Ranji Trophy: Tamil Nadu’s Pradosh Ranjan Paul conquers fort Kotla Tamil News: 88th Ranji cricket matches are going on in different cities of India. In this, the league match between Tamil Nadu and Delhi teams (Division B) will be held from 27th at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Batting first in this match, the Delhi team was all out for 303 runs in the first innings.
Batting in their first innings, the Tamil Nadu team scored 214 runs for 5 wickets at the end of the 2nd day. After this, Vijay Shankar (17 runs) – Pradosh Ranjan Paul (3 runs) played in the match on the 3rd day yesterday. Ranjan Paul, the left-handed batsman in this pair, played steady.
Also, he came in as the 7th player and scored a century by showing ‘Tanni’ to the Delhi bowlers. Ranjan Paul scored 124 runs after hitting 16 boundaries off 212 balls. It was the first century for 22-year-old Ranjan Paul in first-class cricket.
In the Tamil Nadu team, Vijay Shankar scored 52 runs and Ashwin Christ scored 32 runs. In the end, the Tamil Nadu team declared with 427 runs for 8 wickets in 116 overs in the first innings. The Delhi team, who played the 2nd innings while trailing by 124 runs, scored 28 runs for one wicket at the end of yesterday. Today is the last day of the match.
Tirupur player who destroyed Delhi
Tamil Nadu’s Pradosh Ranjan Paul jumped after scoring his maiden first-class century. He then swung the bat with his hand in a salute to the dressing room of the Tamil Nadu players. Earlier, he has scored 29 centuries for Tamil Nadu in age categories. He made his Ranji debut almost four years ago and has now hit his 30th century against the same team. He had then scored 78, the only half-century he had scored in his previous five first-class matches.
Pratosh Ranjan Paul told The Indian Express after the match, “It was a special moment for me and I was a bit emotional. I was introduced four years ago. I haven’t played many matches. This century means a lot to me. I was expecting the century to come a bit earlier, but I am very happy.
They asked us to play till tea time. Then the light suddenly faded and it was decided that we would declare and try to get two wickets at the end of the day.” He said that.
Bhubaneswar to Tirupur
Pradosh Ranjan Paul’s family hails from Odisha. But ten years ago, her father Pradeep Pal, a bank employee, was transferred to Tirupur, 1600 km from their home in Bhubaneswar. Pradosh, then 12 years old, initially struggled in his new home.
One day, while returning from school, Ramesh saw a pamphlet announcing a summer training camp at the Tirupur School of Cricket Academy. Ramesh enrolls him in his academy. After that Pradosh Ranjan Paul started his journey towards professional cricket. Six years later, Pradosh became the first Ranji Trophy cricketer from Tirupur. Ramesh said his rise helped cricket grow in Tirupur region.
Current Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (DNCA) Chief Superintendent and his childhood coach V Ramesh Kumar told Indian Express that right from his under-14 cricket days, his character and attitude stood out. There were days when he had to be pulled out of net practice and sent home. He missed out on a century on his debut. But now I am happy that he got a hundred.
He is our mileage, who has played first-class cricket from our region. After he represented the India Under-19 team, we had to put turf wickets in our academy. Because the enrollment in our academy suddenly increased. He had already become a star here.
“He’s always been a team man. Generally he has been a top order batsman. But today he batted at number 7.
He is a natural leader. He has led Tamil Nadu in U-14, U-16, U-19, U-23 and U-25 tournaments. May lead the senior team one day in the future,” said Ramesh.
A fantastic 124 from Pradosh Ranjan Paul put Tamil Nadu in a strong position at the end of Day 3 in the #DELvTN clash as Delhi trail by 96 runs in the second innings. #RanjiTrophy | @mastercardindia
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