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Easy for Railways, Karnataka

Vijay Lokapally

KANPUR: Railways won the toss and took the right decision but Haryana paid the penalty for choosing the wrong one as the all-India inter-state one-day tournament witnessed one-sided matches here on Tuesday.

Railways, propelled by skipper Sanjay Bangar's brilliance with the bat and the ball, thrashed Gujarat by eight wickets at the Ordnance Equipment Factory ground while Karnataka, guided by Bharath Chipli's brilliant batting, eliminated Haryana by five wickets at the Green Park.

The pitch could not be distinguished from the field at the Green Park and Karnataka skipper Barrington Rowland stood in disbelief when Amit Mishra decided to bat.

It was bound to be a disastrous decision and the cheap dismissals of openers Sumit Sharma and Mahesh Rawat only confirmed the folly of batting first.

In the other match, reduced to 43 overs a side due to damp spots on the pitch, Gujarat was totally outplayed.

The scores:

(At OEF ground): Gujarat: P. Patel c Ali b Singh 16, V. Parikh c Singh b Bangar 25, A. Bilakhia st Dev b Parida 14, B. Thakkar c Dev b Bangar 4, A. Christian c Yadav b Parida 51, A. Brahmbhatt c Yadav b Singh 2, K. Damani (run out) 5, H. Vatekar lbw b Parida 7, A. Makda c Parida b Bangar 1, S. Trivedi (run out) 7, Mohnish Parmar (not out) 5; Extras (lb-5, nb-1, w-5): 11; Total (in 41.5 overs): 148.

Fall of wickets: 1-37, 2-46, 3-50, 4-89, 5-92, 6-104, 7-131, 8-131, 9-137.

Railways bowling: Singh 9-2-21-2, Yadav 7.5-0-29-0, Rao 9-1-25-0, Bangar 7-0-25-3, Parida 7-0-26-3, Khanolkar 2-0-17-0.

Railways: A. Pagnis c Christian b Trivedi 12, S. Bangar (run out) 81, T. P. Singh (not out) 43, J. P. Yadav (not out) 1; Extras (b-4, nb-5, w-4): 13; Total (for two wkts in 22.3 overs): 150.

Fall of wickets: 1-16, 2-144.

Gujarat bowling: Trivedi 5-1-22-1, Makda 3-0-21-0, Parmar 3-0-2-0, Damani 2-0-21-0, Vatekar 4.3-0-26-0.

(At Green Park): Haryana: S. Sharma lbw b Vinay 1, M. Rawat b Aiyappa 1, S. Singh c Rowland b Raghu 95, S. Khan c Naidu b Akhil 38, D. Joon (run out) 21, S. Rana c Naidu b Aiyappa 7, S. Verma c Binny b Raghu 2, J. Sharma lbw b Raghu 0, A. Mishra b Aiyappa 3, G. Vashisht c Naidu b Vinay 6, S. Virmani (not out) 0; Extras (lb-4, nb-2, w-10): 16; Total (in 45.1 overs): 190.

Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-2, 3-104, 4-167, 5-172, 6-181, 7-181, 8-181, 9-190.

Karnataka bowling: Kumar 6.1-0-22-2, Aiyappa 8-1-23-3, Akhil 6-0-37-1, Joshi 10-1-50-0, Binny 4-0-20-0, Dhiman 1-0-10-0, Raghu 10-1-24-3.

Karnataka: G. Dhiman c Singh b Sharma 0, R. Uthappa c Mann b Virmani 6, B. Rowland lbw b Mishra 21, B. Chipli (not out) 90, C. Raghu lbw b Mann 2, T. Naidu c and b Mann 58, B. Akhil (not out) 0; Extras (lb-8, nb-3, w-3): 14; Total (for five wkts in 43.5 overs): 191.

Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-14, 3-54, 4-58, 5-190.

Haryana bowling: Sharma 6-1-37-1, Virmani 5-1-18-1, Mann 6-2-34-2, Mishra 10-0-35-1, Rana 5-1-14-0, Vashisht 7.5-0-32-0, Singh 4-0-13-0.

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