Overview
- He converted an overnight 98 into 176 off 248 balls, striking 17 fours and six sixes at Coimbatore.
- Uttar Pradesh reached 460 to edge Tamil Nadu’s 455, a five-run advantage that is worth three points if the match is drawn under Ranji rules.
- Rinku marshalled the tail with stands of 104 with Shivam Mavi, 53 with Shivam Sharma, 59 with Kartik Yadav and 33 with Aaqib Khan.
- Left-arm spinner P Vidyuth removed Rinku and led Tamil Nadu with 4 for 73 after the hosts’ 455, built on Baba Indrajith’s 149 and C Andre Siddharth’s 121.
- The innings was his ninth first-class hundred and follows an unbeaten 165 last month, taking his first-class average to around 59 with national attention growing.