da betobet： Ankit Srivastava and Devendra Bundela led a fine rally as hosts MadhyaPradesh recovered from 77/5 to end the first day of their Central ZoneRanji Trophy clash against Vidarbha on a respectable 317/8
Sankhya Krishnan13-Nov-2000Ankit Srivastava and Devendra Bundela led a fine rally as hosts MadhyaPradesh recovered from 77/5 to end the first day of their Central ZoneRanji Trophy clash against Vidarbha on a respectable 317/8.After Vidarbha on the toss and elected to field, MP lost allrounderHarvinder Sodhi, who opens both the batting and the bowling, and onedrop Amay Khurasia cheaply. Bundela and Jai Prakash Yadayv then led asemblance of a recovery, adding 56 before medium pacer Umesh Patilstruck. The 21 year old took three wickets in three sucessive overs toleave MP floundering at 77/5. Bundela and skipper Chandrakant Panditadded 50 for the sixth wicket before the veteran fell for a brisk 31off just 39 balls.At 127/6, things were still looking bleak for MP. But Bundela andSrivastava turned things around with a 108 run stand that ended whenthe former gave wicket keeper Vinay Naidu his fourth catch behind thestumps. His 83 came off 204 balls and featured 13 fours and one six.Srivastava did not falter though, and shepherded the tail through to317/8 in 90 overs. He will be looking to add more to a briskundefeated 117 (137 balls, 20 fours) when the match resumes onTuesday.