Tamil Nadu secured two points after bundling out hosts Saurashtra for 386 in their first innings in the Ranji Trophy Elite division match that ended in a draw in Rajkot on Wednesday.

In reply to Tamil Nadu's mammoth 500 for 8 declared, the hosts were all out for 386, conceding a first innings lead of 114 runs.

Resuming at their overnight score of 325 for 4, Saurashtra's remaining six wickets fell for just 61 runs.

Overnight batsman Cheteshwar Pujara [ Images ], who spent 507 minutes at the crease managed 177 off 329 balls with 28 fours. But the other batsmen failed to give him company.

Medium pacer R Jesuraj (4-74) and Yo mahesh (4-111) proved to be the nemisis of Saurashtra.

The visitors were 110 for two in their second innings when umpires called off the match before the start of mandatory overs.

Opener S Aniruddha made 56 with 8 fours off 59 balls, while M Vijay scored 14.

R Prasanna and KSV Das remained unbeaten on 33 and 7 runs respectively.

Scorecard

Tamil Nadu Ist innings: 500 for 8 dec.

Saurashtra Ist innings: Overnight 325 for 4.
Kanaiya Vaghela bowled Jesuraj 21
Sagar Higutabu c Vijay b Jesuraj 49
Sitanshu Kotak c V Kumar b Jesuraj 84
Cheteshwar Pujara c Das b Jesuraj 177
Jaydev Shah c Mahesh b Naresh 0
Pratik Mehta c and B R Naresh 11
Ravindra Jadeja [ Images ] bowled Yo Mahesh 7
Rakesh Dhruve bowled Yo Mahesh 5
Kamlesh Makwana not out 3
Sandip Jobanputra bowled Yo Mahesh 0
Sandip Maniar c Varun b Yo Mahesh 0
Extras (b-6, lb-5, nb-14,w-4) 29

Total (All out off 149.4 overs) 386

Fall of wickets: 1-74, 2-77, 3-293, 4-293, 5-340, 6-356, 7-363, 8-385,  9-386, 10-386.

Bowling: Mahesh 35.4-8-111-4, R Jesuraj 39-17-74-4, R Naresh 26-9-53-2, R Satish 29-10-77-0, C Suresh 16-2-44-0, R Prasanna 1-1-0-0, KSV Das 3-0-16-0.

Tamil Nadu 2nd innings:
S Anirudhha run out 56
M Vijay c Vaghela b S Maniar 14
R Prasanna not out 33
KSV Das not out 7
Total (For two wickets in 43 overs) 110

Fall of wickets: 1-32, 2-81

Bowling: S Jobanputra 8-1-34-0, S Maniar  8-2-32-1, K Vaghela 3-1-6-0, K Makwana 8-3-12-0, R Jadeja 10-5-11-0, J Shah 5-0-14-0, C Pujara 1-0-1-0.