Ranji Trophy 2011-12: Super League

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Punjab 350 all out RP 5 wkt haul , BuvaneshKumar 4 wkts , Chawla 1 wkt. Mandeep 170

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RP bowling well.:nice:

another left hander does well. pradeep sangwan takes a five for against haryana to restrict them to 293

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good comeback by UP :nice: RP leading from front :good:

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bengal 327-5, tiwary out for 132, saha 65*

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rohit sharma looks set for a double , 163* mumbai 380-6 murali kartik wicketless for 25 overs

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mumbai batsman Suryakumar Yadav looks an interesting prospect.made 88 yesterday

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rohit sharma looks set for a double , 163* mumbai 380-6 murali kartik wicketless for 25 overs

murli bhai playing first match,he did't played in saqlain mustaq t20.:nervous:

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bengal 327-5' date=' tiwary out for 132, saha 65*[/quote'] Any live scorecard links?

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Any live scorecard links?

check these links

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check these links

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Eye on Ranji - IV Punjab Can Harbhajan Singh bolster Punjab's forces and help them to a good start in the season? Or can Punjab come to Harbhajan's rescue and lead him back to the Indian dressing room soon? That is essentially the plot for Punjab this season. Harbhajan, not favoured by the national selectors, has been sent back to first-class cricket after four years. In 2007 he needed to play just one match to return to the Indian squad. This time, the wait could be a little longer. But Punjab would not mind the wait. Across his career, whenever Harbhajan found himself in a tight spot, he readily admitted to his shortcomings and recovered immediately by fighting back. Punjab need his leadership dearly also because Pankaj Dharmani, a stalwart and captain of many years, has retired. His departure has left a hole that cannot be fixed so easily. Yet there is hope in the form of Uday Kaul, Mandeep Singh, Sarul Kanwar and Karan Goel. Kaul has been Punjab's best batsman in the last few years and even if he misses the first game or two due to injury, his application has never been in question. It is now for the trio of Mandeep, Kanwar and Goel to prove that they can apply themselves and play as a force. That is where an aggressive leader like Harbhajan can play a role. Harbhajan recently led Mumbai Indians to the title in the Nokia Champions League Twenty20 in the absence of Sachin Tendulkar. He has also fulfilled his long-standing dream of scoring a Test hundred. A hungry Harbhajan - with bat or ball - is dangerous to the opponents. Vikram Rathore, Punjab's new coach and former India opener, reckons Harbhajan is in the right place and it would only help Punjab's cause. "It is a great advantage to have Bhajji [Harbhajan]. He will do whatever is needed to get back to the Indian team" Rathore said. "He is a great competitor and plays hard cricket. He is keen to play and perform. With him around, the youngsters can only learn more." Punjab's Achilles heel is the fast bowling. Luv Ablish, their best fast bowler, twisted his leg days ahead of the first match, and is likely to miss the first two matches. Manpreet Gony has promised plenty but failed to deliver consistently. In 2009-10, when Punjab entered the last-eight stage, Gony and Ablish were in the top-10 bowlers' list. Punjab need their bowlers to persevere in order to build the confidence of the young batting line-up. What they did last year They failed to win a single game and finished fifth in Group B. They failed to win their only home game, against Karnataka. They let lightweight opponents like Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Orissa sneak out draws despite enjoying the upper-hand in these contests. Their bowling lacked teeth following Ablish's injury at the start of the season. There was only one five-wicket haul in the entire season, with the bowlers' averages resembling that of