Tamil Nadu easily secured a big first innings lead after bowling out Madhya Pradesh for just 289. By Stumps on Day 3, Tamil Nadu despite a struggle at 30 for 2 find themselves in a pretty position with an overall lead of 227. For Madhya Pradesh, opener Zafar Ali was the top scorer with 98 (from 291 balls with 11 fours). For Tamil Nadu, most of the damage was done by pacer J Kaushik who pickedu p three wickets while Skipper L Balaji and M Rangarajan took two wickets each.