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NOVEMBER 18: Mumbai did everything at the Brabourne Stadium today to lose out on the knock-out berth from West Zone in the u-19 Cooch Behar Cricket Tournament. The bowling lacked imagination and the batting lacked determination paving way for Saurashtra to take an iron-grip on the three-day encounter.
Mumbai's insipid display shouldn't take away the credit from the Saurashtra tail-enders and the spin duo of skipper Uday Karavadra and Rakesh Dhruv.
Resuming at the overnight score of 207-8, the Saurashtra last pair of Nilesh Rathod (49 not out: 72b, 89m, 5x4) and Jolly Jobanputra (33: 47b, 55m, 4x4) frustrated the Mumbai bowlers no end raising a 66-run stand. While the Saurashtra score swelled to 296, the Mumbai hopes of forcing an outright victory was fading into oblivion.
Off-spinner Karavadra (4-43) and left-arm spinner Dhruv (5-38) then made the Mumbai batsmen dance to the tunes as the hosts crashed to a paltry 129. Worse was in store when following on, they were 12-2 when stumps were drawn for theday. Dhruv claimed both the wickets to end the day with a seven-wicket haul.
While Saurashtra (13 points) look set to make the grade, Mumbai (8) appear set to hit the cellar.
Scoreboard
Saurashtra (1st innings; overnight 207-8): Sandeep Dharajiya run out (Patil) 56, Prashant Joshi c Patil b Shaikh 69, Mitul Mehta c Bagul b Shaikh 0, Anand Dawda lbw b Manjrekar 25, Nikhil Rathod c Rubesh b Karkera 29, Uday Karavadra c Patil b Shaikh 0, Sandeep Wadher c Rubesh b Shaikh 13, Rakesh Dhruv c Prasad b Shaikh 0, Virendra Vegada c Shaikh b Karkera 5, Nilesh Rathod not out 49, Jolly Jobanputra b Singh 33; Extras: (7b, 2lb, 1nb, 7w) 17.
Total: (all out in 116.5 overs, 441 mins) 296.
Fall of wickets: 1-82, 2-88, 3-160, 4-164, 5-164, 6-186, 7-186, 8-206, 9-230.
Bowling: Karkera 20-7-54-2 (3w), Ganapule 14-3-43-0 (4w), Athavale 14-6-32-0 (1nb), Prasad 24-9-42-0, Shaikh 26-5-72-5, Palande 9-4-14-0, Manjrekar 9-1-30-1, Singh 0.5-0-0-1.
Mumbai (1st innings):Vijay Singh c Jobanputra b Karavadra 14, Rubesh Kumar c Joshi b Dhruv 20, Prasad Patil lbw b Dhruv 12, Sushant Manjrekar b Karavadra 10, Sangram Bagul c&b Dhruv 12, Aziz Shaikh c Wadher b Dhruv 11, Prakash Palande b Vegada 32, Uday Karkera c Dawda b Dhruv 0, Shakti Prasad c Dharajiya b Karavadra 5, Prathmesh Athavale lbw b Karavadra 0, Rohan Ganpule not out 1; Extras: (1b, 7lb, 2nb, 2w) 12. Total: (all out in 60.4 overs; 234 mins) 129
Fall of wickets: 1-28, 2-50, 3-59, 4-80, 5-80, 6-107, 7-107, 8-124, 9-128.
Bowling: Jobanputra 6-1-19-0 (2w), Rathod 2-0-18-0 (2nb), Karavadra 27.4-14-43-4, Dhruv 20-10-38-5, Vegada 5-3-3-1.
Mumbai (2nd innings): Vijay Singh batting 0, Rubesh Kumar c Joshi b Dhruv 0, Shakti Prasad c Joshi b Dhruv 0, Sushant Manjrekar batting 8; Extras: (4b) 4. Total: (for two wickets in four overs) 12.
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-4.
