Under grey skies, Tamil Nadu’s top-order was blown away like a straw roof in a tempest as it ended the second day of the first-round Ranji Trophy Elite Group-A match versus Jharkhand on 18 for five at Sri Ramakrishna College of Arts and Science ground here on Thursday.
The collapse could be attributed to the batters’ lack of application, except for opener and left-hander B. Sachin’s dismissal. He was a tad unfortunate as the ball from pacer Sahil Raj (two for 8) kept low to uproot his off-stump on the very first ball of the Tamil Nadu innings.
Debutant Jharkhand pacer Jatin Kumar Pandey accounted for three top-order Tamil Nadu wickets, including two in one over, on the second day of their Elite Group-A Ranji Trophy first round match at Sri Ramakrishna College of Arts and Science ground in Coimbatore on Thursday, October 16, 2025.
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Tamil Nadu was absolutely tased, then, with the loss of four wickets in a 15-ball span. Debutant pacer Jatin Kumar Pandey (three for 10) had a two-wicket burst in the eighth over. Skipper and opener Jagadeesan (3) edged to Shikhar Mohan at gully, and three balls later, Pradosh Ranjan Paul (9) cut straight to Sahil at point.
B. Indrajith was bowled through the gate for a first-ball duck off a fuller delivery from Sahil in the ninth over, and Andre Siddarth (2) was trapped leg before by Jatin in the 10th over. On 14 for five in 9.4 overs, Tamil Nadu was reduced to focussing on saving the match.
Rain halted play since tea, and later the day’s remaining schedule was eventually called off.
Earlier, Jharkhand was bowled out for 419 as left-arm pacer Gurjapneet Singh finished with figures of four for 71.
Ishan Kishan (173, 247b, 15×4, 6×6) flicked a six to deep square leg off the first ball of the day from Sandeep Warrier after Tamil Nadu opted for a new ball. Warrier later confronted Kishan with a short ball, which was hooked for a six over the fine leg fielder. Kishan brought up his 150 in style, pulling a short ball from Gurjapneet for a six over the backward square leg fielder.
Gurjapneet Singh of Tamil Nadu took four wickets against Jharkhand on the second day of their Elite Group-A Ranji Trophy first round match at Sri Ramakrishna College of Arts and Science ground in Coimbatore on Thursday, October 16, 2025.
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He extended his seventh-wicket stand with Sahil Raj (77, 183b, 7×4, 2×6) to 214 before tamely edging debutant pacer R.S. Ambrish to Shahrukh Khan at first slip.
The scores: Jharkhand — 1st innings: Shikhar Mohan b Gurjapneet 10, Sharandeep Singh c Jagadeesan b Gurjapneet 48, Kumar Suraj b Chandrasekar 3, Virat Singh c Jagadeesan b Gurjapneet 28, Ishan Kishan c Shahrukh b Ambrish 173, Kumar Kushagra st Jagadeesan b Chandrasekar 11, Anukul Roy c Paul b Warrier 12, Sahil Raj b Gurjapneet 77, Jatin Kumar Pandey b Hemchudeshan 25, Rishav Raj c Shahrukh b Hemchudeshan 19, Vikash Singh (not out) 2; Extras: (nb-3, w-3, b-1, lb-4): 11; Total (in 132.1 overs): 419.
Fall of wickets: 1-11, 2-24, 3-79, 4-106, 5-133, 6-157, 7-371, 8-371, 9-410.
Tamil Nadu bowling: Warrier 31-4-107-1, Gurjapneet 27-5-71-4, Ambrish 18-4-56-1, Chandrasekar 34-4-114-2, Hemchudeshan 21.1-1-64-2, Paul 1-0-2-0.
Tamil Nadu — 1st innings: B. Sachin b Sahil 0, N. Jagadeesan c Mohan b Jatin 3, Pradosh Ranjan Paul c Sahil b Jatin 9, Andre Siddarth lbw b Jatin 2, B. Indrajith b Sahil 0, R.S. Ambrish (batting) 0, M. Shahrukh Khan (batting) 4; Extras: 0; Total (for five wickets in 11 overs): 18.
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-12, 3-13, 4-14, 5-14.
Jharkhand bowling: Sahil 6-3-8-2, Jatin 5-2-10-3.
Published – October 16, 2025 07:13 pm IST
