da 888casino： The fact that, controrary to expectations, the Wills Trophy final hada tame finish might have come as a disappointment to the fans who madeit to the Indira Priyadarshini stadium in Visakapatnam on Monday
da doce： Partab Ramchand17-Jan-2000The fact that, controrary to expectations, the Wills Trophy final hada tame finish might have come as a disappointment to the fans who madeit to the Indira Priyadarshini stadium in Visakapatnam on Monday. Buteven as Board President’s XI cruised to a 97-run win over Karnataka,there were many fine individual performances to savour.The first came very early in the match. Off the first ball of thematch, Dodda Ganesh had SS Das caught by wicketkeeper Shiraguppi.Three balls later, he had the all important wicket of Md Azharuddin,also for a duck. The Board President’s XI captain was caught by SujithSomasundar. By the end of the first over then Board President’s XIwere zero for two.Mansoor Ali Khan, Ganesh’s partner did not take long to strike. Hehad left hander S Sriram caught by Akhil and Board President’s XI were20 for three in the sixth over.After these early reverses, Board President’s XI started to assertthemselves. First, opener Jyoti Yadav and ND Modi added 97 runs forthe fourth wicket off 23.5 overs. Yadav’s batting was commendable forhe stood firm even as the early wickets were falling. Finally he wasbowled by Yalvigi for 56. The UP batsman faced 82 balls and hit sixfours.By now Board President’s XI had wrested the initiative and Modi andthe in form Sanjai Bangar rattled up 27 runs off six overs for thefifth wicket before Modi was caught by Ganesh off Johnson for 51. TheGujarat batsman faced 84 balls and hit two fours. Bangar now steadilygained ascendency over the attack and he and all rounder AashishKapoor maintained the momentum with a brisk sixth wicket partnershipof 41 runs off 5.5 overs. Kapoor then snicked Khan to Shiraguppi for17. In the next over Vijay Dahiya was run out for one and with BoardPresident’s XI 186 for seven in the 42nd over, Karnataka had recoveredsome ground. But Bangar and J Gokulakrishnan turned the match in BoardPresident’s XI favour with some breezy hitting. The two added 63 runsoff 6.3 overs for the eighth wicket before Gokulakrishnan was caughtby Somasundar off Ganesh for 31. He faced 20 balls and hit three foursand a six. Murali Karthik was run out in the same over but Bangar andlast man T Kumaran took the final total to a challenging 262 for ninein 50 overs. Bangar, who had breezy knocks of 38 and 51 not out inthe previous two games, continued his good form with an unbeaten 71off 60 balls with five fours and a six. Among the Karnataka bowlers,Ganesh after his dream start had to remain content with figures ofthree for 61 off ten overs.With the bowlers being treated rather harshly, much now depended onthe Karnataka batsmen. Openers Arun Kumar (26) and Mithun Beerala (21)gave their side a good start putting on 48 runs off 12.2 overs. ButKumaran gave the breakthrough by bowling Beerala. A little later, ArunKumar was bowled by left arm spinner Murali Karthik. And when theconsistent Tilak Naidu was caught by Yadav off Karthik for one,Karnataka had slid to 53 for three.Sujith Somasundar (39) and Somasekhar Shiraguppi (22) revivedKarnataka’s hopes with a fourth wicket partnership of 39 runs off 11overs. After the latter’s departure, Somasundar and Yalvigi (32) keptthe innings going with a breezy fifth wicket partnership of 49 runsoff 6.3 overs and at 141 for four in the 36th over, Karnataka did seemto have an outside chance. But Somasundar’s run out at this stage sawKarnataka suffer a sudden slide. Karthik and off spinner AashishKapoor took two wickets each quickly as Karnataka lost their last sixwickets for 24 runs off five overs to be all out for 165 in 40.4overs. Karthik Murali was easily the pick of the Board President’s XIbowlers and was justly rewarded with four wickets for 17 runs off 8.4overs. Kapoor who took the wickets of Ganesh and Johnson in the sameover, had two for 23 off six overs.
