Buchi Babu match: Nidhish Rajagopal’s half-century places TNCA XI in management towards Kerala

Left-hander Nidhish S. Rajagopal (90, 144b, 10×4, 1×6) helped TNCA XI get to 344 for 9 versus Kerala on day two of the TNCA Buchi Babu Memorial All India invitational cricket match on the India Cement Firm floor right here on Wednesday.

Opener Okay.T.A. Madhava Prasad (72, 164b, 5×4, 1×6) and skipper M. Shahrukh Khan (60, 48b, 8×4, 2×6) additionally contributed as TNCA XI claimed a 126-run first-innings within the Group-D encounter.

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Shahrukh Khan’s typical breezy innings meant 79 runs have been accrued off simply 96 balls for the third wicket between him and Madhava Prasad. On a second-day wicket that also provided carry for the pacers, Shahrukh Khan was extreme on the brief balls – with two sixes coming off the pull shot.

Nidhish was concerned in a 69-run fourth-wicket stand with Madhava Prasad and a 78-run seventh-wicket partnership with Jhathavedh Subramanyan (25, 95b, 2×4).

After the day’s play, Nidhish stated that the wicket had begun deteriorating through the course of the innings. There’s a pronounced tough patch across the left-hander’s fifth stump, across the good size mark on the pavilion finish that the spinners will look to attempt to exploit. Kerala has 5 left-handers in its batting line-up.

“Our spinners will come in useful. To bat final on this wicket, can be difficult,” stated Nidhish.

Lacking out on hitting 100, he stated: “Whenever you play in such an excellent match and also you miss out enjoying an enormous innings, it’s clearly disappointing. You need to hit good first-inning tons of to your workforce. So, sure, clearly, a bit unhappy that I missed out. However it’s a reasonably lengthy match.”