Gaurav scripts AI win on debut

Hyderabad: Gaurav Kumar had a sensational All India Coromandel Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup-2017 debut here on Wednesday.

The 21-year-old right arm pacer turning up for Air India wreaked havoc with the red cherry once he came on to bowl. His miserly spell (8-2-6-5) sounded the death-knell of Combined Districts who were shot out for a pitiable 78 in a Group ‘B’ fixture at the ECIL grounds.

Air India cruised ahead with a comfortable nine-wicket win,Meanwhile, riding on a well-compiled 103 by Jyotsnil Singh, and 5/29 haul by Ninad Rathwa 5/29, Baroda Cricket Association crushed Kerala by 95 runs.

Brief scores: Round-2-Group-A: Andhra Colts 292 for nine(CR Gnaneshwar 68, K Maheep Kumar 50, Dhruv Kumar Reddy 33, DB Ravi Teja 55, P Girinath Reddy 33, Suarabh Bandekar 3/72, Felix Alemao 2/60, Srinivas Fabte 2/50) bt Goa CA 174 (Darshan Misal 48, SK Kamruddin 3/18,

Surender Kumar 2/29, SH Srinivas 2/39-Points-Andhra Colts-4, Goa-0); Vidarbha CA 211 for seven (Urvesh Patel 73, Apoorva Wankhade 51, Imtiaz Ahmed 2/47, Shaurya Sanandia 4/45) lost to CA & AG 212 for six (Arpit Vasavada 106, Ankit Sharma 57no, Rajiv Jangid 2/14-Points CA & AG-4, Vidarbha CA-0);

Group-B: Combined Districts 78 (Gaurav Kumar 5/6, Jayant Yadav 2/21) lost to Air India 83 for one in nine overs (Manvinder Bisla 29no, Hiten Dalal 40no-Points- Air India-4, Combined Districts-0); Baroda CA 222 for seven (Prabhav Thaker 30, Jyotsnil Singh 103, Fanoos F 2/44) bt Kerala CA 127 (Rohan Kunnummel 70, Ninad Rathwa 5/29, Dhruv Patel 2/2, Karthik Kakade 2/33-Points- Baroda CA-4, Kerala CA-0).