[File photo] Sai Kishore led the way for TN’s big win over Chandigarh. © BCCI/IPL Tamil Nadu vs Chandigarh Chandigarh’s captain Manan Vohra notched up an unbeaten 100 but in vain as his team was bowled out for 193 chasing a steep 403. The visitors resumed at 113 for 5 on the final day but R Sai Kishore and Ajith Ram picked up four-wicket hauls to skittle out the batting side. Tamil Nadu picked up six points to sit top of Group D. Jharkhand vs Chhattisgarh Jharkhand comfortably beat Chhattisgarh by eight wickets in Jamshedpur after a successful chase of 105, led by opener Kumar Suraj’s 59. Despite losing an early wicket in the chase, Suraj and Utkarsh Singh had a 74-run partnership to remove any butterflies. The win was set up by the bowlers as Utkarsh (3-51) and Vikash Singh (4-30) had Chhattisgarh collapse from 204 to 250, to ensure a modest target had to be chased. Kerala vs Madhya Pradesh Kerala required 335 more runs against MP on the final day but began disastrously as they slipped to 47 for 5 as Kuldeep Sen began to tear through the batting lineup. But Mohammad Azharuddeen (68) registered a 74-run stand with Jalaj Saxena before Aditya Sarwate (80) accompanied him at the crease in a 90-run stand. Kerala then slipped to 248 for 8 but Baba Aparajith and MD Nidheesh played out the final hour to ensure that they took the points courtesy their first innings lead of seven runs. Maharashtra vs Baroda Maharashtra romped to a massive 439-run victory over Baroda in Nasik. Baroda were once again poor with the bat, being dismissed for another score below 200. Atit Sheth was the only batter to score 50 for the visitors. Rajneesh Gurbani and Ramakrishna Ghosh picked up the top-order before Mukesh Choudhary skittled out the tail, picking up a five-fer in the process. Hyderabad vs Himachal Pradesh Hyderabad won by an innings and 43 runs against Himachal Pradesh. The hosts bowled out HP for 275 and 247 to seal victory. Left-arm spinner Aniketh Reddy picked up 5 for 72 as Hyderabad pressed on to win. The win was set up during the first two day’s for Hyderabad courtesy Tanmay Agarwal’s 177. Rajasthan vs Vidarbha Harsh Dubey picked up a five-fer while Akshay Wakhare scalped three as Vidarbha bowled out Rajasthan for 107 in the second innings to win by 221 runs. Despite conceding a first innings lead of 100 runs, Vidarbha’s captain Akshay Wadkar led from the front with 139 while Yash Rathod was unfortunate to miss out on his century with 98. No. 10 batter Nachiket Bhute chipped in with 87 as Vidarbha scored 428 for 9 (d) to set up a big win.
