Manish Pandey performed a mature hand beneath strain to information Karnataka to a one-wicket win towards Railways in its Ranji Trophy Elite Group C encounter in Surat on Sunday.
Chasing a goal of 226, Manish (67 n.o.,121b, 6×4, 1×6) stitched very important partnerships with Srinivas Sharath and V. Vyshak to get Karnataka on monitor after the opposition bowlers had diminished the group to 99 for six.
The sparse crowd that made its option to the stadium anticipating the shut end cheered for each run as Manish mixed with Vidwath Kaverappa and V. Koushik to take the aspect residence.
Akash Pandey‘s 10-wicket match haul took Railways to the cusp of victory but Manish’s composed innings coupled with two misfields within the final over meant that the house group fell agonizingly brief.
The Karnataka chase stumbled early when D. Nischal begrudgingly walked again after he was adjudged to have nicked one to the keeper. R. Samarth then blocked one finish whereas Ok.V. Aneesh seemed to maintain the scoreboard ticking.
Once the spinners got here into play, the run charge dropped, with each shot greeted with ‘oohs and aahs’ by the close-in fielders.
Once Aneesh departed after his tried reduce shot sat up for Vivek Singh at first slip, wickets began trickling, the flip and uneven bounce proving the nemesis for the center order.
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Manish walked in with the rating at 75 for 4 and performed out the preliminary section, scoring no boundaries in a 73-ball spell earlier than taking his group to victory with a boundary after a fortuitous edge went by means of the hole between the wicketkeeper and first slip.
Earlier within the day, Mohammad Saif (82, 156b, 6×4, 3×6) and Ayan Chaudhary resumed the innings for the Railways. Karnataka began with an open subject for Saif, focusing on the tail-ender on the different finish.
The plan got here to fruition fairly early when Chaudhary nicked his tried pull shot off Kaverappa, offering a easy catch to Samarth at slip.
Saif continued to bat on at one finish, rigorously selecting up boundaries each time the possibility arrived, whereas Himanshu Sangwan saved out the final couple of balls each over, getting an incredible reception from the Railways’ dugout.
Saif went after Vyshak, pulling him for a 4 and 6 within the 72nd over earlier than holing out to Kishan Bedare with the group rating at 244, which ultimately proved to be inadequate.
SCORES
Railways – 1st innings: 155
Karnataka – 1st innings: 174
Railways – 2nd innings: Vivek Singh lbw b Koushik 13, Rishabh Mishra lbw b Kaverappa 0, Pratham Singh c Koushik b Vyshak 33, Mohammad Saif c Bedare b Vyshak 82, Sahab Yuvraj Singh b Samarth 28, Suraj Ahuja lbw b Vyshak 48, Ashutosh Sharma c Bedare b Kaverappa 1, Yuvraj Singh lbw b Hardik 13, Akash Pandey c sub (Shashikumar) b Vyshak 8, Ayan Chaudhary c Samarth b Vyshak 3, Himanshu Sangwan (not out) 0;
Extras: (b-6, lb-7,w-2) 15; Total (in 72 overs): 244.
Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-13, 3-82, 4-126, 5-156, 6-188, 7-198, 8-204, 9-217
Karnataka bowling: Kaverappa 17-4-46-2, Koushik 13-3-33-1, Samarth 10-1-32-1, Vyshak 17-0-67-5, Hardik 15-1-53-1
Karnataka – 2nd innings: R. Samarth lbw b Akash Pandey 35, D. Nischal c Ahuja b Sangwan 1, Ok.V. Aneesh c Vivek b Saif 34, Nikin Jose c Ahuja b Akash Pandey 0, Hardik Raj c Mishra b Akash Pandey 14, Manish Pandey (not out) 67, Kishan Bedare b Saif 0, Srinivas Sharath lbw b Akash Pandey 23; V. Vyshak c Yuvraj b Sangwan 38, Vidwath Kaverappa lbw b Akash Pandey 8, V. Koushik (not out) 1;
Extras: (b-8) 8; Total (for 9 wkts. in 82.4 overs): 229.
Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-70, 3-70, 4-75, 5-96, 6-99, 7-133, 8-197, 9-214
Railways bowling: Yuvraj 4-0-10-0, Sangwan 8-2-24-2, Akash Pandey 34.4-7-94-5, Chaudhary 20-4-50-0, Saif 16-3-43-2
Source web site: sportstar.thehindu.com
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