Chennai: Tanesh Jain (5/27) of Maharashtra along with Siddhesh Veer (5/50) bagged five wickets each as Maharashtra reduced Tamilnadu to a paltry 132 on the opening day of the Cooch Behar Trophy (Under-19) Elite Group A match at the ICL Sankar Nagar Ground in Tirunelveli.
In reply, the away side managed to take a slim lead of 16 runs, with Tanesh (47 not out) once again making a meaningful contribution. Pradosh Ranjan Paul got a five-wicket haul as Maharashtra ended the day’s play at 148 for nine in 47 overs.
Brief scores: Tamilnadu 132 in 48.3 overs (Nidhish Rajagopal 26, Siddhesh Veer 5/50, Tanesh Jain 5/27) vs Maharashtra 148 for nine in 47 overs (Saurabh Nawale 39, Tanesh Jain 47*, Pradosh Ranjan Paul 5/52)