Debutant pacer Gurjapneet Singh produced a superb spell (9-5-7-4) within the second innings and put Tamil Nadu in a commanding place towards Saurashtra within the Ranji Trophy (Elite Group D) conflict on the Sri Ramakrishna School floor on Sunday.
TN began day three on 278 for 3 and was bowled out for 367 on the stroke of lunch, having secured a 164-run first-innings lead.
Gurjapneet, wicketless within the first essay, wrecked the Saurashtra top-order to go away the opposition in tatters at 16 for 5. At stumps, the customer completed on 35 for 5 after heavy rains washed out the whole lot of the ultimate session.
The tall left-arm seamer made full use of the brand new ball, coming across the wicket and shaping it away from the right-handers. He additionally judiciously employed the brief ball and acquired his maiden wicket when Chirag Jani, stunned by a bouncer, pulled it straight to mid-wicket.
The 25-year-old then acquired the massive scalp of Cheteswhar Pujara, trapped plumb in entrance for a duck. Parshwaraj Rana was the subsequent to go, edging a pull to the ‘keeper down the leg-side earlier than Prerark Mankad acquired squared up and was caught behind.
Earlier within the day, one other left-arm pacer and Saurashtra skipper, Jaydev Unadkat (six for 61) led from the entrance as he scythed by way of the TN center order with the second new ball, claiming his twenty fourth five-for in first-class cricket.
Saurashtra skipper Jaydev Unadkat.
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The veteran pacer saved it full, swinging it each methods and pinned the batters to the crease in his seven-over burst (7-3-13-4) that noticed the house group lose 5 wickets for 18 runs. Nevertheless, 18-year-old debutant C. Andre Siddarth (38) performed an assured knock and, alongside M. Mohammed, added 60 runs for the ninth-wicket to take the lead previous 150.
With rain anticipated on the fourth and last day, Sai Kishore’s males will desperately pray the solar comes out as they sense a chance to start out the season with a giant win.
The scores: Saurashtra-1st innings: 203.
Tamil Nadu — 1st innings: B. Sai Sudharsan (run out) 82, N. Jagadeesan c Harvik b Unadkat 100, Pradosh Ranjan Paul c (sub) b Vora 49, B. Indrajith c (sub) b Unadkat 40, M. Boopathi Vaishna Kumar b Unadkat 5, M. Shahrukh Khan lbw b Unadkat 8, C. Andre Siddarth lbw b Dodiya 38, R. Sonu Yadav c Harvik b Unadkat, R. Sai Kishore c Harvik b Unadkat 2, M. Mohammed (not out) 26, Gurjapneet Singh c Unadkat b Dodiya 5; Extras (lb-9, w-1, nb-2): 12; Complete (in 121.3 overs): 367
Fall of wickets: 1-172, 2-196, 3-269, 4-283, 5-295, 6-295, 7-295, 8-301, 9-361.
Saurashtra bowling: Unadkat 24-6-61-6, Vora 18-7-47-1, Jani 16-5-38-0, Mankad 9-0-32-0, Dharmendrasinh 27-4-96-0, Dodiya 18.3-0-59-2, Rana 9-2-25-0.
Saurashtra — 2nd innings: Harvik Desai b Sonu 5, Chirag Jani c Andre b Gurjapneet 3, Parshwaraj Rana c Jagadeesan b Gurjapneet 6, Cheteshwar Pujara lbw b Gurjapneet 0, Arpit Vasavada batting 15, Prerark Mankad c Jagadeesan b Gurjapneet 1, Sheldon Jackson batting 5; Complete (for 5 wkts in 25 overs): 35
Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-9, 3-13, 4-14, 5-16.
Tamil Nadu bowling: Gurjapneet 9-5-7-4, Sonu 8-3-11-1, Mohammed 4-1-8-0, Sai Kishore 2-0-6-0, Shahrukh 2-0-3-0.
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