da bet esporte： Tamil Nadu got the better of Delhi on the basis of their firstinnings lead in the pre-quarter-final match at the IIT Chemplastground, Chennai, on Wednesday
Staff Reporter22-Jul-2009Tamil Nadu got the better of Delhi on the basis of their firstinnings lead in the pre-quarter-final match at the IIT Chemplastground, Chennai, on Wednesday. The result confirmed their placein the Ranji Trophy quarter-final to be played from March 22 to26 against Baroda at Baroda.Resuming at 278/4, Tamil Nadu went about accumulating runs on aplacid track that offered nothing to the bowlers. S Mahesh and SSharath added 142 runs for the fifth wicket. Sharath duly went onto make his double hundred in great style. He made 224 runs off352 balls and decorated his innings with three sixes and 29boundaries. Mahesh made 71 with the help of 11 boundaries.Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan who scored a century playing at numbereleven in the first essay, got promoted in the batting line-upand played a blinder of an innings that earned him 42 runs off just33 balls. He struck half a dozen fours and two sixes in his breezyknock. Tamil Nadu declared at 515/8 in their second innings.Batting again, Delhi made 149 for one off 32 overs in the remainingtime. Openers Akash Chopra (61) and Gautam Ghambir (69 not out) puton 126 runs.