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Ranji Trophy 2010-11: Super League

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Rohit Sharma now has 367 runs in 2 ranji matches!! Wonderful start for him. Can we please let him play the entire season of domestic cricket. WIll help him mature better. Lets not picking him for a few ODIs in between and then drop him again. One full season of domestic cricket scoring runs everywhere will help him much more than those ODI matches which he is likely to play once again very soon.

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Round up, Day Two A round-up of the second day's action of various Ranji Trophy Super League matches across the country. Mumbai vs Bengal Rohit's double ton lifts Mumbai Talented Mumbai batsman Rohit Sharma made full use of three missed catches by Bengal fielders as he slammed an unbeaten 200 to help defending champions Mumbai pile up a mammoth 621 for eight against Bengal in the Ranji Trophy Super League Group A match, at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata, on Thursday. At stumps on the second day, Bengal were 28 for one having lost Arindam Das who edged one to Omkar Gurav behind stumps off Avishkar Salvi. However, the day undoubtedly belonged to Rohit who made amends for missing out on a three-figure mark during Mumbai's opening encounter against Saurashtra when he was out for 93 in the first innings. It was Rohit's ninth first-class double hundred. He faced 257 deliveries hitting 23 boundaries and three sixes during his six-hour and 23 minute stay at the crease. The youngster was lucky when he was dropped thrice before his score reached 40. After debutant Writam Porel dropped him on Wednesday off Ashok Dinda, Rohit was dropped twice on day two off Ranadeb Bose's bowling. The catching of the hosts has been atrocious this season having already dropped seven catches in two matches so far. While Abhishek Nayar (19) and Ajit Agarkar (4) were quickly dismissed within the first seven overs with scoreboard reading 313 for six, it was Iqbal Abdulla (81, 95 balls, 12x4) who stepped up the tempo with some lusty hitting. Abdulla along with Rohit added 144 runs for the seventh wicket and scored 163 runs in the first session. It was poor bowling from left-arm spinner Shib Sagar Singh who mostly bowled a negative line and was punished badly. After Abdulla was dismissed by Sourashis Lahiri, Ramesh Powar smashed a quickfire 38 off 34 balls to take the score past 500 before Shib Sagar dismissed him. However, Rohit found an able ally in Dhawal Kulkarni (37 not out) as they together put on 115 runs for the ninth wicket to take the score past 600. In the process. Rohit reached his personal milestone of adding another first-class double hundred to his kitty. Brief scores: Mumbai: 621/8 Bengal 28/1 Punjab vs Karnataka Uthappa ton gives Karnataka lead Robin Uthappa scored a brilliant 149 to power Karnataka to 346 for six to take a crucial 106-run first innings lead over Punjab on the second day of the Super League Group B Ranji Trophy match at the PCA stadium in Mohali, on Thursday. Uthappa tore apart the Punjab bowling attack as the hosts toiled hard to take wickets. He also weaved important partnerships of 130 and 89 for the third and fourth wicket with Ganesh Satish (55) and Manish Pandey (49) respectively. The right-handed batsman Uthappa whose knock of 149 came from 182 balls that included 16 hits to the fence and two sixes, was unlucky to be dismissed run out late in the day. Earlier, in reply to Punjab's modest 243 in the first innings, Karnataka did not get off to a good start. They suffered an early blow when opener K B Pawan was adjudged caught behind off Manpreet Gony's bowling, a decision which looked doubtful. KL Rahul, making his Ranji debut, also failed to impress as he was caught and bowled by Sidhu. With Karnataka struggling at 52 for two, Satish and Uthappa steered the visitors out of trouble. Then after the fall of Satish's wicket, Uthappa, who hit a boundary of Karan Goel to bring up his hundred, got valuable support from Pandey. Pandey played an useful knock before lobbing a catch to Punjab skipper Pankaj Dharmani of the bowling of N T S Sidhu (2-86), who proved expensive. At the end of the day's play, Amit Verma (21) and skipper R Vinay Kumar (7) were at the crease. On day one, Karnataka pacers R Vinay Kumar and Sreenath Aravind helped their team bundle Punjab out for a mere 243. While this is Karnataka's first match of the season, Punjab have already conceded the first-innings lead in their opening game against Uttar Pradesh that earned them just one point. Brief scores: Karnataka : 346/6; Punjab 243 all out Delhi vs TamilNadu TN struggling against Delhi Left-arm spinner Vikas Mishra scalped three wickets to leave Tamil Nadu tottering at 122 for five chasing Delhi's first innings total of 318 all out on the second day of a Ranji Trophy Elite Group A match in