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TN wins, but fails to garner bonus point

CHENNAI DEC. 30. Tamil Nadu defeated Gujarat by nine wickets about 10 minutes before tea on the third day of the four-day Ranji Trophy elite group B encounter at the Chidambaram Stadium here on Monday, but failed to garner the bonus point that comes with an innings or a 10-wicket win.

The host's victory (two points) was never in doubt, especially after it had gained a first innings lead of 99 and reduced the visitor to 130 for six in its second essay at stumps on day two. But it failed in clinching that extra point.

The host, a strong contender for a semifinal slot, has six points from four matches with away rounds against Assam (Jan. 25-28) and Punjab (Feb. 1-4) remaining. Gujarat has two from an equal number of encounters.

Overnight batsmen, skipper Mukund Parmar (75, 226m, 10x4) and Bhavin Mehta (68, 171m, 11x4), added 61 today in a display of grit and gumption to take their seventh-wicket stand to 113. Mediumpacer G. Vignesh (two for 38) had the former leg-before and a while later, mediumpacer L. Balaji, who went on to claim his sixth consecutive five wickets in an innings haul and third straight 10 wickets in a match haul, clean bowled Mehta. But the breakthroughs came a trifle late, so to say.

The host's target was 130. It was a test of patience for the opening pair of left-hander S. Ramesh and skipper S. Suresh, who had provided the side with a 100-run start in the first innings. They got to 77, when Ramesh was stumped by Pallav Vora, giving left-arm spinner Kalpesh Patel the charge. Suresh went on to score his second half century of the match, in the company of southpaw Sriram.

In an elite group A contest in Vijayawada, defending champion Indian Railways' batting guns boomed with Amit Pagnis (92), Raza Ali (74 batting) and skipper Abhay Sharma (89 batting) striking hot and the side is just five runs away from gaining first innings honours over Andhra with six wickets in hand.

In another elite group A contest, mediumpacers Sanjay Gill (six for 33) and Amit Bhandari (three for 75) bowled Delhi to an innings win over Rajasthan.

In Vadodara, host Baroda strengthened its chances of qualifying from elite group B with a seven-wicket win over Assam.

In the plate championship, Dodda Ganesh's match-haul of 12 for 89 guided Karnataka to an innings win over Haryana in group B.

The scores:

Elite group A: Andhra 371 v Indian Railways 367 for four (J.P. Yadav 62, Amit Pagnis 92, Raza Ali 74 batting, Abhay Sharma 89 batting), in Vijayawada.

Hyderabad 262 & 91 for no loss (Daniel Manohar 43 batting, A. Nandakishore 35 batting) v Himachal Pradesh 168 (Shivaji Yadav six for 51), in HP.

Rajasthan 145 & 224 (Vineet Saxena 52, Anshu Jain 50, Sanjay Gill six for 33, Amit Bhandari three for 75) lost to Delhi 380, in Jaipur. Points: Delhi 3; Rajasthan 0.

Bengal 190 & 138 for seven (Arindam Das 34, Subhoymoy Das 37, Sairaj Bahutule three for 60, R. Powar three for 32) v Mumbai 322 (P. Mhambrey 44, M. Tamhane 29, Nishit Shetty 123, Vinayak Samant 54, L.R. Shukla three for 67, Utpal Chatterjee four for 43), in Mumbai.

Group B: Gujarat 161 & 228 (Mukund Parmar 75, Bhavin Mehta 68, L. Balaji five for 81) lost to Tamil Nadu 260 & 130 for one (S. Suresh 65 not out, S. Ramesh 30, S. Sriram 28 not out), in Chennai. Points: TN 2; Gujarat 0.

Assam 188 & 147 (Tushar Arothe three for 31) lost to Baroda 237 & 102 for three (Rakesh Solanki 26, T. Arothe 29 not out), in Vadodara. Points: Baroda 2; Assam 0.

Orissa 245 v Uttar Pradesh 180 for six (Rizwan 88, N. Chopra 37 batting), in Lucknow where play was disrupted owing to fog and bad light.

Plate championship: Group A: Vidarbha 303 & 123 for two (P. Vivek 62, Ranjit Paradkar 29 batting) v Kerala 402 (C.M. Deepak 116, Sujit Somasundar 50, Hemant Kumar 34, S. Oasis 28, Sreekumar Nair 50, Vipin Pal 45, Tinu Yohannan 30, Chandrasekar Atram three for 96, Preetham Gandhe three for 105, Madhusudhan Acharya three for 98), in Nagpur.

Goa 278 v Services 119 & 303 for seven (P.M.S. Reddy 96, Arvind Kumar 46, Sanjay Verma 33, Harish Bhaskar 30, Syed Khalid three for 63), in Delhi.

Tripura 263 & 25 for no loss v Saurashtra 402 (Rakesh Dhruv 117, Feroz Bambhania 46, Birju Pathak 49 not out, Chetan Sachdev five for 95, Jayantadev Nath three for 80), in Rajkot.

Group B: Madhya Pradesh 562 for seven decl. bt Jammu & Kashmir 122 & 319 (Fayaz Hazari 45, Vikrant Tagger 34, Kanwaljeet Singh 46, Guru Pratap Singh 47, Imtaaz Jau 40, Sameer Khajuria 53, Narendra Hirwani six for 89, Yogesh Golwalkar three for 140), in Indore. Points: MP 3; J&K 0.

Karnataka 372 bt Haryana 147 & 178 (Jitender Singh 51, Sumeet Narwal 36, Dodda Ganesh five for 53, Sunil Joshi three for 38), in Faridabad. Points: Karnataka 3; Haryana 0.

Maharashtra 653 for six decl. v Bihar 184 & 92 for four (Rajeev Kumar 50), in Dhanbad.

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