da wazamba： A blistering century from Tejinder Pal Singh saw Railways notch up a comfortable 107-run win over Uttar Pradesh in their Ranji one-day tie at the Daly College Ground, Indore, on Tuesday
da dobrowin： Staff Reporter11-Dec-2002A blistering century from Tejinder Pal Singh saw Railways notch up a comfortable 107-run win over Uttar Pradesh in their Ranji one-day tie at the Daly College Ground, Indore, on Tuesday.Asked to bat by Uttar Pradesh, Railways did not squander the advantage of first-strike. Openers Jai P Yadav (46) and Singh added 159 runs in only 21.2 overs for the first wicket, and a 52 from Jacob Martin in the middle order further consolidated their position. Singh’s knock of 106 came off only 84 balls and included 16 fours and a six.Railways reached 297 for eight in their 50 overs and then did a remarkable job of restricting Uttar Pradesh to only 190 for six. Tight bowling – especially from Yadav, who took three for 43 – meant that none of the UP batsmen could get away to a flying start, and they were not helped by Prashant Malviya taking 82 balls to make 33.Manish Majithia takes 5-26 against RajasthanAt the Maharani Usharaje Trust Cricket Ground in Indore, Manish Majithia scalped five for 26 in 8.2 overs to break the lower middle-order of Rajasthan’s batting line-up and spur Madhya Pradesh to a six-wicket win.Rajasthan chose to bat after winning the toss, but none of the batsmen could really get going. Nikhil Doru top-scored with 32 off 58 balls, and once left-arm spinner Majithia started to operate, the Rajasthan batting crumbled to 181 all out in 43.2 overs.Madhya Pradesh did not make heavy weather of the target, cruising home in just 36 overs after openers M Pasha and CP Sahu added 71 for the first wicket in only 10.5 overs.Haryana squeeze home by 13 runsHaryana registered a narrow 13-run win over Himachal Pradesh in their North Zone Ranji one-day encounter at Rohtak on Tuesday. Winning the toss, Haryana batted first, and looked to be doing reasonably well at 164 for four. But wickets tumbled thereafter, and number three bat Parender Sharma found himself stranded on an unbeaten 66 off 108 balls (3×4, 2×6).Set a target of 227, Himachal Pradesh were bowled out in 49.2 overs for 213, with opener Sandeep Sharma making 63 (99b, 5×4, 1×6) and Sangram Singh hitting 66 (76b, 3×4, 2×6). But neither got any support from the rest of the line-up; for Haryana, Joginder Sharma and Sonu Sharma took three wickets each.Punjab’s solid batting triumphs over DelhiWith four of their top five batsmen making fifties, Punjab was able to register a 61-run win over Delhi at Gurgaon in their North Zone Ranji one-day match, getting a bonus point along the way.Invited to bat, Punjab openers Dinesh Mongia (65, 57b, 11×4) and Manish Sharma (57, 76b, 6×4) added 99 runs for the first wicket. Ravneet Ricky fell early, but Pankaj Dharmani hit 68 (71b, 5×4) and Reetinder Singh Sodhi top-scored with an unbeaten 73 (76b, 6×4, 1×6), seeing Punjab to a total of 288 for six.Sodhi then struck with the ball as well, scalping three crucial batsmen in Delhi’s innings of 227 all out in 46.5 overs. Rajiv Rathore, at number eight, was the top-scorer for Delhi, making 57 not out off 47 balls.PMS Reddy strikes unbeaten 90 in Services winServices won their North Zone Ranji one-day match against Jammu & Kashmir with seven wickets and almost three overs to spare, thanks to a sedate, unbeaten 90 from opener PMS Reddy.Jammu & Kashmir, choosing to bat first, stumbled to only 211 for six in 50 overs; Kavaljit Singh top-scored with 91 off 122 balls (5×4, 1×6) before he was tragically run out. SS Salaria hit an unbeaten 58 (80b, 3×4, 1×6), and it was that effort that helped Jammu & Kashmir past the 200-run mark.But Services made light work of the target. Aside from Reddy’s 90 (136b, 9×4), Yashpal Singh struck 45 (44b, 5×4), and only three wickets fell before Services hit 212 in 47.1 overs.Karnataka storms to win over Andhra PradeshFayaz Ahmed and Barrington Rowland both fell short of a well-deserved century in the Andhra Pradesh-Karnataka Ranji one-day tie at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Tuesday.Invited to bat, Andhra Pradesh managed only 219 for six in their 50 overs. Opener LNP Reddy made a sedate 58 off 105 balls, but the defining knock was that of Fayaz, who remained on 98 not out (119b, 7×4, 1×6). In return, Karnataka opener Rowland remained not out on 97 (120b, 10×4) as he guided his side home in 38.3 overs. AR Uthappa and Deepak Chougule made 61 (42b, 10×4, 1×6) and 51 (68b, 5×4) respectively and were the wickets to fall.Hemant Kumar century in vainA sparkling 128 from C Hemant Kumar spurred Kerala to 286 for nine in their 50 overs, but it proved insufficient as Tamil Nadu overhauled it in 49.3 overs for the loss of seven wickets.Asked to bat first at the Central College Ground, Bangalore, Kerala reached its score largely due to Hemant Kumar’s innings and that of skipper Sunil Oasis, who made 88 (89b, 9×4). L Balaji and D Dhandapani took three wickets each for Tamil Nadu.Although no batsman made a century for Tamil Nadu, a string of consistent knocks in the middle order saw the side home. Opener and skipper S Suresh hit 40 off 38 balls, S Sriram made 53 (49b, 5×4) and Hemang Badani stroked 43 off 52 balls.Hyderabad defeat Goa by three wicketsIn a match shortened to 47 overs a side, Hyderabad reached their target of 268 with three wickets and two balls to spare, steered home by two tailenders after opener TS Suman top-scored with 89 (101b, 9×4, 1×6).For Goa – asked to bat by Hyderabad skipper Venkatapathy Raju – SM Asnodkar played a good hand of 89 (133b, 7×4, 1×6), anchoring the innings. He fell with the score on 251, barely an over before the innings ended.Aside from Suman’s sterling innings, it was D Vinay Kumar’s 64 (45b, 3×4, 3×6) that steered Hyderabad to the win, despite the best efforts of Goa’s spinners.
