Excelsior Sports Correspondent
SURAT, Oct 13: Parvez Rasool (82) and Ian Dev Singh (67) posted fine half-centuries as Jammu and Kashmir scored 227 in their first innings before reducing Goa to 43 for five at the end of opening day’s play of their Ranji Trophy Group C fixture here today.
Electing to bat, J&K lost three of their top order batsmen cheaply to be struggling at 18 runs. Opener Shubam Khajuria and Adil Reshi were back to pavilion for 5 and 3 runs respectively, while skipper Mithun Manhas returned to pavilion without scoring.
But one-down batsman Ian Dev Singh and Rasool steadied the boat as the duo put on a solid 123-run stand for the fourth wicket before Puneet Bisht contributed with a crucial 40 to take the team past 200-run mark. Rasool sent the rival bowlers on a leather hunt and struck the bowl with fluid grace and utter brilliance.
After his dismissal Ian got out for his superb 67 runs including 9 crispy boundaries and 1 towering six. He was simply in sublime touch. Wicketkeeper-cum-batsman Punit Bist also contributed valuable 41 runs to the total, while Bandeep Singh and Ram Dayal chipped in with 10 and 9 runs respectively.
For Goa, Shadad Jakati was the wrecker-in-chief, who took 4 important wickets by giving 48 runs, while spinner Amit Yadav took 3 wickets by conceding 43 runs and speedster Saurabh Bandekar claimed 2 wickets.
In reply to J&K’s modest first innings total, Goa failed to get off to a good start and kept losing wickets at regular interval to be reeling at 43 for five in 17 overs.
At the close of play, Amit Yadav (0) was at the crease.
For J&K, off-spinner Parvez Rasool and speedster Ram Dayal took two wickets each while Umar Nazir claimed one wicket.
Brief scores:
J&K 1st innings: 227 all out in 70.3 overs (Parvez Rasool 82, Ian Dev Singh 67; Shadab Jakati 4/48, Amit Yadav 3/43).
Goa 1st innings: 43 for five in 17 overs (Ram Dayal 2/10, Praveez Rasool 2/18).
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