All-rounder Saurabh Kumar hit a thumping half-century earlier than choosing up two wickets as Rest of India tightened the noose round Saurashtra on the second day of the Irani Cup match right here on Sunday.
Saurabh hit 10 fours in his 78-ball 55 and added 71 runs for the seventh wicket with Jayant Yadav (37) and Sarfaraz Khan’s century to dominate the primary day with the ROI near 350.
It was Saurabh’s innings that helped ROI take a stable 276-run lead over Saurashtra within the first innings.
Chetan Sakariya hit a half-century however Saurashtra misplaced two wickets within the ultimate session of Day 2, trailing Rest of India by 227 runs.
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The 29-year-old from Uttar Pradesh made a comeback to dismiss each Saurashtra openers – Harvik Desai (20) and Snell Patel (16) – because the ROI took an additional lead within the match.
At stumps, Chirag Jani (3 batting) and Dharmendrasinh Jadeja (8 batting) have been on the crease with Saurashtra, 2019-20 Ranji Trophy champions, at 49 for 2 in 17 overs, nonetheless trailing by 227 runs.
Earlier, left-arm pacer Chetan Sakariya gave Saurashtra a glimmer of hope with a five-wicket haul as they bundled out ROI for 374 in 110 overs.
The 24-year-old (5/93) took 4 wickets to go along with a scalp on the opening day of Chirag Jani after dismissing Hanuma Vihari (82) and Sarfaraz (138) within the first session.
After dominating the opening day, ROI resumed the second day at 205 for 3 with skipper Vihari and Centurion Sarfaraz batting for over an hour, including 33 runs to their in a single day partnership.
However, the 2 went on in fast succession and Jani produced successes.
Jani first bought Hanuma caught by Harvik Desai and trapped Sarfaraz in entrance of the wicket within the first spell to scale back the ROI to 239 for five within the sixty fifth over.
After that it was a optimistic present as they drew with full supply after Srikar Bharat (12 off 44) got here around the wicket and impressed a lead which was caught by Harvik Desai.
Jayant and Saurabh shared a 71-run stand and it was Sakariya as soon as once more in motion as he eliminated the previous with one other full supply, who saved his line outdoors the off-stump and took the lead from the batsman.
The 24-year-old quick bowler managed to get a prime lead off the blade of Saurabh, who regardless of not being in place, went for the pull, solely to be caught by Snell Patel.
Sakariya then accomplished his 5 when he despatched again Mukesh Kumar with a sensational catch diving within the Gali space together with Prerak Mankad.
Kuldeep Sen was the final batsman to go after being run out.
After a disastrous batting efficiency within the first innings, a lot was anticipated from Saurashtra and the opening pair of Desai and Patel did nicely to see the brand new ball from Mukesh Kumar and Kuldeep Sen.
However, left-arm spinner Saurabh, who didn’t bowl within the first innings, made life tough for the batsmen after being launched within the eleventh over.
He bowled 4 consecutive maiden overs and dismissed each the openers within the course of.
While Snell hit a straight six off Sarfaraz over cowl, Desai bought an out of doors edge and Vihari, first slip, held onto the catch after the ball was deflected after hitting the keeper’s thigh.
Mayank Agarwal needed to be taken to the hospital for a precautionary scan earlier within the day after he was hit on the top simply earlier than the beginning of Saurashtra’s second innings.
The incident occurred when Mayank was going in the direction of his fielding place when a excessive throw from a fielder fell immediately on his head.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
