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Nikhil Chaudhary has hit a maiden first-class century for Tasmania, with the Indian allrounder adding to NSW’s pain during a long day in the field in Sydney<\/p>\n
New South Wales v Tasmania | Sheffield Shield | Day 3<\/p>\n
Nikhil Chaudhary has become the first Indian to hit a Sheffield Shield hundred this century, helping put Tasmania in a position of utter dominance against NSW.<\/p>\n
Chaudhary blazed his way to 163 for the Tigers before they declared at 8-623 late on day three and with a lead of 232 at Sydney’s Cricket Central.<\/p>\n
Sam Konstas and Ryan Hicks then survived a tricky five overs as the Blues went to stumps at 0-9 and needing to fight to hang on for a draw.<\/p>\n
After Caleb Jewell hit 102 for Tasmania on Sunday, Tim Ward and Chaudhary both reached triple figures on Monday in the Tigers’ second-highest Shield score.<\/p>\n
Chaudhary hits first Shield hundred in Tassie runs-fest<\/p>\n
Ward was dominant through the offside against his native state for his first red-ball century of the Shield summer, but it was Chaudhary who made history.<\/p>\n
Born in Delhi and having represented Punjab in one-day cricket, Chaudhary moved to Australia in 2020.<\/p>\n
He became stuck in the country through the COVID-19 pandemic, and has since become a permanent resident while still being an Indian citizen.<\/p>\n
The spin-bowling allrounder was spotted in Queensland club cricket by Tasmania’s assistant coach James Hopes, who recommended him to Hobart for the BBL two summers ago.<\/p>\n
Chaudhary then moved to Tasmania at the start of last summer, and got his chance in the one-day cup this season.<\/p>\n
Tim Ward steers Tassie into a dominant position<\/p>\n
He took a five-wicket haul on Shield debut against Queensland last month, before having his way with the bat on Monday.<\/p>\n
The 29-year-old hit five sixes in his 184-ball knock, going after Tanveer Sangha late in the day.<\/p>\n
Four times Chaudhary slog-swept Sangha over the rope in the final hour of play, bringing up his 150 when he put the legspinner on the grandstand roof.<\/p>\n
A handful of Indian players have previously featured in the Shield, with former Test allrounder Rusi Surti hitting a century and taking a hat-trick for Queensland in the 1970s.<\/p>\n
Aside from Chaudhary, Ward was the other Tasmanian to impress on Monday with 119.<\/p>\n
He was dominant through the offside, regularly cover driving, and brought up his ton when he hit Sangha to the boundary.<\/p>\n
Bradley Hope (91) also threw away the chance to join Chaudhary, Ward and Jewell as centurions, when he cut a Sangha lop hop to point.<\/p>\n
The Tigers entered the round last on the ladder, one of four teams with one win, two losses and a draw to start the season.<\/p>\n
Sheffield Shield 2025-26 standings<\/p>\n
Team<\/p>\n
\n Matches played\n <\/p>\n
M<\/p>\n
\n Wins\n <\/p>\n
W<\/p>\n
\n Losses\n <\/p>\n
L<\/p>\n
\n Drawn\n <\/p>\n
D<\/p>\n
\n No results\n <\/p>\n
N\/R<\/p>\n
\n Deductions\n <\/p>\n
Ded.<\/p>\n
\n Batting Bonus\n <\/p>\n
Bat<\/p>\n
\n Bowling Bonus\n <\/p>\n
Bowl<\/p>\n
\n Total points\n <\/p>\n
PTS<\/p>\n
1
\n
\n Victoria Men
\n VIC<\/p>\n
4
\n 4
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 4.14
\n 3.6
\n 31.74<\/p>\n
2
\n
\n Queensland Bulls
\n QLD<\/p>\n
4
\n 1
\n 1
\n 2
\n 0
\n 0
\n 6.68
\n 2.9
\n 17.58<\/p>\n
3
\n
\n Western Australia Men
\n WA<\/p>\n
4
\n 1
\n 2
\n 1
\n 0
\n 0
\n 1.61
\n 3.7
\n 12.31<\/p>\n
4
\n
\n NSW Men
\n NSW<\/p>\n
4
\n 1
\n 2
\n 1
\n 0
\n 0
\n 1.55
\n 3.7
\n 12.25<\/p>\n
5
\n
\n South Australia Men
\n SA<\/p>\n
4
\n 1
\n 2
\n 1
\n 0
\n 0
\n 1.3
\n 3.6
\n 11.9<\/p>\n
6
\n
\n Tasmanian Tigers Men
\n TAS<\/p>\n
4
\n 1
\n 2
\n 1
\n 0
\n 2
\n 1.72
\n 3.2
\n 9.92<\/p>\n
Legend<\/p>\n
M: Matches played<\/p>\n
W: Wins<\/p>\n
L: Losses<\/p>\n
D: Drawn<\/p>\n
N\/R: No results<\/p>\n
Ded.: Deductions<\/p>\n
Bat: Batting Bonus<\/p>\n
Bowl: Bowling Bonus<\/p>\n
PTS: Total points<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nikhil Chaudhary has hit a maiden first-class century for Tasmania, with the Indian allrounder adding to NSW’s pain…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305548,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-305547","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cricket","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-text"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}