Ranji Trophy 2010-11: Super League

[zaheer]

Varun takes 5/17 Tripura 73 all out

[saneindian]

Varun Aaron makes a wonderful start. But its only against Tripura. Remember Dada talking about him and calling him a 90mph+ bowler. If not 90 even if he can hit 85 mph consistently thats good enough. Lets see how the lad progresses in the season.

[Sachinism]

When did Abdullah learn to bat Hyderabad 8/2 in 2nd innings, Chahar has one of those

[Sid]

I am watching DELHI vs WB,live Kohli brings up his half century with a classy cover drive and thats the end of day 2,Kohli 51 and Dhawan 33 WB 473 Delhi 89-1

[akshayxyz]

Their second innings looked to be going for better record, damn extras.

[Sir john]

lets check scores of my home teams.:yay:

[Sir john]

Madhya Pradesh v Goa at Indore - Nov 1-4, 2010 Goa 170; Madhya Pradesh 328 :yay::yay::yay: Himachal Pradesh v Haryana at Dharamsala - Nov 1-4, 2010 Haryana 316; Himachal Pradesh 30/1 :wall: :wall: Railways v Gujarat at Delhi - Nov 1-4, 2010 Gujarat 379 :wall: :wall:

[Sachinism]

3-30 he has at close

[Sir john]

DL Chahar 11 3 30 3

bowl well today

[Chandan]

So what happened on DAY 2?

Bengal vs Delhi Bengal 313/2 at stumps Arindum Das : 150 not out SW Goswami: 68 Terrible prformance by Delhi bowlers, with just Manhas bagging 2.

Bengal scored 473 with SS Lahiri's 68 holding the lower middle order. Delhi bowlers weren't that bad today as apart from Sangwan and Nanda, every bowler grabbed a wicket or two, notable among them: Bhatia 2/42 Narwal 3/61 While batting Delhi lost a quick wicket but Dhawan and Kohli have moved cautiously. Dhawan: 33 not out Kohli: 51 not out Dinda took the only wicket.

Mumbai vs Saurashtra Mumbai 340/7 Wasim Jaffer : 138 Rohit Sharma: 93 R Jadeja 3/100 Unadkat 0/68

Mumbai motored on today with Agarkar and Abdullah adding 165 runs for the 8th wicket and finally declaring 580/9 Abdullah : 150 not out Agarkar : 80 R Jadeja took 2 more wickets today, his total tally for the inning reading: Jadeja 4/189 Saurashtra have scored 94/2 Jadeja :16 not out Powar :2/39

UP vs Punjab Punjab 279/6 Yuvraj Singh :52 Karan Goel :56 not out Praveen Kumar 3/68 Till 33rd over of inning Kimar had taken his wickets and couldn't take any next 50. Piyush Chawla 2/51 RP Singh 0/77

Punjab were cut quickly by UP as they were all out for 288. Praveen Kumar: 5/72 RP Singh 2/82 UP were not prolific in batting either as apart from skipper Kaif none of their other 4 batsmen to get out could hit a half ton. UP 221/5

TN vs Assam Assam 184 all out no notable batting performance. L Balaji 4/53 R Ashwin 1/51 S Sam 1/36 TN 21/0

TN lost 4 wickets today but apart from Mukund, everyone has contributed in batting. S Anirudh: 87 S Badrinath :83 S Sathish : 74 not out D Karthik and Mukund failed. Mukund:22 DK :4 Arlen Konwar ;2/91

Orissa vs Baroda 99/9 in 33 overs at stumps Rayudu 4 Yusuf Pathan 10 Basant Mohanty 5/24

Baroda : 148 all out Orissa : 182/3 Behera scored 55 Pooder :70 not out Argal 2/56

Railways vs Gujarat Gujarat : 234/4 PP :36

Gujarat were all out for 379 BD Thakker : 67 Murali Kartik: 1/24 Railways : 64/3 TP Singh 26 not out Sidharth Trivedi : 2/15

HP vs Haryana Haryana 204/4 Badani : 58 not out

Haryana were all out for 316. No notable bowling performance. HP are 85/2 Bhavin Thakker : 58 not out Dogra : 12 not out So not a very eventful day today.

