http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Maharashtra-c811 – 2nd Day’s Update
Maharashtra 232 v Tamil Nadu 259/3 (83.0 ov) - http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tamil-Nadu-c853 lead by 27 runs with 7 wickets remaining in the 1st innings
Tamil Nadu took a lead of 27 runs with seven wickets in hand against Maharashtra on the second day of the fourth quarterfinal in the ongoing Ranji Trophy Elite at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai.
On Tuesday, January 03, 2011 Maharashtra resumed their first innings from their overnight tally of 204 runs for the loss of four wickets.
However, they suffered an early loss by the demise of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sangram-Dilp-Atitkar-c88553,who failed to add a run to his overnight tally of 50.
With the top batsman back in the pavilion, it was http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rohit-Motwani-c2363’s turn to shine as the batsman hammered the opposition for 22 runs while the rest of the batsmen failed to prosper against the mighty bowling from Tamil Nadu.
The side managed to post 232 runs at the end of their first innings, after suffering a terrible batting collapse in front of the Tamil Nadu bowlers.
Medium-pacer, Jagannathan Kaushik, was the most successful bowler from the Tamil side with five wickets to his name.
Coming out to bat, the Tamils had a meagre first innings tally to chase as they began their innings confidently, aiming to leave Maharashtra flabbergasted.
Openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/M-Vijay-c1867 gave their side an opening stand of 173 runs as they smashed flamboyant shots all around the park without remorse.
The batsmen incinerated the Maharashtra bowling brigade and left them in ruins by launching a batting onslaught right from the word go.
Finally in the 47th over, the fielding side stuck for the first time in the match by grabbing the wicket of Mukund, who fell after hammering a knock of 95 runs.
Vijay, soon followed as he was dismissed after playing a resilient innings of 79 runs. At the time of his demise, the batting side had amassed 186 runs on the board.
Later, middle-order batsmen http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KD-Karthik-c1780 hammered 35 and 30 runs to help their side post a daunting total of 259 runs at stumps on the second day of the match.
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