Overview
- Karnataka advanced past Mumbai by the VJD method, reaching 187/1 in 33 overs while chasing 255 when rain and bad light halted play in Bengaluru.
- Devdutt Padikkal finished unbeaten on 81 alongside Karun Nair’s 74 in an unbroken 143-run stand for the second wicket.
- Mumbai posted 254/8 as Shams Mulani top-scored with 86, with Karnataka’s Vidyadhar Patil taking 3/42 and Abhilash Shetty and Vidwath Kaverappa claiming two each.
- Padikkal became the first batter to log 700-plus runs in multiple Vijay Hazare seasons and leads this edition with four centuries and two fifties.
- Saurashtra also moved into the semifinals via VJD, defeating Uttar Pradesh by 17 runs with skipper Harvik Desai unbeaten on 100, as the remaining quarterfinals decide semifinal opponents.