A very un-Tamil Nadu-like Ranji season

1. Who are our pacers?

In what would go on to be a telling blow for the rest of the season, TN started without Aswin Crist or T Natarajan and never had the services of the two throughout the six games due to injury and rehabilitation.

K Vignesh - who was the find of the last season and their leading wicket-taker - bowled with vigour as always to pick up 24 wickets, twice as much as the second highest, at an average of 21.5 and a strike rate of a shade under 50, repeating the previous season’s performance at a better average and strike rate though playing four matches lesser. He has made a case for himself as one of the brightest pace bowling prospect in the country.

Sadly, he never had adequate support at the other end with comeback man V Yomahesh featuring only in the latter 4 matches and being the only other seamer to play more than half of TN’s matches. Others chipped in during different games, and the side had as many as six different opening bowling combinations on various occasions which underlined the inconsistency in opportunities and performances.