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Ranji Trophy: Tamil Nadu enter final post draw with Maharashtra

Maharashtra never looked in the right frame of mind in pursuit of Tamil Nadu's mammoth first innings total of 549, as they were bundled out for 454 to concede the decisive first essay lead to the two-time former champions at the Eden Gardens.

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Tamil Nadu edged out last edition's runners-up Maharashtra by virtue of first innings lead in a drawn encounter on Sunday, to set up a summit clash with reigning champions Karnataka in the Ranji Trophy.

In sharp contrast to their positive attitude on Saturday, Maharashtra never looked in the right frame of mind in pursuit of Tamil Nadu's mammoth first innings total of 549, as they were bundled out for 454 to concede the decisive first essay lead to the two-time former champions at the Eden Gardens.

With this victory, Tamil Nadu have made it to their 12th Ranji final appearance, and first since 2011-12. Resuming the day on 394 for five, Maharashtra could manage to add just 60 more runs to their overnight tally before being bundled out in 125 minutes.

It was Man-of-the-match Vijay Shankar, who triggered the collapse, dismissing two overnight batsmen in three balls after Abhinav Mukund brought the seamer in the 11th over from the pavillion end.

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"Shankar is developing into a good allrounder. He had a great spell yesterday and I felt he was unlucky and brought him as the first change this morning and the move clicked," the skipper said about Shankar, who also scored a crucial 91 in Tamil Nadu's first innings.

Maharashtra captain Rohit Motwani (11) was the first to be dismissed when he pulled a rising delivery from Shankar only to be caught behind the stumps. Next ball, Shrikanth Mundhe rotated the strike and Bawne (57) also followed suit when he chased a wide delivery to be caught by Ramaswamy Prasanna at the slip cordon.

Tamil Nadu's most effective bowler Aswin Crist (4/89) then returned to add two more to his tally as Maharashtra lost two more wickets - Anupam Sanklecha (17) and Dominic Jacob (0) -  in one over, which meant it was all but over.

Mundhe (25 not out) was left stranded at the other end after last-man Samad Fallah (0) was run out by substitute Shahrukh Khan.

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