Vignesh guides TN to bonus-point win over Baroda

K Vignesh's eight-wicket match haul along with contributions from R Aushik Srinivas and Aswin Crist enabled Tamil Nadu post an innings and 44-run victory over Baroda inside three days and earn a bonus point from their Group A Ranji Trophy match here.
Tamil Nadu walked away with seven points from this game, which is their second win this season.
Tamil Nadu needed only 52 overs on the third day to take 10 wickets of Baroda.
Resuming on 44 for no loss in their second innings, Baroda, who were all out for 93 in the first innings, 244 runs short of Tamil Nadu's 337, once again faltered with the bat.

Baroda lost opener Dhiren Mistry in the third over to trigger another batting collapse. They slipped from 59 without loss to 89 for five in the space of 17 overs with K Vignesh and Aushik Srinivas sharing seven wickets between them.
Srinivas finished with impressive second innings figures of four for 22, while K Vignesh, who had claimed 5/23 in the first innings, took three for 42 in the second essay to dismissed Baroda for 200 before tea.

Soaeb Tai, coming in at 105 for six, hit a quick-fire 69 off 60 balls, and also put on 61 for the ninth wicket with tailender Murtuja Vahora, but it was not enough to save the match.

Srinivas took the last two wickets off consecutive deliveries to clinch the victory for Tamil Nadu.
Brief scores:
Baroda: 93 & 200 in 67.5 overs (Soaeb Tai 69; R Aushik Srinivas 4/22; K Vignesh 3/42).
Tamil Nadu 1st innings: 337
Points: Tamil Nadu 7, Baroda 0.