A dogged century by Chhattisgarh captain Harpreet Singh Bhatia (152) defied Kerala for main a part of the day however one other 5 wicket haul by Jalaj Saxena put the host on highway to victory within the Ranji Trophy cricket match on the KCA-St.Xavier’s College floor right here on Thursday.
Jalaj wheeled away with metronomic accuracy prying on the batters’ endurance to take his second five-wicket haul (6/75) of the match because the Chhattisgarh was dismissed for 287 and it left Kerala with a goal of 126 on Friday.
On a wicket of variable bounce, Harpreet Singh confirmed a number of endurance in selecting the best balls to play his forcing photographs. While Jalaj stored it tight, remainder of the Kerala bowlers erred by providing sufficient free deliveries to Chhattisgarh batters.
The in a single day pair of Harpreet Singh and Amandeep Khare have been hardly ever examined within the morning because the pitch performed true. The duo accomplished their fifty partnership however Jalaj foxed Amandeep (30) with a ball that bounced and compelled him to edge to Sachin Baby at foolish level.
Shashank Singh (16) negotiated the spinners properly so as to add 64 runs with Harpreet Singh for the fourth wicket. But quickly after lunch Shashank misplaced his endurance and gave Jalaj the cost solely to be stumped by Rahul.
Ajay Mandal joined his skipper and the duo was unhurried in including 70 runs for the fifth wicket. But the vagaries of pitch accounted for Ajay Mandal (22) who was bowled by a ball that stored low from medium pacer N.P.Basil.
Harpreet modified gears and took a heavy toll on the predictable choices from left arm spinner Sijomon to race to his 150. However, Jalaj castled him when Harpreet tried one other huge shot. Wicketkeeper M.S.S. Hussain (20) uncovered the tail when he slogged Jalaj straight to Rohan at lengthy on. Sourabh Majumdar (1) edged a lifter from Fanoos to Akshay within the slips and Jalaj returned to snap up Sumit Ruikar (13) to finish the innings.
The scores:
Chhattisgarh-Ist Innings 149
Kerala-Ist Innings 311
Chhattisgarh- 2nd innings
Rishab Tiwari c Sanju b Jalaj 0, Sanidhya Hurkat lbw Vaisakh 0, Harpreet Singh Bhatia b Jalaj 152, Amandeep Khare c Baby b Jalaj 30, Shashank Singh st Rahul b Jalaj 16, Ajay Mandal b Basil 22, Mayank Yadav c Baby b Vaisakh 5, M.S.S. Hussain c Rohan b Jalaj 20, Sumit Ruikar c Sanju b Jalaj 13, Sourabh Majumdar c Akshay b Fanoos 1, Ravi Kiran not out 0.
Extras (w 3, b 20, 1b 5): 28
Total (in 89.4 overs): 287
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-0, 3-55, 4-119, 5-189, 6-224, 7-264, 8-277, 9-286.
Kerala bowling
Jalaj 37.4-7-75-6, Vaisakh 24-3-66-2, Sijomon Joseph 6-0-38-0, Fanoos 10-0-43-1, Basil 8-0-26-1, Akshay 4-0-14-0.