Tamil Nadu were struggling at 58 for three in reply to Maharashtra's [ Images ] mammoth 430 all out on the penultimate day of their Elite Group 'A' Ranji Trophy match in Chennai on Monday.

Wahid Sayyed got rid of dependable batsman, M Vijay (4) in his very first over and then scalped S Anirudha (21).

Munaf had R Prasanna (16) caught at slip by Kedar Jadav in the last over of the day leaving the hosts struggling.

At close, Dinesh Karthick (13) and night-watchman C Ganapath (zero) were at the crease.

Earlier resuming at 272 for 4 with only 19 minutes of play possible on a truncated day yesterday, Maharashtra made good use of the sunny weather to post a big total.

Yogesh Takawale (79), Vishant Bilare (40) and Ashish Suryavanshi (46) shone with the willow for the visitors.

Off-spinner, R Aswin was the pick of the host's bowlers as he claimed six wickets after giving away 133 runs.

After Takawale was out snicking to wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik [ Images ] off Ganapathy, Bilare was caught by Karthick off Aswin.

Suryavanshi was caught at covers by debutant R Srinivasan off Sri Vasudeva Das, who took 2 for 40.

Scorecard:

Maharashtra 1st innings
H Khadiwale c Prasanna b Mahesh 126
V More c Karthik b Ashwin 26
K Jadhav c Karthik b Vasudevadas 35
Y Venugopal Rao [ Images ] c Karthik b Ashwin 8
Y Takawale c Karthik b Ganapathy 79
V Bhilare c Karthik b Ashwin 40
S Mundhe c Vasudevadas b Ashwin 12
A Agharkar c Vasudevadas b Ashwin 33
A Suryawanshi c Srinivasan b Vasudevadas 46
M Patel c Vasudevadas b Ashwin 3
WS Sayyed not out 0
Extras (b 3, lb 4, w 5, nb 10) 22
Total (all out; 157.3 overs; 701 mins) 430

Fall of wickets: 1-69, 2-142, 3-155, 4-261, 5-302, 6-344, 7-345, 8-427, 9-429, 10-430

Bowling: Ganapathy 24 5 61 1, Yo Mahesh 30 8 81 1, Amarnath 23 3 72 0, R Ashwin 50.3 10 133 6, K Vasudevadas 12 2 40 2 , S Badrinath 5 1 12 0, R Prasanna 13 3 24 0

Tamil Nadu 1st innings
S Anirudha c Venugopal Rao b Sayyed 21
M Vijay b Sayyed 4
R Prasanna c Jadhav b Patel 16
KD Karthik not out 13
C Ganapathy not out 0
Extras (w 3, nb 1) 4
Total (3 wickets; 22 overs) 58 (2.63 runs per over)

Fall of wickets: 1-12, 2-39, 3-58

Bowling: Patel 7 1 15 1, Agharkar 3 1 5 0, Sayyed 6 0 25 2, Mundhe 6 1 13 0