Kanitkar ton leads West reply

Skipper Hrishikesh Kanitkar notched an unbeaten century (102) and added exactly 100 runs for the third wicket along with Sitanshu Kotak (36)...

Skipper Hrishikesh Kanitkar notched an unbeaten century (102) and added exactly 100 runs for the third wicket along with Sitanshu Kotak (36) to help West Zone reach 181 for three wickets in reply to South Zone’s first innings total of 292 at the end of the second day of the four-day Duleep Trophy tie at MA Chidambaram Stadium on Wednesday. Kaushik Aphale was at the crease (15) with Kanitkar. Both featured in an unbroken stand of 47 runs for fourth wicket.

Kanitkar taught a few lessons to his teammates with a blemishless 102. He took time to settle down and displayed caution and aggression to phase out his knock commendably. At times he carried distinct punches to crack boundaries.

Scoreboard

SOUTH ZONE (1st innings): S Sriram c Williams b Kanitkar 82, MSK Prasad c Aphale b Bahatule 23, D Vinay Kumar c Bhoite b Bahatule 37, R Barrington c&b Powar 15, H Badani c Mongia b Agarkar 17, S Sharath c Bahatule b Agarkar 42, RV Ch Prasad b Agarkar 10, KS Shahabuddin c S Kotak b Irfan Pathan (jr) 10, H Watekar c Pathan (Jr) b Power 18, Venkatesh Prasad (not out) 16, MR Shrinivas st Mongia b Bahutule 11; Extras: (b-6, lb-l, nb-4) 11. Total: 292

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Fall of wickets: 1-42, 2-109, 3-156, 4-170, 5-201, 6-229, 7-242, 8-246, 9-272.

Bowling: Ajit Agarkar 24-11-47-3, Irfan Pathan (jr), 22-9-37-1, Niranjan Godbole 5-1-7-0, Ramesh Powar 31-7-97-2, Sairaj Bahutule 26.2-5-53-3, Ajit Bhoite 6-0-32-0, Hrishikesh Kanitkar 7-2-12-1

WEST ZONE (1st innings): Niranjan Godbole c Prasad b Shrinivas 16, Connor Williams lbw Prasad 0, Kanitkar (batting) 102, S Kotak c Prasad b Vatekar 36, Kaaushik Aphela (batting) 15; Extras: (b-4, lb-1, nb-7) 12

Total: (For 3 wkts, in 62 overs) 181

Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-34, 3-134

Bowling: Venkatesh Prasad 13-6-21-1, KS Shahabuddin 13-3-26-0, MR Shrinivas 9-1-41-1, H Vetekar 15-4-37-1, S Sriram 9-2-38-0, Hemang Badani 2-0-12-0, RVCh Prasad 1-0-1-0

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