The all-rounder’s knock meant his aspect wiped off the 241-run deficit after being requested to comply with and denied the customer an outright victory.
The host wanted one among its batters to play a giant knock to safe at the least one level from the competition, and Vijay put his hand up in his first recreation of the season.
From the second he walked in, the 33-year-old seemed in good contact, timing the ball properly and was hardly troubled on a pitch the place the odd supply scooted low.
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Vijay stored it easy, backed his energy of taking part in straight down the bottom, and obtained off to a fast begin. He drove the spinners powerfully to the fence and included clear strikes that sailed over the ropes.
Earlier, Tamil Nadu resumed at 71 for one however misplaced in a single day batter C. Andre Siddharth throughout the first hour, as leg-spinner Shubham Agrawal had him caught at slip making an attempt a lower.
Skipper N. Jagadeesan and Vijay, although, steadied issues, forging a 67-run alliance for the third wicket, with the previous finishing his half-century. The Chhattisgarh bowlers then managed to ship down just a few quiet overs, ultimately pressuring Jagadeesan right into a reckless sweep that ballooned to square-leg simply quarter-hour earlier than lunch.
Jeevesh Butte struck early within the second session, rearranging M. Boopathi Vaishna Kumar’s middle-stump, giving his workforce a small opening. Nonetheless, Vijay and Pradosh Ranjan Paul (39 n.o.) ensured no additional hiccups.
Within the 72nd over, Vijay took the house workforce into the lead, lofting Shubham for 2 sixes. Within the subsequent over, he pulled Rishabh Tiwary to the midwicket fence and accomplished his tenth First-Class century in type. At tea, the groups agreed to name off the sport as Amandeep Khare’s males had been content material to pocket three factors.
Scores
Chhattisgarh-1st innings: 500
Tamil Nadu-1st innings: 259
Tamil Nadu – 2nd innings: S. Lokeshwar lbw b Mandal 6, N. Jagadeesan c Butte b Mandal 60, C. Andre Siddharth c Anuj b Shubham 41, Vijay Shankar (not out) 106, M. Boopathi Vaishnav Kumar b Butte 9, Pradosh Ranjan Paul (not out) 39; Extras (w-1, lb-2): 3; Whole (for 4 wkts in 76 overs): 264.
Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-90, 3-157, 4-188.
Chhattisgarh bowling: Ashish 8-0-45-0, Mandal 23-5-49-2, Ravi Kiran 8-1-21-0, Butte 20-4-66-1, Shubham 14-1-65-1, Sanjeet 2-0-10-0, Rishabh 1-0-6-0.
PoTM: Subham Agrawal.
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