Left arm spinner Ram Kumar grabbed six wickets for 47 runs as Tamil Nadu bundled out Uttar Pradesh for a paltry 136 and forced them to follow-on on the penultimate day of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group B match at the K D Singh Babu stadium in Lucknow on Thursday.
Uttar Pradesh wicketkeeper Mohammad Amir was the only batsman who showed some resistance, scoring 62 runs. Ali Hamid (19) and opener Rohit Prakash (15) were the other batsmen to reach double figures.
R Raghuram lent good support to Ram Kumar and claimed two wickets for 20 runs.
Facing a daunting task after conceding a 217-run first innings lead, Uttar Pradesh were five for no loss in their second innings at close of play.
Scoreboard
Tamil Nadu (1st innings): 353
Uttar Pradesh (1st innings): (overnight score: 2-0)
R Prakash c Vikram Kumar b Ramkumar 15
S Shukla c Vikram Kumar b Shrinivas 9
JP Yadav st Vikram Kumar b Ramkumar 8
S Raina c Badrinath b Ramkumar 1
Parvinder Singh c Badrinath b Ramkumar 0
R Elahi b A Sarathy 8
Ali Hamid c Vikram Kumar b Raghuram 19
Amir Khan c sub b Raghuram 62
P Gupta c Raghuram b Ramkumar 8
A Zaidi c & b Ramkumar 2
R Singh not out 0
Extras (b 2, nb 2) 4
Total (all out in 87 overs) 136
Fall of wickets: 21-1, 26-2, 28-3, 28-4, 43-5, 43-6, 94-7, 122-8, 128-9, 136-10.
Bowling: M Shrinivas 18-5-30-1, S Suresh 10-2-19-0, R Ramkumar 25-7-47-6, R Raghuram 19-9-20-2, A Sarathy 10-3-13-1, S Badrinath 5-2-5-0.
Uttar Pradesh (2nd innings) (following on)
R Prakash not out 4
S Shukla not out 1
Extras 0
Total (0 wickets in 6 overs) 5
Still to bat: JP Yadav, S Raina, Parvinder Singh, R Elahi, Ali Hamid, Amir Khan, P Gupta, A Zaidi, R Singh.
Bowling: M Shrinivas 3-2-4-0, S Suresh 2-2-0-0, Ramkumar 1-0-1-0.
