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Teams share honours on opening day
The Rajah of Palayampatti Shield final between defending champion Jolly Rovers and Vijay CC is poised on a knife-edge after the conclusion of the first day’s play at the MA Chidambaram Stadium here on Sunday.
Chennai
Opting to bowl, Rovers bowlers performed commendably dismissing Vijay CC for 245 in 82.3 overs. However, Vijay’s bowlers, led by the impressive right-arm medium pacer L Vignesh who picked up all three wickets to fall, fought back by leaving Rovers in a spot of bother at 37 for three at stumps thereby setting up the prospect of an exciting final day’s play.
Earlier, Rovers bowlers justified their captain M Kaushik Gandhi’s decision to bowl first, by taking early wickets until Vijay CC found a saviour in J Kousik who came up with a vital contribution of 88 (171b, 5x4, 1x6) to guide his team to a respectable total of 245. Vijay’s other significant contribution came from the experienced opener, L Suryapprakash who made 40 (70b, 6x4). Kousik was involved in a valuable partnership of 55 runs in 138 balls for the fifth wicket with Daryl S Ferrario, who made 21. For Rovers, off-spinner Jalaj Saxena was the pick of the bowlers taking four wickets for 49. Medium pacer R Sonu Yadav ably supported him finishing with three for 51. Rovers’ hopes of taking the crucial first innings lead rest on its batting mainstay B Aparajith who is unbeaten on 18.
Brief scores: Vijay CC 245 in 82.3 overs (L Suryapprakash 40, J Kousik 88, Jalaj Saxena 4/49, R Sonu Yadav 3/51) vs Jolly Rovers 37/3 in 14.5 overs (L Vignesh 3/16)
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