Ranji Trophy - Super League 2009-2010 - Discussion thread

[Sachinism]

Looks like batting with Sehwag has had an effect on Vijay 154 (118) 20 4's and 5 6's

[coffee_rules]

wow:yay:

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16-year-old TN spinner Srinivas sends Mumbai crashing A superb spell of spin bowling by teenager Aushik Srinivas ensured Tamil Nadu three points in their Ranji Trophy Super League encounter against Mumbai at the MCA Complex, in Mumbai, on Friday. The 16-year-old finished with impressive figures of seven for 107, including six of the seven Mumbai wickets to fall on the fourth and final day of the match, to help his side skittle out the hosts for 366 in their first innings. More... 16-year-old TN spinner Srinivas sends Mumbai crashing December 11, 2009 18:13 IST A superb spell of spin bowling by teenager Aushik Srinivas ensured Tamil Nadu three points in their Ranji Trophy Super League encounter against Mumbai at the MCA Complex, in Mumbai, on Friday. The 16-year-old finished with impressive figures of seven for 107, including six of the seven Mumbai wickets to fall on the fourth and final day of the match, to help his side skittle out the hosts for 366 in their first innings. Tamil Nadu scored 253 for 3 in their second innings, with Murali Vijay registering a majestic 118-ball 154, that comprised 20 hits to the fence and five over it. Arun Karthik scored a patient 60, and his second wicket stand with Vijay yielded 168 runs for the visitors. Mumbai's collapse was shocking considering they began the final day comfortably placed on 308 for three. Srinivas's brilliant spell meant they lost their last seven wickets for just 58 runs. The youngster, who had accounted for Ajinkya Rahane (98) on the third day, added the prized wicket of skipper Wasim Jaffer (141) to his kitty besides accounting for Abhishek Nayar (16), Ramesh Powar (0), Iqbal Abdullah (0), Dhawal Kulkarni (0) and Usman Malvi (4). Ganapathy took the only other wicket to fall -- the day's first – trapping Onkar Khanvilkar (22) up front after just six runs had been added to the overnight total. With a result out of question, after the visitors had batted for almost two days to post 501 in their first innings, the best Mumbai could have hoped for was to take three points from the game on the basis of a first innings lead. Alas, they had to settle for only one. The draw strengthened Tamil Nadu's lead at the top of Group A, with 23 points from six matches, while keeping Mumbai in third place with 16. The defending champions play Gujarat in their final group match, starting Tuesday at the Brabourne stadium. Brief scores: Tamil Nadu: 501 (S Badrinath 250, C Ganapathy 126; D Kulkarni 3-93, U Malvi 3-108) & 253-3 (M Vijay 154). Mumbai: 366 (W Jaffer 141, A Rahane 98; Aushik Srinivas 7-107). * * * Delhi beat Maharashtra by ten wickets Delhi kept their quarter-final hopes alive after a comprehensive 10-wicket victory over Maharashtra in their fifth Ranji Trophy Super League Group B. Their second successive victory gave Delhi six points, taking their overall tally to 15. Virat Kohli's side now needs to beat Bengal in their final group engagement to snatch a berth in the quarter-finals. After Pradeep Sangwan's five-wicket burst reduced them to 334 for nine at stumps on Thursday, Maharashtra's innings folded after adding just 25 runs to the overnight total. Parvinder Awana had Samad Fallah (28) caught by Aditya Jain to bring down the curtains on Maharashtra's innings. Needing just 109 runs to win the match, Delhi romped home in just 17.1 overs, with Virat and Mithun Manhas combining for a 112-run unbeaten opening stand. In-form Virat did most of the scoring, slamming 11 fours in his 58-ball 67. Manhas gave him good support with a 49-ball 38, which included five hits to the fence. Delhi's final league engagement is an away tie in Kolkata from December 15. Brief scores: Delhi: 419 (M Manhas 170, R Bhatia 99; S Fallah 5-121, J Patil 4-113) & 112 (V Kohli 67 not out). Maharashtra: 163 (P Awana 5-40) & 364 (A Bawane 118, R Motwani 61; P Sangwan 5-107). * * * Railways bag three points from draw with Hyderabad Hyderabad: T P Singh slammed a brisk century while V Cheluvaraj missed his ton by seven runs as Railways boosted their quarter-final chances with the three points they gained from a draw against Hyderabad in the Ranji Trophy Super League match. Having posted 305 in their first innings, Railways restricted the hosts to 303 and that wafer-thin two-run first innings lead proved crucial in the Group A match, which ended in a tame draw on Friday. Hyderabad got just one point from the outing. Resuming their second innings on 18 for no loss, Railways got some batting practice in putting up 363 for five at stumps on the final day. Faiz Fazal (49) and skipper Cheluvaraj (93) added 145 runs for the opening stand but both had the misfortune of missing individual landmarks. Mohammed Khader first dismissed Fazal when the batsman was just one run shy of his fifty, and got the better of Cheluvaraj, Anirudh Singh taking his second catch of the day. T P Singh and Yere Goud (72), however, made merry and remained not out. Singh's unbeaten 105-ball 100 had eight fours and three sixes while Goud hit 12 boundaries in his unbeaten 86-ball knock. Brief scores: Railways: 305 (M Suresh 64; A Absolem 5-89) & 363-5 (T P Singh 100, Y Cheluvaraj 93, Y Goud 72; M Khader 3-65). Hyderabad: 303 (A Rayudu 73, P Shashank Nag 51, S Bangar 4-91, K Upadhyay 4-93).

