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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 final Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Mon🦩day.
Chasing 151, the defending champions needed 16 runs off the last over. Karnataka captain Manish Pandey gave the ball to Pra♛teek Jain, and the bowler almost got his team home as he needed five runs to defend on the final ball.
However, Shah🎐rukh had some other plans as he smashed a bit hit over a deep square leg for a maximum to inspire Tamil Nadu to a thrill൩ing 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 Nadu 💪 Sweet revenge for 2019. The most successful team in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy histo﷽ry with 3 🏆 The 2021 yellow supremacy continues 🦩in white ball T20 cricket
— Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani)
What a thriller it was…!! Shahr🗹ukh 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 Karnataka, SMAT 2021-22 (Shahrukh Kꦰhan)No other team w⭕on a T20 final by successfully chasing 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)