Approach: Jagadeesan’s knock was filled with aptitude and attacking intent.
| Photo Credit: M. PERIASAMY
Jagadeesan notched up his maiden Ranji Trophy double ton and carried his bat (245 n.o., 402b, 25×4, 4×6) as Tamil Nadu received to 489 on day two of the third-round Group-C match versus Railways on the SNR College cricket floor right here on Saturday.
It appeared as if he felt liberated having been requested to open the innings and clutched on the probability as if it’s a lifeline.
The first three balls he performed within the morning have been suggestive of his intent. He provided the textbook front-foot defence for the primary two balls off left-arm spinner Akash Pandey – lengthy stride out, nonetheless head, bat smothering the ball, and all that. Then, as all of a sudden as a fuel range would ignite, he whacked a 4 to the long-on boundary – it appeared impulsive.
His batting method had been the identical all through his marathon innings. Even when he was on 98, even when he was on 45, and even within the first hour or so on Friday when the pacers generated unsettling bounce.
He received to his hundred with a giant six, to his fifty with back-to-back fours, and dared to upper-cut for 4 throughout that bouncier part.
It was inevitable that he would surpass his earlier highest Ranji rating of 183 on Saturday and he did. It turned inevitable that he would rating a double hundred and he did. Just when it turned inevitable that he would rating a 250, his staff had been bowled out.
Sai Kishore had stated he would take whole duty as a participant for his staff successful the match and he backed up his phrases with an 85-ball 59. He hit three fours, and three straight sixes – two off off-spinner Shivam Chaudhary, and one off leg-spinner Karn Sharma.
Jagadeesan and Sai Kishore engaged in an 84-run seventh-wicket stand.
Later on the day, Pratham Singh received to an unbeaten 76 (79b, 7×4, 4×6) and is concerned in an unbroken 91-run third-wicket partnership with Nishant Kushwah (22 batting).
The scores:
Tamil Nadu – 1st innings: R. Vimal Khumar b Yuvraj 0, N. Jagadeesan (not out) 245, B. Sachin St Upendra b Akash 33, B. Indrajith c Upendra b Akash 18, Vijay Shankar lbw Karn 4, M. Boopathi Vaishna Kumar c Upendra b Saif 67, S. Mohamed Ali c Pratham b Akash 5, R. Sai Kishore lbw Karn 59, M. Mohammed c Saif b Yuvraj 20, S. Ajith Ram b Chaudhary 17, Sandeep Warrier lbw Saif 1; Extras (b-13, lb-5, w-1, nb-1): 20; Total (in 144 overs): 489.
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-84, 3-125, 4-130, 5-272, 6-298, 7-382, 8-429, 9-474, 10-489.
Railways bowling: Yuvraj 21-2-73-2, Kunal 23-4-97-0, Akash 46-13-102-3, Shivam Chaudhary 17-5-57-1, Karn 25-1-107-2, Mohammad Saif 10-1-28-2, Pratham 1-0-2-0, Nishant Kushwah 1-0-5-0.
Railways – 1st innings: Shivam Chaudhary b Warrier 16, Vivek Singh b Warrier 11, Pratham Singh (batting) 76, Nishant Kushwah (batting) 22; Extras (nb-1): 1; Total (in 35 overs): 126/2.
Fall of wickets: 1-15, 2-35.
Tamil Nadu bowling: Warrier 9-3-35-2, Sai Kishore 11-2-35-0, M. Mohammed 3-1-12-0, Ajith Ram 6-2-15-0, S. Mohamed Ali 6-1-29-0.
Source: www.thehindu.com
