Left-arm spinners Ajith Ram (Four for 36) and Sai Kishore (Four for 82) helped Tamil Nadu bowl out Goa for 168 in its second innings on day three of the elite Group-C match within the fifth spherical of the Ranji Trophy on the Goa Cricket Association (GCA) Academy floor right here on Sunday.
Centurion within the first innings, Goa opener Suyash Prabhudessai top-scored with 79 (183b, 6×4). He engaged in a 59-run third-wicket partnership with Krishnamurthy Siddharth (32, 55b, 4×4, 1×6), and that was the one barely irritating half for Tamil Nadu on the day.
Pacer M. Mohammed had two shut leg earlier than shouts for Prabhudessai, and appeared to bother him, similar to he had performed within the first innings.
Prabhudessai had his moments. He remarkably slapped a reverse-sweep off Ajith Ram behind sq. and swept Sai Kishore to deep backward sq. leg boundary for fours.
At instances, he failed to attach his reverse-sweep and sweep. It was one such occasion that led to him getting dismissed leg earlier than off Ajith Ram. It was a photocopy of his first-innings dismissal.
Siddharth performed the spectacular shot of the day when he struck a six over cowl boundary off Sai Kishore.
Pradosh Ranjan Paul claimed two wickets together with his off-spin. He had Siddharth and Deepraj Gaonkar caught by Baba Indrajith at first slip.
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Sai Kishore had Ishaan Gadekar bowled via the gate, Manthan Khutkar caught by Boopathi Vaishna Kumar at ahead quick leg, Darshan Misal leg earlier than, and Arjun Tendulkar caught by Pradosh at first slip.
Ajith Ram had Samar Dubhasi and Mohit Redkar leg earlier than, and Heramb Parab caught by Boopathi at mid off.
Similar to his first-innings dismissal, Jagadeesan was bowled by a ball that stored low off left-arm spinner Darshan Misal.
Pradosh accomplished 1000 Ranji Trophy runs in his thirteenth match.
With 9 wickets in hand, Tamil Nadu wants 76 runs to win on Monday.
SCORES
Tamil Nadu – 1st innings: 273.
Goa – 2nd innings: Suyash Prabhudessai lbw b Ajith 79, Ishaan Gadekar b Sai Kishore 8, Manthan Khutkar c Boopathi b Sai Kishore 0, Krishnamurthy Siddharth c Indrajith b Pradosh 32, Darshan Misal lbw b Sai Kishore 12, Deepraj Gaonkar c Indrajith b Pradosh 9, Arjun Tendulkar c Pradosh b Sai Kishore 8, Samar Dubhashi lbw b Ajith 0, Mohit Redkar lbw b Ajith 4, Lakshay Garg (not out) 5, Heramb Parab c Boopathi b Ajith 4; Extras (lb-7): 7; Total (in 65.5 overs): 168.
Fall of wickets: 1-19, 2-23, 3-82, 4-109, 5-139, 6-155, 7-155, 8-159, 9-160, 10-168.
Tamil Nadu bowling: Sai Kishore 24-5-82-4, Warrier 11-3-11-0, Pradosh 9-1-18-2, Mohammed 4-2-6-0, Ajith 13.5-2-36-4, Kuldeep 4-1-8-0.
Tamil Nadu – 2nd innings: Suresh Lokeshwar (not out) 34, Narayan Jagadeesan b Misal 4, Pradosh Ranjan Paul (not out) 22; Extras (b-1): 1; Total (in 26 overs): 61/1.
Goa bowling: Misal 13-3-22-1, Arjun 2-0-5-0, Redkar 11-0-33-0.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com