Karavadra, Dhruv spin Saurashtra into command

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 Beh...

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.

Mumbai8217;s insipid display shouldn8217;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, 5215;4 and Jolly Jobanputra 33: 47b, 55m, 4215;4 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 the day. 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.

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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 camp;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.

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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

The Maharashtra 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, Maharashtra8217;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, 7215;4, 1215;6 and Shekhar Joshi 81: 114b, 152m, 8215;4, 4215;6, who raised 129 runs for the seventh wickets. Thus, Vadodara resuming at the overnight score of 280-6 went on to amass 347.

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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, 10215;4 and Agrani Bhosale 35: 50b, 85m, 5215;4, Maharashtra8217;s fate would have been worse.

Scoreboard

Vadodara1st innings, overnight 280-6: Santosh Virkar run out Khadkikar 26, Hrishikesh Parab 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.

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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, Suraj Shetty 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.

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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.