CCI NG 3.7 Product: TOIBhopalBS PubDate: 22-11-2018 Zone: BhopalCity Edition: 1 Page: TOIBHC14 User: anupam.niyogi Time: 11-22-2018 00:04 Color: CMYK THE TIMES OF INDIA, BHOPAL 14 TIMES SPORT THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2018 Shami willingly SAXENA PUTS KERALA ON TOP ‘overshoots’ limit Scores A Breezy Century (143) As Visitors Take First-Innings Lead Of 144 Against Bengal Pradip Datta Archiman.Bhaduri AP Archiman.Bhaduri very next over to leave Kerala @timesgroup.com @timesgroup.com SCOREBOARD on 114 for five. The visitors ne- eded a sensible partnership, Kolkata: With the Board of Kolkata: Bengal, who had tar- and got it through Saxena Control for Cricket in India geted maximum points from Bengal (1st innings): 147 and Vasudevan Jagadeesh. (BCCI) monitoring his worklo- their second home match ahe- Kerala (1st innings, Jagadeesh, who had opened ad before the Test series in ad of a month-long haul on the overnight 35/1): J Saxena the innings before, provided Australia, Mohammad Shami road, have their backs to the c V Singh b Porel 143, R Prem Saxena solid support and the did not feature in Bengal’s first wall in the Ranji Trophy Elite c V Singh b Dinda 18, S duo took Kerala past Bengal’s two Ranji Trophy matches. But Shami bowled 26 overs to take Group B fixture against Kera- Samson lbw Shami 0, S Baby first-innings total of 147 on on Cricket Association of three Kerala wickets la. The visitors tightened their c Majumdar b Shami 23, S the stroke of lunch. Bengal’s request, the BCCI allo- grip by taking a handsome 144- Nizar c Tiwary b Mukesh Jagadeesh had a ‘life’ on wed him to play the ongoing while leaving the Eden Gar- run first-innings lead and then Kumar 5, V Jagadeesh lbw 25 when Vivek dropped him match against Kerala on the dens. “I was feeling nice today, earned an early breakthrough Porel 39, A Chandran not out off Shami in the first over af- condition that he will not bowl having no problem. The weat- in Bengal’s second innings 32, B Thampi b Porel 4, MD ter lunch. Saxena reached his more than 15-17 overs per in- her was fine and the pitch was when Sandeep Warrier sent Nidheesh c Tiwary b Porel 4, 14th first-class century soon nings. lively, so I kept bowling on my back Koushik Ghosh in the S Warrier b Dinda 2; Extras after, off 143 balls. Porel made The Bengal team manage- own,” he stated. third over. (b-6, lb-9, nb-1, w-4): 20; a good comeback to run thro- ment readily agreed, but Sha- “See, I feel the more overs I When stumps were drawn Total (all out in 83 ugh the Kerala lower order. mi actually ended up delive- bowl here, the more match-rea- on Day 2 at the Eden Gardens overs): 291; Fall of wickets: He broke the 119-run sixth- ring 26 overs in Kerala’s first in- dy I will be. Rather than practi- here on Wednesday, Bengal we- 1-1, 2-53, 3-54, 4-109, 5-114, wicket stand by trapping Ja- nings on the second day of the sing elsewhere, it’s nice to bowl re five for one in their second 6-233, 7-252, 8-258, 9-268; gadeesh leg before for 39 just Elite Group B fixture on Wed- your heart out for your own sta- innings to be trailing by 139 Bowling: Dinda 19-3-41-2, before tea and then had Saxe- nesday. The India pacer, who te. I have not bowled for long, runs. One man who made the Shami 26-3-100-3, Mukesh na caught behind after the opened the bowling with As- hence I will get my rhythm difference between the two te- 14-2-45-1, Porel 18-3-69-4, W break. “It was difficult bat- hok Dinda on Monday evening, back by bowling more overs in ams was Kerala’s Jalaj Saxe- Chatterjee 2-0-10-0, A ting on a difficult track aga- bowled six spells — including a match,” he said. na. He may not be in the natio- Majumdar 4-0-11-0. inst a quality seam attack. It two of seven overs each and Bahutule indicated Shami nal selectors’ scheme of Bengal (2nd innings): A was thus a satisfying in- one of five overs — in all to fi- will bowl ‘extra’ overs in Kera- things, but the prolific all-ro- Raman batting 0, K Ghosh c nings,” Saxena said. nish with three for 100. la’s second innings too, if requi- under is not short on motiva- Samson b Warrier 1; Extras Former India U-19 pacer As it turns out, Shami bow- red. tion. Opening the innings, Sax- (lb-4): 4; Total (for 1wkt in Porel added the scalps of Ba- led those extra overs willfully. “There was a grace of some ena followed up