Karnataka had also won the Vijay Hazare Trophy this season and were the defending champions in this tournament.
Dinesh Karthik won the toss and chose to bowl first. KL Rahul (22) and Devdutt Padikkal (32) added 39 runs for the first wicket. But then Ashwin picked Rahul and Mayank in two balls. However, Manish Pandey played a captain’s knock of 60* with 2 sixes and 4 fours and Rohit Kadam made 35 to take the Karnataka team to 180/5 in 20 overs.
R Ashwin (2/34) and M Ashwin (3/33) were the best bowlers for Tamil Nadu.
However, M Ashwin, who was on strike, could manage just one run and Karnataka won the final by just 1 run. Ronit More picked 2/32, while K Gowtham, S Gopal and J Suchith picked one wicket apiece. With this win, Karnataka completed a sweep in limited-overs tournaments, as they had won the Vijay Hazare Trophy, in which they had defeated Tamil Nadu as well.
Twitter was in a daze after watching a thrilling final between two amazing sides and the cricket fraternity praised Karnataka, who defended their title successfully.
Here are some of the best tweets: