Gaining a slender 11-run first innings lead over Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu were 19 for one at close on the second day of their four-day Ranji Trophy Super League Cricket match in Chennai on Monday.
Replying to Tamil Nadu's 234 all out, Himachal, resuming at overnight 10 for one, lost wickets at regular intervals and
were bowled out for 223.
Only wicketkeeper batsman MS Bisla, P Dogra, A Mannu, Sarandeep Singh and V Bhatia managed to reach double figures. Bisla topscored with 61 with six hits to the fence while Dogra made a useful 49 (seven fours).
For Tamil Nadu, medium pacer Yeo Mahesh was the chief wicket-taker claiming four for 40 and Amarnath (two for 45) and C Suresh (two for 39) also contributed.
Tamil Nadu suffered an early loss in their second essay when M Vijay (9) was out with the team total on 17. Opening partner Abhinav Mukund (5) and Gopinath (1) were at the crease when stumps were drawn.
Scorecard:
Tamil Nadu (1st inings): 234
Himachal Pradesh (1st innings, overnight 10/1):
M Gupta c Suresh b Amarnath 9
S Sharma c Badrinath b Ramkumar 7
P Dogra st Gopinath b Suresh 49
B Sharma c Vijay b Suresh 5
M Bisla c Vasudevadas b Badrinath 61
A Mannu c Gopinath b Mahesh 16
S Singh c Srinivasan B Mahesh 39
V Bhatia c Gopinath b Amarnath 28
A Thakur c Srinivasan b Mahesh 2
V Malik lbw Mahesh 2
J Mehta not out 0
Extras: (b 1, Lb 4) 5
Total: (all out in 90 overs) 223
Fall of wickets: 1-10, 2-25, 3-58, 4-85, 5-127, 6-179, 7-195, 8-197, 9-215
Bowling: Y Mahesh 20-5-40-4, P Amarnath 18-4-45-2, Ramkumar 20-3-50-1, C Suresh 17-4-39-2, S Sureshkumar 10-1-33-0, K Vasudevadas 2-0-5-0, Badrinath 3-0-6-1
Tamil Nadu (2nd innings):
A Mukund batting 5
M Vijay c Bisla b Sarandeep 9
H Gopinath batting 1
Extras: (lb 4) 4
Total: (for 1 wicket in 8 overs) 19
Fall of Wickets: 1-17
Bowling: A Thakur 3-2-3-0, V Malik 2-1-5-0, V Bhatia 2-0-3-0, S Singh 1-0-4-1