Date:20/12/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/12/20/stories/2008122056531800.htm

Sport - Cricket

Parthiv Patel hits unbeaten century

Chennai: Parthiv Patel, batting on 127, helped Gujarat to 210 for three at the close of day two of its Ranji Trophy Super League match against Orissa at Bhubaneshwar on Friday. Gujarat goes into day three 48 ahead in its first innings with seven wickets in hand.

At Vadodara, Irfan Pathan scythed through Andhra Pradesh with a seven-wicket haul, to blow the visitor away for 70 in just 20 overs in its first innings. Earlier, Baroda, resuming at 201 for one, was bowled out for 400, with keeper Pinal Shah adding 72. Left-arm seamer T. Atchuti Rao took five wickets for Andhra.

Spinners Sunil Joshi and K.P. Appanna took four wickets each to bowl Maharashtra out for 210, 42 short of Karnataka’s first innings score. Maharashtra opener Harshad Khadiwale scored 70. In its second innings, Karnataka lost five wickets in scoring 131, to go in at stumps 173 ahead.

In a thrilling low-scorer at Rajkot, Hyderabad ended day two on 14 for two, chasing a victory target of 177. Resuming on 112 for six in the morning, Hyderabad ended its first innings all out for 140, seven ahead of Saurashtra. Saurashtra’s second innings folded for 183, with spinners D.B. Ravi Teja and Amol Shinde sharing seven wickets.

The scores:

Super League:

At Vadodara: Baroda 400 in 148.3 overs (S. Parab 130, A. Bilakhia 73, R.K. Solanki 64, Pinal Shah 72, T. Atchuti Rao five for 66) vs. Andhra 77 in 20 overs (Irfan Pathan seven for 35) and six for no loss in 1.3 overs.

At Bangalore: Karnataka 252 and 131 for five in 39 overs vs. Maharashtra 210 in 64.4 overs (H. Khadiwale 70, S. Joshi four for 62, K.P. Appanna four for 40).

At Mumbai: Punjab 202 and 18 for no loss in four overs vs. Mumbai 436 for nine decl. in 103 overs (V. Samant 65, A. Rahane 80, A. Muzumdar 113, Rohit Sharma 85, A. Nayar 61).

At Bhubaneshwar: Orissa 162 vs. Gujarat 210 for three in 92 overs (P.K. Panchal 59, Parthiv Patel 127 batting).

At Jaipur: Rajasthan 295 (Vineet Saxena 71, Kuldeep Singh 77) vs. Delhi 117 for no loss in 30 overs (A. Chopra 50 batting, S. Dhawan 58 batting).

At Rajkot: Saurashtra 133 and 183 in 65 overs (A. Shinde four for 13) vs. Hyderabad 140 in 49.1 overs (Balkrishna Jadeja six for 29) and 14 for two in seven overs.

Plate Division (semifinals):

At Nagpur: Madhya Pradesh 228 vs. Himachal Pradesh 251 for two in 94 overs (B.J. Thakkar 111 batting, Vinit Indulkar 80).

At Delhi: Bengal 337 in 118.1 overs (W. Saha 54, S. Ganguly 69, Dibyendu Chakrabarty 82, S.S. Sarkar 60, S.S. Bandekar six for 75) vs. Goa 95 for five in 31 overs (Ranadeb Bose five for 33).