[Sachinism]

Tamil Nadu 501 (Badrinath 250, Ganapathy 126) and 253 for 4 (Vijay 154, Karthik 60) drew with Mumbai (Jaffer 141, Rahane 98, Srinivas 7-107) Scorecard In a spell befitting a champion spinner, 16-year-old Aushik Srinivas rattled Mumbai with his probing length and persistence and denied the hosts the crucial first-innings lead. Mumbai started the final day needing a further 193 runs to overtake Tamil Nadu's imposing first-innings 501 with seven wickets in hand, including the overnight centuriong Wasim Jaffer. However, Srinivas squashed their hopes in the very first hour of the morning with a mesmerising spell of left-arm spin and returned figures of 8.1-4-11-6. From 314 for 4, Mumbai lost their way drastically. The next six wickets fell for the addition of just 44 runs, the last four wickets going down with the score stuck at 358. Mumbai lost Omkar Khanwilkar, Jaffer's overnight partner, quickly as the left-hander failed misread the line of a straighter delivery from C Ganpathy and was rapped on the pads and declared plumb in front. The responsibility was solely Jaffer's now, in the absence of any support at the other end. Even if Abhishek Nayar had joined him, his present form probably might not have given confidence to his captain. Nayar has successfully used the long handle in crunch situations in the past, but this season barring a half-century in the first game against Punjab, he has been struggling. He had just 73 runs in four games before this match. Meanwhile Tamil Nadu, led by Srinivas, were steadily loosening Mumbai's grip, built by Jaffer-Ajinkya Rahane combine yesterday. Runs slowed down and Jaffer was slightly desperate. In this scattered frame of mind he tried reverse0sweeping a delivery that pitched on middle stump and held its line, but missed the line and the ball hit his bent knee. Srinivas appealed fervently, in unison with the entire Tamil Nadu team, but their plea was turned down. Two balls later Jaffer attempted the same shot against a similar delivery with the only difference being the change in pace. This time the top edge flew wide and to the right of first slip where Murali Vijay plucked a super catch with his right hand. Understandably Srinivas and Tamil Nadu celebrated rapturously, because Jaffer was their chief nemesis. Credit should go to the prodigious tweaker, born in Coimbatore, who thankfully was advised by one of the coaches at a talent camp to become a spinner instead of chasing ambitions of becoming a medium-pace bowler. On Thursday Srinivas had gained the upper hand against Ajinky Rahane in an engrossing contest. Though Jaffer had used his rich experience to quell Srinivas' challenge, he knew he couldn't afford to take the youngster lightly. The best example to gauge the impact of Srinivas was to compare him to Iqbal Abdulla, Mumbai's second spinner, and a left-arm orthodox one at that. Never in either innings did Abdulla assert himself over the Tamil Nadu batting and even to a layman the reasons were clear: while Srinivas attacked with flight and varying pace, Abdulla mostly darted the ball at a fuller length. Little wonder then that Mumbai's lower order and tail failed miserably against Srinivas. Nayar tried to defend on the front foot but ended up offering a simple return catch to Srinivas. Next ball Ramesh Powar lunged forward to pat the ball down but his outstretched back foot was raised allowing the proactive wicketkeeper U Sushil to knock off the bails. Though Srinivas missed out on a hat-trick he got lucky when Abdulla played casually into the hands of Ganpathy at silly mid-on. Dhawal Kulkarni tried to play with hard hands against a flighted delivery, which couldn't even cross Ganpathy. Usman Malvi then stepped out valiantly and was stumped. Mumbai's fall was quick and embarrassing, and it came at the little hands of Srinivas. Vijay made it more painful for Mumbai by scoring a blistering 150, bringing up his century in the second session thereby enlivening the rest of the day. Having three points, Tamil Nadu have are assured themselves a quarter-finals berth while Mumbai, at 16 points, need to make sure they do not lose outright in their final league clash at home against Gujarat starting on December 15.

