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Harvinder, Parida send Rest crashing

Source: PTI
October 01, 2005 19:43 IST
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Harvinder Singh proved the talisman for Railways yet again, picking three crucial wickets to break the back of Rest of India on the opening day of the Irani Cup cricket match in Delhi on Saturday.

The right arm pacer first cut short a fine innings by opening batsman Dheeraj Jadhav before striking two vital blows in the afternoon session and driving a wedge through Rest's innings.

The young Rest side, having elected to bat on a placid track, were all out for 223, half an hour before play ended for the day.

In reply, the Ranji Trophy champions were three for no loss, with Amit Pagnis unbeaten on two and captain Sanjay Bangar on one at stumps.

Railways were also indebted to their left arm spinner Murali Kartik, whose two key strikes opened the floodgates after a solid first wicket stand between Jadhav and Gautam Gambhir.

Also coming good was off-spinner Kulamani Parida, who, after a dismal season last year, displayed good form by wrapping up the tail to finish with four for 61.

Railways' coach Vinod Sharma was all smiles at the end of the day.

"All bowlers, including J P (Yadav, one for 36), did an excellent job, considering we lost the toss," Sharma pointed out.

"Harvinder is one of the few well-equipped bowlers in the country. I remember his taking for six wickets against Mumbai (in the Ranji Trophy) last year.

"If a bowler takes three or four wickets consistently on such docile tracks, he should be in the running for the Indian team."

But things looked normal when Gambhir and Jadhav opened the innings for Rest.

The two left-handers had little difficulty in negotiating Harvinder and Yadav as they put on 82 runs for the opening stand.

But Gambhir fell to a rash stroke after setting himself for a big knock, when he swiped at Parida, only to edge the sharp turner for a simple catch to Kartik behind the stumps.

Gambhir's 47 came from 85 balls with five fours during a 115-minute stay at the crease.

Kartik then had Suresh Raina (17) caught behind as the left-hander played around his hips.

The first hint of Harvinder's capabilities with the old ball came after lunch when he trapped Jadhav leg before in the fourth over on resumption. The Maharashtra batsman faced 140 balls and hit four fours for his 53.

Kartik picked his second wicket when he had Y Venugopala Rao caught by Vineet Saxena for six.

Harvinder then dismissed Niraj Patel and Parthiv Patel, both left-handers, in identical fashion to trigger the collapse.

Scoreboard

Rest of India (1st innings):
D Jadhav lbw Harvinder Singh 53
G Gambhir c Kartik b Parida 47
S Raina c Wankhede b Kartik 17
Y V Rao c V Saxena b Kartik 6
N Patel c Wankhede b Harvinder Singh 28
P Patel c Wankhede b Harvinder Singh 17
R Powar c Parida b J P Yadav 6
R Ramkumar c Kartik b Parida 7
S Sreesanth not out 19
R P Singh b Parida 16
R Bose c and b Parida 0.
Extras: (b-1, nb-6) 7
Total: (all out in 81.6 overs) 223

Fall of wickets: 1-82, 2-117, 3-119, 4-143, 5-168, 7-179, 8-188, 9-223.

Bowling: Harvinder Singh 18-2-57-3, J P Yadav 19-6-36-1, Sanjay Bangar 13-4-34-0, Kulamani Parida 20-1-61-4, Murali Kartik 12-1-34-2.

Railways (1st innings):
A Pagnis batting 2
S Bangar batting 1
Total: (for no loss in 6 overs) 3

Bowling: Rudra Pratap Singh 3-1-3-0, Ranadeb Bose 2-2-0-0, Ramesh Powar 1-1-0-0.

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