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Kotak, Pujara frustrate Mumbai

Chennai: Determined batting by Saurashtra’s Sitanshu Kotak and Cheteshwar Pujara frustrated Mumbai on the opening day of the crucial Group ‘A’ Ranji Trophy super league cricket match in Mumbai on Tuesday.

Coming together at 92 for two, Kotak (73 batting, 268b, 9x4) and Pujara (61 batting, 129b, 12x4) took Sourashtra to a comfortable 202 for two at stumps. This is the last round of the league.

Meanwhile, Harshad Khadivale’s 96 was the highlight in Maharashtra’s 276 all out against Karnataka at Ratnagiri. For the visitor, paceman Vinay Kumar claimed four wickets.

Orissa medium-pacer Basanth Mohanty took four for 55 in Baroda’s 241 for nine at close in Vadodara.

Mukesh Sharma top-scored with 101 in Himachal Pradesh’s 280 all out against Rajasthan at Dharamsala.

Left-arm paceman Rana Chowdhary’s four for 13 was chiefly instrumental in Bengal bundling out Andhra for 121 in Kolkata.

The scores:

Super league: At Mumbai: Sourashtra 202 for two in 90 overs (Sitanshu Kotak 73 batting, Cheteswar Pujara 61 batting) vs. Mumbai.

At Ratnagiri: Maharashtra 276 in 86.1 overs (Harshad Khadiwale 96, Dhruv Mohan 51, Venugopala Rao 47, Vinay Kumar four for 66) vs. Karnataka two for no loss in one over.

At Vadodara: Baroda 241 for nine in 90 overs (Pinal Shah 44, Sankalp Vohra 45, Basanth Mohanty four for 55) vs. Orissa.

At Kolkata: Andhra 121 in 49.2 overs (Rana Chowdhary four for 13) vs. Bengal 46 for one in 24 overs.

At Hyderabad: Uttar Pradesh 293 for six in 90 overs (Tanmay Srivatsava 81, Piyush Chawla 82, Amir Khan 44 batting) vs. Hyderabad.

At Dharamsala: Himachal Pradesh 280 in 86.2 overs (Hemant Dogra 71, Mukesh Sharma 101) vs. Rajasthan five for no loss in one over.

Plate: Semifinals: At Nagpur: Kerala 207 for six in 91 overs (Antony Sebastian 52, Sreekumar Nair 44) vs. Railways.

At Delhi: Gujarat 192 in 77.4 overs (Timil Patel 71, Ashraf Makda 40) vs. Madhya Pradesh three for one in 5.1 overs.

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