Ranji Trophy 2023-24: Sai Kishore’s fifer helps TN beat Chandigarh by innings and 293 runs

Skipper R. Sai Kishore led from the entrance along with his eighth five-wicket haul in First Class cricket to bowl Tamil Nadu to an innings and 293-run win over Chandigarh on day three of the Ranji Trophy conflict right here on the Sri Ramakrishna College floor on Sunday.

For the second time in as many matches, TN has managed to wrap up the tie on the third day and pocket one other seven factors, taking its tally to fifteen after 4 outings.

Needing to attain 500 to make the house crew bat once more, Chandigarh managed simply 206, with solely Ankit Kaushik making a valiant unbeaten half-century.

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Though Chandigarh got here up with a barely higher batting effort than the primary innings, Sai Kishore and fellow left-arm spinner Ajith Ram have been too good for the guests.

The TN skipper was relentless along with his line and size, utilizing his peak properly to get additional bounce to have the batters in a quandary.

Following a strong begin from the openers, Sai Kishore eliminated Arslan Khan, bowled after which had the opposite opener, Harnoor Singh, trapped leg-before.

Just when a partnership was creating, the lanky left-arm tweaker had Kunal Mahajan caught behind. Like within the first innings, shortly after lunch, there was a unnecessary run-out with a mix-up between Manan Vohra and non-striker Mayank Sidhu, who tried to pinch a single solely to be despatched again by the previous. Skipper Vohra perished when he tried to chop Ajith Ram, however his shot deflected off B. Sachin’s forearm at gully and lobbed to Pradosh Ranjan Paul at slip.

Kaushik and Gurinder Singh delayed the inevitable for some time with a 64-run stand for the seventh wicket earlier than Sai Kishore had the latter caught at slip with a classical left-arm spinner supply that turned sharply to take the skin edge.

The skipper then had his former TN teammate M. Ashwin stumped to clinch his fifer as TN romped dwelling to a giant win that ought to take the facet to the highest of the desk in Group C.