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Ten-wicket win for Saurashtra

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WRECKER-IN-CHIEF: Tamil Nadu's Ashwin, who bagged eleven wickets for 151, nails U.P.'s R.P. Singh in Chennai on Thursday. — Photo: V. Ganesan

Rajkot: Saurashtra turned out to be a giant killer. Dominating the proceedings for 11 sessions, it marched to victory by 10 wickets and picked up five points against Delhi in the Ranji Trophy Group `A' Super league tie at the Madhavrao Scindia Stadium here on Thursday.

Saurashtra's ultimate aim to stay in the Super League — it was the Plate Group winner in the last season — now depends largely on the outcome of its matches against Haryana and Karnataka.

Looking to force the issue on the fourth morning, Saurashtra found a stubborn pair in Mithun Manhas and Virat Kohli playing their part admirably and with a great deal of confidence. Frustration began to creep in as the fifth wicket pair looked set on playing it out till the long interval.

Manhas and Kohli had added 85 runs and taken Delhi to 164, when left arm spinner Ravinder Jadeja dealt the crucial blow by removing Kohli. Committed to tackling the spinner off his front foot, Kohli appeared to have decided to leave the ball, but the ball brushed the glove found short gully.

Coming undone

Thereafter, Delhi's approach built around defence came a cropper. Rajat Bhatia, attempting to play an on side shot from his crease, was bowled round his legs by left arm spinner Rakesh Dhruv. Next man Suhail Sharma was soon on his way back when umpire V.N. Kulkarni responded favourably to a catch claimed by Shah at short gully. Sharma had crossed the rope, when the umpire asked for assistance from the third umpire Jayant Jadeja, who later said — interestingly — that the replays were inconclusive.

Thereafter Ashish Nehra, offering his front pad as the first line of defence was ruled leg before. It was Saurashtra's first win over Delhi in the national championship, a feat witnessed by over a hundred locals.

The scores: Saurashtra — Ist Innings: 492

Delhi — Ist Innings: 288

Delhi — 2nd Innings: A. Chopra b Jobanputra 6, S. Dhawan lbw b Jadeja 22, P. Bisht lbw b Dhruv 27, M. Tehlan st. Joguyani b Makvana 18, M. Manhas c Jogiyani b Dhruv 86, V. Kohli c Shah b Jadeja 35, R. Bhatia b Dhruv 5, S. Sharma c Shah b Dhruv 0, A. Nehra lbw b Nakvana 0, A. Bhandari c Jogiyani b Dhruv 6, I. Sharma not out 1, Extras (lb-5, nb-2) 7; Total (in 88. 3 overs) 213.

Fall of wickets: 1-18, 2-34, 3-77, 4-79, 5-164, 6-183, 7-183, 8-184, 9-210.

Saurashtra bowling: Jobanputra 9-0-29-1, Maniar 3-1-9-0, Jadeja 24-13-38-2, Dhruv 32.3-8-67-5, Makvana 14-3-42-2, Kotak 2-0-9-0, Shah 2-0-9-0.

Saurashtra — 2nd innings: C. Pujara not out 6, S. Jogiyani not out 1, Extras (lb-2, nb-1) 3; Total (for no loss in 2.3 overs) 10.

Delhi bowling: Bhatia 1.3-0-8-0, S. Sharma 1-1-0-0.

Other scores: Elite Division:

At Vadodara: Haryana 171 in 79.2 overs & 210 in 78.5 overs lost to Baroda 169 in 60 overs & 213 for six in 89.4 overs (J.J. Martin 69 not out, A. Mishra four for 68).

At Chennai: Tamil Nadu 325 in 106.4 overs & 223 in 86 overs drew with Uttar Pradesh 420 in 139.3 overs & 100 for seven in 25 overs (R. Ashwin five for 23).

At Jaipur: Rajasthan 332 in 143 overs & 65 for two in 42 overs drew with Punjab 431 in 170.4 overs (P. Dharmani 167, U. Kaul 117, R.J. Kanwat four for 72).

At Kolkata: Maharashtra 215 in 101 overs & 308 for four decl. in 106 overs (H.H. Kanitkar 151 not out, Y.V. Takawale 75) drew with Bengal 325 in 123.1 overs & 13 for no loss in 13 overs.

At Anantapur: Andhra 238 in 95.5 overs & 282 for nine decl. in 110.3 overs drew with Karnataka 111 in 43.2 overs & 204 for seven in 104 overs (A.R. Uthappa 52, Y.K.T. Goud 42, V.S.T. Naidu 53 not out, P. Vijay Kumar four for 61).

Plate Division:At Indore: Goa 223 in 78 overs & 240 in 91 overs lost to Madhya Pradesh 205 in 64.5 overs & 261 for seven in 78.1 overs (S. Abbas Ali 102 not out).

At Nagpur: Assam 308 in 145.4 overs & 243 in 110.5 overs (J. Arunkumar 43, S.V. Saravanan 51, S.A. Khare four for 57) drew with Vidarbha 244 in 82 overs & 15 for two in 13 overs.

At Cuttack: Orissa 552 for seven decl. in 168.1 overs & 281 for four in 86 overs (N. Behera 97, S. Biswal 95) drew with Jammu & Kashmir 198 in 87.2 overs.

At Agartala: Tripura 275 in 111.5 overs & 171 in 66.1 overs (R. Banik 54) drew with Jharkhand 310 in 115.2 overs and 58 for eight in 37 overs.

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