Poor fielding hurt Railways against Punjab (Ranji Round-up)
By IANSWednesday, December 16, 2009
NEW DELHI - Railways kept alive their hopes of qualifying for the quarterfinals after they reduced Punjab to 154 for four in the first innings on the second day of their Ranji Trophy Super League match at the Karni Singh Stadium here Wedneday.
Resuming at their overnight score of 191 for six, Railways were all out for 276 after Karan Sharma hit 59 at the Karni Singh Stadium.
In reply, Mayank Sidhana hit 54 and Uday Kaul was batting on 46 as Punjab reduced the deficit to 122 at stumps.
Railways could have got Punjab out cheaply but skipper Murali Kartik, Sanjay Bangar and Yere Goud were guilty of dropping some easy catches.
Rahul Sharma was the most successful Punjab bowler, finishing with impressive figures of 6-92 from his 28 overs.
Railways need at least five points from this match and only an outright victory can help them to seal a quarter-final berth. Punjab, on the other hand, need only a point to advance.
Brief scores:
At Delhi: Railways 287 all out (Faiz Fazal 87, Karan Sharma 59 not out; Rahul Sharma 6-92). Punjab 154/4 (Mayank Sidhana 54, Uday Kaul 46 batting).
At Kolkata: Bengal 522 (Sourav Ganguly 152, Wriddhiman Saha 120, Laxmi Ratan Shukla 132; Pradeep Sangwan 4/113, Parvinder Awana 3/105). Delhi 68/2.
At Dharamsala: Himachal Pardesh 125 and 47/2. Orissa 316 (Halhadar Das 144; Mohinderraj Sharma 5/102).
At Hyderabad: Hyderabad 347 all out. Tamil Nadu 189/1 (Srikanth Anirudh 70, Abhinav Mukund 66 batting).
At Poona: Maharashtra 288 all out. Baroda 300/5 (Conor Williams 129, Shatrunjay Gaekwad 103 not out).
At Mumbai: Mumbai 648/6 dec. (Rohit Sharma 309 not out, Sushant Marathe 105). Gujarat 120/1
At Rajkot: Saurashtra 216 and 57 for no loss. Karnataka 384 all out (Ganesh Satish 120).
