Published: Nov 18, 2015, 08:34 AM (IST)
Edited: Aug 31, 2016, 04:49 PM (IST)
Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live coverage of Day four of the Group B game of the 2015-16 Ranji Trophy between Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, live from Green Park Stadium in Kanpur. The hosts have set a challenging target of 391 for the visitors, who at stumps on Day three were at 5 without no loss. The match has been dominated by Uttar Pradesh from the beginning. On day one, Tamil Nadu won the toss and decided to bowl first. Uttar Pradesh batted very well and by the end of day’s play were 277 for the loss of 4 wickets. Suresh Raina and Saurabh Kumar were at the crease batting on 52 and 9 respectively. However, on Day 2, Uttar Pradesh could manage only 348, as a spirited Tamil Nadu attack made a strong comeback in the match. By the time Day three ended, things were firmly in control for Uttar Pradesh. Complete coverage of Ranji Trophy 2015-16.
Ranji Trophy 2015-16: Points Table and Team Standings after Round 7
Live Cricket Score: Tamil Nadu 212/4 | Overs 84 | Target | BATSMEN: Dinesh Karthik 38(90): The Round 7 match between Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh ended in a draw with UP claiming three points for their first innings lead. Meanwhile, the visitors had to settle for just one point. Wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik remianed unbeaten at stumps of final day for Tamil Nadu. And the four visitors’ wickets were shared between Saurabh Kumar, Ankit Rajpoot and Akshdeep Nath.
Live Cricket Score: Tamil Nadu 87/0 | Overs 38 | Target 391 | BATSMEN: Abhinav Mukund 35(108), Baba Aparajith 45(121): Tamil Nadu need another 304 runs to win with ten wickets in hand and today being the final day in the match and the result most likely is going to be a draw.
In reply to Uttar Pradesh’s 348, Tamil Nadu were 174 for 6 at stumps on Day two. They struggled against a quality Uttar Pradesh attack. On Day three, they were bowled out for 231. In the second innings, skipper Suresh Raina produced a gem-of-an-innings by scoring an unbeaten 138-ball 145. This helped his side set Tamil Nadu a target of 391. Day four will be exciting as Uttar Pradesh would go for a straight win while Tamil Nadu will play for a draw.
Uttar Pradesh are currently at fifth position (one place down to Tamil Nadu) in Group B. Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh have 16 and 14 points respectively. Both teams have played five matches and won two of those. Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu also drew one, lost one and one game fetched no result due to bad weather.
Playing XI:
Uttar Pradesh: Piyush Chawla, Eklavya Dwivedi (wk), Akshdeep Nath, Ankit Rajpoot, Praveen Kumar, Umang Sharma, Suresh Raina (C), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Almas Shaukat, Himanshu Asnora, Saurabh Kumar.
Tamil Nadu: Abhinav Mukund (C), B Aparajith, Dinesh Karthik (wk), R Prasanna, Malolan Rangarajan, Aswin Crist, B Indrajith, DT Chandrasekar, Kaushik J, M Mohammed, Vijay Shankar.
