Duleep Trophy 2008-2009

[fineleg]

Dravid and Badri score centuries for SZ

[Show_stopper]

It seems Amit Mishra has got carted around.

[Show_stopper]

What happened to Sreesanth now??

[Chandan]

It seems Amit Mishra has got carted around.

What on earth!! South has scored 382 already with the loss of 4 wickets in just 75 overs. Dravid scored 138 at the SR of almost 80 and Badri is going strong at 186. Mishra is the bowler with 2 wickets even if he has been carted around! Why didn't M Vijay plat even today? On the other hand East was dismissed cheaply for 171 runs with hardly any notable contributions. Rajesh Pawar took 6 wickets on the first day!!!:yikes: West is 42/1 with Jaffer dismissed for a duck as his counterpart!

[Rajan]

cant play pawar? retire... if indian domestic cricketers, especially those 'good' batsmen who get selected for Zonal matches cant handle off spin on a first day wicket, should retire from all first class games. i mean, indian batsmen are traditionally brought up on spin.60 to 70% of the bowling they face in their early club cricket/nets is spin. largely finger spinners and to some extent left arm spin.if these guys, even if they are lower order batsmen, they shud be good enough to handle some one like Ramesh Pawar with out collapsing like sitting ducks, 6 wickets in hardly 10 overs to PAWAR is inexcusable.to understand East Zone has some west bengal players too makes it even worse.

[SachDan]

^^ Rajan,so the off spinner who took six wickets on a first day wicket against batsmen who are supposedly the best players of spin demands an automatic selection for the next home series?:giggle:

[Rajan]

^^ Rajan' date='so the off spinner who took six wickets on a first day wicket against batsmen who are supposedly the best players of spin demands an automatic selection for the next home series?:giggle:[/quote'] No, if Pawar can do that against south zone batsmen, i may support him.but not based on this performance against east zone. Edit: i mistakenly assumed Rajesh Pawar =Ramesh Powar.my apologies. any way, i still feel that 6 wickets getting out to a spinner inside 10 overs is atrocious for east zone team.

[zubinpepsi]

^^ are we talking abt the whale??? or some other pawar?

[Rajan]

^^ are we talking abt the whale??? or some other pawar?

Ramesh Pawar, the substitute pitch roller, only. edit again: this is RAJESH PAWAR, the forgotten left arm spinner who toured with Indian team to bangladesh in Ishant's debut series.

[SachDan]

^^ are we talking abt the whale??? or some other pawar?

Rajesh Pawar http://content-gulf.cricinfo.com/duleeptrophy2008-09/content/current/player/32305.html

[Chandan]

^^ are we talking abt the whale??? or some other pawar?

No. It is Rajesh Pawar who we are talking about, and this guy is left arm orthodox.

No' date=' if Pawar can do that against south zone batsmen, i may support him.but not based on this performance against east zone .i dont think he was so 'deadly' in the ranji final too.His physique is against his selection.not sure whether the selectors will opt for him even if Bhaji is unfit.I expected a lot from Pawar after he consistently shored up mumbai with excellent rear gaurd action as a batsman and fine bowling too. but of late he is not doing justice to his ability.[/quote'] Which bowler are you talking about Rajan? This guy is from Baroda and he didn't play the Ranji final. Plus, this guy is a blatant chucker and wonder why he was not sent for corrective measures along with Parmar.

[Show_stopper]

The NZ vs SZ pitch must be very flat.

[Sachinism]

damn Badri and Dravid killed it good to see Dravid in the runs before NZ

[Ram]

Great news, RD has scored 100s in the last 3 matches he has played (if you incl the 2nd test against Eng).. :yay: And you really have to hand it to Badri.. This guy just keeps scoring runs and more runs, tirelessly. Incredible consistency!

[coffee_rules]

Great news, RD has scored 100s in the last 3 matches he has played (if you incl the 2nd test against Eng).. :yay: And you really have to hand it to Badri.. This guy just keeps scoring runs and more runs, tirelessly. Incredible consistency!

