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South is 155 runs adrift off the East score. The host wrested the initiative after East dominated the opening day though Hemang Badani's backspasm which forced him to leave the field, remains an area of concern. Earlier, a run out triggered East's slump from the overnight 341 for five. Rajeev Kumar Raja tested Watekar's arm at point and found his stumps in disarray. Raja's partner — Zakaria Zufri — had twin reprieves on 22 as Watekar's at point and Sriram's at mid-off grassed him much to the dismay of seamer M.R. Shrinivas. However, Zufri became Ganesh's lone wicket and East mustered 57 runs as the tail did not last long. South progressed well despite the early dismissals of its two in form batsmen — Sriram and Vinay Kumar. Prasad (93 not out, 183b, 12x4, 2x6) offered a broad bat to the seamers Mark Ingti and L.R. Shukla. Runs started flowing with Badani's arrival. The southpaw shrugged off memories of his inability to guide India to a one-day series victory against Nasser Hussain's men. A Parag Das over went for 19 runs with a square drive, short-arm pull and a whip past mid-wicket garlanding Badani's efforts. He also broke through the shackles imposed by Utpal Chatterjee, sweeping the veteran spinner for four. Badani cruised to 50 in just 40 deliveries and his belligerence perhaps inspired Prasad to hoist off-spinner Lahiri past long-on. The alarm bells however rang when Badani (65 retd. hurt, 61b, 10x4, 2x6) clutched his back and rested on the turf seconds before Mark Ingty started his run-up. The southpaw returned to the dressing room with back spasm. Prasad found an ally in Vijay Bharadwaj and the duo held firm until close to shoulder the South hopes into the third day. The East bowlers held no threats and South can bag first innings honours if its batsmen temper their aggression with caution on a featherbed pitch. The scores: East Zone— 1st innings: Parag Das b Watekar 78, Debang Gandhi c Vijay R. Bharadwaj b Watekar 125, R.R. Parida c Madhukar b Sriram 41, Sanjay Raul c Kiran Powar b S. Sriram 10, Subhomoy Das lbw Watekar 20, Rajeev Kumar Raja (run out) 39, Zakaria Zufri c Vijay Bharadwaj b Dodda Ganesh 45, Laxmi Ratan Shukla c Badani b M.R. Srinivas 10, S. Lahiri c M.S.K. Prasad b Vinay Kumar 5, Utpal Chatterjee (not out) 5, Mark Ingty c M.R. Srinivas b Watekar 2, Extras (b-1, lb-4, nb-13) 18, Total: 398 . Fall of wickets: 1-127, 2-209, 3-225, 4-283, 5-294, 6-350, 7-377, 8-390, 9-391. South Zone bowling: Dodda Ganesh 22-7-72-1, Madhukar 7-0-60-0, M.R. Srinivas 20-2-74-1, S. Sriram 31-6-75-2, Watekar 23.3-4-80-4, Vijay Bharadwaj 5-0-19-0, Vinay Kumar 5-0-13-1. South Zone — 1st innings: S. Sriram c Z. Zufri b L.R. Shukla 34, M.S.K. Prasad (batting) 93, Vinay Kumar c Zufri b Parag Das 23, Hemang Badani (retd. hurt) 65, Vijay Bharadwaj (batting) 19, Extras (b-4, nb-5) 9, Total: 243 for two in 66 overs. Fall of wickets: 1-56, 2-92. East Zone bowling: Mark Ingty 10-1-51-0, L.R. Shukla 9-1-29-1, Parag Das 13-2-54-1, Utpal Chatterjee 18-6-40-0, Lahiri 12-3-45-0, Sanjay Raul 4-0-20-0.
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