Chennai: Rajasthan successfully defended the Ranji Trophy on the virtue of their first inning lead against Tamil Nadu. Rajasthan with a lead of 326 runs made sure that they are not going to lose the title and that the final day of the test match will be played just as a formality.

Rajasthan in their second innings declared on 204 runs and ensured that the home team will bat again, to make it even worse the home team lost 2 wickets before the match was called off.

VA Saxena was adjudged the man of the match for his marathon innings of 257 in the first innings.

Brief Score:

Rajasthan 1st innings - 621 (Saxena 257, Chopra 94, Srinivas 4-192)

Tamil Nadu 1st innings - 295 (Karthik 150, Rituraj 4-76)

Rajasthan 2nd innings - 204 -5 declare (Bist 92, Prasanna 3-31)

Tamil Nadu 2nd innings – 8-2 (Gajendra 2-5)

By Indian Sports News