Young Pradosh Ranjan Paul achieved his first double-century, while promising left-arm pacer Gurjapneet Singh took a hat-trick, giving Tamil Nadu a commanding position in their Ranji Trophy Group A match against Nagaland on Sunday.

The 24-year-old left-handed Pradosh, starting from his overnight score of 156, continued his impressive performance to remain unbeaten at 201 off 314 balls, featuring 23 boundaries. Tamil Nadu captain Sai Kishore declared the innings at 512 for 3 in 115 overs.

Emerging left-arm pacer Gurjapneet Singh, who played two unofficial ODIs for India A against Australia A in Kanpur last month, then took a hat-trick to reduce Nagaland to 150/4, claiming all the rival wickets on the second day of the match.

Nagaland trails by 362 runs, and despite a resilient effort from

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