RESULT
2nd Semi-final, Eden Gardens, February 25 - March 01, 2015, Ranji Trophy
549 & 119/0d

Match drawn (Tamil Nadu won on 1st innings)

Player Of The Match
91 & 2/47
vijay-shankar
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Gugale, Khurana tons keep Maharashtra on track

Swapnil Gugale and Chirag Khurana scored hundreds to keep Maharashtra's pursuit of the first-innings lead on track, but Tamil Nadu pulled things back with a few late strikes to put the game in the balance

Maharashtra 394 for 5 (Gugale 154, Khurana 125, Bawne 47*) trail Tamil Nadu 549 by 155 runs
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Swapnil Gugale and Chirag Khurana scored hundreds to keep Maharashtra's pursuit of the first-innings lead on track, but Tamil Nadu pulled things back with a few late strikes to put the game in the balance.
Maharashtra didn't lose a wicket in the first session, Gugale and Khurana raising 270 runs overall before Gugale, who faced 282 balls and hit 28 fours, was removed by B Aparajith in the 52nd over of the day. Both batsmen scored at a reasonable pace, managing strike-rates of 50-plus each.
Gugale's dismissal gave Tamil Nadu an opening, seamer A Aswin Crist landing two blows in fairly quick succession. Rahul Tripathi was caught in front by Crist exactly five overs after Gugale was out. Crist struck again after 10 overs to have Khurana caught behind.
At 330 for 4, Ankit Bawne and Kedar Jadhav proceeded to knit together a 45-run stand. Jadhav, who had raced away to 26 off 25 deliveries, was removed by Malolan Rangarajan. Bawne and captain Rohit Motwani, who faced 31 balls for his four runs, downed the shutters.
Khurana said later that the wicket, while having slowed down, wasn't unplayable. "It's not that difficult. Both the batsmen at the crease [Bawne and Motwani] are determined to take us through," Khurana told ESPNcricinfo. "They [Tamil Nadu] will come hard at us in the morning, so we need to be patient and not lose wickets in the first session. If we bat out the whole day, we will win. Today, Swapnil and me wanted to bat out the morning session without giving away a wicket. That gave the team a lot of confidence."

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TN8413291.244
MUM8224200.937
MP8116191.143
BRODA8125181.078
RLYS8026160.922
UP8233150.760
BENG8017130.820
J + K8134120.601
Group B
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DELHI8512371.471
MAHA8323261.290
VIDAR8215241.468
GUJ8224240.965
ODSA8332200.790
PNJB8233190.947
RAJ8233180.821
HRYNA8242170.875
SAU8134100.668
Group C
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ASSAM8512381.325
AP8413291.454
HP8206281.677
JHK8215211.171
HYD8116201.123
KER8116200.908
TPURA803590.635
SVCS804480.773
GOA803550.575