da dobrowin： Md Kaif celebrated his recall to the Indian team in the best possiblemanner
da realbet： Staff Reporter02-Aug-2001Md Kaif celebrated his recall to the Indian team in the best possiblemanner. Coming in at No 3, he went on to make an unbeaten 199 as Oiland Natural Gas Corporation amassed 459 for four in the allotted 90overs on the second day of their Coromandel Cement Cup match againstIndian Airlines at the Maharaja Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar SportsComplex in Bangalore on Thursday.The opening day’s play yesterday had been washed out. Put in to bat,ONGC were given a good start with openers Gagan Khoda (25) and SandeepSharma putting on 63 runs in 14 overs. Kaif then joined Sharma and thetwo proceeded to ground the Indian Airlines attack into the dust byadding 219 runs for the second wicket off 46 overs. At 282, Sharmafinally fell for 146. He batted 252 minutes, faced 201 balls and hit22 fours and a six. Airlines’ agony did not end with the dismissal ofSharma. Kaif and skipper R Shamshad (44) figured in a 99-run thirdwicket association that lasted 18.2 overs. Mithun Manhas (10) and Kaifthen slapped on another 50 runs for the fourth wicket off only 7.2overs. When the innings ended, Kaif had batted five hours. He faced208 balls and hit 18 fours and three sixes.Rearguard action propels MRF to 325A strong rearguard action enabled MRF to score 325 on the second dayof their Coromandel Cement Cup match against Hyderabad CricketAssociation XI at the Gangothri Gladers ground in Mysore on Thursday.At stumps HCA were 15 for one.It was another rain affected day’s play. Showers stopped play at 2.20and tea was taken early. Play resumed only at 4.40 and was called offbecause of rain at 5 pm.In between the interruptions, MRF made a strong recovery. Resuming at98 for three, they were soon 144 for five despite Amit Pagnis’watchful 66 for which he batted three hours. He faced 130 balls,hitting 12 fours.JP Yadav (59) and former Indian player Ashish Kapoor (36) initiated arecovery process by adding 54 runs for the sixth wicket off 10.5overs. The momentum was maintained with Yadav and another formerIndian player Thiru Kumaran (11) putting on 44 runs for the seventhwicket off 11.3 overs.Yadav fell soon afterwards after facing 113 balls and hitting sevenfours and a six but N Gautham who came in at No 9 kept the inningsgoing and remained unbeaten with a run a ball 52. He hit three foursand two sixes. With MR Shrinivas (10) he added 45 runs for the ninthwicket off 11 overs.Kumaran provided the breakthrough when HCA batted bowling skipperNanda Kishore (2). DS Manohar (6) and Anirudh Singh (3) were battingwhen rain ruled out further play.Unbeaten 106 by Thilak NaiduThilak Naidu hit an unbeaten 106 as Karnataka State CricketAssociation did well in scoring 343 for five in the allotted 90 overson the second day in their Coromandel Cement Cup match against Andhraat the RSI ground in Bangalore on Thursday.Resuming at 117 for two, KSCA lost Mithun Beerala for 61. FormerIndian player Vijay Bhardwaj contributed 62. But the innings reallygained momentum with Naidu and wicketkeeper RC Shanbal adding 134 runsfor the unbroken sixth wicket off 23.3 overs. Naidu faced 125 balls,hitting ten fours and two sixes while Shanbal remained unbeaten with46 off 75 balls.The Andhra reply was led by opener Amit Pathak who by close wasbatting with 68. He has so far faced 77 balls and hit elevenboundaries. He and YG Rao (17) added 67 runs for the second wicket off12.3 overs. Andhra at close were 98 for three off 28 overs and willdepend on Pathak carrying them past the KSCA total. The target now is246 runs off 62 overs.Frontline batsmen prop up Roofit XIValuable contributions by most of their frontline batsmen saw RoofitXI, Mumbai put up a challenging total of 341 for seven in 87.5 overson the second day of their Coromandel Cement Cup match against IndiaCements at the Central College ground in Bangalore on Thursday.Rain had washed out play on the opening day yesterday. Put in to bat,Roofit were given a good start with openers S Parab (94) and SAdhikari (47) putting on 96 runs off 33.4 overs. Parab was thenconcerned in a fruitful third wicket partnership of 84 runs withHrishikesh Kanitkar (76). Parab was third out at 182 in the 57th overafter facing 165 balls and hitting eleven fours. Kanitkar and skipperJatin Paranjpe (33) then maintained the momentum with a fourth wicketassociation of 68 runs that lasted 14 overs. P Patel then kept theinnings going with an unbeaten 43 off 56 balls with three boundaryhits. The first innings of each side is restricted to 90 overs.KSCA Colts in command against Kerala XIKarnataka State Cricket Association Colts were in a position ofconsiderable strength at stumps on the second day of their CoromandelCement Cup match against Kerala CA XI at the NRA ground in Bangaloreon Thursday. After scoring 321 for seven in the allotted 90 overs,KSCA Colts had taken six Kerala wickets for 123 runs by close.Resuming at 126 for two, KSCA Colts were bolstered by the twoovernight batsmen SK Ponnappa and B Akhil. While opener Ponnappa made88 off 207 balls with ten boundary hits, skipper Akhil went on to get56 off 118 balls with six fours. The two shared a third wicket standof 119 runs off 36.4 overs. The momentum was maintained with StuartBinny (27) and Affan Sheriff adding 58 runs for the seventh wicket off14.3 overs. And finally Sheriff and Sunil Kumar figured in an unbrokeneighth wicket partnership of 56 runs off seven overs. While Sheriffscored 50 off 63 balls with seven fours and a six, Sunil Kumar’sbreezy 33 came up off opnly 27 balls. SK Nair finished with five for82.Kerala lost wickets at regular intervals and were in a sad pickle atthe end of the day. Most of the damage was caused by opening bowler NCAiyappa who took three of the six wickets to fall for 44 runs.
