de Villiers is an RCB Hall of Famer. He represented the side from 2011-2021 in 157 matches. He scored 4,522 runs at an average of 41.10. He scored two centuries and 37 fifties for the side at a strike rate of over 158

New Delhi Nov 20 PTI Rookie medium pacer P Saravana Kumar starred with a fifer as defending champions Tamil Nadu outplayed Hyderabad by eight wickets to sail into the final of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 cricket tournament here on Saturday The TN bowlers backed skipper Vijay Shankars decision to field first as they bundled out the hitherto unbeaten Hyderabad for 90 in 183 overs with only Tanay Thyagarajan 25 off 24 balls reached double figures Saravana did most of the damage upfront as he accounted for the top order including rival captain Tanmay Agarwal 1 and the in-form Tilak Varma 8 He finished with the sensational figure of 5 for 21 the second best ever bowling figures for TN behind Rahil Shahs 5 for 12 Hyderabad was tottering at 30 for 5 in 62 overs and it soon became 39 for 6 when Ravi Teja was dismissed by M Mohammed for 9 Late resistance by Thyagarajan and Chama Milind 8 helped Hyderabad escape complete humiliation before they folded for 90 in the 19th over Thyagarajan hit a huge six off Saravana and followed it up with a boundary before another attempted big shot brought about his downfall Apart from Saravana leg-spinner M Ashwin 213 from 4 overs and M Mohammed 212 from three overs helped keep the Hyderabad batters in check R Sai Kishore 119 took the other wicket While chasing Tamil Nadu lost the in-form N Jagadeesan 1 in the third over and fellow opener C Hari Nishaanth 14 in the same over to Rakshann Readdi 223 But the impressive youngster B Sai Sudharsan 34 not out and captain Shankar 43 saw the team home in the 15th over with a 76-run partnership for the third wicket Sudharsan batted fluently and struck a few stylish shots while Shankar who started cautiously began hitting the ball powerfully after getting his eye in He finished the game by smashing a four and six off Rakshann Readdi Tamil Nadu awaits the winner of the Karnataka vs Vidharba semi-final clash in Mondays final Brief scores Hyderabad 90 all out in 183 overs Tanay Thyagarajan 25 P Saravana Kumar 521 lost to Tamil Nadu 92 for 2 in 142 overs Vijay Shankar 43 not out Sai Sudharsan 34 not out by eight wickets PTI SS APA APA

New Delhi Nov 19 PTI Defending champions Tamil Nadu will have their task cut out as they lock horns with an unbeaten Hyderabad side in the semifinals of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 tournament here on Saturday TN are eyeing a third straight appearance in the final of the premier domestic T20 tournament Tamil Nadu who won the 2020-21 edition of the event earlier this year after having stumbled in the final against Karnataka in 2019 will head into the last-four clash with confidence after a convincing performance against Kerala Jagadeesan C Hari Nishaanth newcomer B Sai Sudharsan have been among the runs while skipper Vijay Shankar underlined his ability with a crucial knock in the quarterfinals The big-hitting M Shahrukh Khan can tear apart any bowling attack on his day while accelerating the pace of scoring Interestingly the TN batters have scored only three half-centuries in the tournament so far but the team has still achieved success mainly due to contributions from almost everyone They are hoping for substantial scores from some of their batters in crunch situations Spin bowling all-rounder R Sanjay Yadav proved his utility in the win over Kerala with two key wickets and a brisk 30-plus score His role along with that of fellow spinners R Sai Kishore and Murugan Ashwin leg-spinner would go a long way in brightening Tamil Nadus prospects Also Tamil Nadu will be hoping that left-arm pacer T Natarajan who missed the quarterfinal owing to a niggle is back for the last-four clash The team missed his accuracy and yorkers at the death against Kerala Hyderabad are aware of the challenge an all-round Tamil Nadu side poses Skipper Tanmay Agarwal has led from the front 333 runs from 6 matches scoring consistently while one-drop batter Tilak Varma 207 runs has also regained form which will help the teams cause However the other Hyderabad batters will have to step up if they are to put it across the holders Left-arm seamer Chama Milind has been among the wickets 18 from six matches -- the highest so far and needs to strike early for Hyderabad to restrict Tamil Nadu Match starts at 830AM IST PTI SS AH AH