About ten overs are left and Odisha are still 25 runs adrift of taking the lead with only two wickets in hand. As the pulse rates are sinking in both camps, the natural light is fading fast too at the DRIEMS ground in Cuttack. The umpires get together and have a chat around this time and decide to offer the light. Tamil Nadu are in dire need of three points - they came in with hopes of bagging six, but Odisha will trade for nothing less having come so close. Understandably, skipper Abhinav Mukund doesn't settle for a draw, even though the officials make it adequately clear that he cannot use his fast bowlers anymore. He brings in the spinners to push his luck. Odisha bat on.
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Dhuper shines in Odisha's fading season
Dhuper's gritty 97 denied Tamil Nadu three points in Cuttack. © Agencies
In the next two overs, novice wicketkeeper-batsman Rajesh Dhuper ensures with a six and a four that Odisha wipe off 14 more runs. Tamil Nadu are now in with a real scare of
