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Railways poised to take lead

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NEW DELHI: Railways was poised to take first innings lead in its Ranji Trophy Super League match against Andhra at the Karnail Singh Stadium here on Monday, thanks to Sanjib Sanyal’s half-century and some commendable resistance by the tail-enders.

At stumps on day two, Railways was 208 for eight in its first innings. Even one more run will ensure it three points.

Resuming at eight for one, the home side lost wickets in a hurry to have an unhappy lunch (81 for four) and an anxious tea break (158 for six).

Bright spot

The only bright spot for the Railways was Sanyal, who banked on his cool temperament to hold one end intact during the troubled times. His 148-ball 70, studded with seven fours, gave the lower order batsmen the motivation to hang on. The Railways vice-captain added 53 runs for the fourth wicket with Harshad Rawle and 52 runs for the fifth wicket with Yere Goud.

The scores:

Andhra – 1st innings: 208.

Railways – 1st innings: Milind Tamhane c H. Watekar b P. Vijaykumar 6, Sanjay Bangar lbw D. Kalyankrishna 0, Karan Sharma c A.G. Pradeep b P. Vijaykumar 5, Harshad Rawle st V. Manoj Sai b M. Suresh 23, Sanjib Sanyal (run out) 70, Yere Goud c L.N. Prasad Reddy b A.S.K. Verma 13, Mahesh Rawat lbw M. Suresh 18, Raja Ali c & b H. Watekar 39, Murali Kartik (batting) 18, Kulamani Parida (batting) 4, Extras (b-5, lb-1, nb-6) 12, Total (for eight wickets in 100 overs) 208.

Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-13, 3-16, 4-69, 5-121, 6-122, 7-162, 8-199.

Andhra bowling: Kalyankrishna 21-12-22-1, Vijaykumar 20-4-59-2, Suresh 30-9-58-2, Gnaneswar Rao 2-1-4-0, Veerababu 11-2-18-0, Watekar 11-2-30-1, Verma 5-1-11-1.

Other scores: At Valsad: Gujarat 350 (Bhavik Thaker 151) vs. Delhi 199 for six (G. Chabra 63, Y. Nagar 40 batting).

At Bangalore: Baroda 169 vs. Karnataka 347 for seven (R. Dravid 83, T. Naidu 90, S. Joshi 55, B. Akhil 42 batting, A.K. Agral four for 78).

At Bhubaneshwar: Punjab 60 & 59 for one vs. Orissa 352 (N. Behera 74, S. Biswal 54, P. Mullick 100 n.o., H. Das 80, Gagandeep Singh four for 45).

At Rajkot: Saurashtra 643 for four (C. Pujara 170, B.M. Chauhan 104, S. Kotak 78, R. Jadeja 42 batting) vs. Mumbai.

At Kanpur: Maharashtra 221 vs. Uttar Pradesh 290 for six (Shivakant Shukla 131, Parvinder Singh 68).

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