da apostebet： Tamil Nadu were holding the upper hand in a keenly fought KSCAUnder-25 Trophy battle against Kerala at Bangalore’s MaharajaJayachamarajendra Wodayar Sports Complex today
Sankhya Krishnan29-Sep-2000Tamil Nadu were holding the upper hand in a keenly fought KSCAUnder-25 Trophy battle against Kerala at Bangalore’s MaharajaJayachamarajendra Wodayar Sports Complex today. Despite a braveunbeaten century by opener C Sanju, Kerala at 169/3 were still 277runs behind Tamil Nadu’s first innings score of 446.Resuming at 297/4, TN lost overnight centurion Lokesh who added justfour more runs before falling for 124 (177 balls, 15 fours). It wasthe start of a streak of four consecutive wickets to opening bowlerPrasanth Chandran. The other overnight batsman Surendra Doss belted alusty 88 off 86 balls inclusive of 13 fours and a six before beingseventh out at 366.Padmaraju and Veeranan propped up the innings with a last wicket standof 58 before the latter was caught and bowled by leg spinner CM Shyamfor a breezy 25 off 27 balls. Padmaraju remained undefeated on 42 (52balls, 7 fours) as TN closed at 446 in the 117th over. Chandran tookthe bowling honours with figures of 5/118.Kerala got off to a bright start as Sanju and N Bijumon added 55 forthe first wicket before off spinner C Dhandapani saw the back of thelatter for 18 with a return catch. Dhandapani, who took all threewickets to fall for 46 runs, continued to torment the batsmen,removing CM Deepak and skipper KPK Nambiar cheaply as Kerala stutteredto 73/3. But Sanju and S Ramakrishnan (25) steadied the ship with anunbroken 96-run stand for the fourth wicket.