Gambhir, Mane slam double centuries

Chennai, January 23: Indian openers Gautam Gambhir and Vinayak Mane flayed the England bowlers to slam double centuries on the final day o...

Chennai, January 23: Indian openers Gautam Gambhir and Vinayak Mane flayed the England bowlers to slam double centuries on the final day of the second under-19 cricket Test here on Tuesday. The match ended in a draw to keep India 1-0 up in the three-Test series.

Gambhir who hails from Delhi, hammered 212 (356m, 241b, 25×4, 2×6) while Mane (Mumbai) made 201 (312m, 239b, 23×4, 4×6) in their exciting 391-run association. As coach Roger Binny preferred some bowling practice, India skipper and wicket-keeper Ajay Ratra declared the second innings at 492 for 4 after lunch setting England a target of 325 to be scored in 41 overs.

The match was called off when England were 64 for 2 after completion of the eighth mandatory over.

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Resuming at 241, the left and right hand combination of Gambhir and Mane prospered to frustrate the visitors on the hard wicket.

Scoreboard

England (1st innings): 399.India (1st innings): 231.

India (2nd innings):Gautam Gambir (run out) 212, Vinayak Mane c Bell b Muchall 201, Gnaneswar Rao c Sadler b Muchall 3, Alind Naidu c Muchall b Panesar 35, Kasinath Khadkikar (not out) 19, Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan (not out) 7, Extras (b-2, lb-1, w-7, nb-5) 15, Total (for 4 wickets, 94 overs, decl) 492.
Fall of wickets: 1-391, 2-397, 3-431, 4-481.

Bowling: McGarry 13-1-64-0, Pattison 12-0-56-0, Bishop 11-0-56-0, Tremlett 13-0-67-0, Penesar 24-3-122-1, Muchall 16-0-80-2, Bell 1-0-10-0, Sadler 4-0-34-0.

England (2nd innings): John Sadler (not out) 31, Nicky Peng c Ratra b Agarwal 0, Ian Bell b Vidyut 7, Gary Pratt (not out) 19, Extras (b-1, w-5, nb-1) 7, Total (for 2 wickets, 34 overs) 64.
Fall of wickets: 1-17, 2-41.

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Bowling: Siddhart Trivedi 5-2-12-0, Nitin Agarwal 9-2-18-1, Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan 11-5-13-1, Dharmichand 6-2-9-0, Ishan Ganda 2-1-10-0, Kasinath Khadkikar 1-0-1-0.

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