Chennai, on Thursday. At one stage, Tamil Nadu were 82 for 5 but the unbroken sixth wicket stand between S Badrinath, who is unbeaten on 45 and C Ganapathy (14) repaired the damage as they added 40 runs in 23 overs. Earlier, Delhi could add just 60 runs to their overnight first innings score of 258 for three, courtesy R Ashwin's brilliant spin bowling as he completed a five-wicket haul, taking four scalps on Thursday. Delhi lost the wicket of Virat Kohli in the 15th over of the day. Kohli, who made 139 pushed off-spinner Ashwin to short mid wicket but ended up offering a simple catch to R Satish. Ashwin, who came on to bowl at the 13th over of the day, held on to his end in enabling Delhi's dismissal before lunch. Ashwin claimed four wickets in 8.1 overs conceding 19 runs and this was also his first five wicket haul for this season. Commencing their reply, the hosts had the shock of losing dependable opener Abhinav Mukund (2) as medium pacer Pawan Suyal gave the breakthrough for Delhi when he took a return catch in the second over of the innings. Then on, Anirudha Srikkanth looked to settle down but played an uppish shot to be caught at silly point by Chetan Sharma off Mishra for 28 (40b, 3x4) and Tamil Nadu were 48 for 2 in 14.1 overs. Anirudha put on 45 runs for the second wicket with K B Arun Karthik, who also made his exit for an addition of two runs. Karthik (6) snicked a Parvinder Awana delivery to give a catch to wicket keeper Puneet Bisht. Tamil Nadu lost two more quick wickets -- captain Dinesh Karthik (6) and R Satish (2), both falling prey to Mishra, who ended the day with an impressive analysis of 19-7-22-3. Brief scores: Delhi 318; TN 122/5 Assam vs Railways Goswami leads Assam's fightback Assam fought their way back splendidly through Dhiraj Goswami's four-wicket haul and put themselves in contention for a first innings lead against Railways in their Ranji Trophy Super League Group A match in New Delhi, on Thursday. Assam were on the backfoot, having lost seven wickets on the opening day, and then folding for 187 early but they reduced the Railways to 164 for eight. Railways are still trailing by 23 runs and if Assam manage to get the remaining two wickets within that deficit, they will get the first innings lead, which will fetch them three points in case of a draw. At stumps, Jai P Yadav (30) and Kulamani Parida (3) were at the crease for the hosts. Assam began day two at 174 for seven and lost the three wickets after adding another 13 runs at the Karnail Singh stadium. The script changed after that as paceman Goswami took four wickets to plot the Railways' fall. But it was Ranjitkumar Mali (2/31) who drew first blood by accounting for Faiz Fazal (4).\ Goswami (4/43) claimed his first wicket in V Cheluvaraj (2) and then dismissed Yere Goud (4), T P Singh (41) and M Suresh (16). Singh was the highest scorer for Railways. He faced 91 balls and struck five fours. Suresh defied the attack for some time, facing 72 balls for his 16 but eventually became the fourth victim of Goswami. Brief scores: Assam 187; Railways 164/8 UP vs Orissa Parvinder Singh and Piyush Chawla scored contrasting half-centuries for Uttar Pradesh as they reached 403 in their first innings against Orissa at the Dr Akhilesh Das Stadium in Lucknow. While Chawla scored at a strike-rate of more than 70, middle-order batsman Singh took 206 balls for his 78. It was slow progress for UP who only marginally improved on their slow first-day run-rate, getting 229 runs at 2.65 on day two. Orissa were left with just one over to face, which they negotiated safely. Brief scores : UP 403 Haryana vs Baroda Yusuf Pathan piled up the misery on Haryana with a typically brutal 195 off 138 balls as Baroda took a 343-run first-innings lead at the Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium in Rohtak. Haryana had been bowled out for 127 on day one and had an equally disastrous start to the second day, with Yusuf and opener Connor Williams (114 off 316) adding another 192 to their overnight stand of 87. Haryana captain Rahul Dewan was forced to use nine different bowlers before eventually dismissing Baroda for 470. Yusuf bashed nineteen fours and ten sixes, before he was bowled by part-timer Nitin Saini, five short of his second first-class double century. Thanks to Yusuf, Baroda maintained an innings run-rate of 4.12, giving them ample time to push for a win. Brief scores: Haryana 127; Baroda 470 Gujarat vs Saurashtra Ishwar shines as Gujarat wraps Saurashtra for 262 Iswar Choudhary snapped four wickets as Gujarat bundled out Saurashtra for 262 in their first innings on the second day of the Ranji Trophy Super League Group A match on Thursday. Choudhary took wickets of BM Chuhan (41), RA Jadeja (13), RV Dhurv (15) and JD Unadkat (0), giving away 58 runs in his 19.3 overs. Gujarat were 20 for one in their reply with PK Panchal (6) and SG Yadav (0) at the crease at the draw of stumps at Lalabhai Contractor Stadium. After the first day was washed off without a ball being bowled, Saurashtra started their innings shakily as they lost opener CR Pathak in the fourth over but other opener Chauhan and SH Kotak (25) added 52 runs to stabilise the innings. Brief scores: Saurashtra 262; Gujarat 20/1

