Tamil Nadu ensures first-innings points
Tamil Nadu played analytical cricket on the fourth day of their Ranji Trophy league match against Hyderabad at Chennai, picking up five points by virtue of a first-innings lead
Staff Reporter
14-Dec-2001
Tamil Nadu played analytical cricket on the fourth day of their Ranji
Trophy league match against Hyderabad at Chennai, picking up five
points by virtue of a first-innings lead.
With the match destined for a draw, Tamil Nadu batsmen TR Arasu (78
off 268) and MR Shrinivas (28 off 154) made the required runs with a
display of grit and resolution. Arasu fell with the score on 290, but
Shrinivas and R Ramkumar (37 off 60) took Tamil Nadu past Hyderabad's
first-innings total of 336.
Bowled out for 351, Tamil Nadu then reduced Hyderabad to 150/2 by the
close of play, with Ramkumar picking up both wickets. Daniel Manohar
was unbeaten on 65, while Arjun Shivlal Yadav was unbeaten on 38.