PUNE, MARCH 16: Superb knocks by Madan Gopal (199; 407b, 18x4, 2x6) and S Mahesh (106 n.o.; 122b, 11x4, 3x6) proved futile for Tamil Nadu as their Ranji Trophy Group-B Super League match against Maharashtra ended in a tame draw on the last day here today. But with five points from the 117 run first innings lead, TN entered the quarter-final stage from the group with an aggregate of 21 points from four matches. The hosts got three points today and have 18 points from four matches.ScoreboardTamil Nadu (1st innings): 350Maharashtra (1st innings): 233.Tamil Nadu (2nd innings, overnight 243-6): Anand George out hitting the ball twice 59, Dewakar Basu c Survekar b Nair 14, Hemant Badami c Survekar b Siddiqui 10, S Sharad b Agashe 0, J R Madangopal c Kinikar b Siddiqui 199, S Ramesh c Kale b Siddiqui 17, Robin Singh c&b Kale 56, Ruben Paul run out 93, S Mahesh not out 106, T Kumaran not out 5; Extras (b5, lb5, nb11, w5): 26. Total (for 8 wickets in 157 overs, 663 min): 585.Fall ofwickets: 1-33, 2-63, 3-64, 4-118, 5-152, 6-243, 7-405, 8-568.Bowling: Nair 24-4-66-1 (1nb, 2w), Siddiqui 36-7-147-3 (4nb, 3w), Bhave 5-0-14-0 (5nb), Agashe 19-2-64-1 (1nb), Sane 25-4-105-0, Kanitkar 27-3-113-0, Kale 8-1-23-1, Sugvekar 8-1-26-0, Narse 2-0-8-0, Kinikar 3-0-14-0.Another drawCUTTACK: The four-day Super League match between Orissa and Delhi ended in a draw at the Barabati Stadium here today.Though Delhi, chasing the host's mammoth first innings score of 561, were bowled out for 303, Orissa skipper Shiv Sundar Das chose not to enforce the follow on.A fluent unbeaten hundred by Mallick, who made 113 in the first innings, helped the hosts to make 211 for five when the match ended.Delhi, desperate to clinch first innings honours in the match in its bid for a berth in the knock-out round, could get only three points while Orissa took five points to take its tally to 13.ScoreboardOrissa (1st innings): 561Delhi (1st innings): Ashu Dani lbw Mohanty 4,Vijay Dahiya c Parida b Mohanty 11, Akash Malhotra c Gopal b Jayachandra 4, Ajay Sharma c Gopal b Jayachandra 2, Mithun Minhas c Gopal b Mohanty 1, Virendra Sehwag c S Khan b Mohanty 163, Nikhil Chopra c Das b Satpathy 74, Sandeep Angurala c&b S Khan 6, Rahul Sanghvi lbw Satpathy 16, Arun Singh b Mohanty 8, Amit Suman Jha not out 5; Extras (nb7, lb2): 9. Total (for five wickets in 52 overs): 211.Fall of wickets: 1-121, 2-23, 3-85, 4-112, 5-126Bowling: A Singh 8-2-19-1, Jha 6-2-14-1, Sanghvi 20-1-102-2, Sehwag 9-0-21-1, Angurala 9-0-44-0Orissa (2nd innings): Shiv Sundar Das c Sehwag b Jha 11, P Jayachandra c Sehwag b A Singh 12, Prabhanjan Mallick not out 100, Pradip Das b Sehwag 18, Robin Morris lbw b R Sanghvi 19, Goutam Gopal c Angurala b Sanghvi 10, Debasish Mohanty not out 26; Extras (b2, lb9, nb4): 15. Total (for five wickets in 52 overs):211.Fall of wickets: 1-121, 2-23, 3-85, 4-112, 5-126.Bowling: A Singh 8-2-19-1, Jha 6-2-14-1, Sanghvi20-1-102-2, Sehwag 9-0-21-1, Angurala 9-0-44-0.