a batsman in solid touch. The irony was that their batsmen showed no spine except for the pair of Kaul (561 runs) and Kanwar (501 runs). The rest floundered, providing no platform for their bowlers to attack the opposition. Men to watch A dashing batsman, who was part of the 2010 Under-19 Indian World Cup squad, Mandeep Singh scored a half-century on Ranji debut against Himachal Pradesh last season. He improvised with 112 against Haryana, narrowly missing another ton in the second innings. He then impressed with a century in the Duleep Trophy semi-finals, with his 114 in the first innings proving vital in North Zone reaching the final. He kicked off this season with 60 in the Irani Trophy. If he can prepare himself mentally for the hard grind in the first-class circuit, Mandeep would be a player to watch for in the next few years. Team: Harbhajan Singh ©, Sarul Kanwar, Ravi Inder Singh, Karan Goel, Mandeep Singh, Mayank Sidana, Bipul Sharma, Gitansh Khera (WK), Manpreet Singh Gony, Sandeep Sharma, Navdeep Singh Barinder Singh, Amitoz Singh, Vishwas Bhalla and Rajwinder Singh Golu. Bengal The big news for Bengal is the return of Sourav Ganguly, the former India captain, who is available for the entire season. How much of an impact Ganguly can make on the field is an open question though, since he has not played much competitive cricket in recent times, but having someone of his stature and experience in the dressing room could have a positive impact on their younger players. "He can be a great help in terms of telling them of how to approach the game and download his experience," WV Raman, the coach, told ESPNcricinfo. Bengal have won just a single game over the last previous years, while managing to draw 12. In seven games last season, they amassed 2,667 runs for the loss of 62 wickets but conceded 3127 runs and took only 58 wickets. The plethora of flat tracks aside, the numbers suggest the bowling needs improvement. After taking 46 wickets between them in 2009-10, fast bowler Ranadeb Bose and offspinner Saurasish Lahiri managed just 17 in 2010-11. "What we would like to be better at this year is the spin department," Raman said. "If that can happen, we can do far better than what we did last year." The batting has more of a shine to it, with captain Manoj Tiwary and Wriddhiman Saha leading the way, while former captain Laxmi Ratan Shukla is another consistent contributor. However, Saha has regularly found a place as the back-up wicketkeeper in the India squad, while Tiwary has been part of the one-day squad. If the pair are forced to miss parts of the season while on national duty, Bengal could find themselves struggling again. Raman said the side needs to be more patient this year and concentrate on retaining their intensity for longer periods in the field. "This is a season where the side has got a fair bit of experience as well as some promising youngsters," Raman said. "They had last season to try and erase whatever fallacies, whatever frailties they had. Now it is payback time for the players who have been given a fair run of chances and have also been persisted with." What they did last season Bengal finished sixth in their group, grinding out a series of six mostly high scoring draws. Along the way they were surprised by Super League newcomers Assam, who overhauled their first-innings score of 562 for 6 by amassing 588 for 6 themselves. Then, in their last game against Railways, they folded for 201 and 134 to lose by an innings and 10 runs. Men to watch Despite having played in one the recent one-day series against England, Manoj Tiwary will need to make plenty of runs if he is to compete with the likes of Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Cheteshwar Pujara for a national place. Bengal will also need Ranadeb Bose, who was once considered for India as well, to bounce back from a poor season in which he took only 12 wickets at 51.58. Team: Manoj Tiwary ©, Wriddhiman Saha (vc & wk), Sourav Ganguly, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Arindam Das, Rohan Banerjee, Abhishek Jhunjhunwala, Arindam Ghosh, Partha Sarathi Bhattacharjee, Ranadeb Bose, Ashok Dinda, Mohammad Sami Ahmed, Saurashish Lahiri, Iresh Saxena, Writam Porel, Anirban Gupta; Stand Byes: Anustup Majumdar, Saurav Sarkar, Arnab Nandy, Dibyendu Chakraborty;

