Dabholkar hits Punjab for a six

Punjab were staring down the barrel at 131/7,still 151 runs short of Mumbai’s first innings total of 282. Dabholkar,playing in his sixth first-class match,finished with figures of 6/38. Punjab were skittled for 155 with last man Manpreet Gony giving Dabholkar his final wicket.

DAY OF SPINNERS

On a day when 15 wickets fell,12 to spinners,it was the wicket of Siddharth Kaul,that was perhaps the most important of Dabholkar’s fledgling career. It was the one that gave him his first five-wicket haul.

The 26-year-old had already proved his worth at the seamer-friendly pitch at Lahli in the opening match of season. Against Haryana,he went home with a five-wicket haul. But since that was Sachin Tendulkar’s final domestic game,Dabholkar didn’t get the attention he deserved. For Punjab,Yuvraj Singh,who was engaged in a duel with Zaheer Khan,top scored with 33 runs.

The Punjab team’s decision to play on a turning track instead of the PCA stadium,where the track assists fast bowlers,turned out to be a blessing for Dabholkar who helped Mumbai took an unassailable lead of 127 runs.

Earlier,overnight batsman Wasim Jaffer added just 19 runs to his total but it was enough to get him his 49th first-class century. Zaheer Khan then scored a 50-ball 33,but Harbhajan (4/90) ensured that Mumbai’s innings ended at 282. Mumbai,in their second innings,were 35 without loss and took a lead of 162 runs.

Brief scores: Mumbai: 282 (Wasim Jaffer 111,S Yadav 44,Harbhajan Singh 4/90,Yuvraj Singh 2/29) and 35/0 vs Punjab 155 (Yuvraj 33,Amitoze 31,Vishal Dabholkar 6/38)

Ranji round-up

Group a:

At Mysore: Jharkhand 364 in 136.4 overs (Rameez Nemat 68,Bhavik Thaker 36,Saurabh Tiwary 77,Shahbaz Nadeem 85; KP Appanna 4/75,Sreenath Aravind 4/60) vs Karnataka 123/1 in 32 overs (Mayank Agarwal 63*,Lokesh Rahul 33).

At Nagpur: Haryana 329 in 136.1 overs (Sunny Singh 123,Avi Barot 64,Ajay Jadeja 33; Shrikant Wagh 2/79,Sumit Ruikar 2/68,Akshay Wakhare 5/68) vs Vidarbha 94/3 in 37 overs (Hemang Badani 35*; Jayant Yadav 3/21).

Group b:

UP take first-innings lead after RP four-for

Vadodara: Uttar Pradesh took a 74-run first innings lead over Baroda,thanks to a four-wicket haul from left-arm seamer RP Singh. Replying to UP’s 302,Baroda began well,with half-centuries from Saurabh Wakaskar,Rakesh Solanki and Ambati Rayudu. The home side were well placed at 184/3,but lost their last seven wickets for just 44 runs,with RP running through their lower order. Earlier,UP added 11 to their overnight 291/9 before off spinner Utkarsh Patel removed Imtiaz Ahmed to complete his five-wicket haul.

Brief scores: UP 302 in 91.2 overs (M Kaif 39,S Raina 123,Parvinder Singh 35; Utkarsh Patel 5/78,Bharghav Bhatt 5/105) vs Baroda 228 in 92.4 overs (Saurabh Wakaskar 70,Rakesh Solanki 51,Ambati Rayudu 65; RP Singh 4/50).

At Indore: Tamil Nadu 532/8 in 180 overs (KB Arun Karthik 31,S Badrinath 248,Baba Aparajith 118; Amarjeet Singh 2/108,Salman Baig 2/103,Rameez Khan 2/78) vs MP

At Delhi: Saurashtra 165 in 75.4 overs (Aarpit Vasavada 44,Jaydev Shah 45; Hardik Rathod 3/34,Anureet Singh 5/52) vs Railways 61/4 in 33 overs (Jaydev Unadkat 2/9).

At Jaipur: Rajasthan 244 in 98.3 overs (Vineet Saxena 119; Ashok Dinda 4/58,Shib Sankar Paul 2/41) vs Bengal 172/3 in 66 overs (Rohan Banerjee 77,Arindam Das 32,Wriddhiman Saha 34*,Aniket Choudhary 2/39).

Group c:

At Guwahati: Assam 422/6 in 180 overs (Pallavkumar Das 31,Sibsankar Roy 134,Tarjinder Singh 41,Gokul Sharma 126*,J Syed Mohammad 52*; Amol Shinde 3/124) vs Hyderabad.

At Srinagar: Goa 317 in 97.1 overs (Amogh Desai 71,Keenan Vaz 99,Saurabh Bandekar 64*; Ram Dayal 5/85,Parvez Rasool 2/73) vs J&K 282/8 in 80 overs (Adil Rishi 80,Manzoor Dar 58; Gauresh Gawas 2/47,Shadab Jakati 4/71).

At Kannur: Kerala 486 in 163 overs (Sanju Samson 115,Robert Fernandez 88,Sachin Baby 62,P Prasanth 68; DP Vijaykumar 3/66,G Shankara Rao 3/130) vs Andhra 42/0 in 15 ov.