Ranji Trophy - Super League 2009-2010 - Discussion thread

[SachDan]

Neo cricket showing live telecast of Mum-Pun match Mumbai struggling at 79/3..Jaffer,Rahane and Rohit all gone :(

[StriKe]

Manish Pandey scored 194 from 242 balls with 27 Fours and 1 six

[Sachinism]

221 for Dhawan

[SachDan]

Mumbai 229/7. Trail Punjab by 30 runs

[SachDan]

Love Abilish, a medium pacer picked up 4 wickets so far for Punjab. Nice name btw :)

[Sachinism]

Akash Chopra on Ranji 2009-10 : Real stars, reality check Hi guys The first round of the Ranji Trophy features a lot of big names. Rahul Dravid will turn up for Karnataka against the Mohammad Kaif-led Uttar Pradesh, Zaheer Khan for Mumbai and VVS Laxman for Hyderabad among others. The mere presence of these names makes these matches very important. Players in their respective teams get a first-hand account of what it takes to be an international cricketer. Dravid, for instance, is invariably the first man to get into the team bus, Laxman is ever so calm before going in to bat, Zaheer and Ashish Nehra spend countless hours working on their core muscles even while their team bats, and so on and so forth. These guys maintain a very high standard of professionalism regardless of what they are playing and this professionalism rubs off to team-mates and opposition alike. How can you not be punctual when Dravid is on time, how can you not spend more time training when Zaheer is working on his fitness even after a hard day of cricket? Another thing these guys ensure is that every other player keeps complacency at bay. You want to be at your best to compete against the best. In any case, a youngster wants to go that extra yard to leave an impression on the big guys. Their showcasing of skills also works as a coaching manual of sorts. I vividly remember watching Laxman score a master-class century in a Duleep Trophy game against North Zone. His sense of timing and balance was a treat. Similarly, watching Zaheer or Nehra make the ball talk is a lesson for every budding pacer. While some players enthusiastically turn up for their respective states, others find the domestic grind far too gruelling. The facilities on the domestic circuit are not a patch on those provided for internationals or even for the IPL. Some younger guys are quite unhappy about travelling to obscure places by “cattle class” or staying in “not-so-posh” hotels. One such cricketer, whose place is secure in India’s shorter format, made his unhappiness visible to all and sundry when he was told that his team’s next match was on the outskirts of Maharashtra. Well, this attitude could possibly spur him on to perform exceptionally well and seal his place in Team India in all three formats, but frankly it had a detrimental effect on the rest. After all a first-class team invariably has players who are state greats but possibly never don India colours. That’s when the presence, however occasional, of a Dravid or a Laxman becomes ever so important to keep things in perspective. It inspires players young and old to stay motivated, and of course helps Generation Next stay grounded. Ciao Aakash Chopra http://blogs.cricinfo.com/beyondtheblues/archives/2009/11/real_stars_reality_check.php

[Params7]

Rahul Dravid run out at 97 :wall: His partner Manish Pandey out at 194. UP got pwnd by :brc:

[Sooda]

Karnataka v UP Ducks for Uthappa and Kaif Perhaps more dissapoitingly- Piyush got a bit of a caning at the hands of Pandey it seems. Zaheer amongst the wickets vs Punjab finished with 4, good to see him back And M Vijay and Badri putting on bit of a stand vs Railways (Bangar still churning out the runs there!!)

[Show_stopper]

Keep an eye on this kid...Abhimanyu Mithun. Was impressive from what I saw in IPL..clocked good speeds of about 140 kph.

[Sachinism]

Sunny Singh of Haryana 312 off 333 44 4's and 7 6's

[punjabi_khota]

IS he talking about Gambhir ?

[Sachinism]

^^ I doubt it, he said secured place in limited overs cricket, Gambhir has a secure place in Tests too. Raina/Yuvi/Praveen?

[satishg]

I think it is Praveen Kumar

[bunny]

Not PK. He hasnt played in Maharashtra. The only applicable guys seem to be Jadeja, Karthik, Uthappa, and Kohli (he didnt play though. Delhi played a match. Maybe he was dropped on indiscipline grounds :)

[punjabi_khota]

^^ I doubt it' date=' he said secured place in limited overs cricket, Gambhir has a secure place in Tests too. Raina/Yuvi/Praveen?[/quote'] Oh I read it wrong. So it is probably Raina or UV ..but UV is no longer among the younger players. :hmmmm2:

[punjabi_khota]

Not PK. He hasnt played in Maharashtra. The only applicable guys seem to be Jadeja, Karthik, Uthappa, and Kohli (he didnt play though. Delhi played a match. Maybe he was dropped on indiscipline grounds :)

Not one of them has place secured in either T20 or ODI. It is prolly Raina.

