Ranji round up: Mumbai take early control
Posted on Nov 24, 2009 at 18:42 | Updated Nov 24, 2009 at 22:17
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New Delhi: Iqbal Abdullah and Dhawal Kukarni shared six wickets between them as Mumbai shot out Railways for a scrimpy 187 on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy Super League group A match on Tuesday.
Skipper Murali Kartik's decision to bat backfired as Abdullah (3/46) ran through the middle-order of Railways, who were already struggling to cope with early hiccups.
Murripuri Suresh was top scorer for the Railways with his 31 that came after a 95-ball vigil with four boundaries.
In reply, Mumbai themselves were in trouble having lost opener Ajinkya Rahane in the 15 balls they faced before stumps with the scorecard reading two.
Sahil Kukreja and nightwatchman Kukarni, who are yet to open their accounts, were at the crease for Mumbai when day's play ended.
Shailender Gehlot had Rahane (2) caught behind to give Railways a fitting start.
Earlier, impressive young spinner Harmeet Singh (2/54) proved the breakthrough when he trapped Faiz Fazal (23).
Vinay, Mithun skittle Maharashtra
Seasoned Vinay Kumar and rookie Abhimanyu Mithun combined forces for Karnataka in splendid fashion to bundle out hosts Maharashtra for a paltry 105 on the opening day of their four-day Ranji Trophy Super League Group-B tie here on Tuesday.
Vinay chopped off the top order to finish with superb figures of 5 for 40 while Mithun grabbed 3 for 32 as the pace duo ripped apart the Maharashtra first innings after the home team were inserted by Karnataka skipper Robin Uthappa on a slightly damp wicket.
The extent of the ball dominating the bat is evident from the fact that the 31-run partnership for the sixth wicket between R Motwani (13) and G Gaekwad (21) was the highest of the Karnataka innings that lasted just under 40 overs.
Only K Adhav, among the other Maharashtra batsmen, reached double figures by making 20.
In reply, table toppers Karnataka lost Uthappa to the first ball he faced from S Fallah before recovering to 125 for one in 44 overs with opener K B Pawan (74 in 147 balls, nine fours) and G Satish (40 in 119 balls, five fours) at the crease.
Ashwin, Karthik shine for TN
At Dharamsala a gritty unbeaten century by R Ashwin (107) and Dinesh Karthik's defiant 70 helped Tamil Nadu reach 293 for eight against Himachal Pradesh on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group-A match.
Batting at number eight, Ashwin combined brilliantly with lower-order batsman to keep his side afloat after the tragic runout of their skipper Kartik.
Ashwin first raised a fifty-run stand with L Balaji (14) and then with Yo Mahesh (23) rattled up a 87-run unbeaten ninth-wicket partnership at the HPCA Stadium.
Ashwin biffed 18 boundaries in his 126-ball knock while Karthik struck 14 boundaries during his 104-ball stay.
Earlier, Tamil Nadu were left to rue their decision to bat first as Himachal pace duo of Vikramjeet Malik (3/79) and Mohinderraj Sharma (2/58) capitalised on the early moisture to give the hosts a perfect start.
Srikkanth Anirudha (5) fell prey to Sharma in the eighth over and Malik removed opener Abhinav Mukund (27) and Arun Karthik (11) to send shockwaves in the rival camp.
S Badrinath (1) also departed soon, leaving Tamil Nadu struggling at 52 for four after 16 overs.
However, skipper Karthik held the one end together even as Suresh Kumar (12) and C Ganapathy (15) fell cheaply.
Ashwin though was in no mood to surrender and brough his team back with his gallant knock.
Srivastava smashes ton vs Delhi
Tanmay Srivastava cracked a well-compiled 109 as Uttar Pradesh produced an impressive batting display to reach a comfortable 300 for four on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy Super League Group B match against Delhi.
Uttar Pradesh, on six points from their earlier three matches, clicked as a batting unit with only in-form opener Shivakant Shukla (11) failing to contribute much.
India ODI player Suresh Raina's return to the home side was immediately felt with the left-handed youngster contributing 69 and sharing a crucial 124-run partnership with Srivastava for the second wicket after the home side was down 34 for one.
Srivastava then shared an 86-run stand for the third wicket with captain Mohammad Kaif who was going strong when he was out for 48.
When stumps were drawn after 82 overs, Parvinder Singh was on 36 and looking well-set for more runs. He was being given company by Bhuvneshwar Kumar on five.
For Delhi, Parvinder Awana and Rajat Bhatia took two wickets apiece for 39 and 42 runs respectively.
Delhi used as many as six bowlers but did not achieve much success.
Sumit Narwal, the most impressive Delhi bowler in the tournament so far, remained wicketless but economical conceding just 32 from his 14 overs.
Pacer Pradeep Sangwan gave away 73 runs in his wicketless 16 overs but it was Abhishek Sharma who was the most expensive Delhi bowler bleeding 100 runs from his 20 overs.
Twin centuries for Saurashtra
Openers Chirag Pathak and Sagar Jogiyani made hay of a spineless Bengal attack as Saurashtra rode on their twin tons to pile up 372 for three in the Ranji Trophy Super League Group B match at Eden Gardens.
Winning the toss, Bengal decided to field first in the four-day match but their decision boomeranged as the opening duo of Pathak (118) and Jogiyani (103) scored 206 runs for the first wicket.
Saurashtra batting mainstays Cheteshwar Pujara (68 n.o.) and Ravindra Jadeja (14 n.o.) remained unbeaten at end of the opening day.
Bengal's main bowler Ranadeb Bose (1/99) had a tough time in the middle as the pacer conceded 19 runs in his first over which included a six by an attacking Pathak.
Bose conceded 40 runs in his opening spell, while at the other end Sourav Sarkar (1/48) was no better as former India captain Sourav Ganguly had to step in the eighth over.
However, Saurashtra openers' assault did not stop there as they continued to score at a brisk pace and reached 100 in just 19.4 overs.
A diminutive Pathak, who cracked his second first class century, struck 17 boundaries and a six during his 134-ball innings.
Wicketkeeper-batsman Jogiyani, who hit a lofted six off Ganguly, took time to settle down before scoring his maiden first class century.
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