[Sachinism]

Nicely rounded up Chandan. Good job

[Lord]

dunno why selectors keep ignoring PK on account for lack of pace,while selecting guys like Mithun,Munaf of same pace.PK averages 23 in FC,cant be that bad

[CSK Fan]

Get Praveen into the test team ASAP

[Sid]

Get Praveen into the test team ASAP

:dito:

[fineleg]

what next, Vinay Kumar into Test team :facepalm: PK military medium wont trouble International batsmen in Test matches (maybe first 5 overs, after that they'll easily play him)

[CSK Fan]

what next, Vinay Kumar into Test team :facepalm: PK military medium wont trouble International batsmen in Test matches (maybe first 5 overs, after that they'll easily play him)

The red ball swings more the white one and he can swing it both ways. He is still doing better than the others in domestic mathces and deserves a chance. He also bowls better when batsmen are defending than hitting out BTW Asif is pretty orddinary in LOIs too, we wouldnt know till he is given a chance!

[ludhianvi]

Day 2 of the Dilli/ Bengal game started off in looked like a different set of conditions than the first day. With the new ball in his hand, Parvinder Awana was getting the ball to move/seam around a bit in the first session. The two well settled batsmen from the previous day, Das and especially Manoj Tiwary, looked unsettled on a fresh day. Awana in particular was troubling Tiwary a lot and eventually Narwal reaped the reward of the wicket from the other end. @ Awana - has a bit of pace compared to the other Dilli bowlers but he bleeds a lot of runs (range 125-132 km/h IIRC) @ Narwal - slowish bowler 120-125km/h, can get the ball to swing. IIRC, he played a few matches Rajasthan Royals Kohli looked very much at ease when batting - fluent strokeplay. Looked quite classic esp with the cap on. I think Test cricket awaits him. Meanwhile, Dhawan was seen easily pulling Dinda's short balls to the boundary. @ Punjab/UP match: I thought the match was well poised at the end of day 1 but Punjab messed it all up with a collapse on the second day losing 4 wickets for <10 runs

[gaurav92]

TBH PK is a really good swing bowler.So its fair enough to take him in Eng, NZ and SAF where the ball moves quite a bit.See pace is not the only thing that troubles the batsman, swing alone can do the trick too.So to me PK has got a good control in his swing, and can be drafted in the side for tests, when the ball is swinging. Lets give him a chance in one of the Tests against NZ.

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Day 2 : Tamil Nadu in a commanding position vs Assam More... Tamil Nadu in a commanding position Sports Reporter TOP-SCORER:S. Badrinath's 83 contained five fours and two sixes. Chennai: Half centuries from S. Anirudha, S. Badrinath and R. Sathish put Tamil Nadu in a commanding position at the end of day two of its Ranji Trophy Elite Group ‘A' match against Assam here on Tuesday. Starting the day at 21 for no loss in response to Assam's 184, the host was 300 for four when stumps were drawn. The thrust that took Tamil Nadu to its end-of-day total came from a fourth-wicket partnership of 135 between Badrinath and Sathish. When the two came together five overs after lunch, Tamil Nadu had suffered twin setbacks. Minutes after opener S. Anirudha retired hurt with a cramp on 71, skipper Dinesh Karthik fell cheaply, caught behind after chasing a wide one from seamer Ranjeet Mali. The scoring rate had also taken a dip, thanks to a combination of the heavy outfield and Assam's restrictive tactics, Dhiraj Goswami landing his medium pace wide of off stump to a 7-2 field. Sathish immediately imposed a sense of urgency upon the innings, standing on tiptoe to crash Mali past point to get off the mark before launching off spinner Arlen Konwar over the long on boundary. Badrinath also opened up, stepping down the track to Konwar twice in successive deliveries to heave him for a four and a six over midwicket. In the next over, he lifted left-arm spinner Sridharan Sriram just over the reach of mid-on to bring up his 50. The two carried the total past Assam's by tea, and continued batting positively before Badrinath made the only mistake of his 204-ball knock, trapped in front after missing a sweep off Tarjinder Singh's part-time off spin. Badrinath's 83 contained five fours and two sixes. At stumps, Sathish was batting on 74 (142b, 7x4, 1x6) alongside Anirudha, who was on 87 (172b, 6x4, 2x6). The first session had seen Tamil Nadu lose two wickets before passing the 100 mark. First to go was Abhinav Mukund, caught in the covers off Konwar. The off spinner then removed K.B. Arun Karthik, who stepped down the track and was bowled attempting an on-side flick. Anirudha survived a chance on 66 when Tarjinder dropped him at deep mid wicket off Konwar. The opener kept the slip cordon on its toes through the course of his knock with his open-faced approach, but was generally secure in defence and easy on the eye in attack. The scores: Assam — Ist innings: 184.

