Ranji Trophy: Tamil Nadu-Mumbai tie ends in a draw

Replying to Mumbai’s first innings total of 238 all out, Tamil Nadu, overnight 149 for four, finished on 347. In their second essay, Mumbai lost two early wickets before the stumps were drawn with their total on 13 for two in 15 overs.

The three points took Tamil Nadu’s tally to 14, while Mumbai head the table with 21 after six outings.

A 115-run partnership between K. Shrivasudevadas (99) and Rajagopal Sathish (44) proved to be the cornerstone of Tamil Nadu innings as the duo batted steadily to take their team within striking distance of a first innings lead.

Shrivasudevadas was distinctly unlucky to miss out on a deserved century, but from his team’s perspective, the 173-ball knock (11 x 4) was worth its weight in gold as it put Tamil Nadu’s campaign back on track.

Having bagged three points, the Tamil Nadu innings stretched well into the day and Lakshmipathy Balaji helped himself to a rapid 41 off 56 balls (4 x 6, 1 x 4).

For Mumbai, 18-year old left-arm spinner Harmeet Singh came up with an impressive performance and took five for 86 though in the ultimate analysis, it could not stop Tamil Nadu from taking the all-important lead.

Mumbai (1st innings): 238.

Tamil Nadu (1st innings - Overnight 149 for 4): Abhinav Mukund lbw Abdulla 13; Srikkanth Anirudha c Salvi b Abdulla 20; Subramaniam Badrinath c and b Harmeet Singh 51; K Dinesh Karthik b Nayar 19; K Shrivasudevadas b Harmeet Singh 99; Rajagopal Sathish c Abdullah b Powar 44; Chandrasekar Ganapathy c Jaffer b Harmeet Singh 33; Suresh Kumar c Jaffer b Harmeet Singh 11; Lakshmipathy Balaji b Abdulla 41; V Arun Kumar c Rahane b Harmeet Singh 1; Aushik Srinivas (not out) 0. Extras (lb-8, nb-5, w-2): 15. Total (all out, 123.5 overs): 347.

Fall of wickets: 1-28, 2-54, 3-101, 4-117, 5-232, 6-266, 7-302, 8-305, 9-315, 10-347. 

Bowling: Avishkar Salvi 13-4-33-0; Javed Khan 7-2-14-0 (2w); Iqbal Abdulla 44.5-12-89-3; Ramesh Powar 29-5-92-1 (4nb); Harmeet Singh 23-4-86-5; Abhishek Nayar 7-0-25-1 (1nb).

Mumbai (2nd innings): Sahil Kukreja c Mukund b Suresh Kumar 5; Onkar Gurav c and b Suresh Kumar 4; Ajinkya Rahane (not out) 3; Prashant Naik (not out) 1. Extras: 0. Total (for 2 wkts, 15 overs): 13.

Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-9.

Bowling: Lakshmipathy Balaji 3-1-5-0; R Aushik Srinivas 7-3-6-0; Suresh Kumar 5-4-2-2.