da dobrowin： After Shikhar Dhawan’s heroics on the opening day, it was Ajay Jadeja’s turn to star against Karnataka at the Jamia Millia Cricket Ground in New Delhi
Cricinfo staff14-Dec-2004Elite Group
ScorecardAfter Shikhar Dhawan’s heroics on the opening day, it was Ajay Jadeja’s turn to star against Karnataka at the Jamia Millia Cricket Ground in New Delhi. Jadeja stroked an unbeaten 103 to put Delhi in charge after Dhawan had departed for 130 early on day two. He found an able ally in Rajat Bhatia, who made an even 50, and Vijay Dahiya, who missed out on a half-century by a run when Sudhindra Shinde ran him out. Karnataka struggled for breakthroughs, with Sunil Joshi bowling a marathon 62 overs for figures of 4 for 117. At stumps, Robin Uthappa and Barrington Rowland had knocked off 32 from the arrears.
ScorecardAfter Ajit Agarkar wrapped up the two remaining Gujarat wickets for the addition of only 22 runs, Wasim Jaffer’s fluent 86 led Mumbai into a position of strength at the Wankhede Stadium. Jaffer stroked 16 fours in his 137-ball innings, and added 99 for the opening wicket with Vinayak Mane, who batted 158 minutes for his 28. Vinit Indulkar chipped in with 34, and Amol Muzumdar showed plenty of aggressive intent en route to an unbeaten 56 as Gujarat increasingly became lost for ideas.
ScorecardRaja Ali made 53 and Siddharth Joshi 47 as Railways stretched their first innings to 373 on day two. Madhya Pradesh were indebted to Yogesh Golwalkar, who bowled superbly for figures of 8 for 127. And after Harvinder Singh had dismissed Sachin Dholpure and Amay Khurasiya cheaply, Madhya Pradesh rebuilt through Naman Ojha and Devendra Bundela to leave the match intriguingly poised at the halfway stage.
ScorecardSyeb Sahabuddin mopped up the Bengal lower order for next to nothing, but then had to watch as his own batsmen fumbled against some tight bowling. Only Venugopal Rao crossed 30 as Murtaza Lodhgar, whose offspin fetched him figures of 4 for 34, and Saurasish Lahiri gave Bengal the initiative in a match that appears certains to have a result.
ScorecardRizwan Shamshad and Gyanendra Pandey, two of the veterans of the domestic circuit, added 114 for the fourth wicket to put Uttar Pradesh in control of this encounter at the Gymkhana Ground in Hyderabad. Shamshad stroked a fine unbeaten 103, and Pandey struck 61, after Suresh Raina had struck a breezy 49 at the top of the order. For Hyderabad, who could add only 10 to their overnight total of 236 for 8, Anirudh Singh picked up 3 for 59.
ScorecardYuvraj Singh, Dinesh Mongia and Reetinder Singh Sodhi all failed, but Ravneet Ricky struck a battling 71 as Punjab struggled to match Tamil Nadu’s modest total of 244. Kuthethurshri Vasudevdas was left unconquered on 91 as Tamil Nadu added 53 before being bowled out, with Vikram Singh taking 5 for 70. When Punjab batted, Rajamani Jesuraj was the surprise package, taking 3 for 50 as the visitors lost all their top-order big guns before stumps.
ScorecardDhruv Mohan made an unbeaten 93, and Kaushik Aphale chipped in with 55 as Maharashtra built a handy lead in their game against Assam. Arnald Konwar picked up 3 for 92 as Assam fought to contain the home batsmen. Dheeraj Jadhav made 37 and Hrishikesh Kanitkar 42.