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Tamil Nadu moves into a strong position

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BARODA: Captain Dinesh Karthik’s unbeaten century and his third-wicket stand of 200 with R. Prasanna (92) ensured that Tamil Nadu moved into a dominant position at 301 for three at close on day two of its Ranji Trophy Elite Group B match against Baroda on Saturday.

Karthik (111, 145b, 228m, 16 x 4) first broke free from the shackles imposed by strike bowler Rajesh Pawar, and then used the reverse sweep to taunt off-spinner Yusuf Pathan. Tamil Nadu is now 252 runs ahead in the second innings.

Baroda, bowled out for 166 earlier for a 49-runs first innings lead, now has two days to break down TN’s resistance. The game swung the visitors’ way due to a patient opening wicket stand of 64 from Arun Karthik and Abhinav Mukund.

Pawar strikes

Baroda captain Connor Williams opted for Pawar to make things happen. The left-arm spinner responded with Arun Karthik’s wicket while his partner Mukund was run-out four balls later.

Earlier in the day, Amarnath yanked the visitor back on track, claiming five for 60 to restrict the home team’s ambitions. He was well supported by C. Ganapathy, L. Balaji and R. Ashwin.

The scores:

Tamil Nadu — 1st innings: 117.

Baroda — 1st innings: C. Williams lbw b Amarnath 31, S. Parab c D. Karthik b Balaji 0, A. Bilakhia lbw b Amarnath 2, R. Solanki c Ganapathy b Amarnath 4, S. Gaekwad b Ganapathy 22, Y. Pathan c D. Karthik b Balaji 35, P. Shah c & b Ganapathy 22, S. Singh lbw b Amarnath 15, R. Pawar c Balaji b Ashwin 11, S. Veragi b Amarnath 8, A. Argal (not out) 0; Extras: (b-8, lb-2, nb-6) 16; Total: (in 58.5 overs) 166.

Fall of wickets: 1-14, 2-17, 3-25, 4-60, 5-67, 6-124, 7-128, 8-158, 9-158.

Tamil Nadu bowling: Balaji 14-3-45-2, Amarnath 19.5-6-60-5, Ganapathy 15-4-27-2, Ashwin 8-3-17-1, Suresh 2-0-7-0.

Tamil Nadu — 2nd innings: A. Karthik lbw b Pawar 43, A. Mukund (run out) 12, R. Prasanna c Parab b Veragi 92, D. Karthik (batting) 111, S. Vidyut (batting) 17; Extras: (b-11, lb-10, nb-2, w-3) 26; Total: (for three wickets in 73 overs) 301.

Fall of wickets: 1-64, 2-66, 3-266.

Baroda bowling: Veragi 15-4-44-1, Argal 9-3-43-0, Pawar 19-1-75-1, Yousuf 19-2-81-0, Swapnil Singh 11-1-37-0.

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