da dobrowin： Tamil Nadu and Kerala settled for a draw after an interesting finalday’s play in the KSCA Coca Cola Under-25 Tournament at the MaharajaJayachamarajendra Wodayar Sports Complex in Bangalore on Saturday
Natarajan Sriram01-Oct-2000Tamil Nadu and Kerala settled for a draw after an interesting finalday’s play in the KSCA Coca Cola Under-25 Tournament at the MaharajaJayachamarajendra Wodayar Sports Complex in Bangalore on Saturday.Resuming their first innings at 169 for 3 on the final day in reply toTamil Nadu’s 446, Kerala lost centurion C Sanju (120) in the fifthover of the day. Three overs later wicketkeeper VG Nair (2) departedwhen he offered a catch to P Raju off Dhandapani. Then S Ramakrishnan(25), CM Shyam (10), S Mathen (34) tried to hold the fort. But withRamakrishnan retiring hurt and PV Rajesh being absent hurt, the Keralainnings folded up at 223.Tamil Nadu enforced the follow on but the Kerala batsmen stood theirground well the second time around. Opening batsmen CM Deepak (36) andC Sanju (29) put on a sedate 34 runs in 17.2 overs. Sanju was the onlybatsman to be dismissed when he offered a return catch to Velmurugan.skipper KPK Nambiar then joined CM Deepak and added a further 86 runsto play out the rest of the overs. Rain stopped play at 16.15 hoursand the match was declared a draw with Kerala 120 for one.Tamil Nadu, on the basis of their 223-run first innings lead, pickedup five points while Kerala picked up three. Tamil Nadu next take onHyderabad in their last match from October 5 to 7.