Ranji Trophy 2010-11: Super League

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Day 2 : Abdullah's maiden ton puts Mumbai in control Abdulla’s 150 crowned a typically gritty display from Mumbai that gained back the initiative against Saurashtra. More... Abdullah's maiden ton puts Mumbai in control Yahoonews, PTI, 03 November 2010 Mumbai: Iqbal Abdullah struck his maiden century as Mumbai declared their first innings at a mammoth 580 for nine against Saurashtra at the end of second's day's play in their Group A Super League Ranji Trophy match here on Tuesday. Abdullah (150 not out) stitched a 167-run eighth-wicket stand with veteran Ajit Agarkar (80) to enable hosts Mumbai to the commanding score. When you are in the team as a bowler, seldom do you get a chance to bat in the nets against quality bowling. The chance to hold the bat comes only after the front-line batsmen have had their fill. By this time not only you but also the bowlers who have to bowl at you are tired. It’s no different for Mumbai left-arm spinner Iqbal Abdulla. But the Kurla boy has managed to overcome this handicap and how! The hosts further tighetened their grip on the match by grabbing two Saurashtra wickets while conceding 94 runs when stumps were drawn. Earlier, resuming at the overnight score of 340 for seven, Mumbai added another 240 runs as Abdullah and Agarkar took complete control of the proceedings. The fear of Mumbai failing to cross the psychological barrier of 400 was a real one. The late-order batsmen started with a flurry of boundaries to begin the day. The new ball was taken in the third over of the day but Abdulla hit Jaidev Unadkat for two boundaries in the first four balls with it. The duo brought about the fifty for the eighth wicket in just 65 balls. “The approach in the morning was simple: be cautious but don’t miss out on the bad balls,” said Abdulla. Being aggressive The diminutive batsman had little respect for Unadkat’s speed as he stroked him over his head for a six and often used the pace to steer past third-man. Abdulla almost took Agarkar’s head off as he hit left-arm spinner Rakesh Dhruv straight down. The only time that the bowlers came close to dismissing him was when ’keeper Sagar Jogiyani dropped him off the bowling of Ravindra Jadeja. The pair added 165 runs for the eighth wicket before Agarkar (80) played Jayesh Odedra straight into Jadeja’s hands. Abdulla though completed his maiden Ranji Trophy ton in 137 balls punctuated with 11 fours and three sixes. When asked when does he get time to work on his batting, he said, “Once the nets are over, I stay back and practice as if there are fielders placed in the field. This gives me an idea about where I am going wrong. Both captain Wasim Jaffer and coach Praveen Amre keep telling that I have the capability to score big runs.” In the last season, too, Abdulla had three fifties to his name. His performance with the ball too was special as he picked 32 wickets at an average of 26.73. “Abdulla is kind of floater. His role changes with the situation and the wicket. He is capable of doing both the attacking and restrictive role and he has proved it over the years. His coming good with the bat is a huge bonus for him and Mumbai,” said coach Amre. Agarkar batted for nearly three and half hours for his knock of 80 (205m, 175b, 4x11), before he was dismissed by Jayesh Odedara, who finished with figures of three for 110. However, Abdullah was in no mood to stop and added another 63 runs for the last wicket with Avishkar Salvi (12 not out) to ensure that Mumbai crossed the 575-run mark, while also notching up his first century in first-class cricket. His innings of 150 not out, which lasted for nearly four and half hours, came in just 196 balls and was studded with 14 boundaries and three hits over the fence. Saurashtra bowlers never looked like taking a wicket. Abdulla then pushed the accelerator harder. Abdulla smacked Jaidev Unadkat for a six at deep mid-wicket off his first ball of an over. The fourth ball of the same over was pulled on the back foot straight to the sight screen by the Azamgarh lad. It was a forgettable day for the Porbandar left-arm pacer who missed out on his first Ranji wicket when Agarkar’s was dropped in the slips. His overall analysis read a sorry 116 runs conceded of 32 overs. For Saurashtra, all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja scalped four wickets but at cost of 189 runs. In reply, off-spinner Romesh Powar struck two vital blows removing opener Chirag Pathak (47) and experienced Sitanshu Kotak (0) to ensure that the visitors, who trail by 486 runs, face an uphill task to avoid an embarrassment. Pushing for a win With runs on board and time in hand Mumbai always knew that they had a chance to push for an outright win. Getting Saurashtra to bat after declaring for 590/9, Mumbai got their act together in the last hour of the day. Powar got sweet revenge by getting rid of a dangerous looking Chirag Pathak, caught at short cover. Such was Pathak’s dominance that when he got out, the score was 59 of which 47 came from the southpaw’s willow. He was particularly harsh on Powar, smacking him for a six and a four in one over and then hitting two consecutive boundaries in the offie’s another during his 63-ball stay. After Pathak was gone, Powar had Sitanshu Kotak caught at silly mid-off for a duck heralding energised celebrations from Powar and teammates. Their hopes were given a huge boost when off-spinner Ramesh Powar dismissed Kotak for a duck. Kotak has always been a rock in Mumbai’s path whenever the two sides have met. Bhushan Chauhan (29 not out) and Jadeja (16 not out), will resume the innings for Saurashtra tomorrow. Brief scores: Mumbai 1st innings: 580 for nine decl (Iqbal Abdullah 150 not out, Wasim Jaffer 138, Rohit Sharma 93; Ravindra Jadeja 4-189, J Odedara 3/110). Saurashtra 1st Innings: 94 for 2 (C Pathak 47, B Chauhan 29 not out; Ramesh Powar 2/39).

