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          16/02Result
          3rd Quarter-final, Ranji Trophy at Jaipur, Feb 16-20 2015
          Match drawn (Tamil Nadu won on 1st inns)
          Player of the Match
          Vijay Shankar
          Vijay ShankarTamil Nadu
          16/02Result
          3rd Quarter-final, Ranji Trophy at Jaipur, Feb 16-20 2015
          Match drawn (Tamil Nadu won on 1st inns)
          Player of the Match
          Vijay Shankar
          Vijay ShankarTamil Nadu

          Vijays haul TN to solid position

          • ESPNcricinfo staff
          Feb 15, 2015, 08:00 AM

          Tamil Nadu 234 for 4 (Vijay 96, Vijay Shankar 90*, Thakur 2-31) v Vidarbha
          Scorecard

          Nineties from M Vijay and Vijay Shankar steered Tamil Nadu to a solid 234 for 4 against Vidarbha in Jaipur. The two came together at 50 for 3 and put on 140 in 50.1 overs before Vijay was out for 96. He had faced 203 balls and struck 13 fours and two sixes. Shankar and R Prasanna saw Tamil Nadu through to stumps, Shankar finishing unbeaten on 90 off 215 balls, with 11 fours and a six.

          Play began an hour late because of excess moisture in the pitch, after which the seamers quickly had Tamil Nadu in trouble. Left-armer Shrikant Wagh bowled Abhinav Mukund, before B Aparajith was run-out and Ravikumar Thakur dismissed Dinesh Karthik for 4. Thakur also broke the partnership between the Vijays to end the day with figures of 2 for 31 in 19 overs.

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          • Vidarbha manage draw, TN go through to semis

            Tamil Nadu fell two wickets short of registering a win against Vidarbha on the fifth day in Jaipur, but made it to the semi-finals for taking the first-innings lead earlier in the drawn match

          • Karthik and Shankar deflate Vidarbha

            Tamil Nadu took another big step towards clinching a spot in the Ranji Trophy semi-finals, as half-centuries from Dinesh Karthik and Vijay Shankar helped the team build a huge lead on the penultimate day against Vidarbha in Jaipur

          • Vidarbha fight, but TN ahead

            Early wickets and a lack of substantial partnerships left Vidarbha at 206 for 6, well behind Tamil Nadu's 403, in their Ranji Trophy quarter-final match in Jaipur

          • Shankar, Indrajith drive Tamil Nadu

            Vijay Shankar notched up his second first-class hundred, while B Indrajith missed his second ton by three runs, both hoisting Tamil Nadu to 403 in the first innings.

          • Mhambrey's miracle men

            An injection of self-belief, led by coach Paras Mhambrey and three hungry professionals, has launched Vidarbha into the the Ranji Trophy knockouts for only the second time in their history

          Vidarbha 4th innings Partnerships

          WktRunsPlayers
          1st15FY FazalSO Katariya
          2nd0FY FazalGanesh Satish
          3rd0S BadrinathGanesh Satish
          4th53SU ShrivastavaGanesh Satish
          5th22Ganesh SatishR Jangid
          6th5Ganesh SatishUR Patel
          7th1SB WaghGanesh Satish
          8th41RV DhurvGanesh Satish
          9th5Ganesh SatishSS Bandiwar