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30 Nov 2016, 06:49 pm
Summary
Prerak Mankad’s maiden ton helps Saurashtra gain 1st innings lead
21 wickets fell on Day 2 in Wayanad as pacers dominated the show in the Odisha- Maharashtra game. The Suryakant Pradhan-led attack bowled Maharashtra out twice in the day after being bowled out earlier to register a resounding win. Saurashtra secured a valuable first innings lead courtesy a well-compiled century by Prerak Mankad and a patient 155-ball 87 by Snell Patel. Manan Sharma and lower-order help Delhi to first innings lead. Group B, Round 8 – Day 2 Round-up: Saurashtra vs Karnataka in Patiala: Kar 1st inn 200/10 in 64.1 overs (M Pandey 75, V Jivrajani 3/41, J Chauhan 3/52); Sau 1st inn 297/6 in 94 overs (P Mankad 100*, S Patel 87, V Kumar 4/43) Lead by 97 runs Prerak Mankad-led Saurashtra to a 97-run first innings lead with his maiden century in the ongoing game against Karnataka. After the team resumed on 19 for two in the morning, Vinay Kumar accounted for Sheldon Jackson and Jaydev Shah to leave the team on 116 for four and followed up with the wicket of Arpit Vasavada. At 139 for five, the youngster joined Snell Patel in an effort to salvage the innings and the pair took the team to 196 before the latter was sent back. Mankad then carried the team to stumps with K Makwana. He was batting on 100 as Saurashtra finished the day at 297 for six. Odisha vs Maharashtra in Wayanad: Odisha 1st inn 319/10 in 84.5 overs (B Mohanty 12, A Sanklecha 5/75); Maha 1st inn 94/10 in 26 overs (A Sanklecha 18, S Pradhan 4/34, D Behera 3/16, B Mohanty 3/20); F/o Maha 2nd inn 107/10 in 36.4 overs (V More 29, A Sanklecha 22, B Samantray 4/34, S Pradhan 3/36) Odisha won by innings and 118 runs Anupam Sanklecha trapped Basant Mohanty lbw to bowl Odisha out for 319 after resuming on 311 for nine on the second morning. The Suryakant Pradhan-led attack then bowled Odisha to a comprehensive win in the eighth-round match. The pacer claimed four while Mohanty and Deepak Behera claimed three wickets each to skittle Maharashtra out for 94 and enforce a follow on. They then returned to bundle Maharashtra out for 107 and register victory. Pradhan claimed three while Biplab Samantray picked four wickets and Mohanty took two and Behera one as Odisha ran through the Maharashtra lineup for the second time in the day. Vidarbha vs Delhi in Chennai: Vid 1st 183/10 in 62.3 overs (S Shrivastava 62, S Wagh 46*, S Narwal 4/38, NA Saini 3/30); Delhi 1st inn 250/8 in 81 overs (M Sharma 82*, R Gurbani 4/76, Lalit 3/79) Lead by 67 runs Manan Sharma (82* off 119) helped Delhi to a first innings lead with a determined knock with the lower order. He was batting on 82 off 119 balls with V Tokas (28* off 88) when play ended for the day. Resuming on 12 for one, Delhi lineup caved in to the R Gurbani-led attack. The side were on 74 for five as Gautam Gambhir, Rishabh Pant and the rest were sent back by the Vidarbha bowlers for scores less than 30. With Gurbani and Lalit striking at regular intervals, Delhi were tottering on 178 for eight but the lower-order bat rescued the team with a patient effort. He was also ably supported by Milind (37 off 101) in keeping the team in the fray. The lower-order’s efforts led Delhi to a 67-run lead until stumps. Assam vs Jharkhand in Vizianagaram: Jharkhand 1st inn 316/10 in 118 overs (I Jaggi 93, K Das 4/65); Assam 1st inn 126/10 in 52.2 overs (PK Das 30, Rahul Shukla 4/48, A Kumar 2/21, S Nadeem 2/24) Trail by 190 runs Jharkhand lost their remaining six wickets for the addition of 65 runs on Day 2 after resuming on 251 for four in the morning. While Ishank Jaggi missed out on his century by seven runs after resuming his knock on 80, the rest of the lineup caved in to the Krishan Das-led attack. The Saurabh Tiwary-led team were bowled out for 316. The Jharkhand attack then bundled Assam out for 126 until the stroke of stumps and secured a healthy 190-run lead in the ongoing game. After Ajay set the ball rolling with the wicket of Rishav Das for nine, the Rahul Shukla-led attack kept striking at regular intervals to put the side in an advantageous position. Shukla claimed four wickets while Ajay, Ashish Kumar and Shahbaz Nadeem picked two wickets apiece.



