da prosport bet： Centuries by Amay Khurasia and Abbas Ali could not prevent MadhyaPradesh from conceding a massive 242 run first innings lead toRailways on the third day of their Central Zone Ranji Trophy leaguetie at the Karnail Singh Stadium in Delhi today
Sankhya Krishnan01-Nov-2000Centuries by Amay Khurasia and Abbas Ali could not prevent MadhyaPradesh from conceding a massive 242 run first innings lead toRailways on the third day of their Central Zone Ranji Trophy leaguetie at the Karnail Singh Stadium in Delhi today. MP which were bowledout for 283 at stumps in response to Railways’ 525 face the prospectof a follow-on tomorrow.Resuming at 10/2, the visitors lost the wickets of Harvinder Sodhi andDevender Bundela cheaply in the morning, at which point the twocenturions joined hands with the total a dismal 48/4. Khurasiya andAbbas added 114 for the fifth wicket before the former was castled byMurali Kartik for an aggressive 105 (143 balls, 12 fours, 3 sixes).Abbas soldiered on, compiling 54 for the sixth and 63 for the seventhwickets with skipper Chandrakant Pandit and Nikhil Patwardhanrespectively. Grandson of the legendary Mushtaq Ali, Abbas was finallydislodged by off spinner Kulamani Parida for 105 (186 balls, 16 fours,2 sixes). That left MP at 279/7. Two overs and four runs later it wasall over as Parida polished off the rabbits to finish with 3/39. Hisfellow tweaker Kartik had been a shade more expensive in collectingreturns of 3/82.