Son Of A Gun should score over rivals in the Bangalore Turf Club Trophy
Bengal’s worst fears came true after tea on the second day of the Ranji Trophy cricket match against Kerala on Saturday.
The pitch changed character from batterfriendly to spinfriendly in the first session. The Kerala innings ended at 363 with Akshay Chandran completing his century. The wicket had good bounce and turn and Jalaj Saxena, found his form and in a mesmerising spell (seven for 67) reduced Bengal to 172 for eight. Karan Lal (22 batting) — who was bowled off a Jalaj no ball — and Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal (nine batting) added 21 runs for the ninth wicket.
Jalaj was relentless and kept pitching the ball at the same spot from where it bounced and turned. He varied his pace and line to confuse the batter. Only opener Abhimanyu Easwaran looked capable of dealing with Jalaj’s variations. But Abhimanyu, after parrying Jalaj for long, feathered a catch to Rohan Kunnummal at shortleg.
Abhimanyu’s dismissal opened the floodgates and the Bengal batters fell like dead petals as it collapsed
hundred.
from 107 for one to 151 for eight with Jalaj picking up the seven wickets. Karan and Jaiswal added useful runs to frustrate Kerala in the final session.
Early in the morning, Sachin Baby and Akshay Chandran extended the fifthwicket partnership to 179. However leftarm spinners Ankit Mishra and Shahbaz Ahmed relished the bounce and made life difficult for the Kerala batters. Baby was caught by Manoj Tiwary in the slips as the ball turned and bounced. Azharuddeen (13) started off with a boundary, but perished trying to attack Mishra and was caught in the deep.
Akshay Chandran (106) completed his century, but was bowled by Shahbaz. Kerala lost wickets in a hurry as it slumped to 324 for eight. But Basil Thampi (20) and N.P. Basil (16) added useful runs.
The scores:
Kerala — 1st innings: Rohan S. Kunnummal c Manoj b Jaiswal 19, Jalaj Saxena c Abhishek b Mishra 40, Rohan Prem c Abhishek b Akash Deep 3, Sachin Baby c Manoj bt Karan 124, Sanju Samson c Manoj b Shahbaz 8, Akshay Chandran b Shahbaz 106, Mohammed Azharuddeen c Akash b Mishra 13, Shreyas Gopal c Manoj b Shahbaz 2, Basil Thampi lbw b Shahbaz 20, N.P. Basil c Manoj b Mishra 16, M.D. Nidheesh (not out) 3; Extras (b-4, lb-3, w-1, nb-1): 9; Total (in 127 overs): 363.
Fall of wickets: 1-26, 2-40, 3-82, 4-112, 5-291, 6-312, 7-317, 8-324, 9-351.
MUMBAI: Trainer Narendra Lagad’s Son Of A Gun should score over his rivals in the Bangalore Turf Club Trophy, the main event of Sunday’s (Feb. 11) races. Rails will be placed 4 metres wide from 1400m to 1200m, 8 metres wide from 800m to 500m and thereafter 5 metres wide upto the winning post.
RAJCOOMAR GUJADHUR MEMORIAL TROPHY (2,400m), Cl. V, rated 1 to 26 — 2.30: 1. Eaton Square (2) Neeraj 61, 2. Marlboro Man (3) Bhawani 53.5, 3. Verdandi (5) K. Nazil 53, 4. Leo The Lion (1) Mustakim 49.5 and 5. Fantastic Flare (4) S. Saba 49.
SPORTSBET.IO LONGSTRIDE CLASSIC (2,000m), Cl. III, rated 40 to 66 — 3.00: 1. Regal Command (6) Bhawani 59, 2. Own Voice (5) N. Bhosale 58.5, 3. Finch (3) P. Trevor 57.5, 4. Golden Glow (2) Mustakim 56.5, 5. Zarak (4) K. Nazil 56.5 and 6. Scaramanga (1) C.S. Jodha 56.
BANGALORE TURF CLUB TROPHY (1,400m), Cl. I, rated 80 and upward — 3.30: 1. Son Of A Gun (2) Mustakim 59, 2. Amazonia (1) Neeraj 53.5 and 3. Wall Street (3) V. Bunde 53.
