Ranji Trophy 2023-24: Jagadeesan ton places Tamil Nadu in driving seat on Day 1

Local lad and opener N. Jagadeesan introduced up his first Ranji Trophy hundred (155 batting, 254b, 16×4, 3×6) on his house floor as emphatically as hitting a six down the bottom off left-arm spinner Akash Pandey and elevating his arms in exhilaration to assist Tamil Nadu get to 286 for 5 on day one of many third-round Group-C match versus Railways on the SNR College cricket floor right here on Friday.

It’s his seventh first-class hundred general.

He engaged in a 142-run fifth-wicket partnership with left-hander M. Boopathi Vaishna Kumar (67, 128b, 6×4), who scored his maiden first-class fifty in his second first-class match.

He made his Ranji Trophy debut for Tamil Nadu within the second spherical versus Tripura.

Railways pacers Yuvraj Singh and Kunal Yadav extracted exceptional bounce throughout the first hour of the day’s play. Opener and left-hander R. Vimal Khumar edged one wanting gully and was overwhelmed by bounce earlier than Yuvraj bowled him with one which hit the highest of the off-stump. Another left-arm batter B. Sachin nicked one wanting second slip off Kunal.

It wasn’t straightforward dealing with for Jagadeesan too. But he additionally upper-cut a bouncer off Kunal for 4 and ably weathered the preliminary pacer-bounce to convey up his fifty off 84 balls with eight fours. He’d spectacularly straight drove, flicked to backward sq. leg, and canopy drove for fours off Kunal. He’d additionally hit two straight sixes off Akash and leg-spinner Karn Sharma.

A ball after Jagadeesan obtained to his fifty, Sachin stepped out and was stumped off Akash.

Railways picked up two fast wickets after lunch. Baba Indrajith was caught behind by Akash and Vijay Shankar missed his sweep to be lbw off Karn within the house of three overs.

Left-arm spinner Mohammad Saif struck late within the day when he had Boopathi Vaishna Kumar caught behind.

Shortly after, Jagadeesan raised his second first-class 150. His first is his highest first-class rating of 183. He’s batted effectively sufficient to counsel he might surpass it tomorrow.