[rkt.india]

Mithun is to watch out for, but he needs some fine tuning of his action

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Dhawan double ton leads Delhi charge There was little change in the script on Wednesday. The Delhi batsmen continued piling on the runs, the Baroda bowlers looked as listless as on Tuesday, and the umpires called another bowler for throwing — this time left-arm spinner Rajesh Pawar, reports Subhash Rajta. More... Delhi on a high as Shikhar fires Subhash Rajta, Hindustan Times Vadodara, November 04, 2009 First Published: 23:49 IST(4/11/2009) Last Updated: 23:51 IST(4/11/2009) There was little change in the script on Wednesday. The Delhi batsmen continued piling on the runs, the Baroda bowlers looked as listless as on Tuesday, and the umpires called another bowler for throwing — this time left-arm spinner Rajesh Pawar. Quite expectedly, Delhi had strolled to an unbeatable position, if not to an outright winning one, with 591 runs on the board by the time Baroda managed to dismiss them. Baroda, in reply, were 21 for no loss when umpires called it a day. The only point of interest on a rather dull day, other than umpires no-balling Pawar, was the double-century by Delhi opener Shikhar Dhawan. It would have been easy to get complacent and lose concentration with an overnight century already under his belt and the attack almost pedestrian with Veragi and Pawar taken off. Dhawan, however, knuckled down to compile his maiden double hundred, though not before getting another reprieve at 149 this morning. Mayank Tehlan and Yogesh Nagar also helped themselves to easy half-centuries after Rajat Bhatia went early in the morning for 78. Tehlan, in particular, looked good and played some fine strokes, and that too when the Baroda bowlers had their tails up immediately after removing Bhatia. But once umpires no-balled Pawar in his first over, the Baroda attack lost all hope and zest, and the contest thereafter was reduced to a farce. Pawar would have been the key to Baroda’s fortunes. Instead, the responsibility to shoulder the attack fell on Yusuf Pathan and other part-timers like Rakesh Solanki and Jacob Martin after Baroda took Pawar off after the call and didn’t bring in Veragi at all. Pathan had to send down a staggering 46.4 overs in the innings, and had to ice his shoulder at tea. Delhi didn’t go really hard after the depleted attack. They probably must have sensed that anything less than 600 on this placid wicket would be dangerous, for Baroda have a strong batting line-up. It was only well after they had crossed 500 that the batsmen tried to step up the pace, and fell for 591.

[Chandan]

Love Abilish, a medium pacer picked up 4 wickets so far for Punjab. Nice name btw :)

I think Sachin Baby is better. He is playing for Kerala. I watched the session 2 of the Mum-Pun match yesterday and I had no clue why the batsmen were struggling so much. Was it because of the slowness and lack of bounce in the pitch? If yes, then how were the medium pacers successful on the track? I have no idea.

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Mumbai shown no Love on Day 2 After Zaheer Khan sparkled in the first innings of his comeback match it was the turn of another comeback man, Love Ablish to make his presence felt, reports Vinod Kumar. More... Mumbai shown no Love on Day 2 Vinod Kumar , Hindustan Times Chandigarh, November 04, 2009 First Published: 23:52 IST(4/11/2009) Last Updated: 23:54 IST(4/11/2009) After Zaheer Khan sparkled in the first innings of his comeback match it was the turn of another comeback man, Love Ablish to make his presence felt. The Punjab pacer, playing his first Ranji game after his return to the BCCI fold from ICL, returned with impressive figures of 4 for 54 to restrict Mumbai to 244 for 7 at close on the second day. Defending 259, the Punjab bowlers fared well against the strong Mumbai batting line-up. All the top Mumbai batsmen, except Sahil Kukreja and Abhishek Nayar, struggled for runs. Ablish provided the breakthrough on the last ball of his first over by disturbing Wasim Jaffer’s stumps. The Mumbai skipper made four. Ajinkya Rahane couldn’t do much as he was snapped behind the wicket off Ablish. Soon, Ablish scalped Rohit Sharma leaving the visiting team tottering at 65 for 3 in 22.4 overs. Rohit (23) added 51 runs for the third wicket with Sahil Kukreja before being caught brilliantly at gully by Rahul Sharma. Kukreja alongwith all-rounder Abhishek Nayar stemmed the fall of wickets. Just when it appeared that both will take the game away from the home team, Ablish sent Kukreja packing on 90 just before the tea break. Later, Gony sent Nayar (53) back to pavilion on the first ball after tea with the scoreboard reading 188 for 5. After his dismissal Mumbai put on 56 runs more to push the score to 244 for 7.