PANJIM, NOV 17
A classic 105 not out by Reagan J Pinto enabled Goa to post 315 for four on the first day of the 4-day 3rd Ranji Trophy League match against Jharkhand at GCA stadium, Porvorim on Wednesday.
Pinto’s unbeaten century was studded with 12 fours and came off 190 balls.
Goa began on a disastrous note after wining the toss and electing to bat, losing the first wicket, with captain Anil Kamat being dismissed for just four runs of 11 balls on the board in 2.6 overs. The second wicket fell at 91(27.2 overs) with Vidyut scoring 44 studded with five fours and two sixes, off 85 balls.
Goa lost the third wicket at 131 (41.1 overs) with Naik accounting for 63 with 12 lovely hits to the fence off 113 balls. Ratra was the next to go after registering 54 off 62 balls with eight fours after (61.6 overs). R Keni was the other not out batsmen with 33 off 86 balls at stumps.
It was the fourth wicket partnership of 93 runs that gave Goa some solidity. The current partnership produced 91 runs.
Scores: Goa S K Kamat c Gautam b Kuldeep Sharma 4, V U Naik c Shukla b Quadri 63, S Vidyut c Aaron b Quadri 44, R J Pinto not out 105, A Ratra c Prasad b Shukla 54, R Keni not out 33, extras 12. Total (4 wickets, 90 overs): 315.
To bat: S B Jakati, S S Bandekar, R R D’Souza, Amit Yadav, S B Yadav.
Fall: 1-4, 2-91, 3-131, 4-224.
Bowling: Kuldeep Sharma 12-4-28-1, R Shukla 21-4-59-1, V R Aaron 13-2-48-0,
S S Quadri 31-4-119-2, M S Vardhan 11-1-57-0, D A Chougule 2-2-0-0.
Jharkhand: S S Tiwary, V R Aaron, S P Gautam, Rajiv Kumar, I R Jaggi, R Shukla, Kuldeep Sharma, D A Chougule, S Prasad, S S Quadri, M S Vardhan.