N.M. IRANI TROPHY (1,400m), (Terms) Maiden, 3y only — 4.00: 1. Break Point (5) Parmar 56, 2. Picasso (6) P.S. Chouhan 56, 3. Tiepolo (4) P. Trevor 56, 4. Affluence (2) K. Nazil 54.5, 5. Come September (10) Mustakim 54.5, 6. Equilateral (1) Bhawani 54.5, 7. Expedite (3) C.S. Jodha 54.5, 8. Pyrite (9) S. Zervan 54.5, 9. Saifa (8) S.
Bengal bowling: Jaiswal 19-3-51-1, Akash 24-8-65-1, Mishra 35-5-84-3, Shahbaz 23.3-2-73-4, Karan 20-2-52-1, Kharia 6-0-29-0.
Bengal — 1st innings: Abhimanyu Easwaran c Rohan b Jalaj 72, Ranjot Singh Kharia b Nidheesh 6, Sudip Kumar Gharami c Rohan b Jalaj 33, Manoj Tiwary c Akshay b Jalaj 6, Abishek Poral c Rohan b jalaj 2, Anustup Majumdar c Baby b Jalaj 0, Shahbaz c Prem b Jalaj 8, Karan Lal (batting) 27, Akash Deep c Sanju b Jalaj 4, Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal (batting) 9; Extras (b-4, nb-1): 5; Total (for eight wkts. in 49 overs): 172.
Fall of wickets: 1-43, 2-107, 3-118, 4-122, 5-122, 6-129, 7-145, 8-151.
Kerala bowling: Thampi 2-0-16-1, Jalaj 20-3-67-7, Nidheesh 8-1-28-1, Shreyas 7-0-30-0, Basil 11-2-25-0, Akshay 1-0-2-0.
Mosin 54.5 and 10. Serengeti (7) Santosh G 54.5.
AMAZING MAURITIUS CUP (1,600m), Cl. IV, rated 20 to 46 — 4.30: 1. Balenciaga (1) H. Gore 59, 2. Big Red (7) Mustakim 58, 3. Metzinger (6) P. Trevor 57.5, 4. Gimme (2) M.S. Deora 54.5, 5. Lion King (3) P. Vinod 53.5, 6. Madras Cheque (9) H.M. Akshay 53, 7. Hooves Of Thunder (5) V. Bunde 52, 8. Alexandros (8) Neeraj 51.5 and 9. Midas Touch (4) K. Nazil 51.
AHMED RAHIMTOOLA TROPHY (1,000m), Cl. IV, rated 20 to 46 — 5.00: 1. Pure (1) P. Dhebe 61.5, 2. Portofino Bay (4) N. Bhosale 59.5, 3. Koenig (11) P. Shinde 57.5, 4. Fidato (9) Mustakim 57, 5. Goddess Of Dawn (2) Neeraj 56.5, 6. Trinket (7) Bhawani 54.5, 7. Harriet (5) S. Amit 52.5, 8. Good Deeds (6) V. Bunde 52, 9. Khaleesi (8) P. Vinod 52, 10. Warrior Prince (3) K. Nazil 52 and 11. Phanta (10) S. Saba 50.
1. PURE, 2. KOENIG, 3. PORTOFINO BAY
7. SPORTSBET.IO SPRINTERS TROPHY (1,200m), Cl. III, rated 40 to 66 — 5.30: 1. New Dimension (2) H. Gore 59, 2. Nolan (3) Parmar 55.5, 3. Esperanza (6) P. Vinod 53.5, 4. Superimpose (4) Mustakim 52.5, 5. Misty (1) N. Bhosale 51.5 and 6. Lazarus (5) C. Umesh
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Jackpot: 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7.
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Elite: Group-A: At Jaipur: Saurashtra 328 in 116.5 overs (Sheldon Jackson 116, Aniket Choudhary 4/33, Kukna Ajay Singh 5/120) vs Rajasthan 159/6 in 61 overs.
