After a lacklustre efficiency with the ball on the opening day, the Madhya Pradesh bowlers got here again strongly to limit Rest of India to 484 within the first innings of the Irani Cup right here on the Captain Roop Singh Stadium on Thursday.
Resuming the second day at 381 for 3, MP bowlers used the early morning circumstances effectively within the first session with the second new ball and took the final seven wickets for simply 102 runs.
In reply, MP began poorly, shedding three wickets with simply 15 on board as pacer Navdeep Saini (10-4-15-2) bowled a fiery spell with tempo and accuracy, selecting up two wickets.
However, Yash Dubey (53 n.o.) and Harsh Gawli (47 n.o.) fought again with an unbroken 97-run stand for the fourth wicket as MP completed the day on 112 for 3, trailing by 372 runs.
Earlier, pacer Ankit Kushwah struck within the third over of the day by eradicating nightwatchman Saurabh Kumar, who dragged a large supply onto his stumps.
Avesh Khan (4/74), the very best bowler on the primary day for MP, continued to impress, bowling a nagging line on off-stump, beating the batter on each edges of the bat with out luck.
B. Indrajith received squared up a couple of instances and was finally caught behind when medium-pacer Anubhav Agarwal received one to maneuver away only a bit.
At the opposite finish, Yash Dhull (55) seemed constructive and stored discovering the boundaries with flicks and drives. He whipped left-arm spinner Kumar Kartikeya off the backfoot to get to his half-century in fashion.
Just earlier than the primary session ended, MP received two fast wickets to go away Rest of India at 467 for seven.
Immediately after the break, Kartikeya trapped Yash Dhull leg-before earlier than Avesh cleaned up the tail, taking the final two wickets off successive deliveries.
MP did a commendable job limiting Rest of India to lower than 500 after conceding 381 on day one, however nonetheless faces an uphill battle to remain alive on this match.
Scoreboard:
Rest of India (1st innings): Mayank Agarwal c Mantri b Avesh 2, Abhimanyu Easwaran (run out) 154, Yashasvi Jaiswal b Avesh 213, Saurabh Kumar b Kushwah 0, B. Indrajith c Mantri b Agarwal 19, Yash Dhull lbw b Kartikeya 55, Upendra Yadav b Kartikeya 14, Atit Sheth c Mantri b Agarwal 0, Pulkit Narang not out 8, Navdeep Saini c Kartikeya b Avesh 9, Mukesh Kumar c Mantri b Avesh 0, Extras (b-2, lb-6, nb-2): 10; Total (in 121.3 overs): 484
FoW: 1-7, 2-378, 3-378, 4-382, 5-433, 6-466, 7-467, 8-469, 9-484.
Madhya Pradesh bowling: Avesh 23.3-6-74-4, Anubhav 18-2-83-2, Kushwah 16-2-59-1, Saransh Jain 24-0-103-0, Kartikeya 32-5-118-2, Shubham 6-0-30-0, Aquil 2-0-9-0.
Madhya Pradesh (1st innings): Himanshu Mantri c Dhull b Saini 1, Arham Aquil c Upendra b Mukesh 0, Shubham Sharma lbw b Saini 4, Harsh Gwali batting 47, Yash Dubey batting 53, Extras (b-1, lb-4, nb-2): 7; Total (for 3 wickets in 43 overs): 112
FoW: 1-1, 2-2, 3-15.
Rest of India bowling: Mukesh 11-3-27-1, Saini 10-4-15-2, Sheth 10-2-33-0, Saurabh 9-3-26-0, Narang 3-1-6-0.
Source web site: sportstar.thehindu.com
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