Chanderpaul, Deonarine put Windies in sight of a big total

Powell and Bravo too chip in for the visitor

November 01, 2013 01:15 am | Updated May 28, 2016 09:31 am IST - KOLKATA

FAILING TO TAKE OFF: Chirs Gayle could not get into the groove and was dismissed for 18 by this Imtiaz Ahmed special.

FAILING TO TAKE OFF: Chirs Gayle could not get into the groove and was dismissed for 18 by this Imtiaz Ahmed special.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul renewed his successful association with Indian conditions as he paired in an unbeaten 170-run partnership with Guyana teammate Narsingh Deonarine to see West Indies to 333 for four on the first day against Uttar Pradesh here at the Jadavpur University second campus complex on Thursday.

Chanderpaul, who is looking to complete 150 Tests in the upcoming two series against India, and Deonarine were the most successful among the West Indies top order, who handled the Uttar Pradesh bowlers with confidence.

Chanderpaul (91 batting) fired up late with some delectable stroke-play after making a sedate start. Deonarine (83 batting) was the more expressive among the two initially and played some good shots to thwart the Uttar Pradesh attack. The two shared four sixes and hit 19 boundaries to score at a brisk rate of 4.57 in the 31.1 overs they spent together.

The duo look set for big scores when West Indies resumes its first innings on Friday.

West Indies’ hopes of getting a feel of the conditions on a tour that came virtually as an impingement in its calendar, was somewhat fulfilled as it won the toss and had a good round of batting exercise.

Uttar Pradesh, which was given a break in the opening round of Ranji Trophy fixtures, packed three former India campaigners, giving the visitor a good simulation of the opposition it could expect when taking on the Indian team.

The visitor’s approach reflected its avowed interest in cementing the rebuilding process of the team started some time ago. The West Indies batting aimed at gaining solidity as it focused on getting some good partnerships going.

Gayle fails to fire

The expectations of an explosive start were belied as the acknowledged big hitter in the West Indies top order, Chirs Gayle, could not get into the groove and played a placid innings of 18 runs before being castled by a sharp delivery from Imtiaz Ahmed. The pacer bowled an impressive line and account for two wicket, the second being that of Marlon Samuels.

Kieran Powell (64) and Darren Bravo (61) got down to control the damage after the early departure of Gayle and set up a 112-run partnership. The two played sensibly and showed good temperament to break free of the Uttar Pradesh bowling attack, which mixed pace and a good amount spin spearheaded by its captain Piyush Chawla.

“Hopefully, our batsmen can capitalise on whatever starts we get and remain at the top of our game. At the end of the day, we don’t need to make one match excuse or anything like that. We try our best and make best use of it,” said Darren Bravo about his team’s expectation from the one-off practice match.

The scores: West Indies: Chris Gayle b Ahmed 18, Kieran Powell b Alam 64, Darren Bravo b R.P. Singh 61, Marlon Samuels c Khan b Ahmed 12, Shivnarine Chanderpaul (batting) 91, Narsingh Deonarine (batting) 83, Extras (lb-4) 4; Total (for four wkts. in 79 overs) 333.

Fall of wickets: 1-33, 2-145, 3-149, 4-163.

Uttar Pradesh bowling: Rudra Pratap Singh 14-2-46-1, Ankit Rajpoot 6.3-1-29-0, Imtiaz Ahmed 16-4-68-2, Piyush Chawla 19-2-91-0, Prashant Gupta 7.3-0-38-0, Arish Alam 16-2-57-1.

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