Ahmedabad: Manipur 67 & 51/6 in 32 overs vs Services 333 in 106.1 overs (Ravi Chauhan 108, Rajat Paliwal 122).
Jamshedpur: Haryana 509 in 134.5 overs (Rahul Tewatia 144, Sumit Kumar 86, Anukul Roy 5/80) vs Jharkhand 119/9 in 38.2 overs (Jayant Yadav 4/35).
Pune: Maharashtra 208 in 56.4 overs vs Vidarbha 439/6 in 106 overs (Dhruv Shorey 92, Karun Nair 128 batting, Akshay Wadkar 90).
Group-B: Vizianagaram: Andhra 261 & 19/1 in 4.3 overs vs Uttar Pradesh 198 in 51.5 overs (Aryan Juyal 60, K.V. Sasikanth 5/54).
Raipur: Mumbai 351 in 101.4 overs (Ashish Chouhan 6/105) vs Chhattisgarh 180/4 in 66 overs (Shashank Chandrakar 56, Sanjeet Desai 41).
Thumba: Kerala 363 in 127.3 overs (Sachin Baby 124, Akshay Chandran 106, Shahbaz Ahmed 4/73) vs Bengal 172/8 in 49 overs (Abhimanyu Easwaran 72, Jalaj Saxena 7/67).
Guwahati: Assam 405 in 121.4 overs (Abhishek Thakuri 115, Mrinmoy Dutta 72 n.o., Sakibul Gani 4/91) vs Bihar 134/5 in 46 overs.
Group-C: Chandigarh: Chandigarh 356 in 116 overs (Mayank Sidhu 41) vs Tripura 187/4 in 62 overs (Ganesh Satish 67 batting, Bikramjit Debnath 50 batting).
Surat: Railways 297 & 31/0 in 11 overs vs Goa 200 in 68.2 overs (Amogh Sunil Desai 61, Adarsh
Singh 4/49, Akash Pandey 4/62).
Mohali: Gujarat 339 in 94.3 overs (Umang Kumar 40, Arzan Nagwaswalla 50 n.o.) vs Punjab 219 in 56.5 overs (Mandeep Singh 76 n.o., Baltej Singh 42, Priyajitsing Jadeja 5/60).
Chennai: Karnataka 366 in 119.4 overs (Devdutt Padikkal 151, Hardik Raj 51, Srinivas Sharath 45, Ajith Ram 4/75) vs Tamil Nadu 129/7 in 56 overs (N. Jagadeesan 40).
Group-D: Puducherry: Jammu & Kashmir 106 & 152 in 67.5 overs (Damodaran Rohit 4/46) vs Puducherry 172 & 35/7 in 23 overs (Abid Mushtaq 5/17).
Dharamshala: Delhi 264 in 71 overs vs Himachal Pradesh 311/8 in 85 overs (Ravi Thakur 85, Ankit Kalsi 44, Rishi Dhawan 95 batting, Siddhant Sharma 4/101).
Indore: Madhya Pradesh 454 in 129.3 overs (Himanshu Mantri 111, Shubham Sharma 61, Saransh Jain 70, Kumar Kartikeya 45, Mahesh Pithiya 6/103, Akash Singh 4/97) vs Baroda 104/6 in 40 overs (Mitesh Patel 67 batting).
Cuttack: Uttarakhand 342 in 131.3 overs (Vaibhav Bhatt 115, Akhil Rawat 50) vs Odisha 123/6 in 41.2 overs (Aasirwad Swain 54).
Plate: At Hyderabad (1st semifinal): Hyderabad 462/8 decl in 107 overs (Pragnay Reddy 47) vs Nagaland 206 (Joshua Ozukum 50, Rongsen Jonathan 41, RS Jaganath Sinivas 44,
Tanay Thyagarajan 7/63) & 20/1 in 5 overs.
Mangaldoi (2nd semifinal): Mizoram 144 & 153 in 38 overs (Agni Chopra 69, Akash Choudhary 5/33, Aryan Bora 4/49) vs Meghalaya 145 (Mohit Jangra 5/32, K.C. Cariappa 4/59) & 125/4 in 31 overs.