Date:07/11/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/11/07/stories/2008110754691800.htm

Sport - Cricket

Big win for Mumbai

— Photo: K. Bhagya Prakash

ON CLOUD NINE: Railways’ Anurit Singh rocked Karnataka in the second innings with a six-wicket haul.

Chennai: Host Mumbai outplayed Rajasthan by 237 runs on the final day of the Ranji Trophy super league cricket match (opening round) on Thursday.

Paceman Dhaval Kulkarni claimed four wickets as Rajasthan was bundled out for 171 in its second innings.

At Meerut, centuries from Tanmay Srivatsav (154) and Mohammed Kaif (144) enabled Uttar Pradesh secure the first innings lead over Andhra in another super league match. Uttar Pradesh made 412, replying to Andhra’s 349.

Railways paceman Anurit Singh’s destructive six for 49 was instrumental in Karnataka being skittled out for 127 in its second innings in Bangalore. However, the host hung on to a draw. Earlier, Yere Goud’s 122 had taken Railways past Karnataka’s first innings effort of 365.

Off-spinner Mohnish Parmar’s four for 30 helped Gujarat trounce Sourashtra by an innings at Rajkot. The host was dismissed for 201 in its second innings.

The scores: Super league: At Mumbai: Mumbai 307 & 305 for seven decl. bt Rajasthan 204 & 171 (D. Kulkarni four for 48).

At New Delhi: Punjab 391 & 140 for three drew with Delhi 519 (A. Chopra 76, S. Dhawan 72, M. Manhas 58, R. Bhatia 99, P. Bisht 76, C. Nanda 56).At Nashik: Tamil Nadu 648 for three decl. drew with Maharashtra 457 (H. Khadiwale 41, R. Bhosale 43, A. Shrikande 195, K. Jadhav 63, C. Suresh five for 122) & 250 for six in 76 overs (K. Jadhav 95, N. Paradkar 92).

At Bangalore: Karnataka 365 & 127 (Anurit Singh six for 49) drew with Railways 389 (S. Bangar 84, Y. Goud 122 n.o., Raja Ali 52).

At Rajkot: Gujarat 581 for six decl. bt Saurashtra 153 & 201 (R. Dhruv 52 n.o., M. Parmar four for 30).

At Meerut: Andhra 349 & 130 for two (H. Watekar 69, L.N. Prasad Reddy 45) drew with Uttar Pradesh 412 (Tanmay Srivatsav 154, M. Kaif 144, M. Suresh five for 80).

Plate league: At Palakkad: Goa 460 & 69 for three drew with Kerala 486 (V.A Jagadeesh 47, Sreekumar Nair 155, Rohan Prem 138, K.J. Rakesh 44, S. Jakati four for 139).

At Ranchi: Jammu & Kashmir 225 & 342 drew with Jharkhand 301 & 167 for three (Subroto Ghosh 83, Ishant Jaggi 71 n.o.).