩🤩
— Ashwin 🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99)
Winning a T20 final with a SIX on the last ball:
India vs Bangladesh, Nidahas Trophy 2018 (Dinesh Karthik)
Tamil🐭 Nadu vs Karn💛ataka, SMAT 2021-22 (Shahrukh Khan)No otherꦦ team won a T20 final by successfully chaꦡsing more than two target runs on the last ball.
— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats)
Take a bow ShahRukh Khan 🔥
Epic finish for Well deserved 🏆— Vijayakarthikeyan K (@Vijaykarthikeyn)
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Congratulations Tamilnadu 🎉🎉🎉
SHARUKH THE MAN
What a finish 😍😍😍
Unbelievable 🔥🔥🔥— MANOJ KUMAR🇮🇳 (@veeramanoj1992)