da esport bet： Tamil Nadu recovered a lot of ground in the final hour on theopening day of their three day Coca Cola Trophy (under-25)tournament final against Kerala at the Maharaja Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar Sports Complex in Bangalore on Saturday
Partab Ramchand30-Apr-2000Tamil Nadu recovered a lot of ground in the final hour on theopening day of their three day Coca Cola Trophy (under-25)tournament final against Kerala at the Maharaja Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar Sports Complex in Bangalore on Saturday.Kerala were 188 for two in the 77th over but then in the space of12 overs, they lost four wickets for 20 runs to slide to 208 forsix – which is there they finished at stumps.Put in to bat, Kerala lost an early wicket when their in formopener MP Sorab was caught by Subash Raj off Shrinivas for 10with the score on 29. But the other opener Varun Girilal and wicketkeeper CM Deepak added 78 runs for the second wicket off30.4 overs through careful batting. Girilal was then out stumpedby Vasudevan off Ganesh Kumar for 64. He faced 133 balls and hiteleven of them to the ropes.Deepak and SK Nair then continued the recovery process by adding81 runs for the third wicket off 35.2 overs. While Deepak continuedto bat in dogged fashion, Nair was a bit more aggressive, hitting44 off 97 balls with five fours.Just as Kerala were proceeding along smoothly, things started happening. Left arm spinner Raghuram dismissed Nair and skipperNA Kudua with successive deliveries. A little later, Deepak’slong vigil came to an end when he was caught by Raghuram offGanesh Kumar for 48. He batted 296 minutes, faced 226 balls andhit six fours. Shortly before close, Nambiar was bowled byVelmurugan for 14 and Kerala had lost the advantage that theirtop order had given them.The match started 30 minutes late due to a wet spot on the pitch.