Ajith Ram, promoted to No. 7 (ahead of Sonu Yadav and skipper Sai Kishore), vindicates the think-tank’s decision with his maiden First Class half-century. He gets to the mark with a single over deep midwicket off Nishunk Birla.
There is no stopping Pradosh Ranjan Paul, who brings up a well deserved double century. He scales a new peak after a double off off-spinner Chiragvir Dhindsa. He is delighted, so are his teammates and staff in the dugout.
-S. Shrivathsan