Tamil Nadu vs Delhi, TEST, Round 9, Elite Group B, January 7, 2019 - Match Info

This brings us to the end of our league coverage. As the contest heats up at the other venues for making it to the top eight, it's time for us to leave you with those scorecards on other tabs. For now, on behalf of all of us, ta ta!!

15:09 Local Time: Handshakes then. Once Delhi were bowled out early inside the first session itself, there was nothing really left to achieve out of this one. In fact in the larger context of the league too, given how close some qualification scenarios are getting, this match too was just a formality. But it'll be a match that would be remembered for Jonty Sidhu's rearguard action. Mukund lay the platform for Tamil Nadu to get past 400, and when the match looked set to trickle away towards a draw with Tamil Nadu snatching the first innings lead, Lalit Yadav got together with Sidhu to delay it till this morning. But once the lead was sorted, neither side seemed keen on doing anything out of the ordinary. Delhi were happy to bowl their part-timers and Tamil Nadu's batsmen were happy to dig in and play out time.

39.6Jonty Sidhu to N Jagadeesan, 1 run, more width. Jagadeesan makes some more of it and slices it away behind square. And throw the bails off

39.5 Jonty Sidhu to N Jagadeesan, 2 runs, late cut away, delicately placing it down to third man

39.4 Jonty Sidhu to N Jagadeesan, no run, a wristy steer, straight to backward point

39.3 Jonty Sidhu to Pradosh Ranjan, 1 run, moves behind, stabbing it through point

39.2 Jonty Sidhu to Pradosh Ranjan, no run, wide toss up. And then spins square. But Paul was always leaving this

39.1 Jonty Sidhu to N Jagadeesan, 1 run, back foot whip, through mid-wicket

38.6 Nitish Rana to Pradosh Ranjan, FOUR, now, now. Aggression. Rana spots Paul coming down the pitch and fires it wide outside off. But then he adjusts well, streches out and drag-slaps it uppishly over mid-on

38.5 Nitish Rana to N Jagadeesan, 1 run, rocks behind in punching it through sweeper

38.4 Nitish Rana to Pradosh Ranjan, 1 run, full, drilled square through point

38.3 Nitish Rana to Pradosh Ranjan, 2 runs, steps out, wristing it away against the spin through mid-wicket

38.2 Nitish Rana to Pradosh Ranjan, no run, soft one-handed defence into the pitch

38.1 Nitish Rana to N Jagadeesan, 1 run, an open faced tap, backward of point

37.6 Lalit Yadav to Pradosh Ranjan, no run, backs, makes room and cuts hard to point

37.5 Lalit Yadav to Pradosh Ranjan, no run, one of those many defensive drives to cover

37.4 Lalit Yadav to Pradosh Ranjan, no run, full on the legs, clipped to mid-wicket

37.3 Lalit Yadav to Pradosh Ranjan, no run, tossed fuller, driven out down the ground

37.2 Lalit Yadav to Pradosh Ranjan, no run, steps out in a rather ambitious whip. Misses. Takes it on his body