da 888casino： Railways playing in their second Ranji Trophy final took the honourson the first day against the hosts Baroda at the Gujarat StateFertilizer Corporation Ground, Baroda, on Thursday
da dobrowin： Santhosh S19-Apr-2001Railways playing in their second Ranji Trophy final took the honourson the first day against the hosts Baroda at the Gujarat StateFertilizer Corporation Ground, Baroda, on Thursday. At close of playthey were 91/1 after bowling out Baroda for a low score of 243.Jacob Martin won the toss for Baroda and elected to bat first. On apitch that had a greenish look to it, Martin was left with no choicebut to rely on his frontline batsmen to deliver the goods. Railwaystook the opportunity with both hands as Harvinder Singh had SS Parabcaught behind by Abhay Sharma off the first ball of the match.An inspired spell by the opening bowlers Harvinder Singh and SanjayBangar saw Nayan Mongia (4) and Martin (0) making their way back tothe pavilion, after having failed to apply themselves to the task.Baroda were reduced to 30/3 in the 11th over.CC Williams and TB Arothe rose to the occasion and put together 77runs for the fourth wicket. Arothe was more adventurous in his stay inthe middle, cracking seven boundaries and a six to score 52 valuableruns. Arothe was severe on Murali Kartik smashing him for sixes andfours in gay abandon. He was brilliantly caught by a diving Khanolkaroff Harvinder Singh.In the meanwhile the Railways skipper and wicket keeper Abhay Sharmawas felled by a sharp bouncing delivery from Kartik that beat thebatsman all ends up. Sharma had to go off the field to get urgentmedical attention as he had a bad cut on his face. Sharma was braveenough to come back to the field to lead his men as SV Wankhede keptthe gloves on, standing behind the stumps.Off spinner Kulamani Parida struck a double blow in the 44th over. Hesent back Williams who had made 65 patient runs with the help of sevenstrokes past the ropes. A couple of balls later he trapped astruggling HR Jadhav (12) in front of the wicket. Baroda’s hopes ofreaching 200 looked remote at that stage after having lost 6 wicketsfor just 150 runs.AP Bhoite and RB Patel (16) added 69 precious runs for the seventhwicket. Patel was caught by Kartik at second slip off Bangar. Bhoite’spyrotechnics provided the home crowd with something to cheer about. Hestruck two sixes and eight boundaries in making 57 runs.Baroda’s innings folded for 243 runs off just 64.1 overs, a dismalbatting performance after electing to bat first. Kartik was smashedall around the park as his 12 overs cost his team 70 runs including 12no-balls. Harvinder Singh (4/59) and Bangar (3/55) shared the bowlinghonours.Railways had their task cut out to score 244 runs and gain the vitalfirst innings lead. Amit Pagnis (7) was bowled by Rakesh Patel after abrief stay in the middle. Pagnis kept walking all over his creasegetting beaten more often than putting bat on ball. Shuffling too muchto the off side and finding himself in a knot in many an occasion, hismisery was put out by Patel, sending the leg stump for a cartwheel.That was the only success Baroda could show after the first day’splay. Zaheer Khan, the India international, failed to make animpression, bowling way too short and outside the off stump. The youngIrfan Pathan too failed miserably bowling too short. Patel was theonly bowler who looked good enough as he beat the bat of SS Bangar(21) and TP Singh (60) repeatedly.The two batsmen have added 74 runs for the unfinished second wicketpartnership. Singh’s knock has been a revelation of sorts as he wentabout striking the ball with such conviction. He has so far faced just58 balls, striking nine boundaries and two sixes. Baroda’s hopes reston their fast bowlers, who will have to produce a dream spell in themorning session tomorrow.
