Zal Irani Trophy, 2009

[Guest Hiten.]

wow Agarkar was awesome. The ball that got Mukund out was a peach. Hmm looks like he is set for another comeback. Have to see how he performs in the second innings of ROI batting though.

How did you watch that :dontknow: Dailymotion says video is still being published :nervous:

[Laaloo]

How did you watch that :dontknow: Dailymotion says video is still being published :nervous:

under the video screen on your right you're gonna see a picture of this match just click on that:poink:

[satishg]

under the video screen on your right you're gonna see a picture of this match just click on that:poink:

yep there is a video uploaded at the bottom of the screen..click that..it is available in the dailymotion website

[Guest Hiten.]

Got it, thanks :D

[Sachinism]

you broke canadian:hysterical: time to get on your knees? :giggle: neo cricket + star cricket + baroda getting a match on 25th= life good :two_thumbs_up:

My cousin is in India and he was telling him how awesome it is, when there is nothing to do or when everyone is sleeping in the afternoon, he can switch on the TV and watch some classic cricket on one of the many cricket channels Frikkin UK sucks, not even 1 cricket-dedicated channel :((

[Laaloo]

My cousin is in India and he was telling him how awesome it is, when there is nothing to do or when everyone is sleeping in the afternoon, he can switch on the TV and watch some classic cricket on one of the many cricket channels Frikkin UK sucks, not even 1 cricket-dedicated channel :((

star cricket is awesome dude. I remember when I was in India in 07-08 during the aus tour and star cricket coverage of the series was awesome. Not to forget all the highlights as well as other great cricketing moments. I wish I had a tv tuner in india so I could have uploaded some. :((

[vvvslaxman]

Good job Jadeja. This guy is a real solid player. We should not under-estimate other abilities based on his inability to generate power shots. He will be a better Test player with his temperament.

[Guest gaurav_indian]

:wall: yeh kya discuss ho raha hai ab yeh din aagaye hai jo aise matches mein 2 page ki discussion hogi :wall:

[Cricketics]

Kya hua bhai.. nahi hone chaiyeh kya Irani cup ki match discussion??? bhai last year 5 page se jaada tak ki hoyi thi discussion.

[Guest gaurav_indian]

Kya hua bhai.. nahi hone chaiyeh kya Irani cup ki match discussion??? bhai last year 5 page se jaada tak ki hoyi thi discussion.

:((:(( Agar aaj hum semi final mein hotey .......

[Cricketics]

:((:(( Agar aaj hum semi final mein hotey .......

still thodi bot toh hoti yaar discussion.. May be not that much ya.

[punjabi_khota]

Sreesanth clean bowls Kukreja with a Jaffa. :yay:..mallu bastard is looking good! Munna bowling good line but at 125K :((.

[Cricketics]

That was a brilliant delivery by Sreesanth. and Jaffer is at it. Has played very beautiful shots till now. Looking really good for a big one here

[Shane]

Didn't see much of Sree's bowling, but Tyagi has been bowling far too short. :headshake:

[Cricketics]

Didn't see much of Sree's bowling' date=' but Tyagi has been bowling far too short. :headshake:[/quote'] Ya tyagi look out of sorts. Munaf seems to be bowling the best line and lenghth.

[Chandan]

Didn't see much of Sree's bowling' date=' but Tyagi has been bowling far too short. :headshake:[/quote'] Pace wise he has been okay, almost in high 130s consistently after he warmed up. But he has been short as well as a bit wide. Even the movement has not been as much as Sree or Munaf could get. Jaffer and Rahane are quick to punish anything which is off line or off length. Sree has been looking the best of ROI seamers. Vijay has been flat on the field and has let many edges slip to thirdman for 4s. Because of this Badri has put a thirdman and Jaffer and Rahane are milking ones and twos in that region even if playing away from the body.

[cндябеяs]

sreesanth :cheer:

[CG]

tyagi has all the attributes to be a good fast bowler he has good height, a high arm action good pace,he is also a sea m bowler so is suited to indian dustbowls

[Cricketics]

why is Sehwag not on field. Hoping everything is fine.

[Chandan]

