Jammu & Kashmir left-arm spinner Abid Mushtaq, proper, with the bowling coach P. Krishnakumar on the Cricket Association of Pondicherry (CAP) Siechem floor on Saturday, February 10, 2024.
| Photo Credit: S. Prasanna Venkatesan
Left-arm spinner Abid Mushtaq adopted up his 5 for 64 within the first innings with one other five-wicket haul (5 for 17) to depart Pondicherry reeling at 35 for seven versus Jammu & Kashmir on day two of their elite Group-D match within the sixth spherical of the Ranji Trophy on the Cricket Association of Pondicherry (CAP) Siechem floor right here on Saturday.
This is Abid’s second 10-wicket match haul in First-Class cricket.
Pondicherry had nearly bungled the chase of 87 earlier than the day’s play thankfully ended for it.
“I thought the game was ours until the last session,” mentioned Pondicherry captain Rohit Damodaran after the day’s play.
It appeared the autumn of fast wickets brought about concern and the batters had been caught in two minds as to what was the most suitable choice – to assault or to grind.
“After KB (Arun Karthick) got out, I think we were seriously concerned,” mentioned Rohit, giving credit score to the Jammu & Kashmir bowlers. “Rather than saying we were concerned and that didn’t work for us, I would say that they bowled well.”
Karthick skied his shot off left-arm spinner Vanshaj Sharma for Shubham Singh Pundir to take a operating catch at mid off.
Abid then had Mohit Mittan’s center stump uprooted, Paras Dogra leg earlier than, and Krishna Pandey’s edged shot caught by Vivrant Sharma at mid off to finish his fifer and kiss the bottom in celebration.
Earlier, he had opener Karthik Jayasundaram nick to be caught behind and Akash Kargave leg earlier than.
“I think we gave too many runs in the second session,” mentioned Rohit.
He was referring to Pondicherry’s incapacity to go for the kill.
After lunch, Jammu & Kashmir misplaced 5 wickets to be bowled out for 152, but additionally scored 71 runs.
Four wickets fell within the first session for 81 runs, and Jammu & Kashmir was on 81 for 5 at lunch.
On Sunday, Jammu & Kashmir wants solely three wickets, whereas Pondicherry wants 52 runs to win.
Loads rides on this end result for Pondicherry.
“If we get an outright win this game, we are also in the knockouts scene (contention), and anything can happen. In the history of Pondicherry, I don’t know how many times it can happen,” mentioned Rohit.
That’s why he’s pushed himself to play this match regardless of not being absolutely match. Spin-bowling all-rounder Fabid Ahmed was dominated out for this match with an ankle twist, and so Rohit needed to play.
Rohit is unbeaten on the crease with Sidak.
Asked what method Pondicherry ought to undertake on Sunday, he mentioned: “I think for the first half-an-hour, we should try to counter-attack. If we get past the 30 minutes of counter-attack, then I think the game is anybody’s.”
The scores: Jammu & Kashmir – 1st innings: 106.
Pondicherry – 1st innings: 172.
Jammu & Kashmir – 2nd innings: Umran Malik c Karthick b Udeshi 0, Shubham Khajuria lbw b Rohit 25, Qamran Iqbal c Ratnaparkhe b Udeshi 5, Vivrant Sharma lbw b Rohit 5, Abdul Samad c Karthikeyan b Rohit 11, Shubham Singh Pundir lbw b Kargave 30, Sahil Lotra c Mittan b Udeshi 19, Fazil Rashid c (sub) Vijai b Sidak 36, Abid Mushtaq c Karthick b Rohit 11, Vanshaj Sharma (not out) 0, Umar Nazir c (sub) Premraj b Sidak 0; Extras (b-6, lb-4): 10; Total (in 67.5 overs): 152.
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-10, 3-17, 4-46, 5-53, 6-89, 7-115, 8-150, 9-152.
Pondicherry bowling: Udeshi 27.3-10-48-3, Sidak 16.5-3-31-2, Rohit 18-5-46-4, Mittan 1.3-0-6-0, Kargave 4-2-11-1.
Pondicherry – 2nd innings: Paras Ratnaparkhe c Abid b Vanshaj 8, Karthikeyan Jayasundaram c Fazil b Abid 1, Paras Dogra lbw b Abid 12, Akash Kargave lbw b Abid 0, Okay.B. Arun Karthick c Shubham Singh b Vanshaj 0, Mohit Mittan b Abid 3, Sidak Singh (not out) 3, Krishna Pandey c Vivrant b Abid 6, Rohit Damodaran (not out) 2; Total (for 7 wkts. in 23 overs): 35.
Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-11, 3-12, 4-13, 5-22, 6-25, 7-31.
Jammu & Kashmir bowling: Abid 12-5-17-5, Vanshaj 6-1-15-2, Lotra 5-3-3-0.