And ROhit Sharma gets selected over him. How ironic! Badri's entry to the national team is very much like Dravid's. Dravid was in top form in Ranji starting from 92-95, but was never getting selected. Because he used to fail in important matches where selectors would take notice. Finally, he got a break in 95 and was selected for Sharjah ODIs. Looking at his technique, he was selected for tests in Eng in '96. Badri too is missing out when the selectors are watching. Rohit on the other hand performs only when the selectors are watching. Quite a lucky chap.

[zubinpepsi]

^^ also the fact tht he comes from bombay adds some weight...

[Show_stopper]

And ROhit Sharma gets selected over him. How ironic! Badri's entry to the national team is very much like Dravid's. Dravid was in top form in Ranji starting from 92-95, but was never getting selected. Because he used to fail in important matches where selectors would take notice. Finally, he got a break in 95 and was selected for Sharjah ODIs. Looking at his technique, he was selected for tests in Eng in '96. Badri too is missing out when the selectors are watching. Rohit on the other hand performs only when the selectors are watching. Quite a lucky chap.

Yeah but the diffrence is Badri is simply not as good technically as Dravid was back then.Another thing that favored Dravid was that you could afford to score at his pace in that era..but the brand of criket played now is totally different.Badri simply does not have the range of shots.Whenever i have seen him score a 100 it almost invariably is a flat deck(although i have not seen all his FC centuries) so i could well be wrong.He just never gave me the impression that he could dominate the attack at any stage in his innings against Aussie bowlers in that BP XI vs Aus match and also the Irani Trophy,India tour of SL ODIs in Aug 2008 i.e all important matches. Probably is the Brad Hodge of India...or Mike Hussey,who knows?? The thing that he has to realize is that if he doesn't make a big impact in his next opportunity in a big match he can go on grinding the FC bowlers to dust till the cows come home,but he won't be playing for India.

[Ram]

And ROhit Sharma gets selected over him. How ironic! Badri's entry to the national team is very much like Dravid's. Dravid was in top form in Ranji starting from 92-95, but was never getting selected. Because he used to fail in important matches where selectors would take notice. Finally, he got a break in 95 and was selected for Sharjah ODIs. Looking at his technique, he was selected for tests in Eng in '96. Badri too is missing out when the selectors are watching. Rohit on the other hand performs only when the selectors are watching. Quite a lucky chap.

^^ also the fact tht he comes from bombay adds some weight...

I am a 100% sure Badri will be in the squad for Kiwi tests. But the rate at which it is going, there’s also a genuine case for him being included in the ODI squad if and when a middle order batsman gets injured or is out of form. I mean, this guy’s consistency is astronomical. You can literally count with fingers of one hand the number of times he has not made atleast 50 in a FC match. His drive and motivation must be tremendous because, despite being overlooked so many times, he still picks himself up and performs in FC cricket. I am completely sold by this guy. People like Chandan say he does not have technique to survive quality bowling, but cricket is not all about technique and class.

[fineleg]

Badri really needs to do well in the matches 'watched by selectors'...That seems to be important critieria used by those folks.

[Chandan]

