Chennai, Oct. 18 -- Hosts Tamil Nadu suffered a crushing innings and 114 runsdefeat at the hands of Jharkhand on the final day of the opening Elite Group 'A'Ranji Trophy cricket match at Coimbatore today.
Resuming their second innings at 52 for three, after following on having bowled outcheaply for a paltry 93 in their first innings in reply to Jharkhand's 419, the home teamwere all out for 212 in 79 overs.
Barring a sedate 80 by middle order batsman C Andre Siddarth (180 balls, 12x4) anda resolute 37 by M Shahrukh Khan, none of the batsmen rose to the occasion as theteam lost wickets regularly and eventually the contest.
Andre and Shahrukh added exactly 100 runs in 26.5 overs for sixth wicket, while oneof the batsman B Sachin did not ba...