BENGALURU: Shepherded by way of Priyank Panchal‘s spunky innings, West Zone defied South Zone bowlers whilst chasing an impressive 298 and completed day 4 of the Duleep Trophy ultimate at 182 for 5 right here on Saturday.
They nonetheless want 116 extra runs to retain their name, atmosphere the level for an exhilarating concluding day.
In the primary consultation, South, who had been 181 for 7 in a single day, had been bowled out for 230 as left-arm spinner Dharmendra Jadeja grabbed 5 wickets.
But the day’s protagonist was once the West Zone captain. Panchal, who finished 8000 runs in First-Class cricket en path to his 92 off 205 balls, saved the hopes of West alive on an attritional day.
Panchal and Sarfaraz Khan accumulated 98 runs for the 5th wicket alliance during which the previous was once the guidance pressure.
Panchal has been some of the outstanding home batters over the previous few seasons, and it was once no longer very tough to peer why. He introduced ahead his years of enjoy to thwart the South bowlers for 315 mins.
The Gujarat batsman, who hogged the headlines after his 1310-run season in 2016-17, confirmed unflappable temperament regardless of wickets falling on the different finish incessantly.
Panchal and Cheteshwar Pujara (15) confirmed the primary glimpse of West preventing via a 57-run alliance for the 3rd wicket off 125 balls.
They gave the impression unruffled for essentially the most phase however pacer Vasuki Koushik ended the burgeoning stand pushing aside Pujara. The veteran batter’s thick outdoor edge went to Tilak Varma at ahead brief leg.
Suryakumar Yadav persevered his disappointing display on this Duleep Trophy, falling for some other low rating.
The Mumbaikar presented no shot to Koushik because the ball got here and thudded onto his pads and umpire Akshay Totre did not must suppose lengthy to lift his finger.
At 79 for 4, West looked to be hurtling down the street to defeat they usually wanted some solidity.
Panchal and Sarfaraz (48) supplied exactly that. They batted in combination for 126 mins and for 157 balls as West started to dream a couple of win that appeared fantastic at one level.
Sarfaraz was once extraordinarily lucky too. While on 0, he set out for a non-existent unmarried and was once despatched again by way of Panchal. But Sachin Baby’s throw was once excess of the top of wicketkeeper Ricky Bhui, saving Sarfaraz.
Vysakh Vijayakumar resorted to the short-pitched ball technique that he hired with just right leads to the primary innings.
But this time, each Panchal and Sarfaraz had been higher ready to blunt him, even supposing the latter copped a blow to his helmet.
Just because it gave the impression that the pair would take West to the shut safely, Sarfaraz fell to R Sai Kishore. The left-arm spinner driven the ball during the air a bit of faster and Sarfaraz performed all over the place it to get bowled.
South may well be massively relieved to peer Sarfaraz stroll again however they nonetheless have a large process to finish.
They nonetheless want 116 extra runs to retain their name, atmosphere the level for an exhilarating concluding day.
In the primary consultation, South, who had been 181 for 7 in a single day, had been bowled out for 230 as left-arm spinner Dharmendra Jadeja grabbed 5 wickets.
But the day’s protagonist was once the West Zone captain. Panchal, who finished 8000 runs in First-Class cricket en path to his 92 off 205 balls, saved the hopes of West alive on an attritional day.
Panchal and Sarfaraz Khan accumulated 98 runs for the 5th wicket alliance during which the previous was once the guidance pressure.
Panchal has been some of the outstanding home batters over the previous few seasons, and it was once no longer very tough to peer why. He introduced ahead his years of enjoy to thwart the South bowlers for 315 mins.
The Gujarat batsman, who hogged the headlines after his 1310-run season in 2016-17, confirmed unflappable temperament regardless of wickets falling on the different finish incessantly.
Panchal and Cheteshwar Pujara (15) confirmed the primary glimpse of West preventing via a 57-run alliance for the 3rd wicket off 125 balls.
They gave the impression unruffled for essentially the most phase however pacer Vasuki Koushik ended the burgeoning stand pushing aside Pujara. The veteran batter’s thick outdoor edge went to Tilak Varma at ahead brief leg.
Suryakumar Yadav persevered his disappointing display on this Duleep Trophy, falling for some other low rating.
The Mumbaikar presented no shot to Koushik because the ball got here and thudded onto his pads and umpire Akshay Totre did not must suppose lengthy to lift his finger.
At 79 for 4, West looked to be hurtling down the street to defeat they usually wanted some solidity.
Panchal and Sarfaraz (48) supplied exactly that. They batted in combination for 126 mins and for 157 balls as West started to dream a couple of win that appeared fantastic at one level.
Sarfaraz was once extraordinarily lucky too. While on 0, he set out for a non-existent unmarried and was once despatched again by way of Panchal. But Sachin Baby’s throw was once excess of the top of wicketkeeper Ricky Bhui, saving Sarfaraz.
Vysakh Vijayakumar resorted to the short-pitched ball technique that he hired with just right leads to the primary innings.
But this time, each Panchal and Sarfaraz had been higher ready to blunt him, even supposing the latter copped a blow to his helmet.
Just because it gave the impression that the pair would take West to the shut safely, Sarfaraz fell to R Sai Kishore. The left-arm spinner driven the ball during the air a bit of faster and Sarfaraz performed all over the place it to get bowled.
South may well be massively relieved to peer Sarfaraz stroll again however they nonetheless have a large process to finish.