Gavaskar slams century

AMSTERDAM, Aug 15: Stylish left-hander Rohan Gavaskar continued his unbeaten run with a classy second century of the tour to help India `...

AMSTERDAM, Aug 15: Stylish left-hander Rohan Gavaskar continued his unbeaten run with a classy second century of the tour to help India `A’ score 258 for two in reply to Holland’s first innings total of 268 on the second day of the three-day match here yesterday.

The final match of the two-week tour appears heading for a draw even as Gavaskar has an enviable reputation of being yet to be claimed by a Dutch bowler.

Gavaskar (106 no) and Rajiv Kumar (43 no) stood firm through the day to post an unbeaten 152-run third-wicket stand after openers Vikram Rathore (55) and MSK Prasad (44) gave a solid start putting on 97 runs.

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Gavaskar, who played fine shots all round the wicket, was dropped once at his personal score of 60. Playing mature and compact cricket throughout the tour, he hit 16 fours and two sixes in his unbeaten knock.

Gavaskar remained unconquered on 100 in the first three day tie, which India `A’ won convincingly, and was also not out in two of the three one-day ties with 44 and 69. He did notget a chance to bat in the first one-dayer.

The lone successful bowler for the hosts was Ravi Singh, who claimed both the India `A’ openers.

Earlier, Holland added 15 runs to its overnight total of 253 for nine to be all out for 268. Kanwaljeet Singh claimed the tailender and top scorer Bouten for 57.

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Brief scores
Holland 268 (Sinclair 53, Bouten 57, Zulfikar 43, Statham 40; Sairaj Bahutule 6-76, Kanwaljeet Singh 2-68)

India ‘a’
258-2 (Rohan Gavaskar 106 n.o., Rajiv Kumar 43 n.o., Vikram Rathore 55, MSK Prasad 44).

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