http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 Domestic: Ranji Trophy Elite - 4th Quarter-Final - Tamil Nadu v Maharashtra – 3rd Day’s Update
Maharashtra 232 & 90/0 (29.0 ov) v Tamil Nadu 415 - Maharashtra trail by 93 runs with 10 wickets remaining
Maharashtra trail by 93 runs with ten wickets in hand against Tamil Nadu at stumps, on the third day of the fourth quarterfinal in the ongoing http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kumar-Shri-Ranjitsinhji-c71870 Trophy Elite, at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai on Wednesday, January 04, 2012.
After finishing the second day with 259 runs on the board for the loss of three wickets, Tamil Nadu resumed their first innings with S Badrinath on 35 and K Vasudevadas on one, in a bid to amass an enormous total in reply to Maharashtra’s first innings tally of 232 runs.
With 287 runs on the board, the side lost the wicket of Badrinath, who walked off the field after playing an innings of 49 runs.
Meanwhile, Vasudevadas exhibited a good show as he timed the deliveries well enough to prevent the demise of his wicket, early on.
Nonetheless, with 324 runs on the board, the batsman fell after playing a stylish knock of 36 runs.
While, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yo-Mahesh-c2816, that left everyone mesmerized as he batted 59 runs and help his side post an intimidating total of 415 runs, at the end of the first innings.
From Maharashtra, left-arm pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Samad-Fallah-c2423 and left-arm spinner Akshay Darekar grabbed three wickets each.
With a massive total ahead of them, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chirag-Gulshan-Khurana-c50617 jumpstarted their innings to put the fielding side under pressure right from the word go.
The batsmen knew that it was imperative for them to give their side a solid start in a bid to make things easier for the remaining batsmen to create a winnable chance in the match.
The duo bolstered 90 runs in their opening partnership, with Khadiwale smashing 31 runs and his fellow batsman Khurana hammering 55, as the side ended the day without losing a wicket to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tamil-Nadu-c853.
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