Saurashtra were 70 without loss in their first innings, in reply to Tamil Nadu's mammoth 500 for 8 declared, in the Elite Super League Ranji Trophy match at the Madhavrao Scindia ground in Rajkot on Monday.
At stumps on day 2, Kanaiya Vaghela and Sagar Jogiyani were unbeaten on 21 (3X4) and 44 (8x4) runs respectively.
Tamil Nadu, who resumed their first innings at the overnight score of 293 for 3, declared at 500 for 8 wickets shortly before tea break.
S Sarath, who scored century in his 100th Ranji match, and was not out on 103 on Sunday, could only add six runs to his overnight score.
Scorecard
Tamil Nadu (1st innings): overnight 293 for 3.
S Anirudha lbw S Jobanputra 28
M Vijay c Jogiyani B Jobanputra 18
R Prasanna c Jadeja B K Makwana 89
S Sarath c Jogiyani b Vaghela 109
R Satish c Mehta b Vaghela 93
K S Vasudevdas c Kotak b Makwana 80
R Naresh c Jogiyani b Jobanputra 64
Y O Mahesh lbw Jobanputra 3
Varun Kumar not out 7
C Suresh not out 0
Extras: (lb-3, nb-5, w-1) 9
Total: (for 8 wickets in 145 overs) 500
Fall of wickets: 1-27, 2-61, 3-221, 4-326, 5-348, 6-462, 7-486, 8-496.
Bowling: S Jobanputra 37-9-112-4, S Maniar 11-2-65-0, R Dhruv 25-7-88-0, K Vaghela 13-3-60-2, K Makwana 49-13-124-2, R Jadeja 7-0-35-0, J Shah 3-0-13-0.
Saurashtra (1st innings):
Kanaiya Vaghela batting 21
Sagar Jogiyani batting 44
Extras: (b-2, kb-1, w-1,nb-1) 5
Total: (for no loss in 31 overs) 70
Bowling: Yomahesh 8-2-27-0, R Jesuraj 10-5-22-0, R Naresh 7-5-5-0, R Satish 5-2-13-0, C Suresh 1-1-0-0.