Buchi Babu: Doshi, Harpreet among wickets

Chennai, Aug 18

Left-arm spinner Nayan Doshi (5 for 83) of Saurashtra and seamer Harpreet Singh (6 for 91) of Mumbai carried their teams to victories in the Buchi Babu All-India cricket tournament here Thursday.

Doshi helped Saurashtra to a 142-run win against Karnataka who were shot out for 178, replying to 320.

Likewise, Harpreet struck decisive blows for Mumbai who snatched a nine-run win against Rajasthan for whom Akash Choptra (113) and skipper Hrishikesh Kanitkar (68) played fighting knocks that eventually went in vain.

Also going waste was Manpreet Judeja?s 132 for Gujarat who went down to Hyderabad 27 runs, chasing a target of 317.

Elsewhere, Kerala pulled off a fine win against fancied Bengal by six wickets with Sachin Baby (106) leading from the front. Baby?s knock saw Kerala chase down Bengal?s total of 294.

Brief Scores:

Group-A: TNCA President?s XI 133 in 50.4 overs lost to Himachal Pradesh 137 or three in 24.1 overs (Abhinav Bali 36, Paras Dogra 62). Points: Himachal Pradesh 4 (8), TNCA President?s XI 0 (4).

Orissa 315 for eight in 90 overs beat Andhra 241 all out in 83.2 overs (ASK Varma 75, Y Gnaneswara Rao 44, Deepak 45, Dhiraj Singh 5-79). Points: Orissa 4 (4) Andhra 0 (0).

Group-B: Mumbai 340 all out in 90 overs beat Rajasthan 331 in 85.1 Overs (Akash Chopra 113, Hrishikesh Kanitkar 68, SS Parida 46, Harmeet Singh 6-91). Points: Mumbai 4 (4) Rajasthan 0 (0).

Baroda 292 in 87.1 overs beat Vidarbha 282 in 87.1 overs (Akshay Kolhar 48, Shalab Srivatsava 53, Anirudha Chore 62, Urvesh Patel 49, Swapnil Singh 5-68, Sunit Singh 3-44). Points: Baroda 4 (4) Vidarbha 0(0).

Group-C: Bengal 294 in 89.1 overs lost to Kerala 298 for four in 75.1 overs (Abishek 30, Robert Fernandez 53, Sachin Baby 106 not out, KJ Rakesh 51 not out). Points: Kerala 4 (4) Bengal 0 (0).

Saurashtra 320 in 89.4 overs beat Karnataka 178 in 68.1 overs (KB Pawan 40, KL Rahul 41, Sunil N Raju 44, Nayan Doshi 5-53). Points: Saurashtra 4 (4) Karnataka 0 (0).

Group-D: TNCA 309 for four decl in 84 overs (B Aparajith 110, L Suryapprakash 62, V Ganga Sridhar Raju 67, R Prasanna 49 not out) beat Assam 171 in 53 overs (Tajinder Singh 70 not out, L Vignesh 3-56).Points: TNCA 4 (8) Assam 0 (0).

Hyderabad 316 for seven in 90 overs beat Gujarat 289 in 87 overs (Manpreet Juneja 132, Rajdeep Darbar 58, Lalith Mohan 3-79). Points: Hyderabad 4 (8) Gujarat 0 (4).

Source: http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a241113.html

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