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UP vs Punjab Day 2 : Skipper Kaif leads from the front Mohd Kaif's ability to lead the side, especially in the domestic T20 Trophy in Jaipur last month, had come in for sharp criticism after Uttar Pradesh finished fifth in the Central Zone for the third consecutive time. More... Skipper Kaif leads from the front Sharad Deep , Hindustan Times Meerut, November 02, 2010 Mohd Kaif's ability to lead the side, especially in the domestic T20 Trophy in Jaipur last month, had come in for sharp criticism after Uttar Pradesh finished fifth in the Central Zone for the third consecutive time. But few can question Kaif's ability as a leader in the longer version. On Tuesday, Kaif came up with a half century against Punjab in their Elite Group B match of the Ranji Trophy at the Bhama Shah Stadium. Beginning his innings with a cover drive off debutant seamer Navdeep Siddhu, the skipper kept striking the ball along the mat. Before he was bowled by Navdeep Singh, three overs before the end of Day Two, Kaif struck 58 off 176 balls with the help of six boundaries and a six. UP ended at 221/5, 67 short of Punjab's first innings total of 288. Before this, Uttar Pradesh had all the time in the world to get their innings going on Tuesday and openers Tanmay Srivastava and Shivakant Shukla took quite a while to get going, content with gauging the Victoria Park wicket. With Praveen Kumar skittling the remaining four Punjab wickets early in the morning to finish with a five-wicket haul, UP knew they had time on their side. And Kumar's performance only added to the hosts' confidence. Karan Goel, overnight on 58, was Kumar's first victim, and it took the paceman two overs to act on his plan. Feeding Goel repeated inswingers, he forced Goel to edge an outgoing delivery, then scalped Rajwinder off a rising delivery. "I enjoyed bowling on this wicket. The pitch was offering bounce and movement, which meant all I had to do was to stick to my plans," Praveen Kumar said, talking to The Indian Express. With 27 overs in the entire innings, Praveen Kumar struck at crucial junctures to stifle Punjab. Though considered a limited-overs bowler for long, Kumar was confident of succeeding in the longer format. "I have been bowling a lot for UP in the recent past. I had a feeling I can bowl for long periods. I just need to bowl on the right areas," he said. Ask him about bowling against good players and he explains: "I just bowl with full power, concentrating on bowling in the same area without thinking about what the batsman would do. I also keep experimenting with my deliveries." Kumar's Tuesday morning spell was instrumental in raising the spirits of RP Singh as well. After a disappointing first day, RP began by testing Harmeet Singh with a couple of bouncers upfront, but the latter refused to succumb to the pressure. However, Harmeet's grit was unable to add much to the Punjab score, with wickets falling at the other end to leave him unbeaten on 29. RP Singh picked up two to restrict Punjab to 288. With UP struggling at 157/3, Kaif along with debutant Digvijay Singh Rawat (38) steadied the innings, adding 70 for the fourth wicket. Openers Tanmay Srivastava (35) and Shivakant Shukla (39) gave a sound start, adding 71 for the opening wicket, before being sent back in quick succession before lunch. Coming on the back of two centuries, including a knock of 150 in the under-22 category this season, Rawat appeared confident but lost his cool after smashing six boundaries in his 84-ball innings and gave a simple catch to Vishwas Bhalla off Rajwinder Singh. The hosts were dealt their biggest blow, when Navdeep Sidhu bowled Kaif moments after the UP skipper had got to his half century. Bhuvneshwar Kumar (11) and Piyush Chawla (1) were the two overnight batsmen on crease. Brief Scores: Punjab 1st innings: 288 all out ( K. Goel 58, S.Kanwar 42; P.Kumar 5/72). Uttar Pradesh 1st innings: 221/5 wickets (M Kaif 58)

