Chennai, Nov. 1 -- A paitent century by lefthander Prdosh Ranjan Pauland a fluentunbeaten 94 by middle order basman Baba Indrajith helped hosts Tamil Nadu reach252 for four at close on the opening day of the Elite Group A league match againstVidarbha in the Ranji Trophy leaguecricket tournament at Coimbatore today.
Electing to bat first, Tamil Nadu, having just three points in the first twooutings and was badly in need of a victory, got off to disastrous start losingboth the openers, Athish and Vimal Kumar, for just 18 runs in nine overs.
The dismissal of last match centurion C Andre Siddarth (33), who lookedin fine nick, pegged back the home team further.
But No.3 and vice-captain Pradosh along with Indrajith steadied the ship witha 179...