Rest of India defeats Saurashtra by 8 wickets to reclaim the Irani Cup.He steep bounce to end with an eight-wicket haul. The Rest of India won their 29th Irani Trophy with an eight-wicket victory over Saurashtra on Tuesday.
Kuldeep Sen blasted away the final two batters with blistering pace and steep bounce to end with an eight-wicket haul. The Rest of India won their 29th Irani Trophy with an eight-wicket victory over Saurashtra on Tuesday. Saurashtra played much better in the second innings a total of 38. The Rest of India needed only 105 runs with nearly two days of play remaining.
They scored the runs in less than an hour and a half. Abhimanyu Easwaran undefeated on 63. He adding 81 match-winning runs for the unbroken third wicket with keeper Kona Bharat (27 not out).
Jaydev Unadkat bat with a captain’s knock of 89 to keep the fight going until the fourth morning. He finally dismiss when Kuldeep hit one short. It is an extra bounce see the batsman slash hard. It only to find the subsequent edge carry to keeper Bharat.
Kuldeep prove why he is so highly respect at the national level with a match haul of 8 wickets. He will be traveling with the Indian side to Perth as a net bowler for the T20 World Cup.
Easwaran has an average of 32 in his previous 20 innings, play some fluid strokes, including some magnificent cover drives. Those weren’t runs earn under duress like Sarfaraz Khan did when he came in at 18/3 in RoI’s first innings.
Bengal pacer Mukesh Kumar his named ‘Player of the Match’ for his spellbinding first morning spell. He bowled Saurashtra out for 98 and essentially pocketed the game.
“We got some help early on and attempts to bowl them out as quickly as possible. I concentrate on my line and length “Mukesh stated following the game.
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Hanuma Vihari, his skipper, was full of appreciation for Sarfaraz Khan. He saved the team with a stunning hundred on the first day.
“Sarfaraz batted brilliantly in a difficult position on a pitch that aided the bowlers. The 220-run partnership (him and Sarfaraz) helped us gather momentum. We eventually won the game.” Vihari hit a cautious 82 off 184 balls. He was unfazed by missing out on a century.
“We buckled under the pressure.” It wasn’t your average Rajkot wicket. We needed to be in the game for that session, but we couldn’t. It is about an exceptional performance from someone. He could have gotten us out of that scenario, which didn’t happen, but we fight until the bitter end.
Saurashtra scored 98 and 380 (Jaydev Unadkat 89, Prerak Mankad 72, Sheldon Jackson 71, and Kuldeep Sen 5/98).
374 & 105/2 for the rest of India (Abhimanyu Easwaran 63 not out). The rest of India won by eight wickets.
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