TN-Saurashtra tie heads for a draw

With the match heading towards a tame draw, both Tamil Nadu and Saurashtra look to fight it out to take the first innings lead, as the third and penultimate day today ended with the two teams sharing honours in their Group B Ranji Trophy match here.
In reply to Tamil Nadu's 565 for eight declared, Saurashtra reached 326 for three in their first innings at the close of play today with Cheteshwar Pujara unbeaten on 152 and Jaydev Shah on 133.
The visitors now trail the hosts by 239 runs with seven wickets in hand here at the t MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk.

Come tomorrow, keen battle is on the cards as Saurashtra will be looking to topple the hosts' first innings total, while Tamil Nadu will be keen to restrict the visitors below 565.
Starting the day on 12 for one, Saurashtra lost overnight batsman -- Bhushan Chauhan -- early with no addition to his last night's score of three.
However, Pujara, resuming on eight, blasted 21 boundaries during his brilliant knock that came off 264 balls. He also added an unbeaten 260 runs with Jaydev for the fourth wicket.

Jaydev took 219 deliveries for his 133, which was laced with nine boundaries and as many as six sixes.

Brief scores:
Tamil Nadu 1st innings: 565 for eight declared (Abhinav Mukund 240, Dinesh Karthik 133; Jaydev Unadkat 4/99).
Saurashtra 1st innings: 326 for three in 93 overs (Cheteshwar Pujara batting 152, Jaydev Shah batting 133; R Prasanna 1/26).