his 133 against 2.2 overs): 5; Fall of sil Thampi and MD Nidheesh Bengal coach Sairaj Bahu- overs for him. If needed, he will Andhra in the last match with MAN FOR ALL SEASONS: Jalaj Saxena recorded his second century in a row wicket: 1-5; Bowling: in a fine seven-over spell of 4/ tule said at the end of the day’s bowl more overs in the second a classic 143 (190b, 21x4, 2x6) , Warrier 1.2-1-0-1, Thampi 17 to ultimately finish with fo- play that it was not the team innings too. But it’s completely which was just four runs less med throughout the day, Saxe- when Rohan Prem edged Din- sure slip by conceding 30 runs 1-0-1-0. ur for 69. Shami, who excee- management’s decision to up to him,” the coach said. than what the entire Bengal te- na did not just focus on survi- da to wicketkeeper Vivek in his four-over spell as Saxena ded his 15-17 over limit fixed ‘overbowl’ Shami. “He (Shami) The Bengal team manage- am managed in their first in- val, he played his shots and loo- Singh as he tried to pull a short reached his 50 off 75 balls. Sha- Bengal seemed to be back in by the BCCI for this match, cla- himself wanted to bowl. He ment will mention ‘willingness nings. Up against a formidable ked to dominate the bowlers. ball. Shami then trapped San- mi sent back Sachin Baby in the match when Salman Ni- imed three for 100 in 26 overs was in good rhythm and wan- on part of the bowler’ in its dai- pace attack comprising Ashok Two sixes off Shami showed ju Samson leg before inside the his second spell, having the Ke- zar’s mistimed pull off Mu- across six spells. He ended up ted to keep bowling,” Bahutule ly report which the BCCI has Dinda and Mohammad Sha- his intent. first hour of play. rala skipper caught at second kesh Kumar was easily pou- sending down the most overs explained. asked them to file on Shami’s mi, and on a pitch which sea- Bengal made early inroads But Ishan Porel let the pres- slip by Anushtup Majumdar. ched by Manoj Tiwary in the by a Bengal bowler. The pacer said just as much workload in this match. Lahiri, Bhullar fly the Indian flag at World Cup Dipa eyes Olympic berth with good show Melbourne: Indian hotshots Anirban have been spurring each other on with dent they can produce the right chemis- Lahiri and Gaganjeet Bhullar will be their individual achievements through- try and combine effectively for a great New Delhi: Indian gymnast Germany from Thursday. Getty Images has been India's brightest looking to turn their friendly rivalry in- out the years. Their successes also served showing at The Metropolitan Golf Clu- Dipa Karmakar would be ai- The four-day showpiece is with a bronze in floor exerci- to a formidable partnership when they as a motivation for each other to reach b.Lahiri and Bhullar are part of the six ming to put behind the inju- part of an eight-event quali- se at the 2010 Asian Games in battle for their country’s honour at the greater heights in their careers. two-man Asian teams in the 56-man field ry-marred disaster that was fying system under which Guangzhou, China. ISPS Handa Melbourne World Cup of Having known each other since they hoping to hoist the famous trophy at the the Asian Games when she the gymnasts will make the He also won a bronze and Golf on Thursday.Bhullar and Lahiri were 11years old, the Indian pair is confi- US$7 million event. AGENCIES aims for a positive start to cut based on the aggregate of silver medal at the 2010 Com- her Olympic qualification their top three scores. monwealth Games in floor bid with the World Cup of ar- The four-member Indian exercise and vault respecti- tistic gymnastics in Cottbus, team, which also comprises vely. Rakesh also had some de- cent performances this year, a fourth-place finish in the ring apparatus finals at the Commonwealth Games be- ing the highlight. He also Dipa Karmakar narrowly missed a medal at the Melbourne World Cup in B Aruna Reddy, Ashish Ku- February, finishing fourth. mar and Rakesh Patra, will The run-up to the event, look to make it count with go- however, has been chaotic od performances. with the showdown between Dipa, who finished fourth the Sports Authority of India at the Rio Olympics, will be (SAI) and the de-recognised India's best bet in the tourna- Gymnastics Federation of ment after clinching the gold India (GFI) affecting the ath- at the Artistic Gymnastics letes.