[Sachinism]

Also Ablish taking a ton of wickets. He must be there among the top wicket takers

[Dravid]

LMFAO bacche ne maar daala

[saneindian]

Also Ablish taking a ton of wickets. He must be there among the top wicket takers

What speed does this guy bowl at? Had seen him in ICL, but cant quite recollect his bowling speeds.

[Sachinism]

What speed does this guy bowl at? Had seen him in ICL' date=' but cant quite recollect his bowling speeds.[/quote'] Never seen the guy, so can't say. Maybe rkt.india will know

[The Dark Horse]

What speed does this guy bowl at? Had seen him in ICL' date=' but cant quite recollect his bowling speeds.[/quote'] 115-125ks, saw it in a ranji match.

[ludhianvi]

Some good performances by the youngsters from Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. I think there is scope to popularize Ranji Trophy.

[ludhianvi]

How do teams qualify for the quarterfinals? Top 3 from each group in the Superplate and 2 others from the Plate group? :hmmm:

[rkt.india]

Never seen the guy' date=' so can't say. Maybe rkt.india will know[/quote'] Yes bowl at 125 which I saw in ICL. He is tall man, but has not had that good first class record before this season, maybe he has worked up on his pace a bit.

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Domestic cricket now deserves better & more : Akash Chopra Isn’t it a pity that there weren’t even 100 people at the ground to watch Rahul Dravid bat during Karnataka’s match against Delhi? Well, enough has been written and said about the interest a domestic game generates or the lack of it. Not many people turn up to watch a Ranji game despite some of the international players playing. More... Domestic cricket now deserves better & more Aakash Chopra, Hindustan Times December 13, 2009 First Published: 00:36 IST(13/12/2009) Last Updated: 00:38 IST(13/12/2009) Isn’t it a pity that there weren’t even 100 people at the ground to watch Rahul Dravid bat during Karnataka’s match against Delhi? Well, enough has been written and said about the interest a domestic game generates or the lack of it. Not many people turn up to watch a Ranji game despite some of the international players playing. After all we see fierce loyalty by the same people towards their team during the Indian Premier League. What needs to be done? We have seen that free entry into the stadium isn’t translating into numbers and hence a different, more aggressive approach is required. It starts from publicising using different media, and radio seems to be the easiest and cheapest way of spreading the word. The domestic matches, at least in games where international players are available, should be built into personal clashes. How about watching Praveen Kumar bowling to Virat Kohli? Or Suresh Raina batting against Irfan Pathan? Then the scores should also be aired in the evening. The idea is to make people aware about the guys who’re representing their state. Once the sense of belonging happens, I have no doubt people will start turning up. I’m not claiming that the numbers will be huge but at least there won’t be empty stadiums. Incentive How about having a contest where winners get an interactive session with the players at the end of the match? One could also organise a training session with the team for the best supporters between matches! Distributing team merchandise and autographed bats could also help. Beginning It would be unrealistic to expect people to miss school/office and sit through four days of a Ranji match. Hence, all domestic one-day matches should be made day-night affairs. By doing that one could make it to the ground even a day at office or school. Once they get to know their local stars they’d automatically follow their performances for the rest of the season. And some of them might turn up to watch the longer version too. Players doing their bit We, the players from Delhi and UP, did a Pulse Polio campaign during our Ranji trophy match in Lucknow. The event was widely covered by the local media which in turn created the right buzz for both the cause and the match. Players were forthcoming in their support for the event and there’s no reason that they won’t do the same if it helps promote domestic cricket. It’s just a matter of creating right platforms. The focus, in the beginning, should be on bringing people to the ground. Initially this might cost the association some money but will have long term benefits including making money out of it. www.cricketaakash.com