Semi-final, Day 1 East Zone v West Zone, Mumbai, 1st day Pawar triggers East collapse Nagraj Gollapudi at the Brabourne Stadium January 29, 2009 West Zone 102 for 2 (Thaker 42*, Pujara 34*, Bose 2-17 ) trail East Zone 171 (Parida 63, Pawar 6-34) by 69 runs Scorecard Rajesh Pawar was on song despite conditions favouring the fast men © AFP It took only an hour in the second session of play for Rajesh Pawar to trigger East Zone's collapse and pick up a career-best 6 for 34 on the first day in Mumbai. Though East fought back with the wickets of captain Wasim Jaffer and Ajinkya Rahane, West Zone will be confident of building their advantage given their formidable batting line-up. Pawar's efforts are more creditable given that the conditions were mostly overcast and the smattering of grass on the pitch made it more conducive for the fast men. He had bowled only two overs of spin before lunch but, an hour into the second session, Jaffer decided to get him back on. It worked wonders. Four wickets fell in twenty balls as Pawar grabbed two wickets each in the first and fourth overs. Saurabh Tiwary was unlucky after his hard flick was intercepted brilliantly by an agile Kedar Jadhav at short leg. Wriddhiman Saha's prod off the next ball took an edge on its way to Jaffer at first slip. On a hat-trick, Pawar tempted new man Haladhar Das with a flighted delivery and was nearly successful. Das' back foot was in the air for a moment as he stretched to defend but he got it back just before Parthiv Patel brushed aside the bails. A few overs later Pawar struck Rashmi Ranjan Parida in line as the batsman attempted a sweep against a straight one, and he then wrapped up the tail easily with Anand Katti and Ranadeb Bose failing to read the turn and Ashok Dinda going for the slog. The performance vindicated Jaffer's decision to field. There was almost instant success when Dhawal Kulkarni, who made a spectacular Ranji Trophy debut two months ago with a nine-wicket haul, caught East captain Shiv Sundar Das plumb in front after he failed to read the half-volley and played across. The other opener, Dibyendu Chakrabarty, failed to take advantage of an early life and offered a thick outside edge to a superb outswinger by Siddarth Trivedi. The responsibility to strengthen the innings fell on Manoj Tiwary but he disappointed. As soon as Abhishek Nayar was introduced, Tiwary charged him unconvincingly, holing out to Trivedi at mid-on. Lunch was still more than half an hour away and East had already lost their mainstays in Das and Tiwary. But plucky resistance from Parida and Saurabh helped East avoid further damage before the break. From then on, barring Parida's half-century, it was the Pawar show. After East had folded for 171, Bose bowled a menacing spell to attack the off stump consistently and reaped rich dividends by first forcing Jaffer to edge and Rahane to pull at a deliberate short-pitched delivery. But any further hopes of East bouncing back were put paid to by the pair of Bhavish Thaker and Pujara, who played strokefully and helped West regain the momentum. With his efforts today Pawar vindicated the decision of the team management, who left out Ramesh Powar for an extra batsman. Pawar, a gritty left-arm spinner, was included in the Indian Test squad for the Bangladesh tour in 2007 but didn't played a game. It was on that trip, though, that he picked up a few tips from Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh and Powar on bowling with the Kookaburra ball, which is being used in the Duleep Trophy. The message from the trio was to flight the ball, which has a less prominent seam than the SG ball. Originally from Mumbai, Pawar moved to Baroda a few years ago after being kept low in the pecking order, behind seniors like Nilesh Kulkarni, Sairaj Bahutule and Powar. Though rusty in his first two years Pawar bounced back and was the second-best left-arm spinner behind Sunil Joshi this Ranji season. Another POV Rajesh Pawar bamboozles East Zone G. Viswanath Mumbai: As the players walked out after Day One of the West vs East Duleep Trophy match, the only thing that suggested it was dusk was the hour-hand on the watch. With a cloudy sky all day, the sun’s disappearance hadn’t changed the light much. Add to that a damp CCI pitch and frequent gusts of stiff wind, and Wasim Jaffer might have had to deal with a minor rebellion from his pacemen had he not opted to field first after winning the toss. Left-arm spinner Rajesh Pawar caused the downfall of East Zone for a mere 171 after being invited to bat by the home team in their Duleep Trophy semifinal at the