Tamil Nadu lost wickets in a heap towards the end as their match against Karnataka in the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Cricket Tournament ended in a tie here on Tuesday. Tamil Nadu managed 150 for seven in their 20 overs,the same Karnataka scored losing as many wickets batting first. Tamil Nadu started poorly losing openers Srikanth Aniruddha (7) and Baba Aparajith (17) and S Badrinath for one. Dinesh Karthik and Abhinav Mukund combined to steady Tamil Nadus innings,putting together a 62-run partnership for the fourth wicket. Mukund compiled a well-made 42 off 40 balls before he was dismissed by Abhimanyu Mithun in the 16th over. Karthik scored 37 off 25 balls with the help of two fours and two sixes. Yo Mahesh provided some entertainment smashing 16 off eight balls with three boundaries,but that was not enough to see the visitors through. For Karnataka,Mithun took three wickets while Vinay Kumar,Stuart Binny and S L Akshay scalped one each. Batting first,Karun Nair cracked a valiant unbeaten 51 as Karnataka reached a fighting total. Nair hit three fours and two sixes in his 38-ball knock. Nair arrived at the crease when Karnataka were in trouble after losing four wickets for 69 runs in 11.1 overs. He lost A A Verma after 10 runs were added to the total. Nair and CM Gautam put on a vital 44-run stand for the sixth wicket in 30 balls,before the later was castled by Mahesh for 27. Mahesh scalped two wickets for Tamil Nadu,while Sunil Sam,Rahil Shah and S Suresh Kumar snapped one each. Brief scores: Karnataka 150 for 7 in 20 ovs (M Pandey 35,K Nair 51; Y Mahesh 2/34,S Sam 1/27) tied with Tamil Nadu 150 for 7 in 20 ovs (A Mukund 42,D Karthik 37; A Mithun 3/29) Other South Zone matches Kerala bt Andhra by 7 wickets Goa bt Hyderabad by 7 runs North Zone Brief scores: Himachal Pradesh 109 for seven in 20 overs (R Dhawan 38,P Dogra 25; V Sood 3/22) lost to Delhi 110 for six in 18.2 overs (M Kumar 23,S Narwal 19 n.o; V Malik 3/22) Other North Zone matches Punjab bt J&K by 43 runs Services bt Haryana by 8 wickets Central Zone Brief scores: Uttar Pradesh 136 for 6 in 20 ovs (P Gupta 44,Md Kaif 26; J Saxena 2/18) lost to Madhya Pradesh 138 for 7 in 18.4 ovs (R Khan 36,N Ojha 30; A Murtaza 2/19) Other Central Zone matches Railways bt Vidarbha by 5 wickets West Zone Brief scores: Saurashtra 152 for 7 in 20 ovs (K Raval 53; K Waingankar 2/24) bt Mumbai 92 all out in 18.5 ovs (S Chitnis 15; S Trivedi 3/7) Other West Zone results Gujarat bt Baroda by 8 runs East Zone Brief scores: Tripura 121 for 9 20 ovs (K Acharjee 26; P Das 2/26) lost to Assam 122 for 2 in 15.5 ovs (P Das 58,P Debnath 34; R Datta 1/25) Other East Zone results Bengal bt Jharkhand by 37 runs
