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ROBIN ON A ROLL A brave decision by the Karnataka selectors that gave Robin Uthappa the platform to launch himself. And he repaid them with ...

ROBIN ON A ROLL

A brave decision by the Karnataka selectors that gave Robin Uthappa the platform to launch himself. And he repaid them with a scintillating 162. The teenager, Irfan Pathan’s teammate during the U-19 Asia Cup success last year, was pencilled in to the Karnataka team in place of regular captain J Arun Kumar. And MP skipper Amay Khurasia played along unwittingly, asking the opposition to bat after winning the toss.

He would regret it. Uthappa, known for his blazing knocks, made a mockery of the MP attack farming 21 fours and a six during his 252-ball stint at the crease. All this, and a decent wicketkeeper to boot.

RUDRA ROCKS ASSAM

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Another teenager who stole the show was UP’s Rudra Pratap Singh. The tall fast bowler rocked the Assam innings with five telling blows. Singh (19) has been a regular at the Indian team’s pre-season camps for the last two years. And the experience is showing. In just six matches, he has so far plucked 18 wickets with two five wicket hauls.

RANJI ROUND-UP

In Delhi
Delhi: 179 for 6 (A Jadeja batting 74, Sarandeep Singh batting 31, V Kumar 30; Harvinder Singh 3/45) vs Railways

In Hyderabad
Hyderabad: 231 (Anirudh Singh 103, S Nag 60; A Sanklecha 4/47, R Khind 4/76) vs Maharashtra: 4-0

In Bangalore
Karnataka: 357 for 1 (R Barrington batting 169, R Uthappa 162) vs Madhya Pradesh

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In Kanpur
Assam: 184 (C Rawat 37) vs Uttar Pradesh: 111 for 5 (P Aziz batting 58; R K Yadav 3/51)

In Mumbai
Mumbai: 305 for 3 (A Mazumdar 111, V Indulkar 111 retd, N Shetty batting 43) vs Andhra Pradesh

IN MOHALI
Punjab: 175 (R Ricky 42; S Joshi 3/36, I Pathan Sr 3/49) vs Baroda: 9 for no loss

IN KOLKATA
Bengal: 278 for 8 (R Gavaskar 80, LR Shukla 44, S Sanyal 38, D Gandhi 31; K Damani 2/6) vs Gujarat

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