Ranji Trophy: Nachiket Bhute fifer triggers Tamil Nadu collapse; Aman Mokhade piles on the runs for Vidarbha | Cricket News
It was a day where pacer Nachiket Bhute and opener Aman Mokhade, while bringing Vidarbha back into the game, also showed the mirror to Tamil Nadu. Having struck late on Day One with the second new ball to remove centurion Pradosh Ranjan Paul, Bhute had already provided the opening that Vidarbha sought. On Day Two of the Ranji Trophy fixture on Sunday, the 26-year-old took the new ball in the absence of Darshan Nalkande and Yash Thakur, and drilled more holes into the opening he created – castling Shahrukh Khan, Baba Indrajith and Mohamed Ali, in a 9-4-22-3 spell. Tamil Nadu lost their last seven wickets for 39 runs to endure another collapse – the third successive in Coimbatore in as many innings. With just 291 to defend on a pitch that had runs there for the taking, the 24-year-old Mokhade who had scored 183 & 176 in the first two matches, set the tone with 80 at the top as the defending champions ended Day 2 at 211/2, letting out their intention to bat …