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Chhattisgarh’s Shubam Agarwal stuns Tamil Nadu with a five-for

Chhattisgarh’s Shubam Agarwal stuns Tamil Nadu with a five-for

Into his ninth domestic season, putting all three formats together, the legspinner Shubam Agarwal has played only 42 matches for Chhattisgarh. He has even played a lone IPL fixture for Gujarat Lions in 2017 – the first from his state to do so. But for years, he has just been looked at as an old piece of furniture who the team doesn’t want to let go off, but doesn’t give enough attention either. With Ajay Mandal and Jivesh Butte in the mix, Agarwal in many ways depicts the plight of a leg-spinner in India’s domestic circuit. On Monday, the 30-year-old Agarwal had his best moment under the sun, grabbing his maiden five-wicket haul to allow Chhattisgarh dream of a famous away win against Tamil Nadu. Having resumed the day at 23/1 in response to Chhattisgarh’s total of 500, Tamil Nadu were bowled out for 259 in their first innings, with spinners taking nine wickets. With just two points in their kitty and seven points there for the taking, Chhattisgarh made TN to follow-on and they …

Ranji Trophy: Fog, harsh winter playing spoilsport in North India | Cricket News

The Hostel Ground in Jammu hosted two games in the ongoing Ranji Trophy. In eight days, only 107.3 overs were bowled due to poor visibility. In the second round game between Jammu and Kashmir and Delhi, only two overs of play were possible on the first three days. Jammu and Kashmir is not the only home side suffering due to the fog that has affected visibility. In the first-round match between Haryana and Rajasthan at Lahli, only 42 overs were possible. At the Sector 16 Cricket Stadium in Chandigarh, only 159.3 overs were bowled in the first round game against Railways, while only 26 overs of play were possible in the third round match played between Chandigarh and Gujarat. At the end of the third round, thirteen matches in venues including Delhi, Jammu, Mohali, Chandigarh, Meerut and Kanpur were affected due to poor weather and there have been days where not a single ball was bowled. Veteran BCCI administrator Ratnakar Shetty says that Sunil Gavaskar, when he was chairman of the BCCI’s technical committee, had …

Ranji Trophy: Shams Mulani spins web to put Mumbai in driver’s seat versus Andhra | Cricket News

Mumbai look to register their second consecutive outright win in the ongoing Ranji Trophy after Andhra are tottering at 164 for 5 in their second innings at the end of the penultimate day at the MCA-BKC ground. Earlier in the day, Mumbai bundled out Andhra for a paltry 184 and enforced follow-on. The visiting team didn’t have any answer to Mumbai left-arm spinner Shams Mulani’s spin as he finished with six wickets in first innings and later took three in the second. Andhra had earlier resumed on 98 for 3 but it took a mere one session for Mumbai bowlers to get seven men down. It was Mulani and veteran medium-pacer Dhawal Kulkarni running over Andhra’s line-up. While Mulani hogged the limelight, Kulkarni’s consistency in his line helped him snatch three wickets. Andhra must have hoped to prove their mettle in their second innings but that wasn’t the case. They lost their top three batsmen with a score of 17 on board. Their most experienced batsman Hanuma Vihari and skipper Ricky Bhui showed some resilience …