Tamil Nadu crawls after Baroda posts 309

Half-centuries by Baba Aparajith (59 batting, 139 balls) and Baba Indrajith 58 (120 balls, five fours, one six) helped steady the ship for Tamil Nadu after it had slipped to 74 for 3. Skipper Abhinav Mukund, from whom a lot was expected, failed in the crunch game, falling to Dhruv Patel for just six. The other opener N Jagadeesan had been dismissed earlier, caught by Deepak Hooda off Lukman Meriwala’s bowling for 7. 

Tamil Nadu (1st innings): N Jagadeesan c Hooda b Meriwala 7, A Mukund c Swapnil b Dhruv 6, Kaushik Gandhi c Noor Pathan b A Sheth 35, B Indrajith c Devdhar b Kakade 58, B Aparajith (batting) 59, Washington Sundar c Mitesh b Kakade 12, J Kousik (batting) 37. Extras: 12. Total: (for five wickets in 79 overs) 226.

FoW: 1-15, 2-32, 3-74, 4-147, 5-167. Bowling: Atit Sheth 12-3-27-1, L Meriwala 12-5-17-1, Dhruv Patel 10-1-28-1, Swapnil 20-2-51-0, R Vaghela 7-0-28-0, K Kakade 16-1-63-2, D Hooda 2-1-2-0.