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Ranji Trophy: Orissa in Lead Against Baroda An unbeaten 70 by G B Poddar pushed Orissa to 182 for 3 after the hosts restricted Baroda's first innings score to 148 on the second day of the Ranji Trophy Elite-B cricket match at Barabati stadium. More... Ranji Trophy: Orissa in Lead Against Baroda Cuttack (Orissa) | Nov 02, 2010 An unbeaten 70 by G B Poddar pushed Orissa to 182 for 3 after the hosts restricted Baroda's first innings score to 148 on the second day of the Ranji Trophy Elite-B cricket match at Barabati stadium. Overcoming its batting debacle of the opening day, Baroda managed to move from 99 for 9 to collect a total of 148 runs in the first innings as R K Solanki remained unbeaten with a dazzling 87 aided by 12 hits to the fence. Solanki drew immense support from a patient Bhargav Bhatt who stuck around for 98 minutes and faced 55 balls to collect six runs before getting caught behind by S D Sahoo off B B Samantray. Despite losing two quick wickets of Captain S S Das (1) and N J Behera (13), Orissa managed to establish an impressive lead in first innings as opener Natraj Behera mustered 55 which included eight shots to the boundary before he was caught behind by P R Shah off A K Argal. The hosts consolidated their position as Poddar took command to gather 70 runs with the help of ten boundaries and one over the fence to remain unbeaten when stumps were drawn. Also at the crease was R K Mohanty, not out with 30 runs aided by five hits to the fence. Of the three wickets that Orissa lost during the day, Argal captured two giving away 56 runs from 16 overs while M Y Vahora got S S Das bowled. He conceded 24 runs from his 12 overs.

