da blaze casino： The Tamil Nadu top order clicked in a major way on Saturday, theopening day of their Group C Ranji Trophy Super League match againstSaurashtra at the MA Chidambaram stadium in Chennai
05-Feb-2000The Tamil Nadu top order clicked in a major way on Saturday, theopening day of their Group C Ranji Trophy Super League match againstSaurashtra at the MA Chidambaram stadium in Chennai. Put in to bat bySitanshu Kotak, Tamil Nadu’s way of saying `thank you’ was to run up ascore of 348 for four at stumps.Opener Anand George was the only batsman to fail. He scored only sixas Tamil Nadu lost their first wicket at 26 in the sixth over. For therest of the day, the hosts dominated. First Aashish Kapoor and SSriram added 69 runs for the second wicket off 14.5 overs. Kapoor thenleft for a bright 59 off just 60 balls. He hit nine fours. Sriram andHemang Badani then consolidated with a third wicket partnership of 119runs off 32.4 overs. The left handed Sriram was unlucky to miss hiscentury by two runs for at 98 he was adjudged leg before toBambhaniya. Sriram faced 144 balls and hit 12 of them to theropes. There was no respite for Saurashtra even after Sriram’sdeparture. For Badani and Sridharan Sarath then got together for afourth wicket association that realised 84 runs off 25 overs. Badaniwas then dismissed for 86. He faced 177 balls and hit six fours andtwo sixes. Sarath and JR Madanagopal (18) then put on another 50 runsfor the unbroken fifth wicket off 12 overs. At stumps the in formSarath was batting with 58. The left hander faced 113 balls and hitseven fours.