AGENCIES, CUTTACK: Three-wicket hauls from left-arm spinner Shadab Jakati and right-arm seamer Felix Alemao, who was playing only his second first-class game, strengthened Goa’s grip over Services, in Cuttack, on Saturday.
In reply to Goa’s 606, which was built on Sagun Kamat’s record triple-century, Services slumped to 228 for 7.
Ravi Chauhan was the first to go on the third day when he was bowled by Alemao for 47 off 49 balls. Alemao then had Nakul Verma and Shamsher Yadav caught behind.
Captain Soumik Chatterjee resisted with 12 off 77 balls before becoming Jakati’s first victim.
Rahul Singh, coming in at No.6, supplied more fight with 89 off 180 balls before Jakati struck in the 92nd over.
Services got through the remaining 11 overs with the eighth-wicket pair of Muzzaffaruddin Khalid and Diwesh Pathania at the crease, but they still trail Goa by a whopping 339 runs.
