Wake-up call for every one: Senthilnathan after TN collapse

AFTER Ishan Kishan's 173 that took Jharkhand to 419, Tamil Nadu got off to a shocking start as they were reduced to 18/5 on the second day of the Ranji Trophy match played in Coimbatore.

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Tamil Nadu head coach M Senthilnathan called it a "wake-up call" as the top-order batters fell like a pack of cards. He said that the batters went for the shots rather than trying to stay in the crease. " ... suddenly, when we batted, our batting was a massive collapse; 18/5. No one expected it. I think probably they were try-

ing to play the shots or something like that. They were in a hurry to get the runs. Probably they could have just waited till tea. Probably they could have held the crease. They didn't do it. But still, it's the first game, learning now. So we need to see how much we can save this game from here," said Senthilnathan.