da doce： Amit Pagnis, first-innings centurion for Railways in their Ranji tieagainst Rajasthan in Delhi, scored another hundred in their secondinnings, enabling his captain Abhay Sharma to effect a declaration andgiving his side a good chance at a second
Staff Reporter30-Oct-2001Amit Pagnis, first-innings centurion for Railways in their Ranji tieagainst Rajasthan in Delhi, scored another hundred in their secondinnings, enabling his captain Abhay Sharma to effect a declaration andgiving his side a good chance at a second successive outright victory.Rajasthan’s innings ended without further fuss, closing at 175.Railways, however, made a bad start, losing both openers for 13.Pagnis and in-form Yere Goud then put up a 136-run partnership,repeating their fine collaborative effort from the first innings. Goudmade a steady 59 before he was caught and bowled by opposing captainPudiyangum Krishnakumar. Pagnis found more support from Sayed RazaAli, who scored a blistering 47 off just 45 balls. When Railwaysdeclared, Pagnis was unbeaten on 133.Facing a Himalayan target of 393 runs, Rajasthan look unlikely to winthis game; indeed, given their first innings collapse and MuraliKartik’s fine form, one would not be blamed for predicting an outrightwin for Railways.The Madhya Pradesh – Uttar Pradesh match at Indore was more keenlycontested; Uttar Pradesh, overnight on 164/5, were bowled out for 238.Rizwan Shamshad completed a stolid half-century, ensuring that hisside’s total was substantial; for Madhya Pradesh, Yogesh Golwalkarpicked up four wickets.Madhya Pradesh, thus, started their second innings looking to build ontheir lead and set their rivals a steep total. Former Indian one-daybat Amay Khurasiya top-scored for his side, hitting 54 off 96 balls.None of the other batsmen, however, could come up with substantialcontributions and Madhya Pradesh ended Day Three on 185/6, 262 runsahead of Uttar Pradesh.