Anyway he bowled just seven overs and didn’t get to bat, India allrounder Ravindra Jadeja made his presence felt on Day 2 with the indispensable wicket of Baba Indrajith. The left-arm spinner similarly found some scramble from a surface that continued to be slow yet offered more turn than before in the Tamil Nadu-Saurashtra Ranji Prize match at the Mom Chidambaram Field on Wednesday.
The hosts were at 288-5 at one stage yet could gather simply 36 extra runs before getting bowled out for 324 in the principal innings. Saurashtra began the resulting innings well yet wavered a piece in the last gathering to end the day three wickets down and 232 runs behind TN’s total.
Earlier in the initial segment of the day, Saurashtra required the second new ball immediately and nearly tasted result in the second over when left-arm seamer Chetan Sakariya activated Vijay Shankar’s outside edge which went to Arpit Vasavada at third slip, yet the third umpire considered the catch was flawed. Vijay acknowledged the close to disaster in his step and close by Baba Indrajith, persevere through the new ball with basically no mischief.
Jadeja took the field in the 96th over of the innings and hit on bowl in the 104th over. In the center between, Indrajith got to his 50 years with a breaking point toward midwicket off Dharmendrasinh’s bowling, bringing the gathering’s 200 up in 98.4 overs. Vijay stroked medium pacer Prerak Mankad for an infiltrating cover drive, and subsequently a heavenly flick bisecting mid-on and midwicket.
Ravindra Jadeja takes one
Jadeja almost took the jump forward in the 106th over when he had Indrajith gotten at forward short leg by Jay Gohil off a no-ball. Brief scores: Tamil Nadu 324 (Vijay Shankar 53, Shahrukh Khan 50; Yuvrajsinh Dodiya 4-72, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja 3-95). Saurashtra 92-3 (Jay Gohil 25; M Siddharth 1-26).
Meanwhile, returning to merciless cricket after close to a half year, India’s main all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja scalped 6 wickets (hard and fast 7 wickets) on a lazy Chepauk pitch against Saurashtra on their third day of Ranji Prize match on Thursday. Saurashtra need 262 competitions to sway Tamil Nadu.