Bowling: Karavadra 3-3-0-0, Dhruv 2-1-8-2.
Choksi chokes Maharashtra
TheMaharashtra under-19 team seemed to have taken the cue from their seniors as they struggled to stave off an innings defeat on the second day of the three-day Cooch Behar Trophy cricket match against Vadodara at the Deccan Gymkhana.
Crashing to 96 for four after being forced to follow on, Maharashtra's juniors need to score another 87 runs to make the visitors bat again and avoid the ignominy of an innings defeat.
Vadodara were served well by Imran Pathan (61: 142b, 176m, 7x4, 1x6) and Shekhar Joshi (81: 114b, 152m, 8x4, 4x6), who raised 129 runs for the seventh wickets. Thus, Vadodara resuming at the overnight score of 280-6 went on to amass 347.
In reply, Maharashtra choked the medium-pace of Rajesh Choksi (5-49). Had it not been for the 78-run stand between Sagar Tilak (58 not out: 82b, 133m, 10x4) and Agrani Bhosale (35: 50b, 85m, 5x4), Maharashtra's fate would have been worse.
Scoreboard
Vadodara(1st innings, overnight 280-6): Santosh Virkar run out (Khadkikar) 26, HrishikeshParab c Awate b Shetty 95, Akhilesh Rana c Awate b Khadkikar 0, Swadesh Nagare c Tilak b Khadkikar 0, Jitendra Singh b Misal 40, Rohit Chandorkar lbw b Bhosale 23, Imran Pathan c Khadkikar b Misal 61, Shekhar Joshi c Awate b Shetty 81, Rajesh Choksi b Shetty 1, Kiran Padiyar not out 0, Anand Bochare c Harishchander b Shetty 0. Extras: b9, lb7, w: 20.
Total (all out in 108.5 overs 442m) 347
Fall of wickets: 1-75, 2-75, 3-75, 4-50, 5-185, 6-208, 7-337, 8-340, 9-347.
Bowling: Bhosale 14-1-80-1 , Misal 12-3-24-2, Shetty 15.5-4-51-4 , Laghate 4-1-21-0 , Khadikar 34-8-107-2, Khot 23-9-37-0, Tilak 5-2-9-0, Awate 1-0-2-0.
Maharashtra (1st Innings): Amit Kumbhare lbw b Joshi 2, Virag Awate lbw b Choksi 35, Anirudha Harishchander c Padiyar b Joshi 9, Kapil Laghate b Choksi 5, Chetan Bhuimbar c Padiyar b Choksi 0, Saeed Khot b Choksi 0, Sagar Tilak not out 58, Amit Misal b Choksi 0, Agrani Bhosale c Rana b Choksi 35, Kashinath Khadkikar c Chandorkar b Rana 1, SurajShetty run out 12. Extras: 7.
Total: (all out in 40.1 overs, 194 mins) 164.
Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-34, 3-41, 4-45, 5-55, 6-68, 7-68, 8-146, 9-147
Bowling: Joshi 16-1-76-2, Choksi 12-2-49-5, Phatan 2-0-12-0, Singh 2-0-5-0, Rana 6.1-3-5-1, Chandorkar 2-0-10-1
Maharashtra (2nd Innings): Amit Kumbhare c Padiyar b Phatan 18, Virag Awate b Rana 23, Anirudha Harishchander b c Padiyar b Pathan 0, Suraj Shetty st Padiyar b Bochare 9, Chetan Bhuimbar batting 22, Saeed Khot batting 13. Extras: b5, b4, w1, nb1) 11.
Total (for four wickets in 31 overs, 137m) 96.
Fall of wickets: 1-47, 2-4, 3-60, 4-62.
Bowling: Joshi 5-1-13-0 (w1, nb1), Choksi 5-0-22-0, Pathan 6-2-11-2, Rana 9-2-21-1, Bochare 5-12-17-1, Chandorkar 1-0-3-0.
Copyright © 1999 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd.
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