Ranji Trophy 2018 Group B: R Ashwin, Mohammed help Tamil Nadu restrict Madhya Pradesh to 393 after Patidar’s 196

Test spinner R Ashwin and paceman M Mohammed finished with four wickets each to help TN restrict Madhya Pradesh fro posting a huge total.

R Ashwin picked up four wickets. (Source: Reuters)

Rajat Patidar missed out on a well-deserved double century by four runs but helped Madhya Pradesh make 393 against Tamil Nadu in the Ranji Trophy Elit Group B Match Friday. Test spinner R Ashwin and paceman M Mohammed finished with four wickets each to help TN restrict Madhya Pradesh fro posting a huge total. The home team was zero for no loss in two overs at stumps on day two.

Resuming at the overnight score of 214 for 3, Patidar forged another useful partnership with Shubham Sharma (43) to put the team in a strong position. However, things went awry after the exit of Sharma as they slid from 317 for 4 to 393 all out.
Shubham Sharma was snapped up by wicketkeeper Jagadeesan off Rahil Shah’s bowling following which Patidar and Yash Dubey (6) added 42 runs. Patidar defied the Tamil Nadu bowlers like he did o Thursday.

He slammed 17 fours and a six in his 406-ball knock He fell caught behind off Mohammed’s bowling Mohammed and Ashwin took over after the exit of Patidar to engineer a collapse.
Ashwin snapped the last three wickets to fall (Aves Khan, Ishwar Pandey and Kuldeep Sen) to finish with 4 for 8 from 38.4 overs. Mohammed ended with 4 for 98.

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Tamil Nadu openers – Murali Vijay and Abhinav Mukund negotiated two overs from the MP bowlers before bad light ended play.

Brief scores: Madhya Pradesh 393 in 157.4 overs (Raja Patidar 196, Aryaman Vikram Birla 51, Naman Ojha 45, R Ashwin 4 for 85, M Mohammed 4 for 98) vs TN 0 for no loss.

At Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala 495 for 6 declared in 16 overs (Sachin Baby 147, V A Jagadeesh 113 not out, Jala Saxena 58, Sanju Samson 53, Saketh 3 for 110) vs Hyderabad for no loss in 1 over.

At Amtar: Bengal 380 all out in 116.1 overs (Manoj Tiwary 55, Anustup Majumdar 52, Abhishek Kumar Raman 48, PP Jaswal for 81, RR Dhawan 2 for 56) vs Himachal Pradesh 124 for 3 in 43 overs (A K Bains 79 batting, Ashoke Dinda 2 for 25).

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At Vizag: Punjab 414 all out in 156.2 overs (Sanvir Sing 110, Mayank Markande 68 not out, Mandeep Singh 68, Shubman Gill 56, B Ayyappa 3 for 78, Karn Sharma 3 for 115) vs Andhra Pradesh 54 for 3 in 26 overs.

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