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Ranji round-up, Elite Group, 4th round, 4th day

Mumbai rule in Kolkata, heartbreak in New Delhi

Cricinfo staff

December 7, 2004

Mumbai 552 for 7 dec beat Bengal 239 and 181 (Gavaskar 70*) by an innings and 132 runs
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Mumbai romped to an innings victory over Bengal at Kolkata. The innings and 132-run margin was made possible by Wasim Jaffer's 162 and incisive bowling by Romesh Powar, who took three wickets in the second innings to claim a match haul of 10 for 114. Bengal stuttered to 181 in the second innings after Ajit Agarkar struck twice early and then wrapped up the game. Sole resistance came in the form of Rohan Gavaskar, who struck nine boundaries on his way to an unbeaten 70. Agarkar had figures of 4 for 32 in 19 overs.

Delhi 239 for 9 dec and 227 (Dhawan 88) drew with Madhya Pradesh 294 and 156 for 8 (Khurasiya 48)
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A thriller at the Jamia Millia Cricket Ground in New Delhi ended when bad light was declared late on the last day with Delhi requiring two wickets for victory, and Madhya Pradesh only 17 runs away from their target of 173. Shikhar Dhawan set it up in the morning with his 88, which guided Delhi to 227. But Amit Bhandari turned it Delhi's way again when it looked like a lost cause after Madhya Pradesh reached 102 for 2. He soon prised out three middle-order wickets to have Madhya Pradesh in deep trouble. But Amay Khurasiya was still there, and only when he was the eighth man out, for 48, were the gates finally open for Delhi. Then, anticlimactically, bad light struck.

Karnataka 328 and 158 for 5 beat Andhra 237 and 245 by 5 wickets
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Karnataka rode over early setbacks in their second innings to post a five-wicket win over Andhra at Bangalore. They reached their target of 155 in a flurry of boundaries - seven came in the last 19 balls of the game. Venugopal Rao prised out 4 for 47 to reduce Karnataka to 98 for 4 and then 127 for 5, but a rapid 31-run stand between Sunil Joshi and V Naidu saw them home. Joshi had wrapped up Andhra's innings for 245 in the morning to register 4 for 63 for the innings, but it had been a fightback of sorts by Andhra, who were precariously placed at 188 for 6 the previous evening. In any event, it wasn't enough.

Baroda 93 and 279 for 5 (Pawar 95*, Parab 93) beat Hyderabad 170 and 198 by 5 wickets
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Rajesh Pawar and Rishikesh Parab struck unbeaten 90s to guide Baroda to a five-wicket win over Hyderabad at the Gymkhana Ground in Hyderabad. Their stand, worth 149 runs, rescued the team from a perilous 130 for 5 and withstood whatever Hyderabad's eight bowlers could toss down the pitch. What made Baroda's victory remarkable was that they were dismissed for 93 in their first innings.

Gujarat 384 and 227 for 5 (Modi 68, Parmar 61 ) drew with Railways 200
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Gujarat batted out the whole day and laboured to 227 for 5. They had two points for the first-innings lead and did not force the issue thereafter, preferring to play for a draw. Nilesh Modi continued his good run with 68 - his second fifty of the game - and Mukund Parmar, the captain, scored 61.

Tamil Nadu 485 for 5 dec and 224 for 4 (Kumar 81, Sriram 62*) drew with Assam 430 (Sathish 204*, Shrinivas 6-126)
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Tamil Nadu opted to bat out most of the last day of their game against Assam at Guwahati. The result was a draw. They took away 2 points for their first-innings lead after restricting Assam to 430. But try as they did, the bowlers were unable to dislodge Rajagopal Sathish, who remained unconquered on 204, off 295 balls. The attack was led by Rangachary Srinivas, who claimed six wickets. Then Tamil Nadu put up 224 for 4, with Vikram Kumar scoring 81 and Sridharan Sriram unbeaten on 62.

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