Tamil Nadu knockout hopes take a beating after draw

Having conceded a 62-run lead to the visitors, MP batted till tea to ensure a rather dull day, making 351 for 4 declared in 102.5 overs. Tamil Nadu was at 79 for 1 in pursuit of an improbable 290 in a session for victory when the game ended. 

The visiting team got three points to take its tally to 11 from five matches with one game against Baroda to go. Resuming at the overnight score of 142 for 1, the partnership between Rajit Patidar and Shubham Sharma didn’t extend for too long with the former falling to K Vignesh for 89 after adding 114 runs. The talented young Sharma was the next to go, caught by M S Washington Sundar off V Yo Mahesh for 56 with the score on 172. 

Vignesh removed skipper Devendra Bundela to give some hope, but Harpreet Bhatia (100 not out) and Ankit Dane (65 not out) thwarted those hopes.

Madhya Pradesh (2nd innings) A Shrivastava c Aparajith b K Vignesh 16, R Patidar c Indrajith b K Vignesh 89, S Sharma c Washington Sundar b Yo Mahesh 56, D Bundela c Indrajith b K Vignesh 17, Harpreet Singh (not out) 100, Ankit Dane (not out) 65. Extras: 8. Total (in 103 overs) 351/4 decl. 

FoW: 1-37, 2-151, 3-172, 4-208. Bowling: M Mohammed 10-2-41-0, Vijay Shankar 9-4-42-0, K Vignesh 17-3-42-3, R Sai Kishore 17-2-71-0, M Rangarajan 13-2-50-0, Washington 23-3-66-0, Yo Mahesh 12-2-33-1, B Aparajith 2-0-3-0. 

Tamil Nadu (2nd innings): N Jagadeesan b I Pandey 14, B Aparajith (not out) 30, A Mukund (not out) 32. Extras: 3. Total (in 25 overs) 79/1. 

FoW: 1-26. Bowling: I Pandey 6-1-15-1, P Datey 5-1-13-0, Avesh Khan 4-0-16-0, Mihir Hirwani 7-1-27-0, Ankit Sharma 3-1-5-0.