Bengaluru, Sept. 5 -- Tamil Nadu wicketkeeper batter Narayan Jagadeesan agonisingly fell short of a double hundred in the semi-finals of the ongoing Duleep Trophy after being run out and falling three short of the milestone.

Jagadeesan, who was called in for India's fifth Test against England, spearheaded South Zone's batting attack against North Zone in the semi-final being played on Ground 1 of the BCCI's Centre of Excellence.

The 29-year-old, who averaged 47.5 coming into the fixture, raised a century opening stand with Tanmay Agarwal and then replicated it with Devdutt Padikkal for the second wicket. After his opening-day exploits, he looked destined to celebrate his double hundred after negating the threat posed by Anshul Kamboj an...