Two sessions lost in Vidarbha-Kerala quarter-final

ESPNcricinfo staff

Dec 7, 2017, 03:00 AM

Vidarbha 45 for 3 (Akshay 2-14) v Kerala
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Only 24 overs of play were possible on the opening day of the quarter-final between Vidarbha and Kerala in Surat. The game kicked off only after tea, with Vidarbha struggling on 45 for 3 at stumps. Medium-pacer MD Nidheesh took one wicket while slow left-arm spinner KC Akshay collected two more scalps.

Vidarbha chose to bat and lost their prolific run-getter Faiz Fazal for two runs. His partner Sanjay Ramaswamy (17) and Wasim Jaffer (12) stuck around for a little while but both fell in quick succession. Akshay removed both batsmen, caught by Sachin Baby and Arun Karthik respectively.

At stumps, Karn Sharma and Ganesh Satish remained unbeaten on seven runs each.

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In the 24 overs that were played, Kerala took three top order wickets as Vidarbha finished the day on 45 for 3

Kerala INNINGS		R	B
Mohammed Azharuddeen	caught	28	33
Jalaj S Saxena	lbw	0	1
Salman Nizar	caught wk	64	104
SV Samson	caught	18	17
Sachin Baby	lbw	26	57
KB Arun Karthik	lbw	3	9
PR Prem	not out	13	41
Basil Thampi	lbw	0	4
KC Akshay	lbw	0	1
MD Nidheesh	bowled	6	40
S Sandeep Warrier	caught	4	7
EXTRAS	(lb 3)
TOTAL	165 (all out; 52.2 ovs)

Vidarbha BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
RN Gurbani	9.0	2	30	2	3.33
AA Sarwate	16.2	4	41	6	2.51
KV Sharma	13.0	2	60	1	4.61
AA Wakhare	14.0	5	31	1	2.21

Kerala 4th innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	5	Jalaj S Saxena	Mohammed Azharuddeen
2nd	54	Salman Nizar	Mohammed Azharuddeen
3rd	27	SV Samson	Salman Nizar
4th	51	Sachin Baby	Salman Nizar
5th	3	KB Arun Karthik	Salman Nizar
6th	3	PR Prem	Salman Nizar
7th	0	PR Prem	Basil Thampi
8th	0	PR Prem	KC Akshay
9th	14	PR Prem	MD Nidheesh
10th	8	PR Prem	S Sandeep Warrier

Ranji Trophy

Group A
Team	M	W	L	D	PT	NRR
KNTKA	6	4	0	2	32	0.479
DELHI	6	3	0	3	27	0.333
MAHA	6	2	2	1	16	0.084
HYD	6	2	1	1	16	-0.156
RLYS	6	2	3	1	14	-0.312
UP	6	0	3	2	5	0.508
ASSAM	6	0	4	2	2	-0.977
Group B
Team	M	W	L	D	PT	NRR
GUJ	6	5	0	1	34	0.097
KER	6	5	1	0	31	0.636
SAU	6	3	1	2	26	0.245
J + K	6	1	4	1	9	-0.077
HRYNA	6	1	4	1	9	-0.506
JHK	6	1	4	1	8	-0.049
RAJ	6	0	2	4	6	-0.294
Group C
Team	M	W	L	D	PT	NRR
MP	6	3	1	2	21	-0.116
MUM	6	2	0	4	21	0.228
AP	6	1	0	5	19	0.326
BRODA	6	1	1	4	16	0.508
TN	6	0	1	5	11	-0.112
ODSA	6	0	2	4	6	-0.648
TPURA	6	0	2	4	4	-0.426
Group D
Team	M	W	L	D	PT	NRR
VIDAR	6	4	0	2	31	0.358
BENG	6	2	1	3	23	0.367
PNJB	6	2	2	2	18	0.609
HP	6	1	1	4	14	0.3
CGR	6	1	3	2	13	-0.514
SVCS	6	1	2	3	10	-0.273
GOA	6	0	2	4	6	-0.7

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Two sessions lost in Vidarbha-Kerala quarter-final