Harpreet Singh Bhatia led from the front for Chhattisgarh with a masterful unbeaten 149 (322b, 12x4, 2x6) denting Tamil Nadu’s quest for an outright win by taking his side to 261 for eight at stumps on day three of the Ranji Trophy clash here at the Nehru Stadium on Saturday.
For the third day in succession, the play could not be started on time and, on Saturday, the first session had to be skipped due to wet outfield following overnight showers.
TN, which had posted 470, struck early when Sai Kishore removed overnight batter Shashank Singh caught at silly point to reduce Chhattisgarh to 118 for six. After losing a session in the morning, TN needed to get things done quickly to press for a victory.
