da realsbet： A splendid 177 by opener Sridharan Sriram put Tamil Nadu in firmcontrol on the second day of their Super League match against Haryanaat Gurgaon today
25-Feb-2000A splendid 177 by opener Sridharan Sriram put Tamil Nadu in firmcontrol on the second day of their Super League match against Haryanaat Gurgaon today. A 166 run 3rd wicket partnership between Sriram andJR Madanagopal (74) saw the visiting side close at 371-5, a lead of163. The Tamil Nadu batsmen scored at a brisk pace during the day with328 runs coming off the 90 overs bowled.Continuing where they left off yesterday at 43-0, Sriram and AashishKapoor took their stand to 80 before the latter departed for a rapidlymade 55 (60 balls, 9 fours). Hemang Badani added a further 85 inSriram’s company before he was castled by Pradeep Jain. But these weremerely appetisers that laid the way for the main course, theSriram-Madanagopal association, that carried the score to 331. It wasbrought to an end when Madanagopal (170 balls, 4 fours) was thrown outby Jitender Singh.Sriram’s 177 (275 balls, 17 fours) was his third century in four Ranjimatches this season. Although Sriram and Tanvir Jabbar fell to Jain inthe space of three balls, with the score at 354, Tamil Nadu are stillcomfortably placed with two of their big guns, Sridharan Sharath (10)and captain Robin Singh (15), manning the crease at stumps. Left armspinner Jain was the only spark (4-121) for Haryana in an otherwiseinsipid attack.