da premier bet： A sedate 247 ball century by opener S Badrinath helped Tamil Nadureach 284 for 6 on the opening day of their South Zone Ranji Trophymatch against Karnataka at the IIT-Chemplast Ground in Chennai onWednesday
Natarajan Sriram08-Nov-2000A sedate 247 ball century by opener S Badrinath helped Tamil Nadureach 284 for 6 on the opening day of their South Zone Ranji Trophymatch against Karnataka at the IIT-Chemplast Ground in Chennai onWednesday.Opting to bat, Tamil Nadu suffered a setback at the very beginning.Off the first ball of the day Dodda Ganesh trapped Rajat Bhatia legbefore. But recent India cap, Hemang Badani (76) joined Badrinath(100) and made an excellent recovery, adding 125 runs for the secondwicket in 36.5 overs. Badani was the next to be dismissed when heoffered a chance to Sujith Somasundar off Ganesh.Then Badrinath was accompanied by S Sharath (43) till the 72nd over inwhich they accumulated 95 runs for the third wicket. Dharmichand thensent back Badrinath, after a 295 minute stay at the centre. Hisdismissal triggered a mini collapse as Sharath, R Sathish (11) andReuben Paul (12) departed in quick succession. Skipper Robin Singh(25) and S Mahesh (4) saw the team through to stumps. Seamer DoddaGanesh (4 for 70) was the pick of the bowlers.