After irritating Kerala along with his batting (37 not out), Mayank Markande destroyed the hosts along with his main ability, bowling, (6/59) to wrest the primary innings lead for Punjab on the third day of the Ranji Trophy match on the KCA-St. Xavier’s School floor right here on Sunday.
Nonetheless, Kerala hit again with late wickets to cut back the guests to 23 for 3 within the second innings to arrange an attention-grabbing end on the ultimate day on Monday.
Markande bowled with guile and management on a monitor of variable bounce and preyed on the indecision on the batters’ thoughts to take his wickets. Medium-pacer Gurnoor Brar (3/18) was hostile and lent good help to Markande.
Opener Rohan Kunnummal’s watchful innings got here to an finish when he went again to chop to a ball that bounced a bit greater than he anticipated and was caught behind for 15. Captain Sachin Child (12) performed again to a ball that saved low and was trapped in entrance. Aditya Sarwate (three) and Basil Thampi (zero) had been foxed by deliveries that saved low and fizzed off the wicket.
In between, B. Aparajith (three) drove Markande tentatively and was snapped up by Nehal Wadhera at brief cowl.
Markande celebrates the autumn of a wicket.
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Opener Vathsal Govind (28) regarded assured throughout his keep within the center and performed the spinners with confidence till Emanjot Singh Chahal extracted flip and bounce and compelled the batter to edge a catch to the slips.
Brar made a direct impression after his late introduction and broke the promising stand of 32 between Akshay Chandran and Jalaj Saxena for the fifth wicket
He gave Akshay (17) a working over and induced an edge from the batter with a supply that moved away. Jalaj (17) wasted his good begin by slapping a brief ball from Brar to Anmolpreet Singh at mid-on as Kerala slumped to 108 for six.
Azharuddeen (38) and Vishnu Vinod (20 not out) added a fast 38 for the eighth wicket. Nonetheless, Azharuddeen perished, flicking Brar straight to Emanjot at positive leg. Markande returned and dismissed Sarwate and Thampi off successive balls to offer Punjab the lead.
The scores: Punjab – Ist innings: L Abhay Choudhary c Child b Sarwate 0, Naman Dhir c Aparajith b Sarwate 10, Anmolpreet Singh b Jalaj 28, Prabhsimran Singh b Sarwate 12, Nehal Wadhera b Jalaj 9, Krish Bhagat c Azharuddeen b Jalaj 15, Ramandeep Singh st Azharuddeen b Sarwate 43, Mayank Markande not out 37, Gurnoor Brar b Jalaj 14, Emanjot Singh Chahal c & b Sarwate 1, Siddharth Kaul c Azharuddeen b Jalaj 19; Extras (b-4, lb-2): 6; Whole (in 82.5 overs): 194.
Fall-of-wickets: 1-0, 2-15, 3-37, 4-59, 5-62, 6-112, 7-122, 8-140, 9-143
Kerala bowling: Sarwate 33-12-62-5, Thampi 8-0-28-0, Jalaj 30.5-4-81-5, Aparajith 11-2-17-0.
Kerala – Ist innings: Vathsal Govind c Ramandeep b Emanjot 28, Rohan Kunnummal c Prabhsimran b Markande 15, Sachin Child lbw Markande 12, Baba Aparajith c Wadhera b Markande 3, Akshay Chandran c Prabhsimran b Brar 17, Jalaj Saxena c Anmolpreet b Brar 17, Salman Nizar c Prabhsimran b Markande 13, Mohammed Azharuddeen c Emanjot b Brar 38, Vishnu Vinod not out 20, Aditya Sarwate b Markande 3, Basil Thampi lbw Markande 0; Extras (b-4, lb-9): 13; Whole (in 70.4 overs): 179.
Fall-of-wickets: 1-37, 2-57, 3-61, 4-71, 5-103, 6-108, 7-136, 8174, 9-179.
Punjab bowling: Emanjot 24-5-45-1, Bhagat 4-1-3-0, Kaul 4-0-12-0, Markande 21.4-2-59-6, Naman 10-1-29-0, Brar 7-1-18-3.
Punjab – 2nd innings: Abhay Choudhary c Vinod b Aparajith 12, Naman Dhir c Salman b Sarwate 7, Siddharth Kaul c Vinod b Sarwate 0, Krish Bhagat batting 0, Anmolpreet Singh batting 0; Extras (b-4): 4; Whole (for 3 wkts. in 17 overs): 23.
Fall-of-wickets: 1-19, 2-19, 3-19.
Kerala bowling: Sarwate 7-4-8-2, Jalaj 5-1-8-0, Aparajith 5-3-3-1.
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