Martin stands tall amid ruins

But with Martin at the crease on 69 and Darshan Mulherkar supporting him at the other end, all is still not lost for the hosts.

Earlier, Punjab resuming at their overnight score of 309-6 added 63 runs before being bowled out.

Scoreboard

Punjab (1st innings; overnight 309-6): Vikram Rathore c Arothe b Mulherkar 120, Navjot Sidhu c Chawda b Mulherkar 35, Pankaj Dharmani c Martin b Siva 33, Dinesh Mongia c Martin b Swaroop 6, Amit Sharma c sub (Ajit Bhoite) b Arothe 61, Harminder Jugnu c Martin b Swaroop 34, Harman Harry cSwaroop b Mulherkar 0, Sandip Sharma c sub (Bhoite) b Mulherkar 12, Kailash Chandar c Martin b Chawda 26, Navdeep Singh lbw Swaroop 15, Bharat Bhushan not out 11; Extras: (b6, lb10, nb3) 19. Total: (all out in 111.5 overs) 372

Fall of wickets: 1-93, 2-166, 3-187, 4-211, 5-265, 6-266, 7-309, 8-331, 9-354

Bowling: Chawda 11-1-38-1, Kadri 8-1-37-0, Mulherkar 32-8-77-4, Swaroop 26.5-0-85-3, Sivaramakrishnan 15-1-56-1, Arothe 19-1-63-1

Vadodara (1st innings): Connor Williams c Mongia b Chandar 19, Rayapeth Swaroop c Rathore b Navdeep Singh 8, Satyajit Parab c Bhushan b Harry 23, Jacob Martin batting 69, Tushar Arothe c Rathore b Chandar 4, Himanshu Jadhav c Amit Sharma b Chandar 0, Moinuddin Kadri c Amit Sharma b Chandar 0, Darshan Mulherkar batting 17; Extras: (b1, nb5) 6. Total: (for six wickets in 66 overs) 146

Fall of wickets: 1-12, 2-42, 3-63, 4-77, 5-77, 6-77.

Bowling: Bharat Bhushan 5-2-8-0, Sandeep Sharma 10-3-12-0, Chandar 26-6-77-4, Navdeep Singh18-5-27-1, Harry 4-2-8-1, Amit Sharma 3-0-13-0

Kapoor, Kanwat excel

HYDERABAD: A 123-run third wicket partnership between skipper Aashish Kapoor (61: 121b, 4×4) and Rahul Kanwat (66: 147b, 9×4) helped Rajasthan survive an early setback and score 182 for 4 in their first innings against Hyderabad’s 324 on the second day of the four-day Ranji Trophy Super League Group A tie here today.

Earlier, powered by a fine 128 (248b, 324m, 16×4) by MV Sridhar, Hyderabad managed to score 324 in 117.1 overs.

Scoreboard

Hyderabad (1st innings; overnight 232-5): Arvind Shetty b Shamsher Singh 0, Daniel Manohar c Jain b Jai Kumar Sharma 40, VVS Laxman c Manish Singh b Shamsher Singh 7, Nanda Kishore c&b Jai Kumar Sharma 83, MV Sridhar lbw Krishna Kumar 128, Vanka Pratap c Khoda b Kapoor 0, Vinay Kumar c Manish Singh b Shamsher Singh 17, Youraj Singh c sub (Tariq Khan) b Krishna Kumar 5, Venkatapathy Raju c Jain b Shamsher Singh 2, Narender Pal Singh c Shamsher Singh b Krishna Kumar 21, Kanwaljit Singhnot out 1; Extras: (b4, lb8, nb7, w1) 20. Total: (all out in 117.1 overs) 324

Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-12, 3-93, 4-231, 5-232, 6-268,7-289, 8-291, 9-317

Bowling: Shamsher Singh 17-4-58-4, Krishna Kumar 16.1-3-39-3, Jain 3-1-6-0, Khoda 2-0-3-0, Dave 15-0-52-0, Jai Kumar Sharma 26-3-64-2, Kapoor 30-6-68-1, Kanwat 8-1-22-0

Rajasthan (1st innings): Anshu Jain lbw NP Singh 0, Gagan Khoda lbw NP Singh 21, Rahul Kanwat lbw Raju 66, Aashish Kapoor c Nanda Kishore b Singh 61, P Krishna Kumar batting 19, Anil Parmar batting 5; Extras: (lb1, b4, nb4, w1) 10. Total: (for 4 wickets in 61 overs) 182

Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-34, 3-157, 4-167

Bowling: Singh 17-3-51-3, Manohar 5-1-21-0, Raju 24-7-52-1, Kanwaljit Singh 12-3-42-0, VVS Laxman 3-0-11-0

Pandit ton gives MP lead

INDORE: A brilliant unbeaten century by skipper Chandrakant Pandit (109 batting) and his fifth wicket partnership of 115 runs with Devendra Bundela (84: 196b, 9×4) enabled Madhya Pradesh totake a lead of 67 runs over Saurashtra on the second day of the Group C Ranji Trophy match here today. Pandit’s century came off 93 balls and contained 13 fours and one six.

At close of play the hosts were 316 for six in reply to Saurashtra’s 249. Syed Abbas Ali (58: 9×4) was the other principal scorer for MP.

Resuming at the overnight score of 238-8, Saurashtra lost the remaining two wickets for only 11 runs.

Scoreboard

Saurashtra (1st innings; overnight 238-8): Sudhir Tanna lbw Yadav 60, Altaf Merchant lbw Sodhi 1, Sitanshu Kotak lbw Yadav 23, Bimal Jadeja c Sodhi b Yadav 32, Prakash Bhatt c Yadav b Hirwani 28, Hitesh Parsana lbw Sodhi 10, Manoj Parmar c Khurasiya b Yadav 26, Yusuf Bambhaniya lbw Hirwani 6, Hitesh Goswami c Ali b Pandey 26, Neeraj Odedara c Acharya b Pandey 2, Kamal Chavda not out 4; Extras: (b2, lb6, w1, nb22) 31. Total (all out in 95.4 overs) 249

Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-52, 3-135, 4-140, 5-167, 6-204, 7-212, 8-234, 9-240, 10-249

Bowling: Sodhi17-2-44-2, Bundela 16-3-52-0, Pandey 21.4-3-64-2, Yadav 27-12-50-4, Hirwani 14-2-31-2

MP (1st innings): Jai Prakash Yadav c Tanna b Goswami 28, Vipin Acharya c Odedara b Chavda 8, Amay Khurasiya c Parmar b Chavda 3, Devendra Bundela c Odedara b Parsana 84, Abbas Ali c Jadeja b Bambhaniya 58, Chandrakant Pandit batting 109, Raja Ali c Bhatt b Parsana 14, Harvinder Singh Sodhi batting 0; Extras: (w3, nb8, lb1) 12. Total (for six wickets, 83 overs) 316

Fall of wickets: 1-23, 2-39, 3-41, 4-142, 5-257, 6-310

Bowling: Chavda 20-2-91-2, Goswami 12-2-38-1, Parsana 21-3-71-2, Kotak 11-0-38-0, Merchant 5-0-18-0, Bambhaniya 7-0-30-1, Odedara 7-0-29-0

Bihar put up a fight

BANGALORE: Bihar had claimed before the start of their Group `C’ Ranji Trophy Super League tie against champions Karnataka, that their strength was bowling but it was their batsmen who saved the match heading inexorably in Karnataka’s way after the bowlers had failed in their job of containing thehosts.

The Bihar batsmen put up a confident show (114-2) while replying to Karnataka’s first innings total of 497 by close on the second day of the four-day match at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Friday.

One drop Rajiv Kumar who began shakily was batting on a defiant 58 (114b, 146m, 9×4) while southpaw Tariq-ur Rehman (11) was giving him company when stumps were drawn for the day.

Earlier, resuming at their overnight score of 322 for four, Karnataka swelled their total to 497, thanks to a fine 82 (132b, 188m, 12×4) by A Vijay and a vigilant 60 (103b, 13m, 2×4, 1×6) by wicketkeeper batsman Somashekar Shiraguppi.

Scoreboard

Karnataka (1st innings; overnight 322-4): Sujith Somasundar lbw Dheeraj 6, J Arun Kumar c Jha b Tariq 135, Thilak Naidu b Dheeraj 0, Vijay Bharadwaj c Arafi b Tariq 124, GK Anil Kumar lbw Panda 28, A Vijay c Vikas b Tariq 82, Sunil Joshi c Zishan b Vikas 14, S Shiraguppi c Rajiv b Sarfraz 60, Anand Yalvigi c Panda b Arafi 4, Dodda Ganesh c Sarfraz b Tariq 33, Mansoor AliKhan not out 2. Extras (lb2, nb7) 9. Total (all out in 140.1 overs, 573 mins) 497.

