TNCA XI bowler Lakshay Jain in motion towards Chhattisgarh in the Buchi Babu cricket event at Natham in Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu, on Thursday, 05 September 2024.
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Off-spinner Lakshay Jain accomplished his five-wicket haul as Chhattisgarh reached 207 for eight in its second innings and its match towards TNCA XI ended in a tame draw on day 4 of the Buchi Babu semifinal on the NPR College cricket floor, Natham, on Thursday.
A draw appeared obvious on Wednesday when Chhattisgarh, having secured the first-innings lead for a assured spot in the final, selected to not implement the follow-on.
Lakshay completed with a match haul of ten for 216.
He obtained considerable flip for a couple of dismissals. Mohammad Irfan missed his front-foot block, because the ball turned and hit his again pad for him to be dismissed leg earlier than wicket. Amandeep Khare (77, 94b, 8×4, 2×6) missed his expansive cowl drive because the ball spun and hit the stumps.
Amandeep Khare in motion towards TNCA XI in the Buchi Babu cricket event at Natham in Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu, on Thursday, 05 September 2024.
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G. KARTHIKEYAN
Amandeep had earlier hit two straight sixes — charged at and smacked off left-arm spinner Ajith Ram, and stood and delivered off medium-pacer Nidhish S. Rajagopal. He was concerned in a 60-run seventh-wicket stand with left-hander Gagandeep Singh (30, 91b, 2×4, 1×6).
Earlier, Jeevesh Butte obtained a full supply on his entrance boot in entrance of the center stump, lacking his leg look, to be given leg earlier than to pacer Achyuth. Left-hander Anuj Tiwari (40, 112b, 2×4, 1×6) departed six overs later, when he missed his sweep off Lakshay to be trapped in entrance.
The umpires ended the match at 2.12 p.m. after a dialogue with the captains.
The scores (semifinal, day 4): Chhattisgarh 467 in 150.5 overs (Ayush Pandey 82, Anuj Tiwari 93, Amandeep Khare 97, Prateek Yadav 109, Ajith Ram 4/115, Lakshay Jain 5/152) & 207/8 in 82 overs (Anuj Tiwari 40, Amandeep Khare 77, Lakshay Jain 5/64) drew with TNCA XI 194 in 64.4 overs (Gagandeep Singh 4/34).
Published – September 05, 2024 05:37 pm IST
