Punjab vs Tamil Nadu, Round 6, Elite Group B - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

This match will be remembered for the brilliance of Shubman Gill. He is one of the brightest young cricketers around in Indian domestic cricket and his innings of 268 has just put a stamp mark on it. If he keeps churning out runs in the similar fashion, he will be seen in Indian jersey pretty soon. That's it from our side for today. The next round of Ranji Trophy matches begins on 22nd December. Don't forget to join us then.

Punjab won an imperative toss and elected to field first. Their seamers, specially Gony and Baltej delivered in the right areas and the visitors kept losing wickets at regular intervals and could only manage a paltry total of 215 in the first innings. When Tamil Nadu came out to bowl, there was help for their pacers too but Shubman Gill came out and blasted the opening bowlers all around the park. His Blitzkrieg disturbed the length of the bowlers and eventually he made Tamil Nadu chase leather for a day and a half. He notched up the highest score of this year's Ranji Trophy too. Punjab managed a significant lead of 264 runs and they were chasing an outright victory for the last one and a half days. The pitch did not deteriorate enough to Punjab liking and Tamil Nadu batsmen showed a lot of grit, resolve and character to earn their team a point. Punjab would have expected more from their left-arm spinner Abhishek Sharma but he failed to deliver and there wasn't enough in it for the seamers to create an impact.

15:47 Local Time, 10:17 GMT, 15:47 IST: Both captains have decided that there isn't any need to play an extra hour. And this match ends in a draw! Punjab will have to settle for three points and that would pinch them as they dominated the most part of this match whereas Tamil Nadu would be content with the result.

Sandeep Sharma to Shahrukh Khan, 1 run, on the pads and Shahrukh Khan tucks it to the on-side for a single

Sandeep Sharma to Shahrukh Khan, 2 runs, steers it wide of sweeper cover for a brace

Sandeep Sharma to Shahrukh Khan, byes, FOUR, poor effort from the keeper, it was a short of length delivery outside off, Shahrukh Khan iisses the pull, it lands in front of the keeper and bounces awkwardly, beats him and goes for a boundary

Sandeep Sharma to Shahrukh Khan, no run, short of length delivery on the body, Shahrukh Khan misses the pull and it hits him on the chest and drops to the off-side

Sandeep Sharma to Shankar, 1 run, pushes it wide of backward point for a single

Sandeep Sharma to Shankar, 2 runs, slower delivery outside off, Shankar steers it wide of point, a misfield there and that allows an extra run to be taken. Fifty for Shankar! Good innings from the Tamil Nadu lad

Abhishek Sharma to Shahrukh Khan, no run, inside edges it back on the pads and it deflects wide of silly point

Abhishek Sharma to Shahrukh Khan, no run, went for a fancy sweep shot, misses it and it raps him on the pads. It was sliding down leg

Abhishek Sharma to Shahrukh Khan, no run, plunges forward and blocks it to silly point

Abhishek Sharma to Shahrukh Khan, no run, stays in the crease and blocks it to cover

Abhishek Sharma to Shankar, 1 run, comes down the track and drives it wide of deep cover for a single

Abhishek Sharma to Shankar, no run, defends it back to the bowler

Abhishek Sharma [30.0-2-83-1] is back into the attack

Sandeep Sharma to Shahrukh Khan, no run, very full and on the stumps, Shahrukh Khan defends it to mid-wicket

Sandeep Sharma to Shahrukh Khan, FOUR, not a great delivery down the leg-side, Shahrukh Khan helps it fine of fine leg for a boundary

Sandeep Sharma to Shahrukh Khan, 2 runs, a gentle push to cover and fielder at point attempts a direct hit, misses it and it results in an overthrow too

Sandeep Sharma to Shahrukh Khan, no run, another bumper. The line was down the leg-side and Shahrukh Khan ignores it