By Paritosh Pramanik
KUNAL Kungwani took first five-wicket haul of the season and then Vedant Jajoo made most of the reprieves he got as Bharat Rangers thrashed India Warriors by seven wickets to consolidate their position at the top with third straight win in the Vidarbha Premier League Season 2 here at VCA’s Jamtha Stadium on Friday.
Kungwani, playing his first match of the tournament, picked timely wickets which helped Bharat Rangers restrict India Warriors at 199.
In return, table toppers Rangers knocked off the runs (202) with seven balls to spare.
It was Jajoo’s day as he got three lives in the chase. He got first reprieve in the seventh over when on 18. Jajoo (87; 46b, 7x4, 7x6) was caught at short cover by Shubham Dubey off Ashit Singh but was called back after third umpire found India Warriors captain-wicketkeeper Akshay Wadkar bringing his gloves in front of stumps when the bowler had started to deliver the ball.
Jajoo added salt to injury hitting Singh to a straight six the very next delivery. The right-handed batter grabbed the opportunity and hit his half century in 23 deliveries.
Jajoo was then dropped by Sahil Sheikh at third man off Rahul Dongarwar when on 72. It was a sitter which Sheikh spilled and the batter heaved a sigh of relief. Sahil dropped the batter again at backward point when on 80. Along with Manan Agrawal (60*; 40b, 4x4, 6x4), they clobbered India Warriors bowlers hitting fours and sixes to stay in total control. Agrawal, after playing second fiddle to Jajoo, freed his arms taking the score near the target with three successive boundaries off Dongarwar in 15th over. He too completed his second straight half century from 34 deliveries. Jajoo and Agrawal added 149 runs for the third wicket to see their team inch closer to the target. Jajoo’s fine innings came to an end when Hinge bowled him in the 17th over but it was too late for a comeback for India Warriors.
Earlier, Kungwani (4-0-40-5) got all the important wickets as he first sent back in-form opener Satyam Bhoyar (23) early in the innings. The bowler then broke the dangerous looking partnership between Shree Chaudhary (23) and Shubham Dubey (25) in the 17th when he trapped the former in front of the wicket. He then got Hinge in the same over and came back again in the 19th to see the back of Dubey who was caught by Agrawal. Kungwani completed his fifer taking the last wicket of Ashit Singh. Warriors promoted Darshan Nalkande (61; 28b, 1x4, 7x6) up the order and the bowling all-rounder showed his batting skills by hitting huge sixes. He had special liking for Ghodmare as he slammed him for five maximums, two in a single over as Warriors raced to 87 for three in 8 overs. They scored 100 runs at halfway mark and an over later Nalkande completed his half century with his first boundary off Shubham Kapse. The 22-ball fifty had six maximums and a boundary. Warriors were going strong when Aditya Sarvate broke the dangerous looking fourth wicket partnership of 56 runs between Nalkande and Abhishek Agrawal.
An over later, Nalkande’s entertaining innings was cut short when he played-on a Varun Bisht’s delivery into his stumps. His 61 runs came from 28 deliveries with seven sixes and a boundary.
Shree Choudhary then took the mettle in his hand and hit two successive sixes of Bisht’s second over. In the next over, he dispatched Kungwani’s delivery straight into Bharat Rangers’ dugout. But Kungwani got him trapped next delivery to end his little cameo.
SCOREBOARD
INDIA WARRIORS INNINGS R B 4 6
V Lande lbw b Sarwate 26 17 0 3
S Bhoyar c Bhute b Kungwani 23 10 2 2
A Wadkar c Malewar b Ghodmare 11 7 2 0
D Nalkande b Bisht 61 28 1 7
A Agrawal b Sarwate 11 15 0 0
S Dubey c Agrawal b Kungwani 25 20 2 1
S Choudhary lbw b Kungwani 23 9 0 3
P Hinge b Kungwani 2 2 0 0
R Dongarwar c Bisht b Kapse 6 6 0 0
A Singh lbw b Kungwani 1 2 0 0
S Sheikh Not Out 0 0 0 0
Extras: (lb 2, b 1, nb 1, wd 6) 10
TOTAL: (All out, 19.1 overs) 199
Fall of wickets: 1-44, 2-57, 3-69, 4-127, 5-138, 6-171, 7-174,
8-196, 9-199.
Bowling: Sarwate 4-0-36-2, Bhute 2-0-23-0, Kapse
3.1-0-32-1, Kungwani 4-0-40-5, Ghodmare 2-0-31-1, Taide
1-0-2-0, Bisht 2-0-27-1, Sasan 1-0-5-0.
BHARAT RANGERS INNINGS R B 4 6
A Taide c Dubey b Hinge 9 10 1 0
D Malewar b Sheikh 25 13 3 2
V Jajoo b Hinge 87 46 7 7
M Agrawal Not Out 60 40 4 4
J Sasan Not Out 7 5 1 0
Extras: (w 7, b 6, nb 1) 14
TOTAL: (3 wickets, 18.5 overs) 202
Fall of wickets: 1-20, 2-37, 3-186.
Bowling: Hinge 3.5-0-28-2, Dongarwar 3-0-40-0, Sheikh
4-0-46-1, Nalkande 2-0-26-0, Singh 2-0-22-0, Sodhi 4-0-34-0.
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