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Rohit doubles Bengal agony Resuming with an overnight score of 287 for four, Mumbai declared its innings at 621 for eight immediately after the stylist right-hander reached his 200 with a shot to mid-on off Bengal skipper Manoj Tiwary. More... Rohit doubles Bengal agony - Tiwary & Co. floor chances galore as the visitors make merry A STAFF REPORTER Rohit Sharma on way to his unbeaten 200, at the Eden, on Thursday. A Telegraph picture Calcutta: As far as persistent lunacy goes, Bengal are peerless. The hosts paid the price of dropping Ajinkya Rahane, who eventually scored a century Wednesday. On Thursday, they made the same mistake of grassing Rohit Sharma (200 not out) thrice to compound their own misery. Rohit made his chagrin public after missing a hundred against Saurashtra. But against Bengal, on Thursday, he took full toll on a listless attack to register a fantastic double century. The Mumbai batsman had scored 205 against Gujarat in 2006-07 and had marched to his maiden triple hundred against the same team in Ranji Trophy last year. Resuming from their overnight score of 287 for 4, Mumbai declared at 621 for 8. Like a bully, the visitors cornered Bengal by removing star batsman Arindam Das (8). The day ended with Bengal resting at 28 for 1 in 15 overs. On evidence of the first day’s play, Bengal had to make the most of the first hour. Ranadeb Bose’s third ball could have ended Rohit’s monarchical status had Wriddhiman Saha showed some more alacrity behind stumps. The ball was pitched up and Rohit fished outside off sending a nick to the keeper. But Wriddhiman made heavy weather of what looked a simple regulation catch. Bengal fielders seemed to take turns to chalk out Rohit’s escape route when Sreevats Goswami failed to pounce on another opportunity off Bose. Rohit, who often inspires awe with his lazy elegance, flapped loosely but the ball fell just short of the fielder at first slip. But lady luck hadn’t deserted Manoj Tiwary’s men completely. Bose’s efforts were rewarded when Abhishek Nayar (19) sent a nick to Arindam Das at slip. Little later, Ajit Agarkar (4) obliged Dinda by offering an edge to Goswami. Bengal’s quota of luck seemed to end with it, as from here on Mumbai dominated the proceedings entirely. After his good show against Saurashtra, Iqbal Abdulla (81) rooted in for another courageous knock. The Mumbai spinner showed the tenacity for an innings revival. Mumbai scored 73 runs in the first hour despite losing two wickets and added 100 more to reach 450 by lunch on the second day. Rohit gave both Sourasish Lahiri and Manoj Tiwary a hostile welcome. He cracked Sourasish’s first ball for four and then planted him into the rubble for a six. The Bengal skipper was plundered for 14 runs in his first over. Tiwary took the ball hoping to break the Rohit-Abdulla partnership. But his dream soon vanished when Rohit’s six off his first ball disappeared into the construction site. The game was held up forcing the umpires to change the ball. Rohit had sailed to 99 with that shot. A double off the next completed his seventh Ranji hundred. It was surprising to see Tiwary not employ Ranadeb Bose, who was the team’s best bowler in the morning. Bose, who had bowled 20 overs Wednesday, got only six in his first spell, which was also his last of the day. A special innings for Rohit Calcutta: Mumbai are dreaming of an outright win after Rohit Sharma cracked a crisp double hundred on Thursday. Dropped twice inside three overs off Ranadeb Bose and once after lunch, Bengal grovelled miserably as the visitors piled on 620 for their first innings on Thursday. “We had lost two early wickets in the morning session. So, the partnership was required at that time. “I am glad that I was not out till the end... 200 is always a special one and I am very happy. “I was very unfortunate to miss out on a hundred and got 74 not out in the second innings (against Saurashtra),” Rohit said after the second day’s play. The Mumbai batsman explained how nicely Iqbal Abdulla was timing the ball when the two added 144 runs for the seventh wicket. “He (Abdulla) didn’t need any advice because he was batting really well. He had great confidence because he got 150 in the last game. “I am glad that we were able to take that partnership very well. “They had their morale down because they had bowled for more than hundred overs. It was a good effort in all,” he said. Rohit felt the wicket was not too easy to play one’s shots on. “The wicket had some bounce in the morning. But over the day it got slower.”

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