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Uttar Pradesh takes command

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STEPPING OUT: Tamil Nadu’s Abhinav Mukund made good use of his feet against the Andhra spinners.

NEW DELHI: After struggling with the bat, Railways was trying to cope with a few fitness problems as Uttar Pradesh slowly tightened the noose on the penultimate day of their Ranji Trophy Super League match at the Karnail Singh Stadium here on Monday.

Veteran Yere Goud’s stubborn unbeaten 78 took Railways to a modest 200, which was enough to avoid follow-on.

With the cushion of 146 runs advantage in the first innings, U.P scored a handy 118 for four in its second essay and was enjoying a healthy lead of 264 runs at stumps.

Resistance

Goud and Mahesh Rawat provided some resistance in the morning. Before the departure of Rawat (39, 104 balls, 5x4s), who came out to play despite running high fever, the two had stood strong in an important stand of 72 runs for the sixth wicket.

Leg-spinner Piyush Chawla found his touch to polish the tail for his 10th first class five-wicket haul as Goud kept on looking at the other end. The seasoned pro consumed 231 balls and struck 11 boundaries in his knock.

While fielding for the second time, Railways struggled as well. Wicketkeeper Rawat took a break to see the doctor, leaving the glovework to Milind Tamhane. Kulamani Parida, nursing a sore knee, put up a brave effort to be on the field and claim two wickets.

The home team missed chances and gave away too many byes (22) to make matters worse.

A jarring note for Railways was Murali Kartik being summoned by Match Referee K. Pradeep for showing dissent after being given out.

Tanmay Srivastava worked hard for his unbeaten half-century to help Uttar Pradesh gain the upper hand.

The scores:

Uttar Pradesh – 1st innings: 346

Railways – 1st innings: Milind Tamhane c R.P. Singh b B. Kumar 2, Sanjay Bangar c M. Amir Khan b R.P. Singh 0, H. Rawle b R.P. Singh 0, Sanjib Sanyal b R.P. Singh 4, Yere Goud (not out) 78, Karan Sharma c M. Amir Khan b P. Chawla 23, Mahesh Rawat b B. Kumar 39, Raja Ali c M. Amir Khan b P. Chawla 16, Murali Kartik c Mohd. Kaif b P. Chawla 12, Anureet Singh c Mohd. Kaif b P. Chawla 2, Kulamani Parida b P. Chawla 2, Extras (b-8, lb-7, nb-7) 22, Total (in 89.5 overs) 200.

Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-1, 3-10, 4-12, 5-72, 6-144, 7-172, 8-196, 9-198.

Uttar Pradesh bowling: R.P. Singh 26-5-81-3, Bhuvneshwar Kumar 19-11-21-2, Praveen Kumar 16-4-34-0, Piyush Chawla 20.5-6-33-5, Praveen Gupta 8-3-16-0.

Uttar Pradesh – 2nd innings: Tanmay Srivastava (batting) 51, Shivakant Shukla b A. Singh 8, Suresh Raina b A. Singh 17, Mohd. Kaif c H. Rawle b K. Parida 4, Parvinder Singh b K. Parida 8, Bhuvneshwar Kumar (batting) 0, Extras (b-22, lb-6, nb-1, wd-1) 30, Total (for four wickets in 50 overs) 118. Fall of wickets: 1-23, 2-84, 3-95, 4-110.

Railways bowling: Anureet Singh 13-3-34-2, Sanjay Bangar 6-2-17-0, Murali Kartik 13-6-19-0, Sanjib Sanyal 5-0-13-0, Kulamani Parida 13-8-7-2.

Super League: At Vijayawada: Andhra 283 (B. Sumanth 90, Y. Gnaneswara Rao 62) vs Tamil Nadu 131 for one (A. Mukund 72 batting, S. Badrinath 54 batting).

At Vadodara: Maharashtra 228 & 273 for six (R. Bhosale 69, A. Shrikhande 114) vs Baroda 305.

At Ahmedabad: Gujarat 300 & 34 for no loss bt Punjab 137 & 192 (U. Kaul 56 not out, S. Trivedi five for 43). Gujarat 6, Punjab 0.

At Rajkot: Saurashtra 344 bt Rajasthan 185 (R. Bishnoi 67 not out, K. Makwana four for 74) & 85 (Makwana four for 31). Saurashtra 6, Rajasthan 0.

Plate Division:

At Rohtak: Haryana 287 & 252 for seven (Sunny Singh 48, Dhruv Singh 68 not out, A. Mishra 54 not out) vs Goa 190.

At Ranchi: Himachal Pradesh 551 vs Jharkhand 341 for six (M.S. Vardhan 66, I. R. Jaggi 44, S.S. Tiwary 144 batting, A. Hashmi 49).

At Delhi: Madhya Pradesh 223 & 240 for two (Jalaj Saxena 100 batting, H. Sagar 45, D. Bundela 45 batting) vs Services 140 (Y.A. Golwarkar four for 30).

At Nagpur: Assam 299 & ten without loss vs Vidarbha 324 (R.S. Paradkar 43, S.U. Shrivatsava 68, S.B. Wagh 110, K. Das five for 83).

At Kolkata: Tripura 88 & 208 (N.S. Shetty 73, R. Datta 58) lost to Bengal 307. Bengal 6, Tripura 0.

At Palakkad: Jammu & Kashmir 184 & 199 (I.D. Singh 61, M. Joglekar 44) lost to Kerala 299 & 87 for two. Kerala 5, J & K 0.

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