Report of Day 1, Mumbai vs ROI Mumbai 38 for 0 (Jaffer 24*, Kukreja 11*) trail Rest of India 260 (Jadeja 77, Mukund 47) v by 222 runs Scorecard and ball-by-ball details The Indian first-class season began with a below-par performance from Rest of India. On a hot sultry day in Nagpur, Mumbai scythed through Rest of India on a decent batting surface, dismissing them for 260 before reaching a breezy 38 for 0 at the end of the opening day of the Irani Cup. It could have been so much worse for Rest of India, though, but Ravindra Jadeja lifted them from 141 for 6 with a mature 77. Morning session The morning session belonged to Ajit Agarkar, who nailed the big fish Virender Sehwag, and Rest of India imploded in the afternoon by playing low-quality cricket. The batsmen appeared rusty but there was no reason to be, for most of them were involved in quite bit of cricket leading up to this game. They seemed to be sleepwalking to their demise but credit to the Mumbai bowlers for maintaining a disciplined line and length. Whether they deserved such a rich haul, though, is open to debate. Agarkar later said that there wasn't any assistance for the bowlers from the pitch but perhaps it was a track not conducive to on-the-up flashy strokeplay. Mature Jadeja Jadeja led Rest of India's fight in the evening by batting sensibly, showing up his team-mates' poor efforts. He kept it simple: when the ball was short he cut or pulled, when it was fuller he drove and two off-drives off Agarkar were his standout shots. The pitch didn't offer great assistance to the bowlers and Jadeja made sure he didn't throw his wicket away, rotating the strike with dabs and nudges for most of the time. The Saurashtra batsman showed that it is his calm and collected strokeplay that inspired most confidence.“We needed a few more partnerships but Mumbai bowled well. The pitch was a bit up and down early. But then it settled down and in the afternoon session it was pretty easy,” said Jadeja. The same, however, cannot be said about the rest of his team and Agarkar capitalized on the errant batting. The man, who is easily the most mocked among modern Indian bowlers, is still chugging along in the domestic circuit. Today, Agarkar put in a large-hearted performance on a slightly slow-paced pitch. Now and then, he dropped his bowling arm a bit more than usual, becoming almost round-armish, and got the ball to skid on to the batsmen. He picked up his first wicket when Sehwag had a lazy waft at a skidding delivery that kept a touch low on off stump. Batting of ROI However, it was in his second spell of the morning that Agarkar really stood out for his round-arm skidders worked like a charm. He set up the left-hander Abhinav Mukund with a series of inswingers which thudded into the pads or went down leg side. He then pushed one across before landing the next ball right on target: it pitched on off and hit off with Mukund leaving a gaping hole between bat and pad. For Rest of India, M Vijay was subdued and never looked fluent though he tried hard to fight his way out of trouble. Twice he was hit on the pad while moving forward - he was lucky to survive the second lbw shout against Dhawal Kulkarni - and he also was beaten outside off. In between, he unfurled a lovely off-drive against Rahil Sheikh but fell to a soft dismissal when he turned Kulkarni straight to square leg. Mukund, though, was positive from the word go, slashing anything short of length outside off and driving at every opportunity that came by till Agarkar won the contest with a lovely curving delivery. Rest of India continued to tumble in the second session with some careless batting. The first to go was Manoj Tiwary. He had been pushing and prodding but he suddenly decided to leave a delivery from Kulkarni. It was a brain freeze. Kulkarni had been getting the ball to dart in and Tiwary had no reason for not attempting to play with the bat. He sported a wry smile, suggesting he thought he had given a raw deal, but the replays suggested otherwise. Like Tiwary, Badrinath also looked upset at being given out but the umpire was proven right by replays. He had stretched forward to defend a length delivery that straightened from the otherwise unimpressive Sheikh, but he pushed outside the line and missed; the ball would have hit the off stump. The misery was complete when Wriddhiman Saha, a good keeper and a decent bat, swatted Ramesh Powar, who as ever operated shrewdly, teasing the batsmen with his loopy flight, straight to a man placed at deep midwicket. Luckily, for Rest of India, Ravindra Jadeja (77 runs, 121 balls, 9x4) displayed the temperament and technique demanded from specialist batsmen in a five-day game. He had ample time to play shots, stroked freely against seam and spin bowling before slashing at a wide delivery from Rohit Sharma only to be caught behind. Samant kept his eye on the ball for a low catch to send back Rest’s top-scorer. Mumbai captain Wasim Jaffer’s anxiety to make things happen, despite limited resources at his disposal, was reflected in offie Ramesh Powar joining the attack in over number 13. ROI's brief bowling When they bowled, Sreesanth was impressive in his short spell, getting the ball to move both ways, but Munaf Patel drifted towards the pads to allow Mumbai a bright start. Outstanding Agarkar At a time when the Indian pace attack is struggling to find a perfect combination at the international arena in the absence of Zaheer Khan, in the Irani Trophy veteran Mumbai bowler Ajit Agarkar showed that he has not forgotten the art of seam bowling. Having seen Laxmipathy Balaji and Ashish Nehra make their comebacks recently, Agarkar (who is still just 31) must have felt that he too like everyone else deserves one last chance to see what he can make of his talent. But for now he’s not telling. “I can’t really talk about that because that’s upto the selectors,” said Agarkar. “For now, all I am concentrating on is trying to help Mumbai win the Irani Trophy.” Given the sudden paucity of fast bowlers in India, one more good season could easily bring Agarkar back in the reckoning. And before a vast majority of you, go ‘oh no,’ just take into account his superb bowling performance against some of the best batsmen in India. It was the kind of pitch that would have sent tremors down the spine of most fast bowlers. Devoid of grass and bounce, Mumbai’s pacemen must have cringed when Rest of India skipper Virender Sehwag won the toss and elected to bat. Ajit Agarkar assumed a leadership role of Mumbai’s limited bowling resources after Rest of India opted for first strike in the Irani Cup. Forced to conserve energy due to an upset stomach the day before, he came up with an outstanding show of seam bowling to remove dangerous Virender Sehwag and a well-set Abhinav Mukund (47 runs, 69 balls, six fours). Dhaval Kulkarni picked up the cue from his senior as Rest was restricted to 260 on the opening day. The Ranji champion scrambled to 38 for no loss. Sehwag lost out on an opportunity to spend quality time at the VCA Stadium wicket, playing the wrong line to an Agarkar delivery that was seaming in and hurrying through low onto the off-stump. Mukund was bowled by the ball seaming in and sneaking through the gate. Kulkarni claimed opener M. Vijay (flicking uppishly to Prashant Naik at square leg) and Manoj Tiwari (shouldering arms). Fast bowlers like Sreesanth and Munaf Patel who are vying for selectors' attention, may face some tough completion from the Mumbai bowler who swung the ball both ways on an ugly wicket. It wasn't easy to bowl on the VCA track with it being slow and the ball failing to reach the wicket-keeper. However, Agarkar and his team of bowlers put in a lot of effort on the field, with the exception of left-arm seamer Rahil Shaikh who struggled to get his rhythm right