Leg-spinner Jhathavedh Subramanyan’s 5 for 77 helped TNCA President’s XI bowl out Railways for 355 and safe a first-innings lead of 104 runs on day three of the Group-B match within the second spherical of the Buchi Babu Memorial All India invitational cricket match on the Salem Cricket Basis (SCF) floor right here on Friday.
Skipper and left-arm spinner M. Siddharth claimed three wickets and completed with figures of 4 for 76.
The 212-run third-wicket stand between Pratham Singh (143, 207b, 19×4, 3×6) and Mohammad Saif (104, 154b, 11×4, 2×6) was damaged when Pratham charged at Siddharth and skied his one-handed shot to Vimal Khumar, who ran again from mid on to catch it.
Jhathavedh, then, struck twice in a single over. He had Saif top-edge a sweep, for Radhakrishnan to maneuver from slip and full the catch behind the keeper. Ravi Singh was stumped – he skipped down the pitch and fell, making an attempt to get bat on the ball that went down the leg facet for the keeper to gather and attain for the stumps.
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The 24-year-old later had Upendra Yadav edge his backfoot block to Radhakrishnan at slip, whereas Vishal Harsh edged his tried front-foot hoick to Mohamed Ali at cowl level.
Thereafter, Siddharth had Raj Chaudhary and Ayan Chaudhary nicked off their front-foot defence to be caught behind.
Jhathavedh accomplished his five-wicket haul when Sahaib Yuvraj skied his down-the-track huge shot to be caught by Mohamed Ali at cowl level.
As TNCA batted once more, opener S. Radhakrishnan (82, 108b, 9×4, 1×6) engaged in a 71-run first-wicket stand with Vimal Khumar (33) and a 60-run second-wicket stand with Okay.T.A. Madhava Prasad (17) to assist his group finish the day with a 237-run lead.
Temporary scores (spherical two, day three)
Group-B: TNCA President’s XI 459 & 133/2 in 37 overs (S. Radhakrishnan 82) vs. Railways 355 in 97 overs (Pratham Singh 143, Mohammad Saif 104, M. Siddharth 4/76, Jhathavedh Subramanyan 5/77).