Date:14/12/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/12/14/stories/2008121460411800.htm

Sport - Cricket

Mumbai in control against Orissa; Akhil hits century

— Photo: G.P. Sampath Kumar

UNFORGETTABLE MOMENT: Karnataka’s Akhil celebrates his maiden Ranji Trophy century.

CHENNAI: Mumbai took full control of its Ranji Trophy Super League match against Orissa at Cuttack on Saturday, as the host collapsed for 108 in reply to Mumbai’s 180. Seamer Dhawal Kulkarni got his second five-wicket haul in successive matches.

Akhil sizzles

At Bangalore, all-rounders B. Akhil and Sunil Joshi lifted Karnataka from its overnight score of 277 for six to 511 with a 135-run stand for the seventh wicket against Uttar Pradesh.

Akhil went on to make his maiden Ranji Trophy hundred — 135 off 266 balls.

The scores:

Super League: At Hyderabad: Hyderabad 335 in 112.3 overs (T.S. Suman 131, A. Shinde 57, S.A. Qadri 80, S. Ladda four for 72) vs. Punjab 150 for six in 65 overs (K. Goel 44).

At Bangalore: Karnataka 511 in 168.5 overs (R. Uthappa 65, C. Raghu 64, B. Akhil 135, S. Joshi 64) vs. Uttar Pradesh 44 for one in 17 overs.

At Ratnagiri: Railways 212 and 48 for no loss in 22 overs vs. Maharashtra 244 in 69.4 overs (A.J. Shrikhande 113, K.M. Jadhav 41, S. Sanyal four for 26).

At Cuttack: Mumbai 180 and 133 for one in 46 overs (S. Kukreja 53 batting, A. Rahane 75 batting) vs. Orissa 108 (H. Das 62 not out, D. Kulkarni five for 27).

At Jaipur: Rajasthan 136 and 148 for seven in 55 overs (V. Chanwaria 79, Amit Singh four for 21) vs. Gujarat 227 in 63.2 overs (N. Patel 52, B.D. Thaker 51, M. Aslam four for 22).

At Rajkot: Saurashtra 241 in 87.3 overs (B.M. Chauhan 61, R. Jadeja 56, P. Awana five for 60) vs. Delhi 215 for two in 84 overs (A. Chopra 58, S. Dhawan 83 batting, V. Kohli 69).

Plate Division:

At Rohtak: Jammu and Kashmir 314 in 127 overs (Javed Ahmed 55, H.A. Ronga 41, I.D. Singh 71, S. Beigh 48, S. Budhwar five for 69) vs. Haryana 113 for four in 51 overs (Sumeet Sharma 49).

At Dharmasala: Himachal Pradesh 218 and 108 in 32.4 overs vs. Goa 134 in 49.5 overs (R.D. Asnodkar 53, A.K. Thakur six for 30) and 34 for no loss in 12 overs.

At Jamshedpur: Jharkhand 301 in 86 overs (S.S. Tiwary 125, S. Sreesanth four for 64) vs. Kerala 249 for four in 81 overs (R.M. Fernandez 124, Rohan Prem 84 batting).

At Delhi: Services 244 in 100.1overs (S. Chatarjee 118, D.S. Goswami four for 86) and 62 for two in 18 overs vs. Assam 178 in 56.4 overs (D.S. Goswami 79, Rakesh Kumar six for 36).

At Agartala: Madhya Pradesh 453 for seven decl. in 163 overs (Jalaj S. Saxena 129, D. Bundela 94, N.V. Ojha 51, B.R. Tomar 65, Jatin S. Saxena 74) vs. Tripura 32 for one in 15 overs.

At Nagpur: Vidarbha 403 in 143.1 overs (F.Y. Fazal 46, M.S. Acharya 51, R. Jangid 43, S.U. Shrivastava 63, V. Gonnade 78) v Bengal 149 for four in 32 overs (W. Saha 77 batting).