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Delhi vs Bengal Day 2 : Bowlers help Delhi claw back on Day Two against Bengal Delhi desperately needed a spark of brilliance from someone to get back into the game after a forgettable opening day. On Tuesday morning, they didn't have to wait long for it as Sumit Narwal rose to the occasion and picked up three quick wickets to halt Bengal's charge. More... Bowlers help Delhi claw back on Day Two Subhash Rajta, Hindustan Times New Delhi:, November 02, 2010 Delhi desperately needed a spark of brilliance from someone to get back into the game after a forgettable opening day. On Tuesday morning, they didn't have to wait long for it as Sumit Narwal rose to the occasion and picked up three quick wickets to halt Bengal's charge. Narwal's spell breathed a new lease of life into the Delhi attack and they bowled out Bengal for 473 - a decent effort considering that the visitors were 313 for two at the end of Day 1 of their Ranji Trophy Elite Division Group A tie. Delhi finished the day at 89 for 1, with Virat Kohli (51no) and Shikhar Dhawan (33no) holding the fort. If the Delhi camp is to be believed, a change of the ball, which happened as early as in the second over of the first day, upset the rhythm of their medium pacers so much they looked ordinary. The only two wickets which fell on Monday were to the spin of skipper Mithun Manhas. The replacement 'new ball' didn't have the same "balance and feel" as the one picked at the start of the game, which immediately lost its shape. Delhi coach Manoj Prabhakar, a shrewd and masterful medium pacer in his heydays, said he had reason to believe that the replacement ball, 'that didn't feel right', cost his bowlers a good start. Colourless on Day One, the Delhi bowlers dominated Day Two's first session, using the second-new ball which was just three deliveries old on Tuesday, after failing to extract anything from a fresh wicket a day earlier. In a game dominated by the batsmen, Parvinder Awana and Sumit Narwal bowled exceptionally before lunch to bag four wickets and leave the visitors at 357 for six. Left-arm pacer Pradeep Sangwan gave away just 17 runs in his first eight overs. But a 98-run partnership for the seventh-wicket between Wriddhiman Saha and Saurasish Lahiri prevented a collapse, allowing Bengal to finish their innings on 473. The Delhi bowlers hit the right line and length from the outset and the rewards didn't take long in coming. Parwinder Awana started a mini collapse, removing overnight century-maker Arindam Das for 156. Narwal then got down to business and dealt three telling blows in quick time to reduce Bengal to 357 for six. A defiant 98-run partnership between Wriddhiman Saha and Saurasish Lahiri helped Bengal reach the total they eventually did. As the bowlers bowled in the right areas, the wicket that had looked pretty listless the previous day showed some life and better bounce. But the day was all about Delhi's medium pacers, who put behind their first day struggles to surprise the Bengal batsmen and bringing about a welcome change to the proceedings. In a space of 13 overs, between the 93rd to 105th, four wickets fell. The seemingly lifeless wicket at the Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium appeared to have suddenly sprung to life, with the bowlers finding assistance both off the wicket and in the air. The Delhi attack benefitted by pitching the ball up and ensuring that they bowled with a seam-up position, as much as they enjoyed the "balance and feel" of the second new ball. Arindam Das, overnight on 150, could add only six runs to his tally before Awana got the ball to jag back sharply and knock out the off-stump. Showing how bowling the right line and length, with some serious pace, can make bowlers menacing even on pitches which are batsmen-friendly, Awana jumped in the air and pumped his fist at Das's departure, but there was more reason to celebrate when Narhwal picked up three wickets in a four-over spell that cost just nine runs. Bengal skipper Manoj Tiwary, who batted fluently on Monday, was time and again beaten by the movement of the ball. After surviving a close leg-before-wicket, Tiwary paid the price of playing across the stumps too often to give Narwal his first wicket. Laxmi Ratan Shukla and Anustup Majumdar too couldn't counter a red-hot Narhwal � Shukla was bowled while Majumdar edged to wicketkeeper Punit Bisht. However, lack of support from Chetnya Nanda, the lone specialist spinner in the squad, allowed Bengal to get back into the game before Rajat Bhatia polished off the tail. Delhi coach Manoj Prabhakar said they were done in by a replaced ball the previous day. “The original ball went out of shape, and our bowlers struggled to grip the replaced ball, which was chosen by the umpires," Prabhakar said. Warning for Virat Virat Kohli was let off with a warning. He exchanged some heated words with the umpire while Delhi were fielding. Brief scores: Bengal 1st inngs 473 (A Das 156, M Tiwary 69, S Goswami 68; S Narwal 3/61, R Bhatia 2/43); Delhi 1st inngs 89/1