Late rally keeps Tamil Nadu in hunt

Suryakumar Yadav stroked a pleasing 116ball 73 while Praful Waghela made 48 to take Mumbai to 125 for one before lost three wickets an hour after tea. Mumbai endured a frustrating first hour but that was as good as Tamil Nadu’s performance got in the day before the bowlers helped them claw their way back in the game. 

Vijay Shankar and Aswin Crist made a sedate start but ensured the Mumbai bowlers were kept at bay. However, lapse in concentration led to their downfall. Soon after, Shankar got to his 50. He tried to play a drive on the up to Shardul Thakur, to a delivery well wide outside off, and edged the ball to the wicketkeeper.The scorecard then read 280 for 7. Aushik Srinivas (4) and Crist (31) followed soon. Suryakumar and Waghela looked at ease and added 121 for the second wicket for Mumbai. From 128 for four, Tare and Shreyas Iyer added 43 to the total.

BRIEF SCORES: Tamil Nadu 305 (Baba Indrajith 64, Vijay Shankar 50; Abhishek Nayar 4-66, Shardul Thakur 4-75) lead Mumbai 171/4 (Suryakumar Yadav 73, Praful Waghela 48; Shankar 1-14) by 134 runs.

Jharkhand were 214 for five in reply to Gujarat’s 390 on the second day of the Ranji Trophy semifinal here on Monday. RP Singh dismissed the dangerous-looking Ishan Kishan late in the day to swing the balance.

BRIEF SCORES: Gujarat 390 (Priyank Panchal 149, Parthiv Patel 62; Ajay Yadav 3-67, Rahul Shukla 3-71) vs Jharkhand 214/5 (Ishan Kishan 61, Ishank Jaggi batting 40; RP Singh 3-48)