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It's Railways all the way
By Our Special Correspondent
NEW DELHI, FEB 8. The lone supporter for Tamil Nadu looked hopelessly out of place. It was Railways all the way as it won the match by eight wickets to set up a Ranji Trophy semifinal clash with Bengal.
Resuming at 204 for two, Tamil Nadu reached 326 for six before declaring, setting Railways a target of 180.
S. Sriram, 107 overnight, added 14 more while Hemang Badani cracked a 56 off 45 balls (five fours and two sixes). But it was not enough to put Railways under any pressure.
Sanjay Bangar, grassed early by Aashish Kapoor in the slips off M.R. Srinivas, finished the contest with a half century to ensure Railways did not lose out the chance of an outright win. His unbeaten 52 off 173 balls was well-supported by Amit Pagnis (42 with eight fours) and Tejinder Pal Singh (43 with six fours).
Railways now plays Bengal at the same venue from February 13 with Sourav Ganguly confirming his participation. Down with a viral fever, Ganguly said from Kolkata ``I hope to recover in time for the match. It's a big game for Bengal and I'll not miss it. I'm playing the Ranji semifinal.''
The scores:
Tamil Nadu - 1st innings: 276
Railways - 1st innings: 423
Tamil Nadu - 2nd innings: S. Ramesh lbw b Parida 22, S. Sriram c Raja Ali b Parida 121, J. Madanagopal c Parida b Harvinder 56, S. Sharath (run out) 5, T.R. Arasu c Tejinder b Harvinder 26, Hemang Badani (not out) 56, Aashish Kapoor c Bangar b Kartik 8, R. Ramkumar (not out) 8, Extras (b- 12, lb-7, nb-4, w-1) 24, Total (for six wkts. decl.) 326.
Fall of wickets: 1-68, 2-201, 3-217, 4- 225, 5-293, 6-308.
Railways bowling: Harvinder 17-1-82-2, Yadav 10-2-27-0, Parida 21-4-89-2, Bangar 8-0-40-0, Kartik 23-4- 69-1.
Railways - 2nd innings: Sanjay Bangar (not out) 52, Amit Pagnis c Badani b Kapoor 42, Tjinder Pal Singh c (sub) Hemanth Kumar b Badani 43, Yere Goud (not out) 25, Extras (b-7, nb-11) 18, Total (for two wkts.) 180.
Fall of wkickets: 1-71, 2-139.
Tamil Nadu bowling: L. Balaji 10-4-11-0, M.R. Srinivas 10-0-44-0, Aashish Kapoor 17-3-56-1, R. Ramkumar 10.2-5-20-0, Sriram 2-1-10-0, Badani 8-1-32-1.
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