Tamil Nadu batter Baba Indrajith braved a freak injury to bat with a heavily taped mouth during the Vijay Hazare Trophy semi-final match against Haryana on Wednesday. Indrajith came out to bat with the scoreboard reading 54/3 and he had a piece of tape covering his mouth. He batted for some time and the physios had to rush in to provide further treatment to him which resulted in an even heavier padding being applied on his injured upper lip. While he looked in some discomfort, the in-form batter won hearts as he went on to score 64 in 71 deliveries. After the match, he revealed on social media that he suffered the injury after slipping the bathroom during the innings break.
Tamil Nadu stuttered at the start, losing veteran opener Baba Aparajith for 7 before Anshul Kamboj started the demolition job.
The 23-year-old right-arm pacer, playing only his 14th List A game dismissed Hari Nishaanth for 1, thus adding to Tamil Nadu's dismal outing.
TN stalwart and Aparajith's twin brother, Baba Indrajith, halted the slide with a patient 64 but his dismissal, clean bowled by Kamboj in the 41st over all but ended Tamil Nadu's bid to enter the final and aim for a sixth title.
The last time Tamil Nadu had made it to the title round was in the 2021-22 season, losing to Himachal Pradesh at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.
(With PTI inputs)