TN seal a draw, Delhi take home three points
28 Nov 2012 7:55 AM IST
Tamil Nadu opener Arun Karthik batted with resolve to score an unbeaten century even as Delhi walked away with three points by virtue of taking the first-innings lead in their Ranji Trophy Group B match on Tuesday.
Karthik struck a defiant 217-ball 121 not out, his fifth first-class hundred and the season’s first, while Subramaniam Badrinath (45 not out) also showed a lot of determination as both steered their side to a draw on the final day at the Feroze Shah Kotla Stadium. Delhi have moved up to 11 points and third place on the table behind Odisha and Baroda, while Tamil Nadu are fourth on nine points.
Having declared their first innings at 555 for four, the Delhi pacers led by Parvinder Awana (4/53), bundled out the visitors for a meagre 226 in their first essay. Resuming their second innings at an overnight score of two for no loss, Tamil Nadu batted cautiously to deny the hosts a chance to secure an outright victory.
HYD EARN 3 POINTS AGAINST MUMBAI
Hyderabad continued the run feast with B Sandeep hitting the innings’ third century (117), which helped them earn three points against Mumbai.Sandeep hit 11 boundaries and spent 288 minutes in the middle.
ODISHA DRUB KARNATAKA, TOP GROUP
Odisha bowlers came up with a superb performance to steer their team to second win in a row and pocket six points by crushing Karnataka by 65 runs in their Group B Ranji Trophy match on Tuesday. With this victory, Odisha are now placed on top of Group B table with 13 points.
Chasing a victory target of 245, Karnataka’s batting collapsed yet again as they lost their last six wickets for just 33 runs to be bundled out for a meagre 179 in the second innings shortly before tea. Resuming at 43 for one, the hosts needed another 202 runs for win with nine wickets in hand, but the Karnataka batsmen failed to apply themselves, even as the visiting team bowlers wreaked havoc. Alok Sahoo was the pick of the bowlers with figures of three for 27 in the second innings, while Biplab Samnatray (2/28), Basant Mohanty (2/31) and Deepak Behera (2/38) shared six wickets between them to drub Karnataka.
Karthik struck a defiant 217-ball 121 not out, his fifth first-class hundred and the season’s first, while Subramaniam Badrinath (45 not out) also showed a lot of determination as both steered their side to a draw on the final day at the Feroze Shah Kotla Stadium. Delhi have moved up to 11 points and third place on the table behind Odisha and Baroda, while Tamil Nadu are fourth on nine points.
Having declared their first innings at 555 for four, the Delhi pacers led by Parvinder Awana (4/53), bundled out the visitors for a meagre 226 in their first essay. Resuming their second innings at an overnight score of two for no loss, Tamil Nadu batted cautiously to deny the hosts a chance to secure an outright victory.
HYD EARN 3 POINTS AGAINST MUMBAI
Hyderabad continued the run feast with B Sandeep hitting the innings’ third century (117), which helped them earn three points against Mumbai.Sandeep hit 11 boundaries and spent 288 minutes in the middle.
ODISHA DRUB KARNATAKA, TOP GROUP
Odisha bowlers came up with a superb performance to steer their team to second win in a row and pocket six points by crushing Karnataka by 65 runs in their Group B Ranji Trophy match on Tuesday. With this victory, Odisha are now placed on top of Group B table with 13 points.
Chasing a victory target of 245, Karnataka’s batting collapsed yet again as they lost their last six wickets for just 33 runs to be bundled out for a meagre 179 in the second innings shortly before tea. Resuming at 43 for one, the hosts needed another 202 runs for win with nine wickets in hand, but the Karnataka batsmen failed to apply themselves, even as the visiting team bowlers wreaked havoc. Alok Sahoo was the pick of the bowlers with figures of three for 27 in the second innings, while Biplab Samnatray (2/28), Basant Mohanty (2/31) and Deepak Behera (2/38) shared six wickets between them to drub Karnataka.
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