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Joshi spoils Gujarat's chances

AHMEDABAD DEC. 19. Karnataka's left-arm spinner Sunil Joshi crushed Gujarat's aspirations of a semifinal birth with a five-wicket haul in the second innings on the penultimate day of their four-day Elite-B Ranji Trophy contest at the Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, on Friday.

The host, which began its second essay after conceding a 143-run first innings lead, was only nine runs ahead at stumps with the top five packed off by Joshi.

At the Wankhede in Mumbai, the host moved to a position of command in its Elite-A contest, having restricted Railways to 198 for a first innings lead of 190 runs and ending the day at 82 for three at stumps in its second innings.

The scores:

Elite-A:

In Mumbai: Mumbai 388 & 82 for three in 42 overs (J.P. Yadav three for 13) v Railways 198 in 97.5 overs (S.B. Bangar 49, S.N. Khanolkar 41, S. Verma 44 not out, Ramesh Powar four for 69).

In Delhi: Kerala 371 (Ajay Kudua 123, Sunil Oasis 63 not out, Sarandeep Singh four for 83, Rahul Sanghvi four for 83) v Delhi 108 without loss (Gautam Gambhir 61 batting, Rajat Bhatia 39 batting).

In Vadodara: Uttar Pradesh 473 v Baroda 249 in 76.3 overs (S.S. Parab 31, N.R. Mongia 85, T.B. Arothe 34, S. Joshi 33, A.W. Zaidi four for 75, R. Mishra three for 77) & 69 for four in 21 overs.

Elite-B:

In Ahmedabad: Gujarat 210 & 152 for five in 75 overs (N.D. Modi 53 batting, A.A. Christian 47, Sunil Joshi five for 51) v Karnataka 353 in 121.4 overs (J. Arun Kumar 43, Barington Rowland 150, D.A. Chougule 37, S.T. Binny 41, S. Joshi 34, S.K. Trivedi four for 89, S.G. Yadav three for 88).

In Guwahati: Rajasthan 288 & 89 for six (R. Raghuram three for 15) v Assam 306 (R. Satish 108 not out, Sukhbinder Singh 30).

Plate-A:

In Nagpur: Vidarbha 379 bt J&K 104 & 163 in 69.3 overs (D. Mahajan 51, S.S. Salaria 35, P.V. Gandhe five for 49). Points: Vidarbha 5; J&K 0.

In Jamshedpur: Bihar 238 & 71 for two in 29 overs v Haryana 349 in 111 overs (Chetan Sharma 45, Sunny Singh 130, Ishan Ganda 51, Shafiq Khan 62, M. Diwakar five for 58).

In Indore: Madhya Pradesh 454 v Tripura 255 for eight (Tirtha Ray 31, Chetan Sachdev 33, Timir Chanda 73 batting).

Plate-B:

In Aurangabad: Maharashtra 403 v Services 287 for seven in 124 overs (A.P. Singh 144, Yashpal Singh 58, S. Verma 33, C.P. Kulkarni six for 47).

In Cuttack: Saurashtra 228 v Orissa 320 for eight in 109 overs (S. Behera 50, S.S. Raul 107, P.M. Mullick 60, N. Behera 40, P. Gosai three for 64).

In Dharamsala: Himachal Pradesh 111 & 230 for eight in 102 overs (M.S. Bisla 31, Sandeep Sharma 53, Sangram Singh 45, A. Mannu 58 batting, A.P. Dani four for 48, S.B. Jakati three for 41) v Goa 312.

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