Fall of wickets: 1-11, 2-18, 3-261, 4-284, 5-327, 6-367, 7-421, 8-426, 9-493.

Bowling: Panda 23-3-82-1, Dheeraj 26-3-85-2; Vikas 31-1-150-1, Sarfraz 35-5-112-1, Tariq 23.1-0-60-4, Arafi 2-0-6-1.

Bihar (1st innings): Nikhlesh Ranjan c Joshi b anesh 2, Zishan-ul Yaquin c Sujith b Ganesh 36, Rajiv Kumar batting 58, Tariq-ur-Rehman batting 11. Extras (b4, lb1, nb2): 7. Total (for two wickets in 39 overs, 150 mins) 114

Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-85

Bowling: Ganesh 12-2-39-2, Mansoor 6-0-14-0, Joshi 14-4-34-0, Yalvigi 5-2-15-0, Bharadwaj 2-0-7-0.

Delhi on course

NEW DELHI: An unbroken 122-run stand for the third wicket between gutsy Akash Malhotra and veteran Ajay Sharma put Delhi on the course for a vital lead over Railways on the second day of the four-day Ranji Trophy Super League Group `B’ match at the Ferozeshah Kotla ground here today.

At close, Delhi were 227for two in reply to Railways’ 246 with Akash Malhotra (batting 79) and Ajay Sharma (batting 55) at the crease.

Scoreboard

Railways (1st innings): Sanjay Bangar c Dani b Bhandari 4, Zakaria Zufri b Robin Jr 7, Abhay Sharma c Dahiya b Bhandari 2, Yere Goud c Dahiya b Bhandari 13, Vishal Sharma lbw b Sehwag 69, Devender Singh b Sanghvi 64, Murali Karthik not out 40, Dharmendra Mishra b Bhandari 7, WD Balaji Rao b Bhandari 5, Zakir Hussain c&b Bhandari 1, Kulamani Parida lbw b Chopra 5; Extras: (b11, lb10, nb8) 29. Total (all out in 102 overs) 246

Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-12, 3-26, 4-37, 5-160, 6-183, 7-203, 8-227, 9-229

Bowling: Nehra 16-8-26-0, Bhandari 21-3-70-6, Robin Jr 11-2-24-1, Chopra 25-7-41-1, Sanghvi 16-7-34-1, Sehwag 6-1-18-1, Ajay Sharma 5-1-7-0, Malhotra 2-0-5-0

Delhi (1st innings): Ashu Dani b Rao 57, Vijay Dahiya b Karthik 14, Aakash Malhotra batting 79, Ajay Sharma batting 55; Extras: (b9, lb6, nb6, w1) 22. Total (for 2 wickets, 76 overs)227

Fall of wickets: 1-50, 2-105

Bowling: Hussain 13-3-43-0, Mishra 3-0-16-0, Bangar 17-2-38-0, Karthik 15-4-26-1, Rao 17-1-49-1, Parida 8-2-25-0, Devender Singh 3-0-15-0

Badani slams ton

CHENNAI: Hemang Badani’s 122 and an unbeaten 78 by wicket-keeper batsman Reuben Paul put Tamil Nadu in a commanding position of 422 for seven in reply to Orissa’s first innings 194 at close on the second day of their four-day Super League Ranji Trophy cricket match here today.

Scoreboard

Orissa (1st innings): 194

TN (1st innings; overnight 96-1): Anand George c Raul b Khan 62, WV Raman c Gopal b Mohanty 0, Hemang Badani c P Das b Sathpaty 122, Divakar Vasu c Parida b Mohanty 20, Sridharan Sharath lbw Barik 2, JR Madanagopal run out 51, Reuben Paul batting 78, Robin Singh lbw Mohanty 12, Sadagopan Mahesh batting 35; Extras: (lb7, b14, w6, nb13) 40. Total: (for 7 wkts in 113 overs) 422

Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-121, 3-178, 4-188, 5-285, 6-309,7-341.

Bowling: Mohanty20-11-50-3, Barik 28-7-96-1, Jayachandra 3-0-18-0, P Mulick 13-3-43-0, Sathpaty 26-3-92-1, Khan 18-3-71-1, Raul 2-0-9-0, Pradeep Das 3-0-15-0