Tamil Nadu records first win over Goa

Southpaw B Anirudh Sitaram’s magnificent knock of 175 (155b, 14x4, 7x6) paved the way for TN to post a huge score of 327 for five. Anirudh shared a useful stand of 108 in 77 balls with Pradosh Ranjan Paul (27) for the fourth wicket. M Shahrukh Khan who has had a quiet time with the bat so far claimed three wickets for 44 runs bowling offspin while the impressive pacer T Ajith Kumar took two for 39. Tamil Nadu will face Karnataka on Thursday. 

Brief scores: Tamil Nadu 327/5 in 50 overs (B Anirudh Sitaram 175, M Shahrukh Khan 30, J Kousik 37) bt Goa 240 in 45.4 overs (Suyash Suryawanshi 42*, M Shahrukh Khan 3/44, T Ajith Kumar 2/39). Points: Tamil Nadu 4 (4); Goa 0 (0). Kerala 248/9 in 50 overs (Daryl Ferrario 50, Salman Nizar 83, M Harishankar Reddy 3/44, P Girinath Reddy 3/55) bt Andhra 227 in 46.4 overs (G Jayavardhan 102, KV Sasikanth 54, S Midhun 4/45 (including a hattrick). Kerala 4 (12); Andhra 0 (8). Karnataka 241 in 49.3 overs (KN Bharath 64, S Aditya 53, P Maneesh 3/32) bt Hyderabad 234 in 47 overs (T Ravi Teja 37, S Prashanth 3/46). Karnataka 4 (8); Hyderabad 0 (4).