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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

          Vidarbha fight, but TN ahead

          • ESPNcricinfo staff
          Feb 18, 2015, 08:00 AM

          Vidarbha 206 for 6 (Katariya 42, Badrinath 40, Crist 3-47) trail Tamil Nadu 403 by 197 runs
          Scorecard

          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.

          Aswin Crist struck twice in the sixth over of the day to dismiss Faiz Fazal (15) and Ganesh Satish (0) in successive deliveries. Opener Sachin Katariya joined by S Badrinath managed some resistance with a 72-run third-wicket partnership but both batsmen threw away their starts, leaving Vidarbha at 132 for 4. The rest of the middle order conformed to the same pattern, with Shalabh Shrivastava (39) and Urvesh Patel (31) not making substantial scores.

          Urvesh was bowled by L Balaji off what was the last ball of the third day, but Ravi Jangid remained not out after a painstaking innings of 26 off 121 balls.

          Crist was the most successful bowler for Tamil Nadu, claiming figures of 3 for 47, while Prasanth Parameswaran, Balaji and Malolan Rangarajan chipped in with one each.

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          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