da blaze casino： A defiant century by Satyajit Medappa and stout resistance from RohitRane helped Goa stave off an outright defeat in their South Zone RanjiTrophy clash against Kerala at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochion Saturday
Sankhya Krishnan18-Nov-2000A defiant century by Satyajit Medappa and stout resistance from RohitRane helped Goa stave off an outright defeat in their South Zone RanjiTrophy clash against Kerala at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochion Saturday. The match was called off in the 10th mandatory over afterthe visitors, following on, were bowled out for 321 in their secondinnings, just 131 ahead of Kerala.Resuming on the final day at 111/1, Goa needed a further 79 to maketheir opponents bat again. Disaster struck with the seventh ball ofthe day when skipper V Kolambkar was snared at first slip off left armspinner Sreekumar Nair without adding to his overnight score of 32.Medappa was joined by his former Tamil Nadu teammate Tanveer Jabbarwho did not last long at the crease, falling to Kerala skipperAnanthapadmanabhan just after entering double figures.Soon afterwards Medappa reached his century, featuring nine hits tothe fence, off 215 balls. Leg spinner Ananthapadmanabhan struck twicemore in successive overs before lunch to take care of Medappa andDinesh Rao. The twenty six year old Medappa’s five and a quarter hourknock had netted 116 runs. Goa went into lunch at 188/5, still tworuns behind and in grave danger of an outright defeat.It was Rohit Rane who was instrumental in frustrating Kerala’s designsin the remaining two sessions. He marshalled the tail withresourcefulness, adding 72 for the seventh wicket with Syed Khalid.Rane was last out, caught by Girilal at deep midwicket for 75(164balls, 6 fours) as Goa settled on 321 in 137.1 overs. SpinnersAnanthapadmanabhan and Ramprakash bagged seven wickets between them.