da pixbet： Resuming on 182/5 on the second day of the quarterfinal of the BuchiBabu Invitation Tournament 2000, the Karnataka State CricketAssociation XI side slumped to 243 all out
Anand Vasu22-Jul-2009Resuming on 182/5 on the second day of the quarterfinal of the BuchiBabu Invitation Tournament 2000, the Karnataka State CricketAssociation XI side slumped to 243 all out. In characteristic fashion,the tail twitched instead of wagging and gave the National CricketAcademy’s (NCA) Reetinder Singh Sodhi three wickets.Responding to the smallish total, the NCA side was in command from theword go. Although Tamil Nadu southpaw Sridharan Sriram managed just13, his opening partner, Shiv Sunder Das slammed an unbeaten 139,effectively blocking up one end. Gautam Gambhir, who was sent up inthe order, made 39 before he fell to Vadiaraj.Although young hopefuls Mohammed Kaif and Yuvraj Singh were dismissedcheaply, Das’ 230 ball essay saw the NCA team take the crucial firstinnings lead. His knock, a steady one given the circumstances,included 14 shots to the fence.Indian utility player Vijay Bharadwaj rolled his arm over, and as hehas done so many times in the past snapped up four wickets after tea.At stumps, the NCA were 245/6, with Das (139) and Ramesh Powar (7) atthe crease. Having taken the first innings lead, with just one day’splay remaining, it will take some remarkably bad cricket on the partof the NCA, extraordinarily good cricket on the part of KSCA or bothto keep the NCA side from advancing to the next round.