Underdogs Nagaland demonstrated their resilience as their batters battled all day to score 365/5, frustrating Tamil Nadu, who had hoped to enforce a follow-on after their substantial 512-run first-innings total in a Ranji Trophy Group A match on Monday.

Following Tamil Nadu’s promising left-arm pacer Gurjapneet Singh’s impressive performance on Sunday, which left Nagaland struggling at 150/4 by taking all the wickets, including a hat-trick that reduced the northeastern side to 3/9 early on, opener Dega Nischal and middle-order batter Imliwati Lemtur hit splendid centuries on Monday, thwarting the rival bowlers.

On a high-scoring pitch, overnight batter Nischal, who was 80 not out, returned reinvigorated to add another 81 runs, remaining unbeaten on 161 (350 balls, 4×24). Veteran Nagaland

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