Manish Pandey struck an unbeaten maiden double century after resuming his cramps-interrupted innings on 101 this morning, while Amit Verma scored 173 to put Karnataka on top against Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy Elite Group A match.
Published: Nov 18, 2011, 06:10 PM (IST)
Edited: Nov 18, 2011, 06:10 PM (IST)
Manish Pandey struck 23 fours and a six for his knock of 200 not out © Getty Images
Mumbai: Nov 18, 2011
Manish Pandey struck an unbeaten maiden double century after resuming his cramps-interrupted innings on 101 this morning, while Amit Verma scored 173 to put Karnataka on top against Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy Elite Group A match.
Pandey remained unconquered on exactly 200, after a stay of 321 minutes in which he struck 23 fours and a six, after which Karnataka declared their first innings closed at a mammoth 635 for nine, 25 minutes after tea on day two of the four-day match.
In reply, Mumbai were three for one after the dismissal of captain Wasim Jaffer for a duck in the first over before recovering to end the day at 37 for one in 12 overs.
Ajinkya Rahane, drafted into the home team after he was released from the Indian Test squad to play the match, was unbeaten on 23, while Abhishek Nayar — who had scored a double century in Mumbai’s game against Rajasthan — was the other not out batsman on 14.
The 39-time champions needed 399 more runs to avoid following on and were 598 runs short of Karnataka’s imposing first innings total on a wicket that still played true.
The major part of the day was spent by Mumbai in chasing leather after Karnataka resumed their innings at the overnight 316 for five with left-handed batsman Verma (41) and captain Vinay Kumar (21) on strike.
Mumbai captured the wicket of the visiting team skipper in the 29th over of the morning when Ramesh Powar bowled him off a defensive shot for 57 after which Verma and Pandey, who had retired to the dressing room yesterday before tea after scoring his first hundred runs, took centre stage.
The seventh wicket duo put on 167 runs in 178 balls to boost Karnataka’s score close to the 550-run mark. (PTI)
