I guess that is for unintentional beamers. Sometimes the ball slips out of bowler's hand and it turns out to be a beamer. But I watched Saini bowling on both occasions, and it was clear that he did that intentionally. And I posted about this many months ago. And even after all this, he refused to apologize. Stoinis escaped without major injury, but Tewatia was hit really hard. It is up to the match referee to decide on the quantum of punishment. But the match referees (Manu Nayyar and Prakash Bhatt) also refused to act.

Now those players entered into their international cricket career so I guess they will be very cautious while playing any games in the future. Kohli known for his aggression which is actually a good approach but there is bit difference for being aggressive and arrogant so he should not cross the limits or he may ruin his career even he is the best batsman in the world.

Congrats if you placed the bet on Tamil Nadu, one more game to go for you.

I was considering betting on Semis but not aware about quality of cricket played in Sayed Mustaq Ali Trophy so skipped it. Will try betting on next semi Punjab vs Baroda, if i got the good tip. 

How to watch these matches, i have seen the betting option but as long as i am not able to watch the match i am not too confident in placing a bet, either way you made some good picks and it would be great if you could put your picks early so that i will follow that up and make a decision on placing a bet.

I don't think any of the sports channel is providing with live stream. The only choice is to watch the scores and commentary on the cricket match information providing sites like crickbuzz, Cricinfo.

I was able to watch the live telecast using JioTV application, other than that i am not sure how you are able to watch the matches in other parts of the world. But if you have Hotstar i think you can watch the match, If i am not watching the matches then i wont be able to place a bet as i do not do blind betting either .

Till the finals Baroda played really well, the batting is decent enough but their strength is their bowlers as they restricted teams even with sub par score. Toss is important, Tamil Nadu is comfortable in chasing as they have done throughout the tournament.

My pick is Tamil Nadu because they lost the last tournament for just one run and they are here in this tournament to win it and Dinesh Karthik is a really great captain and i really liked his tactical approach and how he manages the bowlers and giving them advice every delivery on where to bowl and giving them confidence even if they are hit for boundaries.

Hotstar is only available in three countries which are US, Canada and India.

Source: How to Watch Hotstar Outside India

But it is easy to unblock Hotstar for most of the countries which you can used to watch the highlights but to catch live stream the premium subscription needed which can't be used where it is not officially available.

I won't be making a bet for this match, but I guess Tamil Nadu has the advantage. I watched the semi-final match between Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan and the former looked like a well balanced side with bowlers such as Murugan Ashwin, Sai Kishore.etc and quality batsmen such as Jagadeesan and Arun Karthik. On top of that they are captained by the experienced Dinesh Karthik. On the other hand, there are no big names in the Baroda squad. Even the name of the captain (Kedar Devdhar) sounds unfamiliar to me.   

Around 1 hour to go for the SMA Trophy final. Apart from Dinesh Karthik, I can't find any big names participating in this match, which is quite disappointing. At least I expected emerging players such as T Natarajan, Washington Sundar.etc to take part. Tamil Nadu players such as R Ashwin, Murali Vijay, Vijay Shankar.etc used to take part regularly in the domestic tournaments, and I am not sure why they skipped this one.

LOL.. Natarajan is not taking any rest. The last time I heard, he was busy visiting all the temples in Tamil Nadu and doing strange rituals. He just posted this:

https://twitter.com/Natarajan_91/status/1355760220375420930


I am from Singapore and around 6%-7% of the population is made up of Tamils. But never noticed anyone shaving their head. So what is the reason? Is it mandatory to shave your head after something big happens in your life?

BTW, good to hear that Vijay Shankar is in the TN squad. India is facing a shortage of pace-bowling all rounders and if this guy performs well, then he may be considered by the selectors.