Centurion Indrajith
Tamil Nadu have a 59-run lead in the first innings of the Ranji Trophy match against Jharkhand.
Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to bat in the match played at Guwahati. However, he stumbled and lost the first 4 wickets for 32 runs. After this, the pair of Baba Indrajith and Sai Kishore played brilliantly until the score of the Tamil Nadu team crossed 200 runs. Indrajith scored his 3rd consecutive century in this year’s Ranji Trophy. He was bowled out for 100 runs. After that Sai Kishore was dismissed for 81 and Shahrukh Khan for 20 as the Tamil Nadu team faced another crisis.
At the end of the first day, the Tamil Nadu team scored 256 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 72 overs. Jagadeesan 10, Mohammad 4 were on the field.
In this situation, the Tamil Nadu team lost all wickets for 285 runs in the first innings. Rahul Shukla of Jharkhand took 3 wickets.
Jharkhand were then bowled out for 226 in 74.3 overs in the first innings. Udkarsh Singh 52, Captain Celarab Tiwary 58 M. Siddharth took 4 wickets and Shahrukh Khan took 3 wickets.
In all the three Ranji Trophy matches played this year, the Tamil Nadu team has taken the lead in the first innings. However, the next two days are going to be very important for the Tamil Nadu team as they are in crisis to win this match.