Rajasthan enter final despite Badrinath's heroics
Rajasthan's dream is still alive. They couldn't dislodge Tamil Nadu's wall, S Badrinath, but dismantled the rest brick by brick to enter the Ranji final
03/01Result
1st Semi-Final, Ranji Trophy Super League at Jaipur, Jan 3-6 2011
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![Rajasthan]( "Rajasthan")
552/7d -
![Tamil Nadu]( "Tamil Nadu")
385 & 2/0 (1 ov) (f/o)
03/01Result
1st Semi-Final, Ranji Trophy Super League at Jaipur, Jan 3-6 2011
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![Rajasthan]( "Rajasthan")
552/7d -
![Tamil Nadu]( "Tamil Nadu")
385 & 2/0 (1 ov) (f/o)
Match Centre
Match Details
Toss
Tamil Nadu , elected to field first
Series result
Rajasthan advanced
Season
Hours of play (local time)
09.30 start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 16.30
Match days
3,4,5,6 January 2011 (4-day match)
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Scorecard Summary
RAJASTHAN 552/7d (190 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- Aakash Chopra139 (329)
- Ashok Menaria106 (189)
- Chandrasekar Ganapathy2/73 (34)
- Sunil Sam2/96 (30)
TAMIL NADU 385 (140.2 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- S Badrinath*175 (381)
- Abhinav Mukund47 (99)
- Sumit Mathur2/84 (40)
- Vivek Yadav4/87 (25)
Match Coverage
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Rajasthan enter final despite Badrinath's heroics
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Menaria, Kanitkar take Rajasthan to 485
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