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Gujarat vs Railways Day 2 : All round Trivedi pegs back Railways Siddharth Trivedi loves playing against Railways. After scoring 65, Trivedi returned to snare two wickets, as hosts slumped to 64/3 when stumps were drawn at the Karnail Singh Stadium. More... Trivedi pegs back Railways Indianexpress, Vinayak Padmadeo, 03 November 2010 Siddharth Trivedi loves playing against Railways. After scoring 65, Trivedi returned to snare two wickets, as hosts slumped to 64/3 when stumps were drawn at the Karnail Singh Stadium. Before Trivedi entered the ground, Railways had done all the hard work and had Gujarat on the ropes at 298/8. But just when it was looking that the hosts were in the driving seat, their plans went haywire. With Krishnakant Upadhyay, who took three wickets, concentrating mostly on bowling short pitched deliveries, all Trivedi had to do was swing and connect. In 68 minutes, Trivedi scored a 57-ball 65 that included 11 hits to the fence and Railways grip on the match had slipped. Trivedi's partner Salil Yadav opted to duck or swaying away from the short balls. Old hand Sanjay Bangar tried his hand at the short stuff but to no avail. "All fast bowlers bowl short to tailenders. So I kind of expected it," Trivedi said after the end of days play. Trivedi was equally effective when the ball was pitched up to him. He played a few fine cover drives to shatter Railways hopes. With wickets falling from the other end, Trivedi made up his mind to up the scoring rate. "Bhavik and Prathmesh partnership got us a very good platform after that we needed quick runs so I had made up my mind to go for runs. I would have got out cheaply had I tried my hand at blocking. Thankfully it paid off today," the 28-year-old added. Trivedi was happy for setting up the match for his team after his two-wickets in the last session had pegged the Railways team even further. "It was very important for us to use the new ball well. Because once it gets old batsmen get comfortable, like the way TP (Singh) was playing after the wickets fell. I dismissed two of their top order batsmen and we have the advantage is with us." Railways were 20/2 as Trivedi returned to peg them back. Opener Faiz Fazal walked back to the pavilion in the first over and Bangar followed soon. V Cheluvuraj held forte for 66 balls for his 13, was the last wicket to fall on the day. Earlier, Railways got through the defences of specialist batsmen, including that of Thaker and Parmar, late in the first session, to break the momentum. Upadhyay, meanwhile struck twice in two balls to remove Thaker and Ashraf Makda to set the game. Brief scores: Gujarat 1st innings 379 all out in 150.2 overs (Bhavik Thaker 67, Siddharth Trivedi 65, Niraj Patel 46, Prathmesh Parmar 42; Krishnakant Upadhyay 3/98, JP Yadav 2/102, Shailender Gehlot 2/68) vs Railways 64/3 in 29 overs (TP Singh batting 26, Yere Goud batting 9)

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Mumbai vs Saurashtra Tamil Nadu vs Assam Railways vs Gujarat DDCA vs Bengal UPCA vs Punjab HPCA vs Haryana Orissa vs Baroda

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More... Tamil Nadu in a commanding position 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.

KKD fell cheaply chasing a "wide one" - not surprising, he is prone to such lapses of concentration. He more often than not wastes his opportunities. Good on Badrinath - the steady player for TN and R. Satish and Anirudha for helping them reach a decent position of 300/4 :two_thumbs_up:

[zaheer]

Yuvi gone!! made 24 Punjab 36/3

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Kohli - 173

[cowboysfan]

i just saw the highlights of Chahar's bowling.its fairly evident that none of the hyderabad's batsmen have seen a swinging ball in their life.

[rabinjackman]

So Unadkat has failed?

[kooljatt]

i just saw the highlights of Chahar's bowling.its fairly evident that none of the hyderabad's batsmen have seen a swinging ball in their life.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPjoKbGCM_g&feature=related]YouTube - Deepak Chahar 8-10 vs Hyderabad, Ranji Trophy 2010 - Hyderabad all-out for 21 | www.CricIndian.com[/ame]

[ZodiaC]

So Abdulla :kkr: pwned Unadkat :kkr:? Whoa, hope this is a one match thing.

[Sooda]

Hm. Wicketless in 32 overs is not great. It was never going to be easy he said that himself, at home on these pattas. Hard to say from his figures how well he bowled Meanwhile Powar takes a 5-fer

[Sooda]

So Abdulla :kkr: pwned Unadkat :kkr:? Whoa, hope this is a one match thing.

Abdulla vs Jadeja is the more interesting match up... can he out bowl RJ...

