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Spinners rule the roost at Rajkot

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Rajkot: A ring of close in fielders, including the old fashioned leg trap of a forward and backward short leg provided, much needed strength to the spinners at the Race Course here on Friday.

Sixteen wickets went down on the second day — including a baker’s dozen to the spinners — of the Ranji Trophy super league tie between Saurashtra and Hyderabad. The latter, set a target of 177 on a fast declining surface, finished the day at 14 for two in its second essay.

After its batting debacle on the first day, the two Jadejas in the home side, Balkrishna and Ravindra ran through the Hyderabad batting line-up and restricted its lead to just seven runs.

The two were involved in all the dismissals in the Hyderabad first innings; Balkrishna snapping up six wickets with Ravindra taking three and then throwing down the stumps to run out Ashwin Yadav.

Reckless

However, the batting top order in Chirag Pathak, Bhushan Chauhan and Jaydev Shah were reckless while the situation demanded caution.

It was only due to some lusty blows from Sagar Jogiyani, Rakesh Dhruv and Kamlesh Makwana, that Saurashtra’s score swelled to 183.

The scores: Saurashtra — 1st innings: 133.

Hyderabad — 1st innings: T. Suman c Jogiyani b B. Jadeja 6, Ravi Teja lbw b B. Jadeja 35, A. Pai c Jogiyani b B. Jadeja 12, A. Shinde lbw b B. Jadeja 2, M. Shakeer b B. Jadeja 0, A. Kumar lbw b B. Jadeja 13, A. Quadri c Shah b R. Jadeja 32, N.P. Arjun c sub (Vasavda) b R. Jadeja 12, S.M. Shoaib c Shah b R. Jadeja 16, A. Yadav run out (R. Jadeja ) 3, Shivshanker not out 1; Extras: (lb-6, nb-2) 8; Total: (in 49. 1 overs) 140.

Fall of wickets: 1-30, 2-46, 3-56, 4-56, 5-75, 6-78, 7-119, 8-120, 9-127.

Saurashtra bowling: Jobanputra 6-1-18-0, B. Jadeja 14-3-29-6, R. Jadeja 18.1-2-57-3, Makwana 10-2-29-0, Dhruv 1-0-1-0.

Saurashtra — 2nd innings: C. Pathak lbw b Teja 33, B. Chauhan st. A. Kumar b Shakeer 21, J. Shah c Shoaib b Yadav 2, C. Pujara lbw b Shinde 20, R. Jadeja c Suman b Teja 31, S. Kotak lbw b Shinde 2, S. Jogiyani b Shakeer 9, R. Dhruv b A. Yadav 13, K. Makwana c A. Kumar b Shinde 17, S. Jobanputra (not out) 8, B. Jadeja c Pai b Shinde 0; Extras: (b-21, lb-5, w-1) 27; Total: (in 65 overs) 183.

Fall of wickets: 1-49, 2-55, 3-77, 4-109, 5-117, 6-129, 7-138, 8-162, 9-183.

Hyderabad bowling: Shoaib 3-0-17-0, Arjun 5-1-8-0, Yadav 8-1-24-2, Shivshanker 12-2-34-0, Teja 17-3-33-3, Shakeer 9-2-27-1, Shinde 10-5-13-4, Quadri 1-0-1-0.

Hyderabad — 2nd innings: T. Suman c Kotak b R. Jadeja 1, D. Ravi Teja c Kotak b Dhruv 10, N.P. Arjun (batting) 2, A. Pai (batting) 1; Total: (for two wkts in 7 overs) 14.

Fall of wickets: 1-9, 2-13.

Saurashtra bowling: B. Jadeja 3-1-3-0, R. Jadeja 3-1-7-1, Dhruv 1-0-4-1.

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