Anchor: Indrajith was nimble on his toes and held fort at one finish, constructing very important partnerships.
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A Tamil Nadu-Karnataka recreation is one among the marquee clashes on the home calendar. True to its billing, the two sides dished out a humdinger that went down to the wire earlier than ending in a stalemate at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium right here on Monday.
TN, chasing 355 on the last day of the Ranji Trophy clash, got here inside putting distance of the goal earlier than ending 17 runs behind, whereas Karnataka was two wickets away from a win.
However, the match wouldn’t have gone so deep if not for half-centuries from Pradosh Ranjan Paul (74), B. Indrajith (98, 194b, 3×4) and Vijay Shankar (60), which saved the hosts in the hunt regardless of going through stiff odds at the begin of the day. So much trusted Indrajith for TN to have a likelihood of even salvaging a level on a pitch helping spinners, and the 29-year-old rose to the event.
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Indrajith was nimble on his toes, particularly off the backfoot towards the tweakers and held fort at one finish, constructing partnerships with Pradosh and later Vijay Shankar — with whom he added 125 runs for the sixth wicket.
Overnight batters Pradosh and opener Vimal Khumar performed out the first hour with out hassle after resuming the day on 36 for one. Pradosh regarded fluent and hit a flurry of boundaries, as TN managed 114 runs in the first session. The left-hander focused the sq. boundary with consecutive ramp photographs over the slips off V. Kaverappa. He reached his half-century with a sweep to the fence off Hardik Raj.
However, simply 10 minutes earlier than lunch, the 23-year-old poked at a supply from Vyshak and was caught at slip.
At 199 for 5, Indrajith and Vijay Shankar wanted to bat out almost 34 overs. The former hit a few boundaries earlier than Vijay joined the act with a swept 4 and 6, forcing the guests to go on the defensive by bowling unfavourable leg-side strains with 9 fielders on the ropes. The duo ran a lot of twos and lowered the goal to 97 off the final 15 obligatory overs.
Indrajith is run out by Kaverappa.
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VEDHAN M
Mayank Agarwal’s males took the new ball with 41 wanted off the final 5 and acquired a breakthrough when Indrajith was run out making an attempt to steal a single, two wanting a well-deserved century.
In the subsequent over, Vijay Shankar was caught at long-on off Vyshak, and TN’s cost ended at that time, however not earlier than placing on a present that added lustre to this famed rivalry.
The scores:
Karnataka — 1st innings: 366.
Tamil Nadu — 1st innings: 151.
Karnataka — 2nd innings: 139.
Tamil Nadu — 2nd innings: Vimal Khumar c Padikkal b Shashi Kumar 31, N. Jagadeesan c Padikkal b Vyshak 8, Pradosh Ranjan Paul c Padikkal b Vyshak 74, B. Indrajith (run out) 98, M. Boopathi Vaishna Kumar lbw b Hardik Raj 19, M. Mohammed c Manish b Hardik 15, Vijay Shankar c Mayank b Vyshak 60, R. Sai Kishore (not out) 7, S. Lokeshwar c Manish b Kaverappa 1, S. Ajith Ram (not out) 5, Extras (b-7, lb-9, w-4): 20; Total (for eight wkts in 105 overs): 338
Fall of wickets: 1-14, 2-75, 3-142, 4-177, 5-199, 6-324, 7-329, 8-330
Karnataka bowling: Kaverappa 15-1-62-1, Vyshak 22-2-71-3, Shashi Kumar 36-7-89-1, Samarth 8-0-14-0, Hardik Raj 24-0-86-2.