[rkt.india]

i just saw the highlights of Chahar's bowling.its fairly evident that none of the hyderabad's batsmen have seen a swinging ball in their life.

u r wrong...there own medium pacer Alfred Absolem swings it quite a lot...he too took 6 wickets on his FC debut a few years back..even he has taken 6 wickets in an ICL T20 match...though Absolem is quite slow 120-125ish, but he too swings the bowl magnificently.....

[ZodiaC]

Abdulla vs Jadeja is the more interesting match up... can he out bowl RJ...

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[ZodiaC]

Powar 4 worldcup!

[Sir john]

lets review home teams performance.:bubblegum:

[Roshanrocks]

deadly inswingers boss...

[Chandan]

So notable performances on DAY 1: 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. Mumbai vs Saurashtra Mumbai 340/7 Wasim Jaffer : 138 Rohit Sharma: 93 R Jadeja 3/100 Unadkat 0/68 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 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 Orissa vs Baroda 99/9 in 33 overs at stumps Rayudu 4 Yusuf Pathan 10 Basant Mohanty 5/24 Railways vs Gujarat Gujarat : 234/4 PP :36 HP vs Haryana Haryana 204/4 Badani : 58 not out

So what happened on DAY 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 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 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 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 Baroda : 148 all out Orissa : 182/3 Behera scored 55 Pooder :70 not out Argal 2/56 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 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.

Now coming to DAY 3: Bengal vs Delhi Delhi started cautiously and positively, determed to go past Bengal's 1st inning total of 473. Dhawan lost his wicket when team was 124/1 but Kohli and skipper Manhas built on. Once Kohli got dismissed, Delhi MO lost its way and now is looking at conceding the lead and hence point. Delhi : 328/6 Kohli : 173 Manhas: 42 Dinda: 3/87 Mumbai vs Saurashtra After the loss of 2 quick wickets, opener Chauhan and Jadeja started cautiously today and took the score to 145 when Jadeja lost his wicket for 40. Saurashtra inning witnessed a mini collapse then and lost 6 wickets till 209. Pratik Mehta and Dhruv started anew since then to take the score to 381 when Dhuv was sent back by Powar in the fading moments of the day. Mehta, stood like a rock though. Saurashtra: 384/7 P Mehta : 100 not out Dhruv :49 R Jadeja :40 R Powar 5/109 Abdullah :0/29 UP vs Punjab UP took the 1st inning lead in this match with skipper Kaif leading the way, yesterday. Today they built on that total to go past Punjab's total with almost everyone from the lower order contributing. P Kumar : 43 B Kumar : 35 NTS Sidhu : 4/128 When they bowled in the 2nd inning, they put Punjab under pressure as UP medium pacers snared 4 wickets for just 59. Punjab ended the day on 127/4 Yuvraj :24 P Kumar: 1/35 RP Singh :1/20 B Kumar :2/20 TN vs Assam TN extended its lead today with R Sathish scoring 74 and Anirudh getting out on 95. TN : 346/9 dec S Anirudh :95 R Sathish :74 RL Mali :4/73 Assam were better in battin this time with their professional import Sreeram and Dheeraj Jadav standing up. Assam :159/4 S Sreeram: 87 not out D Jadav : 38 Balaji :2/14 Aswin 1/44 Orissa vs Baroda Orissa takes big lead in 1st inning Orissa: 352 Podder :106 Samantray: 55 Vahora 3/71 Argal :3/91 Baroda :82/1 in 2nd inning B Mohanty : 1/15 Railways vs Gujarat Gujarat bowlers skittled Railways for just 221 runs to take a big 1st innings lead. Railways : 221 all out Yere Goud : 50 not out S Trivedi : 3/50 SG Yadav :3/38 IH Choudhary: 3/76 Gujarat made Raiways follow on. In their second inning : Railways : 54/1 Makda:1/12 HP vs Haryana HP conceded the 1st inning lead comfotably as Haryana bowlers skittled the rest of HP batsmen for just over 200. HP: 206 all out B Thakker 69 S Budhwar 5/75 Haryana: 132/2 in 2nd inning N Saini : 61 not out V Bhatia 1/23