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mumbai batsman Suryakumar Yadav looks an interesting prospect.made 88 yesterday

I just saw on cricinfo that he is a allrounder....did someone saw him bowling? is he decent?

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UP 45 -1 at lunch Kaif -17 ; Srivastava -15

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Rohit Sharma out for 175

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Rohit Sharma out for 175

:two_thumbs_up: Nice start to the season.

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saurashtra 417-6, ravindra jadeja 226*

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Sreesanth finally gets his first wicket of the season against vidharba

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Rohit's touch stuns Railways More... Brat pack leave calling cards Vinayak Padmadeo Posted: Fri Nov 04 2011 New Delhi: MumbaiÃÔ Rohit Sharma play a shot during a Group A match against Railways at the Karnail Singh Stadium on Thursday. He made 133 not out Rohit Sharma probably cannot remember the number of comebacks he has had to make in his not-so-long career. Time and again, the 24-year old ethereal batsman from Mumbai has either been dropped or injured (or both) from the national team, and there begins the long and arduous journey back to the top. Thursday, the opening day of the 67th Ranji Trophy season, was slightly different. For as the Railways team would know, Rohit did not take much time in MumbaiÃÔ whites to plot a big stage return. With a chanceless and unbeaten 133 at the Karnail Singh Stadium, Rohit made all the right noises, and also took a few hypothetical strides towards the practicing Test side at the nearby Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium. However, it wasnÃÕ just Rohit who would have caught the selectors attention on Thursday. On a day when BengalÃÔ Manoj Tiwary, PunjabÃÔ Mandeep Singh, SaurashtraÃÔ Ravindra Jadeja and KarnatakaÃÔ KB Pawan made big unbeaten centuries, Rohit was just one amongst the brat pack that made some serious headway in the days game. But considering how unlucky he was in England a stay that was cut short after just one ball it would be fair to say that amongst all his first-class centuries, Rohit will probably cherish his Thursday innings the most. With his side in a bit of bother three batsmen, including Mumbai skipper Wasim Jaffer had been dismissed in the first session Rohit, along with Suryakumar Yadav, launched a ferocious counter-attack to put the 39-time champions on a strong footing on the opening day. While Rohit is looking good for yet another first-class double ton, every run following MumbaiÃÔ 338/5 will only make life hard for the home side on Day Two. Not long after handing over his first Mumbai cap to Kaustubh Pawar, Jaffer walked out to the middle with the debutant opener on Thursday. Although the pair did get off to a good start 56 for the first wicket they failed to capitalise on the situation and soon found themselves in a bit of a muck. Twelve runs after Pawar (31) was dismissed, the wily old men of the Railways side JP Yadav and Murali Kartik combined to dismiss Jaffer on 33. And when No.3 bat Prashant Naik was out shortly after, Mumbai had completely ceased the advantage at 97/3 after winning the toss and electing to bat. But thatÃÔ when Rohit decided to launch his comeback knock. He smashed Ranjitkumar Mali for four consecutive fours soon after the lunch break. Veteran Kartik too was greeted with a flowing cover drive and then another lofted boundary over the left-arm spinnerÃÔ head opened the floodgates. At the other end, Yadav matched Rohit stroke to stroke as the two went about setting a big platform for the visitors. Unlike Rohit, though, Yadav missed his three-figure mark by 12 runs, caught plum in front of wicket by Anureet Singh. He may have lost his partner in the 73rd over of the day, but Rohit went on from strength to strength, notching up his 11th first-class century. Just a few months back, a freak delivery from Stuart Broad one that rose nastily from length had hit him flush on the finger during the first ODI, and Rohit was unable to play the ODI series, let alone cement his side when the seniors were absent. ŵhis was my third game after the injury and IÃÎ glad I pulled through. The conditions were not easy, every other ball would die down on us so it was very difficult," said Rohit, who is quite used to fighting the monsters of the Karnail Singh track, having scored 101 at the same ground two seasons back. On Thursday, Rohit did everything that was expected of him, and more. He hit back when his side needed to break the shackles and then curbed his enthusiasm when his side lost two wickets in the final session. But the knock will be remembered best because the comeback man has begun what he does best making a comeback all over again. Brief scores: Mumbai 338/5 in 90 overs (Rohit Sharma batting 133, Suryakumar Yadav 88, Wasim Jaffer 33; JP Yadav 1/44) vs Railways

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Gony getting a lot of the wicket no other bowler even close, interms of pace n bounce in the match, keeper collecting his length balls chest high, hovering around 135 k, outside the off stump. Hit the body , helmet,I wonder how on earth Mithun can be played before him.

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Late strikes give Delhi edge against Haryana More... Late wickets help Delhi Shalabh Manocha, Hindustan Times New Delhi, November 03, 2011 HaryanaÃÔ Sunny Singh in action at the Ranji Trophy match against Delhi on Thursday. Sanjeev Verma/HT You could sleep and not miss much. That was story of the first two sessions but it changed in the last six overs of Day 1 of the Ranji Trophy Super League match between Delhi and Haryana at the Roshanara ground here. At stumps, Haryana were on the mat at 256/7. Left-arm pacer Pradeep Sangwan had bowled on both sides of the wicket in the morning but came back well and castled Sachin Rana when he looked set to get a ton. Priyank Tehlan followed, held by wicketkeeper Punit Bisht playing wide outside the off stump to Parwinder Awana. Debutant left-hander Abhimanyu Khod, who had looked impressive, got out like Tehlan, giving Sangwan his second wicket. He was out for 68. "I missed a big one, I batted well for most part of my innings but then a little lapse in concentration because of the wickets falling regularly at the other end led to my downfall," said the 21-year-old from Bhurtwala village in Sirsa. Khod had scored centuries in consecutive games for Haryana Under-22. Sangwan scalped Dhruv Singh with what proved to be the last ball of the day after play ended one over early. In the morning, Delhi skipper Mithun Manhas opted to field thinking the tinge of green on the track would help his pacers, but Sangwan and Awana were not consistent enough. As many as eight players made their first-class debut: Rishit Saini, Milind Kumar and Pawan Negi for Delhi and Prateek Pawar, Tehlan, Amit Vashisht, Harshad Patel and Khod for Haryana without skipper Amit Mishra who did not play because of a foot injury. Rahul Dewan lead in his absence. Left-arm spinner Vikas Mishra got the first breakthrough when Shikhar Dhawan pouched Haryana opener Nitin Saini in slips in the twelfth over. Dewan and Sunny Singh added 42 before the former edged one to Dhawan in slips off Rajat Bhatia. After lunch, debutant Pawan Negi took a brilliant catch at gully to dismiss Sunny Singh off Awana. Rana and Khod then batted together for more than 41 overs putting 126 runs for the fourth wicket. Brief scores: Haryana 1st innings: 256 for 7 (Sachin Rana 80, Abhimanyu Khod 68, Sunny Singh (51); Pradeep Sangwan 3/54, Parvinder 2/72).