Ranji Trophy 2023-24: Mohammed, Warrier heroics with bat and ball hand TN benefit in opposition to Gujarat on Day 2

On the opening day of the 2023-24 Ranji Trophy season, M. Mohammed and Sandeep Warrier mixed to take 9 wickets between them to assist Tamil Nadu (TN) limit Gujarat to 236 within the first innings.

On day two, it was left to the duo to bail TN out with the bat as effectively from a precarious state of affairs of 119 for eight. Their sensational 116-run stand for the ninth wicket helped the customer ultimately take a 14-run lead on the Sardar Patel Stadium on Saturday.

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Mohammed – who scalped a fifer on Friday – led the way in which with a scintillating 85 (99b, 11×4, 4×6), stuffed with highly effective strikes down the bottom and a few eye-catching drives via the off-side. At the opposite finish, Warrier (38) simply bought behind the road of the ball in opposition to the quicks and appeared untroubled.

Mohammed took the bowlers on when peppered with bouncers with clear pull photographs that sailed over the leg-side fence. He then went after medium-pacer Ripal Patel, lofting him down the bottom and gathering two fours and two sixes, the final of which landed past the stadium roof and bought him to his half-century in type. From there on, the duo performed sensibly to get inside two runs of taking the lead earlier than Mohammed was dismissed.

In the primary session, the TN prime order was discovered wanting in opposition to the Gujarat pacers to be decreased to 18 for 4, with batters getting caught behind poking outdoors the off-stump tentatively.

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Left-arm seamer Arzan Nagwaswalla was significantly spectacular, taking three of the primary 5 wickets earlier than leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi scalped 4, together with that of a well-set Vijay Shankar, bowled via the gate off a googly.

Later within the night, Warrier shone with the ball once more, taking three wickets in his first two overs because the host completed the day on 38 for 3, 24 runs forward, with the match evenly poised on the midway stage.