da premier bet： Looking to overhaul Vidarbha’s total of 295 and establish acomfortable lead, Madhya Pradesh instead found themselves bowled outfor 192 on Day Two of the Central Zone Ranji tie at Nagpur
05-Nov-2001Looking to overhaul Vidarbha’s total of 295 and establish acomfortable lead, Madhya Pradesh instead found themselves bowled outfor 192 on Day Two of the Central Zone Ranji tie at Nagpur.The visitors found themselves in dire straits at 53/5, withChandrasekhar Atram dismissing three of the five batmen. A partnershipof sorts then developed between Nikhil Patwardhan and SulakshanKulkarni. After making 33 and 35 respectively, however, they departed,leaving the innings in a shambles. Madhya Pradesh never recovered fromtheir disastrous start and were bowled out, giving Vidarbha a lead ofmore than 100 runs.Vidarbha, to their credit, looked to take full advantage of their finebowling performance. At the close of play, the home team had scored123/1, with opener Amit Deshpande unbeaten on 61.