Visitor MP well-placed against TN

D Gauri Sankar (71) struck an entertaining half-century in the second innings as the host trails the visitor by four runs with six wickets in hand. Earlier, Madhya Pradesh, resuming on its overnight score of 371 for eight, added another 79 runs to its opening innings total before getting bowled out for 450.

Brief scores: Tamil Nadu (1st innings) 250 all-out and (2nd innings) 196 for 4 in 62 overs (D Gauri Sankar 71, R Vimal Khumar 42, Pradosh Ranjan Paul 27 retd. hurt, S Aravind 27*) vs Madhya Pradesh (1st innings) 450 all-out in 125.3 overs (Parth Goswami 55, Ashutosh Sharma 103, Nikhil Mishra 140, Anil Mourya 26, Abhay Tipnis 55, R Sonu Yadav 4/81, S Mohan Prasath 2/92, ME Yazh Arun Mozhi 3/93).