When Sunjoy Bangar, the Railways skipper, had S Badrinath caught behind for 106 it was his 150th first class wicket. Unfortunately, he cannot cherish that milestone, because he has a bigger job at hand. He (6) along with JP Yadav (1) have to bat for a long time on the final day against Tamil Nadu to save the game. After conceding a first innings lead of 101, Railways had to bat out 12 overs, but they had the worst possible start after loosing Amit Pagnis (11) and T P Singh (4). “With only a couple of overs left in the day it was not expected of Pagnis and TP to play the shots they did,” coach Vinod Sharma said. While Pagins was taken down the leg side by Dinesh Kaarthick off R Naresh, TP was caught at forward short leg off Ashish Kapoor.Meanwhile, the Tamil Nadu captain Hemang Badani said: “It will not be spinners first up but then they (spinners) will have a lot of work on their hands, especially the three left-arm spinners (himself, Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan, S Sriram) as there is a lot of rough for them to use,” he said. Earlier, the visitors scored 371 in their first innings with Badrinath making a patient 106 (387 balls, 10 fours, one six) and Hemant Kumar chipping in with 53.Brief scores: Railways 270 and 25-2 vs Tamil Nadu 371 (S Badrinath 106, Hemant Kumar 53, Madan Yadav 4-94, Sunjoy Bangar 3-65).
