Tamil Nadu crushed Uttar Pradesh by an innings and 49 runs with a day to spare against Uttar Pradesh in Chennai on Thursday. The day also saw Test middle-order batsman Cheteshwar Pujara of Saurashtra score century against Vidarbha.
Tamil Nadu crushed Uttar Pradesh by an innings and 49 runs with a day to spare against Uttar Pradesh in Chennai on Thursday. The day also saw Test middle-order batsman Cheteshwar Pujara of Saurashtra score century against Vidarbha.
Assisted by off-spinners Malolan Rangarajan (5/42) and S Suresh Kumar (4/38), Tamil Nadu dismissed UP for 169 in their second innings.
TN, who were 360/7 overnight, were all out for 400 in their first innings at the MA Chidambaran Stadium to enjoy a lead of 218 runs. UP batsmen were bundled out in just 57.1 overs with only captain Piyush Chawla offering some resistence by making 69 runs at No. 8. None of the other UP batsmen scored more than 20. This was Tamil Nadu's second win of the season.
Elsewhere, three other matches ended on the day. Andhra defeated Tripura by an innings and 8 runs in Group C in Ongole, Delhi also won by an innings to pocked seven points against Odisha at the Ferozeshah Kotla and Maharashtra got the better of Team Rajasthan by 9 wickets in Pune.
In Nagpur, Pujara scored 114 during his 280-minute stay at the crease but Saurashtra still face an uphill task. Replying to Vidarbha's 583/9 declared, Saurashtra were 251/5, still 332 behind. Pujara shared 185 for the third wicket with opener Sagar Jogiyani (81). This was the only sizeable partnership for Saurashtra. There was precious little from the rest.
Brief scores: Uttar Pradesh 182 & 169 in 57.1 overs (P Chawla 69; SS Kumar 4/38, M Rangarajan 5/42) lost to Tamil Nadu (o/n 360/7) 400 in 134 overs (B Indrajith 91, M Rangarajan 36; A Mishra 3/29, AG Murtuza 4/138). TN 7 pts; UP 0
GROUP A:
In Kolkata: Bengal 387 & 216/3 in 44 overs (AR Easwaran 63, A Das 60, M Tiwary 52*, SD Chatterjee 29) vs Jammu & Kashmir (o/n 183/5) 315 in 112.5 overs (SS Pundir 34, B Singh 73, R Dayal 62*; A Dinda 3/102, AA Banerjee 2/68, SS Lahiri 2/45, M Tiwary 2/19)
In Indore: Madhya Pradesh 303 vs Karnataka (o/n 214/3) 516/8 in 168 overs (M Pandey 193, KK Nair 36, S Gopal 124, R Vinay Kumar 28; PM Datey 2/76, YB Rawat 3/91, JS Saxena 2/98)
In Delhi: Baroda 298 vs Railways 251/7 in 93 overs (RU Bhosale 76, AN Ghosh 34, M Rawat 50, A Yadav 31; IK Pathan 2/49, S Singh 2/65, YK Pathan 2/53)
Group B:
In Delhi: Delhi 353 bt Odisha (o/n 25/1) 118 in 62.1 overs (NA Saini 3/22, V Sood 3/16, M Sharma 2/9) & 85 in 39.1 overs (AR Sarangi 32, A Mallick 30*; V Tokas 2/8, M Sharma 6/24, S Sharma 2/36). Delhi 7 pts; Odisha 0
In Ahmedabad: Gujarat 513/8d vs Punjab (o/n 9/0) 219/4 in 98 overs (J Singh 76, U Kaul 77, M Singh 27; RH Bhatt 2/32)
In Pune: Team Rajasthan 270 & 106 in 45.4 overs (SS Mundhe 6/38) lost to Maharashtra (o/n 274/9) 274 in 72.2 overs & 105/1 in 19.3 overs (SM Gugale 56*, RH Motwani 27*). Maharashtra 6 pts; Team Rajasthan 0
In Nagpur: Vidarbha 583/9d vs Saurashtra (o/n 20/2) 251/5 in 107 overs (SD Jogiyani 81, C Pujara 114; SB Wagh 2/54, AA Wakhare 3/61)
Group C:
In Ongole: Tripura 151 & (o/n 13/3) 151 in 58.1 overs (NN Sen Chowdhary 42; DP Vijaykumar 2/22, D Siva Kumar 4/54, CV Stephen 3/51) lost to Andhra 310. Andhra 7 pts; Tripura 0
In Dharamsala: Himachal Pradesh (o/n 195/1) 304 in 105.2 overs (AK Bains 129, AR Kalsi 80, P Dogra 26; RR Singh 2/77, A Kumar 455, S Nadeem 4/77) vs Jharkhand 94/1 in 33 overs (RK Nemat 53*, SS Tiwary 40*)
In Hyderabad: Assam 393 vs Hyderabad (o/n 35/0) 215 in 100.1 overs (TD Agarwal 68, PA Reddy 41, SA Quadri 50; JS Mohammad 3/73, S Puryakastha 5/59) & 21/1 in 5.3 overs
In Delhi: Go 304 vs Services (o/n 28/2) 219/4 in 70 overs (AH Gupta 110, RS Paliwal 26*, HR Sethi 59*; SS Bandekar 2/45, MG Gawas 2/38)
STAR WATCH
Cheteshwar Pujara (114): Dropped from the fourth Test in Australia for want of runs, Pujara was back to what he is known to, scoring centuries. Against Vidarbha, he made 114 in 223 balls with 15 fours and a six. But his team are still behind by 332 runs.
Manoj Tiwary (2/19 & 52*) & Wriddhiman Saha (8*): The stylish Bengal batsman who was in the 30 Worl Cup probables list had a good outing on Thursday, picking up 2/19 as J&K were all out for 315, giving Bengal the first innings lead of 72 runs. Tiwary scored an unbeaten 52 as Bengal widened the lead to 288 at stumps. Giving Tiwary company was Test wicketkeeper Saha on eight.
Yuvraj Singh (14): Faced with a mammoth Gujarat total of 513/8d, Punjab relied on discarded India star. But the left-hander managed only 14 before falling to Rujul Bhatt as his side went to Day 3 stumps at 219/4, trailing further by 294.
Manish Pandey (193): The India prospect missed his double century by seven runs. During the course of his first Ranji hundred this season, Pandey shared 192 runs for the sixth wicket with Shreyas Gopal, who helped himself to his second career century, both coming this season.
Irfan Pathan (2/49) & Yusuf Pathan (2/53): The Pathan brothers equally shared four Railways wickets between them. Railways trail by 47 runs with three first innings wickets in hand.
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