Brabourne Stadium here on Thursday. East Zone batsmen displayed lack of skill and heart as they were skittled out for a paltry score. They blew themselves up — their last seven wickets producing just 35 runs — through some bad shot selection compounded by a tidy spell of left-arm spin bowling by Baroda’s Rajesh Pawar. Chosen ahead of Mumbai’s successful spinner Ramesh Powar, the puny looking 29-year-old ran through the East innings. Once he broke the resolve of the fourth-wicket pair, with Saurabh Tiwary’s flick snapped up by Kedar Jadhav at short-leg, East’s innings fell apart. With the pitch expected to make it a pleasurable outing for seamers at least with the new ball, West Zone skipper Wasim Jaffer packed the side with four — Dhawal Kulkarni, Siddharth Trivedi, Samad Fallah and Abishek Nayar. Kulkarni and Trivedi dispatched Shiv Sundar Das and Dibyendu Chakrabarty with genuine wicket-taking deliveries, while Manoj Tiwary gifted his wicket to Nayar. Sweetly timed shots Except for a chance off Trivedi which Cheteshwar Pujara failed to latch on to, Rashmi Ranjan Parida struck some sweetly timed shots in front of the wicket. Along with the left-handed Saurabh Tiwary he stitched a partnership of 61 runs before the Pawar-Jadhav combination affected the vital breakthrough. East lost six wickets for 18 runs and Pawar ended up with his best figures in the inter-zonal championship. Full marks When West began its innings, Jaffer was dismissed for a duck, Ranadib Bose deserving full marks for luring the right-hander to his doom. Given an opportunity in a big match Gujarat’s Bhavik Thaker was diligent in his work for nearly two hours while Pujara was to take West to 102 at draw of stumps. Significant spell Pawar’s 6/34 effort was a classic display of the dying art of left-arm spin bowling, with the right-handed batsmen forced to flirt with the slip cordon. “I always love having batsmen caught in the slips. It means that my loop was perfect and the ball dipped before the batsman expected,†says Pawar. Of the six wickets he took, three went to the slips where Jaffer and Ajinkay Rahane did the needful. The Mumbai boy, who plays Ranji Trophy for Baroda, said he hadn’t really expected to get purchase from the wicket. “There was grass yesterday so I thought it would be tough. But the dampness helped me,†he said. The spell becomes more significant since Pawar bowled with a Kookaburra ball, the less seamy brand that doesn’t quite excite India’s slow bowlers. “The last time I bowled with a Kookaburra in a match was two years back. I have been bowling at the nets for the last couple of days with this brand so I got used to it,†he said. North Zone v South Zone, Rajkot, 1st day Badrinath and Dravid punish North Zone Cricinfo staff January 29, 2009 South Zone 442 for 6 (Badrinath 200, Dravid 138, Yadav 43*) v North Zone Scorecard Runs flowed on the opening day of the semi-final at the Madhavrao Scindia Ground as South Zone, led by centuries by S Badrinath and Rahul Dravid, pounded 442 for 6 against North Zone. Badrinath, the captain, finished on an even 200 while Dravid scored 138, his second successive Duleep Trophy century. South looked anything but stable when they lost Abhinav Mukund and Robin Uthappa with the score on 13, after winning the toss. North claimed those wickets by the third over but they had to wait more than 57 overs for their next breakthrough, by which time Badrinath and Dravid added an intimidating 312. Dravid struck 15 fours in his 138 off 173 balls before he was bowled by Amit Mishra. Badrinath, too, dealt largely in boundaries and his 200 featured 24 fours and four sixes. His timely knock should now boost his chances of touring New Zealand with the Indian Test squad. The North bowlers were guilty of indiscipline, conceding 23 no balls and Mishra was particularly sloppy with 15 of those to his name. He picked up another wicket, that of Dinesh Karthik for 4, shortly after getting rid of Dravid. Badrinath added a further 76 with Arjun Yadav before he was dismissed by Manpreet Gony, the Punjab seamer. Vikramjeet Malik accounted for R Ashwin just before stumps while Yadav remained unbeaten with a steady 43. Another POV Double impact: Badrinath, Dravid put South in control Nandakumar Marar IN FINE TOUCH: South Zone’s S. Badrinath sent the North Zone team on a leather-hunt at Rajkot. RAJKOT: Amit Mishra may have got a sinking feeling when he stretched out at gully, then grassed a slash from Rahul Dravid. The India stalwart capitalised on it to come up with a stroke-filled 138 off 173 balls. Mishra missed a sitter at point off Himachal Pradesh