Vijay Sai Suri, Basha help Tamil Nadu take lead

A 185-run fifth wicket stand between Vijay Sai Suri (101) and Haroon Basha (97) helped Tamil Nadu take a 97 run lead over Hyderabad on the second day of their South Zone Cooch Behar Trophy (Under-19) tournament match at the Gymkhana Ground in Hyderabad on Saturday. At stumps Tamil Nadu, after batting throughout the day, were 313 for 6.

Resuming at the overnight score of 24 for 2, Tamil Nadu lost Sridhar (11) when he edged a catch to Ibrahim Khaleel off Nadeemuddin. This brought Vijay Sai Suri to the crease. He and Vasudeva Das took the score to 64 when Vasudeva Das departed after being run out by Nadeemuddin.

Basha now joined Sai Suri and the two settled down to form their big partnership. Tamil Nadu went into lunch at 121 for 4. Both Sai Suri and Basha went past their fifties and the partnership progressed along smoothly. By tea, Tamil Nadu were 214 with both Basha and Sai Suri still batting confidently.

The new ball was claimed in the 88th over and that brought some luck for Hyderabad as Basha departed after a partnership which lasted 70.1 overs. Basha faced 211 balls during his 236 minute stay at the crease and hit 14 boundaries. Shortly after, Suri reached his hundred but after facing 272 balls and hitting 12 boundaries, he was caught by Shashank Nag off Shiv Shankar.

Vidyuth Sivaramakrishnan (25) and G VIgnesh (32) then saw Tamil Nadu through the rest of the overs before stumps were drawn.