Ranji: Tamil Nadu sniff win against Punjab
Posted on Nov 19, 2009 at 22:33 | Updated Nov 19, 2009 at 22:39
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Amritsar: Tamil Nadu were on course of a comprehensive win against Punjab after a brilliant all-round show on the penultimate day of their Ranji Trophy Super League group A match here on Thursday.
Tamil Nadu skipper Dinesh Karthik led from front with a brilliant 117 which helped his side take a huge 293-run first innings lead as they declared their innings at 521 for nine after resuming at 340 for six.
They then had the host on the mat by reducing them to a 114 for five, still 179 runs behind them.
R Aushik Niwas (3/41) and R Ashwin (2/54) shared the five wickets that fell in the Punjab second innings.
Pankaj Dharmani (15) and Gaurav Gambhir (4) were at the crease for Punjab, who would need an extraordinary effort to save the match.
Openers Ravi Inder Singh (11) and Vishwas Bhalla (12) became the victim of Aushik.
Ashwin then snared Uday Kaul (16) and Chandan Madan (15) to leave Punjab tottering at 65 for four.
Ankur Kakkar (33 off 35) and Dharmani steadied the ship by raising a 39-run stand but former too fell in the fag end.
Earlier, Karthik batted beautifully with support from the lower order. His 117 came off 165 balls with 13 boundaries. He found able allies in C Ganapathy (44) and R Aswhin (22) and took his beyond the score fo 500.
Brief Scores: Punjab: 228 & 114 for 5.
Tamil Nadu 521 for 9 dec.
Agarkar scores maiden ton for Mumbai
Mumbai: Veteran pacer Ajit Agarkar's maiden ton for Mumbai rescued the hosts from a precarious situation and enabled them set a target of 252 runs against Himachal Pradesh on the third day of their Super League Group A Ranji Trophy match here on Thursday.
Agarkar came at the crease when Mumbai was struggling at 135-4, with an overall lead of just 51 runs, after losing the two key wickets of Rohit Sharma (19) and Abhishek Nayar (0) in an over.
Agarkar added 58 runs for the fourth wicket with skipper Wasim Jaffer, 44 for the sixth wicket with Vinayak Samant (12), and an undefeated 91 for the eighth wicket with Iqbal Abdulla, to ensure that Mumbai declares their innings at 335-7, having been bowled out for a paltry 162 in their first innings.
The Mumbai batsman cut, drove and pulled with elan on a wicket that was turning, keeping slow and difficult to score.
Opener Ajinkya Rahane (50), Jaffer (54) and Abdulla (52 not out) made noteworthy contributions for the hosts.
Left-arm spinner Mukesh Sharma ended with figures of 4-95 after bowling an astounding 40 overs in the absence of off-spinner Sarandeep Singh, removed from the attack after being called for chucking for a second time today.
First innings hero Vikramjeet Malik bagged two wickets to end with match figures of 8-94.
In reply, Himachal were 4-0 after one over, needing 248 runs more on a wearing fourth day pitch.
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