da bwin： A lethal spell by seamer Tejinder Singh bowled Railways to an inningsand 28 run victory over Vidarbha on the final day of their CentralZone Ranji Trophy tie at the Karnail Singh Stadium in Delhi onThursday
Sankhya Krishnan09-Nov-2000A lethal spell by seamer Tejinder Singh bowled Railways to an inningsand 28 run victory over Vidarbha on the final day of their CentralZone Ranji Trophy tie at the Karnail Singh Stadium in Delhi onThursday. Tejinder, who scalped 5/37 in the first innings, added acollection of 6/95 in the second to terminate the Vidarbha innings at339. Railways raised their tally to 13 points from two games whileVidarbha are without a point after a solitary encounter.Resuming the day at 255/4, Vidarbha would have been looking to theovernight pair of Alind Naidu and Adwait Manohar to avoid theembarrassment of an innings defeat. But the seventeen year old Naidu,who was part of the second batch which trained at the National CricketAcademy for three weeks in September, fell in the fourth over of theday for 68 (102 balls, 7 fours).Four more wickets crashed quickly as Vidarbha slumped from to 294/9.Only the 20 year old Manohar stood like a rock around the destructionwreaked by Tejinder. He finally found a durable customer in last manAM Jichkar who accompanied him in a 45 run stand. Finally in the 135thover of the innings, the match ended with Manohar becoming Tejinder’ssixth victim. His gallant four and a half hour long knock had netted72 (222 balls, 7 fours).Earlier on the second day, Rajasthan declared at a colossal 456/6 inreply to Vidarbha’s meagre 89. Raja Ali and Yere Goud were involved ina 157 run fourth wicket stand, ending when Goud fell for 96 (181balls, 10 fours). Ali went on to complete three figures before beingsixth out for 112 (184 balls, 7 fours, 3 sixes). S Sahu laid into atiring Vidarbha attack with a breezy unbeaten 52 off 35 ballsinclusive of 6 fours and 2 sixes before the hosts closed shop afterprocuring a lead of 367.Vidarbha’s batsmen gave a much better account of themselves in theirsecond opportunity. Openers Amit Deshpande and V Naidu added 46without being separated on the second evening. Next morning, theirstand was worth 81 when Naidu fell for a rousing 44 (63 balls, 7fours). Wicket keeper Deshpande exactly doubled his partner’s scorebefore perishing to Tejinder for 88 (164 balls, 8 fours, 2 sixes).Although Naidu and Manohar joined hands for a last ditch effort thatcontinued into the fourth day, raising a 78 run stand before Tejinderscythed through the tail.