A very un-Tamil Nadu-like Ranji season

3. While one half of the side does the job, other half does not

K Vignesh was the only one posing threats, unsupported from the other side

Barring the rain-affected Tripura game in Chennai, all the other matches saw either the batting or the bowling fail to perform. On more than four occasions, either one batsman from the top order or V Yomahesh had to rally the lower order and outdo the top order in scoring runs for the team in averting a low total. There were far too many batting collapses that do not justify the batting quality of this side. Likewise, on four occasions when the bowlers had picked up at least five wickets of the opposition for a paltry score, they let the lower middle order dominate and ended up conceding the lead or soak up precious time. With just K Vignesh constantly posing threats, lack of support from the other end – especially from the spinners barring Washington Sundar – left TN high and dry during most matches, and particularly so when they failed to bowl out Odisha and conceded the lead after putting up 530 on the board.