Date:16/12/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/12/16/stories/2008121660551800.htm

Sport - Cricket

Maharashtra draws with Railways

— Photo: Sampath Kumar

CRUCIAL KNOCK: Piyush Chawla’s knock clinched Uttar Pradesh’s first-innings lead over Karnataka.

CHENNAI: Set 303 to win by Railways, Maharashtra finished the fourth and final day’s play of its Ranji Trophy super league match at Ratnagiri on Monday at 251 for five, gaining three points for its first innings lead.

Kedar Jadhav remained unbeaten on 114.

Punjab galloped to a nine-wicket win over host Hyderabad, overhauling its target of 209 in just 36.2 overs, with Sunny Sohal and Ravi Inder Singh putting on an unbroken 197 for the second wicket.

Leg-spinner Sarabjit Singh got his maiden first class five-for in triggering Hyderabad’s collapse.

Shikhar Dhawan made a 62-ball 84 to help Delhi complete a 10-wicket win over Saurashtra at Rajkot.

U.P. gains lead

Uttar Pradesh overhauled Karnataka’s first innings total of 511 in a drawn game at Bangalore, with Piyush Chawla adding a 113-ball 96 to the centuries scored by Tanmay Srivastava and Mohammad Kaif.

The scores:

Super league: At Hyderabad: Hyderabad 335 and 164 in 78.2 overs (S.A. Pai 50, A. Shinde 43, Sarabjit five for 39) lost to Punjab 291 and 211 for one in 36.2 overs (S. Sohal 91 n.o., Ravi Inder Singh 112 n.o.). Points: Punjab 5, Hyderabad 0.

At Bangalore: Karnataka 511 drew with Uttar Pradesh 567 in 191 overs (Tanmay Srivastava 159, M. Kaif 112, Bhuvneshwar Kumar 55, P. Chawla 96, Amir Khan 47). U.P. 3, Karnataka 1.

At Ratnagiri: Railways 212 and 334 for six decl. drew with Maharashtra 244 and 251 for five in 97 overs (K.M. Jadhav 114 n.o., A.R. Bawne 52). Maharashtra 3, Railways 1.

At Rajkot: Saurashtra 241 and 274 in 87.3 overs (R. Jadeja 143, P. Awana five for 77) lost to Delhi 384 and 132 for no loss in 21 overs (A. Chopra 42, S. Dhawan 84). Delhi 6, Saurashtra 0.

Plate: At Rohtak: Jammu and Kashmir 314 and 173 in 68.4 overs (I.D. Singh 78, J.T. Billa four for 67) bt Haryana 285 and 158 in 27.3 overs (P. Sahu 42, N. Saini 42). Jammu and Kashmir 5, Haryana 0.

At Jamshedpur: Jharkhand 301 and 212 in 68.1 overs (S.K. Cheruvathur four for 40) lost to Kerala 376 and 138 for two in 45.2 overs (R.M. Fernandez 59 not out). Kerala 5, Jharkhand 0.

At Agartala: Madhya Pradesh 453 for seven decl. and 136 for five decl. in 32 overs (H. Sagar 46, Sunil Dholpure 63) drew with Tripura 305 and 223 for seven in 57 overs (S.D. Chowdhury 118, Y.A. Golwalkar four for 85). Madhya Pradesh 3, Tripura 1.

At Nagpur: Vidarbha 403 and 134 for seven in 54 overs (A. Dinda five for 46) drew with Bengal 426 in 141.5 overs (W. Saha 159, Dibyendu Chakrabarty 56, Avik Chowdhury 49, R. Kundu 49, Umesh Yadav six for 105). Bengal 3, Vidarbha 1.

At Delhi: Services 244 & 304 for 9 decl. in 116 overs (S. Chatarjee 71, Pankaj Kumar 54) lost to Assam 178 & 371 for 4 in 78.4 overs (K. Salkia 45, Tarjinder Singh 50, R.R. Parida 136, J. Martin 80); Assam 5, Services 0.