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Karnataka seamers Vinay Kumar and Sreenath Aravind hunted in pair as their incisive swing bowling put the title contenders in pole position against Rajasthan in a Ranji Trophy group league encounter, here today.
Courtesy Vinay’s 4/28 and Aravind’s 4/36, Karnataka dismissed Rajasthan for 148 in reply to their first innings score of 374.
Skipper Vinay Kumar decided against enforcing a follow-on despite taking a 226-run first innings lead.
In the second innings, Karnataka were 78 for no loss as their total lead swelled to 304 runs.
Opener Ravikumar Samarth (46 batting, 44 balls) and KL Rahul (32 batting, 46 balls) played fluently.
Rahul who is all set for a comeback to the national team hit four boundaries and a six. Most of his big hits came off debutant leg-spinner Salman Khan for a six apart from a couple of boundaries.
Having scored 76 off 85 balls in the first innings, Rahul’s fluency after his comeback must have impressed chairman of selectors MSK Prasad, who is here to watch the match.
That he had also fielded for 54 overs is a testimony that he has recovered well from his hamstring injury that put him out of action after the first Test against New Zealand at Kanpur.
Brief Scores:
Karnataka 374 and 78/0 (KL Rahul 32 batting, RK Samarth 46 batting)
Rajasthan 1st Innings 148 (Pranay Sharma 26, R Vinay Kumar 4/28, S Aravind 4/36).
Odisha were comfortably placed at 150/2 after Assam were were all out for 301 in their Group B Ranji Trophy cricket match here today.
Overnight on 88, Kunal Saikia top-scored for Assam with a fine 135, while skipper KB Arun Karthik contributed 62 as they were bowled out in 121.5 overs at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.
In reply, Odisha made a solid start with Govinda Poddar scoring an unbeaten 81 off 155 balls with the help of 10 boundaries and a six.
Subhranshu Senapati (34) was the other unbeaten batsman at stumps on the second day.
Assam were 224/5 when the stumps were drawn on the first day. Batting at number 10, seam bowler Abu Nechim chipped in with an useful 20.
For Odisha, Basant Mohanty (3/18) and Suryakant Pradhan (3/90) were the most successful bowlers, while Biplab Samantray picked up two wickets.
Ishank Jaggi slammed an unbeaten 165 and Ishan Kishan struck 136 as Jharkhand amassed 458/7 in their Ranji Trophy Group B cricket match against Saurashtra here today.
Jharkhand, thus, stretched their lead to 181 runs with three wickets remaining in the first innings at the Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium.
At stumps on the second day, Jaggi was batting on 165 with the help of 18 boundaries and four sixes, while Ashish Kumar was yet to open his account.
On the first day, Saurashtra were all bowled out for 277 in 78.3 overs, with Perak Mankad top-scoring with a 137-ball 96.
Kishan scored an aggressive 136 off just 120, hitting 20 boundaries and four sixes in the process.
For Saurashtra, Kushang Patel returned figures of 3/92, while there were two wickets apiece for Jaydev Unadkat and Dharmendrasinh.
Jharkhand were overnight 29 for no loss.
Jaggi shared 136 for the fourth wicket with skipper Saurabh Tiwary (65), and 208 runs for the fifth wicket with Kishan to help his side take control of the match.
Vidarbha bounced back strongly after first innings debacle but Maharashtra still maintained their edge with a huge first innings lead in their Ranji Trophy group B encounter, here today.
Rookie Vidarbha pacer Lalit Yadav (5/81) claimed his second successive five-wicket haul with good support from seasoned Shrikant Wagh (4/82) as Maharashtra were bowled out for 332 in 86.1 overs. They lost the last seven wickets for 92 runs to fold at lunch on day two but not before having a huge lead of 273 runs.
Having skittled for 59, Vidarbha batted with resolve on an eased-out Eden track with a 141-run opening stand between Sanjay Ramaswamy (67, 12×4) and India internationl Faiz Fazal (53 batting; 7×4) to reduce the deficit to 132 runs.
In pursuit of their maiden victory of the season, Maharashtra will bank on their pace battery led by Anupam Sanklecha to exploit the early morning condition tomorrow and bundle Vidarbha out.
The day belonged to Yadav, who impressed with his pace and accuracy as the strapping young lad added three more to his overnight tally.
Shrikant Wagh (4/82) gave the breakthrough in the fifth over of the day dismissing overnight centurion Naushad Shaikh for 127 (22×4, 1×6) to break his massive 201-run stand with Ankit Bawne (111; 14×4, 2×6).
Having claimed the prized scalp of Kedar Jadhav yesterday, Yadav gave back to back blows in the two unsettled batsmen Rahul Tripathi (0) and Vishant More (0) to rattle Maharashtra to 261/6.
“The conditions are such that the ball does a lot of movement initially but after lunch it eases up. I was looking to hit the right areas and thankfully it worked for me,” Yadav said.
Brief Scores:
Vidarbha 1st Innings 59
2nd Innings 141/1; 44 overs (Faiz Fazal 53 batting, Sanjay Ramaswamy 67).
Maharashtra 1st Innings 332; 86.1 overs (Naushad Shaikh 127, Ankit Bawne 111; Lalit Yadav 5/81).
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