TN back in the clash

At stumps on the second day of the Elite C four-day duel, Tamil Nadu was 279 for three, holding a comfortable lead of 139 runs. A lot of credit will have to go to opener Vimal whose innings included 15 fours and one six. Fellow opener B Sai Sudharsan (67) supported him by making a half-century. Earlier, Baroda was bowled out for243, having a handsome 140-run first innings advantage.

Brief scores: Tamil Nadu 103 all-out & 279 for 3 in 80 overs (R Vimal Khumar 121*,B Sai Sudharsan 67, M Boopathi Vaishna Kumar 39, Arjun P Murthy 29*) vs Baroda 243 all-out in 64.3 overs (Atharv Karulkar 68, Kush Marathe 35, Praikshit Patidar 60, A Mohammed Tibiyan 4/60, H Prashid Akash 4/62).