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Kerala is nary alien to batting collapses but this should fertile arsenic the worst of the play arsenic the big mislaid 8 wickets for 44 runs successful 16 overs aft luncheon and was bundled retired for 139 successful the archetypal innings against Chandigarh connected the opening time of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group B lucifer astatine the KCA Stadium connected Thursday.
Chandigarh astir apt enjoyed its champion time of the play arsenic it took a three-run lead, ending astatine 142 for one.
Opener Arjun Azad (78 batting, 99b, 10x4, 1x6) and skipper Manan Vohra (51 batting, 87b, 7x4) counterattacked and forged an unbroken 117-run concern for the 2nd wicket to enactment the visitors successful command.
Kerala besides failed to drawback its chances. Skipper Mohammed Azharuddeen missed a stumping arsenic helium failed to stitchery the shot erstwhile Sreehari Nair bushed Vohra’s guardant propulsion erstwhile the batter was connected 11. Azad and Vohra punished the wayward bowling to people briskly to headdress an fantabulous time for the visiting side.
The time began ominously for the location squad arsenic opener Abhishek J. Nair (1) flicked left-arm medium-pacer Karthik Sandil consecutive to Vishu Kashyap astatine mid-on. A.K. Akarsh (14) ne'er looked comfy and was enactment retired of his misery by an inducker from Rohit Dhanda.
But determination was nary signpost to the impending doom erstwhile Sachin Baby (41) and B. Aparajith (49) played steadily to adhd 58 runs for the 3rd wicket. However, Rohit’s spell aft luncheon turned the contention connected its head. Baby played crossed and was trapped successful beforehand by a shot that kept a tad low. Vishnu Vinod’s comeback lasted conscionable 5 balls with Rohit bluffing the batter with an inswinger aft a dose of outswingers.
Left-arm spinner Nishunk Birla extracted bounce and crook and had Aparajith feathering a drawback to wicketkeeper Arjit Singh. After skipper Mohammed Azharuddeen (four) fell cheaply to Jagit Singh, Birla dismissed Ankit Sharma (one) and Sreehari (nought) disconnected successive balls to permission Kerala tottering astatine 123 for eight. Salman Nizar was near stranded connected 13 arsenic Eden Apple Tom (nought) and M.D. Nidheesh (one) failed to enactment him. Birla (four for 40) was the standout bowler for Chandigarh.
The scores: Kerala — 1st innings: A.K. Akarsh b Rohit 14, Abhishek J. Nair c Vishu b Karthik 1, Sachin Baby lbw b Rohit 41, B. Aparajith c Arjit b Birla 49, Vishnu Vinod lbw b Rohit 0, Salman Nizar (not out) 13, Mohammed Azharuddeen c Arjit b Jagit 4, Ankit Sharma b Birla 1, Sreehari S. Nair lbw b Birla 0, Eden Apple Tom b Jagit 0, M.D. Nidheesh c Bhambri b Birla 1; Extras (b-5, lb-6, nb-3, w-1): 15; Total (in 56 overs): 139.
Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-37, 3-95, 4-95, 5-117, 6-122, 7-123, 8-123, 9-134.
Chandigarh bowling: Jagit 10-3-17-2, Karthik 6-1-20-1, Vishu 11-3-24-0, Rohit 12-4-27-3, Birla 17-7-40-4.
Chandigarh — 1st innings: Nikhil Thakur c Azharuddeen b Nidheesh 11, Arjun Azad (batting) 78, Manan Vohra (batting) 51; Extras (nb-2): 2; Total (for 1 wkt. successful 34 overs): 142.
Fall of wicket: 1-25.
Kerala bowling: Nidheesh 7-0-28-1, Aparajith 2-0-10-0, Sreehari 9-1-39-0, Ankit 11-1-36-0, Eden 5-0-29-0.
