Sachin fails but Mumbai on top
28 Oct 2013 6:28 AM IST
At stumps, Mumbai were 100/4, having bowled out Haryana for a paltry 134 after skipper Zaheer Khan opted to field.
Mumbai trailed by 34 runs with three full days to go. The retiring Tendulkar gave the inhabitant of this small town near Rohtak a sudden sense of anti-climax as he failed to let his bat do the talking after being bowled for a mere five by 25-year-old Sharma in the biggest of all matches in Ranji’s opening fixtures.
Having top-scored with a invaluable 49 in Haryana’s pathetic first-innings display, Sharma emerged as the day’s one of the two most impressive performers, the other being Mumbai’s Abhishek Nayar, who picked up four wickets.
Ajinkya Rahane and nightwatchman Dhawal Kulkarni were batting on 44 and 1, respectively, when the stumps were drawn. Forty-time defending champions Mumbai had earlier kicked off its campaign in earnest as they bundled out Haryana for a paltry 134. With the red cherry, Nayar was the star of the day for Mumbai as he bowled his accurate medium pacers to good effect, returning impressive figures of four for 38. Nayar contributed with 24 with the bat on a wicket that seemed to have helped the seamers quite a bit.
The cynosure of all eyes, Tendulkar, stunned the packed crowd when he was bowled by Sharma. It was a good length delivery which pitched on off and nipped back, but the bounce was what did Tendulkar in as he leaned forward to defend before the ball went through touching his elbow on the way.
The master blaster’s characteristic straight driven four to get off the mark did excite the crowd, but the joy was short-lived. All of a sudden the crowd went silent and it was back to a normal competitive match in the country’s premier domestic tournament.
Baba Aparajith shines
An unbeaten hundred by Baba Aparajith (109*) and half-century from veteran S Badrinath guided Tamil Nadu to 220/3 against Services on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy Group B matchon Sunday. Badrinath scored 81 and shared a 168-run stand for the third wicket with 19-year-old Aparajith after Services made early in roads with Suraj Yadav removing openers Abhinav Mukund (0) and Murali Vijay (14).
Harbhajan scalps 6/54
Punjab skipper Harbhajan Singh returned with a six-wicket haul to skittle out Odisha for 205 on the opening day of the Group A match. Harbhajan produced a brilliant display of spin bowling to return with figures of 6/54 at Mohali’s PCA stadium. Jiwanjot Singh (6) and R Inder Singh (5) were at the crease as Punjab reached 11 without losing any wicket at stumps.
Gujarat in command
Riding on brilliant bowling performances by Rush Kalaria (5/32) and Jasprit Bumrah (4/30), Gujarat bundled out Vidarbha for just 85 and then reached a comfortable 153 for three at stumps on Day One of the Group A match in Nagpur. Apart from opener Faiz Fazal (31), Ranjit Paradkar (17* ) and Umesh Yadav (16), no other batsman could touch the double digit mark.
Sagar slams unbeaten ton
An unbeaten century from Sagar Jogiyani enabled Saurashtra reach 226 /2 on the first day of the Group B match against Rajasthan in rajkot. At stumps, Jogiyani was unbeaten on 114 (288b, 15X4) and skipper Jaydev Shah on 16. Saurashtra openers Jogiyani and Sitanshu Kotak gave the hosts an ideal start by putting on a solid 136-run stand for the opening wicket.
Mumbai trailed by 34 runs with three full days to go. The retiring Tendulkar gave the inhabitant of this small town near Rohtak a sudden sense of anti-climax as he failed to let his bat do the talking after being bowled for a mere five by 25-year-old Sharma in the biggest of all matches in Ranji’s opening fixtures.
Having top-scored with a invaluable 49 in Haryana’s pathetic first-innings display, Sharma emerged as the day’s one of the two most impressive performers, the other being Mumbai’s Abhishek Nayar, who picked up four wickets.
Ajinkya Rahane and nightwatchman Dhawal Kulkarni were batting on 44 and 1, respectively, when the stumps were drawn. Forty-time defending champions Mumbai had earlier kicked off its campaign in earnest as they bundled out Haryana for a paltry 134. With the red cherry, Nayar was the star of the day for Mumbai as he bowled his accurate medium pacers to good effect, returning impressive figures of four for 38. Nayar contributed with 24 with the bat on a wicket that seemed to have helped the seamers quite a bit.
The cynosure of all eyes, Tendulkar, stunned the packed crowd when he was bowled by Sharma. It was a good length delivery which pitched on off and nipped back, but the bounce was what did Tendulkar in as he leaned forward to defend before the ball went through touching his elbow on the way.
The master blaster’s characteristic straight driven four to get off the mark did excite the crowd, but the joy was short-lived. All of a sudden the crowd went silent and it was back to a normal competitive match in the country’s premier domestic tournament.
Baba Aparajith shines
An unbeaten hundred by Baba Aparajith (109*) and half-century from veteran S Badrinath guided Tamil Nadu to 220/3 against Services on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy Group B matchon Sunday. Badrinath scored 81 and shared a 168-run stand for the third wicket with 19-year-old Aparajith after Services made early in roads with Suraj Yadav removing openers Abhinav Mukund (0) and Murali Vijay (14).
Harbhajan scalps 6/54
Punjab skipper Harbhajan Singh returned with a six-wicket haul to skittle out Odisha for 205 on the opening day of the Group A match. Harbhajan produced a brilliant display of spin bowling to return with figures of 6/54 at Mohali’s PCA stadium. Jiwanjot Singh (6) and R Inder Singh (5) were at the crease as Punjab reached 11 without losing any wicket at stumps.
Gujarat in command
Riding on brilliant bowling performances by Rush Kalaria (5/32) and Jasprit Bumrah (4/30), Gujarat bundled out Vidarbha for just 85 and then reached a comfortable 153 for three at stumps on Day One of the Group A match in Nagpur. Apart from opener Faiz Fazal (31), Ranjit Paradkar (17* ) and Umesh Yadav (16), no other batsman could touch the double digit mark.
Sagar slams unbeaten ton
An unbeaten century from Sagar Jogiyani enabled Saurashtra reach 226 /2 on the first day of the Group B match against Rajasthan in rajkot. At stumps, Jogiyani was unbeaten on 114 (288b, 15X4) and skipper Jaydev Shah on 16. Saurashtra openers Jogiyani and Sitanshu Kotak gave the hosts an ideal start by putting on a solid 136-run stand for the opening wicket.
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