DIMAPUR: Young Pradosh Ranjan Paul completed his maiden double-century while upcoming left-arm pacer Gurjapneet Singh took a hat-trick as Tamil Nadu took a firm grip of their Ranji Trophy Group A match against Nagaland, here Sunday.

The 24-year-old left-handed Pradosh, batting at the overnight score of 156, resumed from where he left to score an unbeaten 201 off 314 deliveries. His knock was studded with 23 boundaries. Tamil Nadu skipper Sai Kishore declared the innings at 512 for 3 in 115 overs.

Emerging left-arm pacer Gurjapneet Singh, who played two unofficial ODIs for India A against the touring Australia A side in Kanpur last month, then grabbed a hat-trick to reduce Nagaland to 150/4 with the 26-year-old accounting for all the rival wickets on day two of the contest.

Nagaland are

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