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Badrinath stands tall amidst the ruins

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CAPTAIN’S KNOCK: Tamil Nadu’s S. Badrinath scored a century against HP.

Chennai: Ashok Thakur’s six wickets helped Himachal Pradesh bowl Tamil Nadu out for 234 on the first day of their Ranji Trophy Super League match at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium here on Sunday.

Captain S. Badrinath scored a solid responsible century for the host, holding up one end, as wickets fell rapidly after tea.

Left-arm pacer Thakur bowled with good rhythm, consistently getting the ball to climb. Badrinath and K. Shri Vasudeva Das put on 97 for the third wicket after Abhinav Mukund and M. Vijay were bowled off inside-edges.

Correct judgement

Badrinath showed correct judgement while despatching the right deliveries for boundaries, predominantly through cover.

The left-handed Das’s 77-ball stay ended when he was trapped in front by Thakur. The left-armer’s second spell, after he added R. Srinivasan’s wicket, read 6-4-8-2.

Then, off-spinner Sarandeep Singh lured S. Suresh Kumar into edging to first slip where captain Sandeep Sharma made no mistake.

Hari Gopinath failed to read the turn and ’keeper Manvinder Bisla dislodged the bails in a flash.

Amidst the fall of wickets, Badrinath remained composed and showcased all the attributes that had fetched him his earlier hundreds.

His 100 came off 193 balls, and was studded with drives and cuts that punctuated his textbook defensive shots.

Thakur bowled an impressive line while consuming the lower-order batsmen. He also claimed the wicket of Badrinath whose attempted pull landed in Bisla’s hands.

The scores:

Tamil Nadu — 1st innings: Abhinav Mukund b Thakur 0, M. Vijay b Vikramjit 35, S. Badrinath c Bisla b Thakur 111, K. Shri Vasudeva Das lbw b Thakur 39, R. Srinivasan c Bisla b Thakur 0, S. Suresh Kumar c Sandeep b Sarandeep 12, K.H. Gopinath st. Bisla b Sarandeep 21, R. Ramkumar c Sandeep b Thakur 6, V. Yomahesh c Bisla b Thakur 2, C. Suresh c Mannu b Sarandeep 0, P. Amarnath (not out) 0; Extras (b-6, nb-2): 8; Total (in 77 overs) 234.

Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-48, 3-145, 4-147, 5-166, 6-206, 7-221, 8-225, 9-226.

Himachal Pradesh bowling: Thakur 20-10-34-6, Vikramjit 14-4-29-1, Jitender 7-0-43-0, Sarandeep 24-4-77-3, Bhatia 11-1-37-0, Sandeep 1-0-8-0.

Himachal Pradesh — 1st innings: M. Gupta (batting) 3, Sandeep Sharma c Badrinath b Ramkumar 7; Total (for one wkt. in 9.4 overs): 10.

Fall of wicket: 1-10.

Tamil Nadu bowling: Yomahesh 5-2-6-0, Amarnath 3-1-2-0, Ramkumar 1.4-0-2-1.

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