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Bhatia third skipper to lead Delhi Rajat Bhatia will lead Delhi in their last league match against Bengal starting from December 15. Bhatia will be the third skipper Delhi will play under this season after Aakash Chopra and Virat Kohli, reports HT Correspondent. More... Bhatia third skipper to lead Delhi HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times New Delhi, December 13, 2009 First Published: 00:49 IST(13/12/2009) Last Updated: 00:50 IST(13/12/2009) Rajat Bhatia will lead Delhi in their last league match against Bengal starting from December 15. Bhatia will be the third skipper Delhi will play under this season after Aakash Chopra and Virat Kohli. Bhatia got the job as Virat Kohli, who led the side in the last two matches, is away on national duty, and Aakash Chopra, the regular skipper for the season, has conveyed to the selectors that he wouldn’t be available to lead Delhi for this season. Chopra, who is still recuperating and wouldn’t be available for the upcoming match, refused to elaborate. “I don’t want to distract the team, which is doing so well, by making any comment. I will not lead the side, but I will be available to play as soon as I am fit. I have absolutely no problem in playing under any skipper,” he said. While the rest of the squad remains the same, Ishant Sharma will come into the squad in place of Virat Kohli. Delhi need to gain atleast a point from the match to assure themselves a berth in the quarters.

[Sachinism]

Strange Aakash doesn't want to skipper. Go Bhatia!!

[ViruRulez]

I have been checking Bhatia's domestic performance especially in shorter formats and he has been really exceptional for a long time. His bowling is not of international quality but quite surprised to see him succeed so much at the domestic level. Good to see him lead the Delhi team. Best of luck.

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Laxman ruled out from final round of Ranji Trophy HYDERABAD: Hyderabad's hopes of staying in the Elite Group of Ranji Trophy suffered a huge blow with the doctors advising Test star V.V.S. Laxman rest for the next two weeks. Hyderabad with six points from six games takes on ... More... Laxman ruled out HYDERABAD: Hyderabad’s hopes of staying in the Elite Group of Ranji Trophy suffered a huge blow with the doctors advising Test star V.V.S. Laxman rest for the next two weeks. Hyderabad with six points from six games takes on group-topper Tamil Nadu (23 points from six matches) in the final round of the Ranji Trophy at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium here from Tuesday and faces a must-win situation as only an outright win will ensure its stay in the Elite Group. Laxman told The Hindu on Sunday evening that he had an MRI scan on the lower-back and that the doctors felt that he had already strained it a bit by not taking adequate rest. “I have been told to take complete rest for the next two weeks,” he said. “It is certainly disappointing to miss the Ranji game but this is something beyond my control.”

[Lord]

is RD gonna play tommorrow for Karnataka?

[flashpan]

No , both RD and Joshi have been rested for tomorrow's game . There is a chance that Vinay Kumar may also be rested.

[Lord]

No ' date=' both RD and Joshi have been rested for tomorrow's game . There is a chance that Vinay Kumar may also be rested.[/quote'] thanx r sure about Vinay Kumar being rested n what bout Agarkar?is he fit for tommorows game