da cassino online： Kashinath Khadkikar bagged a five wicket haul to restrict Haryana to242 all out off 88.2 overs on the first day of the MA ChidambaramTrophy match played at the Maharaja Aggarsain Stadium in Rohtak onWednesday
Staff Reporter07-Feb-2001Kashinath Khadkikar bagged a five wicket haul to restrict Haryana to242 all out off 88.2 overs on the first day of the MA ChidambaramTrophy match played at the Maharaja Aggarsain Stadium in Rohtak onWednesday.Earlier in the day, Haryana skipper Ajay Ratra won the toss anddecided to parade the batting skills of the Cooch Behar champions.Little did he realise that his decision would backfire on the firstball of the innings. Left arm medium pacer Steve Lazarus castled theexplosive Manvinder Bisla with the first ball of the match.Bisla’s early dismissal made the batsmen adopt a defensive approachearly on, as they scored the first fifty off 22.1 overs. The otheropener Bhuvanesh Sharma departed after a steady innings of fifteen off55 balls. Sumeet Sharma followed suit giving Khadkikar his secondwicket of the morning.One drop Ishan Ganda and skipper Ajay Ratra then set down toconsolidate and build up the tottering innings. The prolific duo added105 runs off 197 balls for the fourth wicket. Ratra played secondfiddle as Ganda dominated the partnership with his innings of 76 lacedwith twelve boundaries. The skipper played 98 balls for his 44 withthree sedate hits to the fence. Ganda mistimed a Khadkikar deliveryand holed out to Deepak Joon. Two runs later, Ratra joined him in thepavilion having his bails cleaned out by Naman Oza.The dismissal of the two brought out a semi collapse in the battingorder. It was only resurrecated by a 51 run partnership betweenSidharth Singh and Amit Mishra for the ninth wicket off 104 balls.Singh returned unbeaten on 42 off 76 balls with eight hits to thefence.Kashinath Khadkikar bagged five for 74, he was well supported by KiranAdhav, two for 39.