CHENNAI: Fifties from N Jagadeesan and Pradosh Ranjan Paul helped Tamil Nadu secure first innings lead against Goa in the Group C Ranji Trophy match on Satuday.
Having dismissed Goa for 241 in their first innings, TN started off well with opener Jagadeesan scoring a half-century (75). However, with Mohit Redkar (5/70) and Darshan Misal (4/77) regularly asking questions, they were in a spot of bother. But Pradosh (71) and Vijay Shankar (54) ensured the visitors secured a first innings lead before being dismissed for 273.
At stumps, Goa were 10/0 in their second innings. Meanwhile, an unbeaten fifty by Mohammed Saif gave Railways a glimmer of hope as they reached 209 for 8 in the second innings against Karnataka.
The effort helped them earn a handy 190-run lead despite conceding 19-run first innings lead to their opponents. This could prove a tricky chase for Karnataka on Day 3 as they are without their best batter and captain Mayank Agarwal for this match. Karnataka were earlier bowled out for 174 in their first dig as left-arm spinners