paceman Vikramjeet Malik, when the former India skipper was on five. S. Badrinath twisted the knife in further by stepping out to the North Zone leg-spinner for four sixes, three in one over, apart from 24 boundaries for an audacious 200 off 259 balls. South Zone amassed 442 for six in 90 overs in their Duleep Trophy semifinal encounter. With the national selection committee to pick the team for New Zealand soon, Tamil Nadu’s S Badrinath is leaving no stone unturned in a bid to keep his place in the squad. Remember Murphy 's Law that said "Don't believe in miracles, rely on them"? South Zone skipper Subramaniam Badrinath would have remembered that line as he came on to bat on Thursday. The Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground (MSCG) has always been lucky for the Tamil Nadu batsman and Thursday was no exception. He scored a brilliant double hundred and stitched together a 312-run third-wicket partnership with Rahul Dravid (138) to take South Zone to a formidable 442 for 6 at the end of the first day of their Duleep semifinal at Rajkot. They barely missed the record for the most runs scored in a day’s play in the Duleep Trophy — 445 by West on the fourth day of their match against Central way back in the 1987-88 season. Partial amends The biggest disappointment of the day was Haryana leg-spinner Amit Mishra. On top of being treated with disdain by the two batsmen Mishra sent down 15 no-balls in the course of racking up the miserable figures of 2 for 149 from 26 overs. Skipper Aakash Chopra inexplicably pressed on with Mishra even after Badrinath launched three consecutive sixes in a 22-run 57th over. But Mishra didn't allow the glut of boundaries to get to him. Mishra partially made amends with a googly to dismiss Dravid, trapped Dinesh Karthik leg before for his second strike with the ball, but gave away 149 runs and bowled 15 no-balls in 26 overs. Pacer Vikramjit Malik, off whose bowling the catch was dropped with the batsman on five, said, “Dravid is a great batsman. Once you let him get away, he will get you.†The Badrinath-Dravid third-wicket stand, worth 312 in just 354 balls, moved South from a position of anxiety at 13 for two into a commanding position at stumps on the opening day. Badrinath’s forceful driving off the front foot, whiplash pulls to mid-wicket and cleanly hit sixes in the region of the sightscreen off Mishra stood out. Dravid’s controlled knock included rasping square cuts and elegant frontfoot play, 18 boundaries and 251 minutes of flowing batting. Badrinath opted to bat on a wicket expected to help bowlers in the first hour till the moisture lasted. “I enjoyed my time out in the middle. The bowlers were fast and the ball came on nicely,†remarked the South captain, whose century came off 143 balls, the latter got there in 127. Kohli injured Virat Kohli suffered a shoulder strain after a tumble at deep mid-wicket and has been asked to get an MRI done. S. Sreesanth did not figure in the playing squad due to sickness, according to Badrinath. Saurav Bandekar got the nod. North opted for Mishra as the lone specialist spinner, leaving out Sarandeep Singh. Special venue Rajkot has always been a special venue for Badrinath, who had got his first India call while playing here. “It has been a lucky ground for me. I love batting here and it’s the first time that I’ve scored a double hundred in a day,†he said later. South’s impressive total would not have been possible without Dravid and Badrinath’s 312-run stand for the third wicket. After being dropped on 5, Dravid didn’t look back, scoring freely on either side of the wicket. He struck three consecutive fours off Malik and, with Badrinath joining in from the other end, runs came at the rate of 5.42 an over during their long stint together. It had started looking like a one-day match at one stage, and though it was a pleasant day, the North players were made to sweat. Badrinath slammed 22 runs off Mishra’s 14th over, in which he hit three sixes and a four, to sum up the highlights of his 259-ball knock, which contained 24 boundaries and four sixes in total. “The ball was swinging a bit initially, but with Rahul at the other end, it was much easier to bat on later,†Badrinath said. Dravid’s stuck 15 fours and faced 173 deliveries. Dinesh Karthik (4) and R Ashwin (17) departed without much of an impression, but when stumps were called, Arjun Yadav (43) and M Suresh were holding fort with enough runs already on the board. South’s only worry going into Friday will be missing the services of paceman S Sreesanth, who had a stomach upset at the very last moment.