Sai Kishore spins Tamil Nadu to big win over Railways
Pratham (29) top-scorer again for the visitors. But Sai Kishore (4/43) and fellow left-arm spinner Ajith Ram (4/40) mopped up their batting unit.
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COIMBATORE: Skipper R Sai Kishore came up with a phenomenal bowling performance as his seven-wicket match-haul in the Ranji Trophy Elite Group C game helped Tamil Nadu beat Railways by an innings and 129 runs on the third day on Sunday.
Railways began the day on 126 for two in its first innings against Tamil Nadu’s 489 but were bowled out for 246 as pacer Sandeep Warrier and left-arm spinner Sai Kishore shared six wickets equally among them.
Pratham Singh (92 off 94 balls) looked formidable with the bat, but he fell to Warrier.
With the hosts enforcing the follow-on, things went from bad to worse for Railways, as it could manage just 114 in its second essay.
Pratham (29) top-scorer again for the visitors. But Sai Kishore (4/43) and fellow left-arm spinner Ajith Ram (4/40) mopped up their batting unit.
In another Group C meeting at Mysore, tons from Mayank Agarwal (114), Devdutt Padikkal (103) and Nikin Jose (107) put Karnataka in the driver’s seat against Goa.
In the second innings, the visitors finished the day on 93 for one, trailing by 84 runs. Krishnamurthy Siddharth remained unbeaten on 57 for Goa.
Elsewhere, the remaining two Group C matches between Chandigarh and Gujarat and Punjab and Tripura were called off for the day due to bad light.
BRIEF SCORES: In Coimbatore: Tamil Nadu: 489 beat Railways: 246 & 114 (Pratham Singh 29; Ajith Ram 4/40, R Sai Kishore 4/43) by an innings and 129 runs.
IN MYSURU: Goa 321 & 93/1 (Krishnamurthy Siddharth 57 batting; Vijaykumar Vyshak 1/18) vs Karnataka: 498/9 (Mayank Agarwal 114, Devdutt Padikkal 103, Nikin Jose 107; Darshan Misal 6/134).
