Kamboj stars with a ‘good 10’ however Kerala has its nostril in entrance

Toasting success: Kamboj ran via the Kerala batting line-up to the delight of his teammates. | Picture: PTI

It was a terrific begin to the day for Haryana when its pacer Anshul Kamboj turned the third bowler to take 10 wickets in an innings within the Ranji Trophy, throughout its Elite Group C match in opposition to Kerala right here on Friday.

Nonetheless, at stumps on day three on the Chaudhary Bansi Lal Stadium, it was the visiting aspect which was celebrating, after it lowered Haryana to 139 for seven, in response to its first innings complete of 291.

Kerala’s pacers took a leaf out of Kamboj’s e-book as they bowled with coronary heart, to place their aspect in management. Their dedication was backed by their fielders, who dived and scrapped to chop down Haryana’s run circulation.

Earlier within the day, Kamboj saved his date with historical past, as he added the scalps of Basil Thampi and Shoun Roger to finish his 10-wicket haul. Premansu Chatterjee (1956) and Pradeep Sunderam (1985) had been the primary two to attain this feat within the Ranji Trophy. Kamboj’s efforts had been adopted by a powerful begin from the Haryana openers, Yuvraj Singh and Lakshya Dalal.

Kerala responded via medium pacer Basil NP, who had Yuvraj caught at gully with one which reared off the floor. From the opposite finish, Thampi castled Lakshya with a supply that stayed low.

Simply as skipper Ankit Kumar and Himanshu Rana had been stabilising the Haryana innings, the latter was run-out following a miscommunication.

Nidheesh MD compounded Haryana’s woes by eradicating Dheeru Singh and Ankit in two overs to cut back the aspect to 95 for 5.

Haryana managed to stifle Kerala’s surge after tea, because of a defiant 24-over partnership between Nishant Sindhu and Kapil Hooda, earlier than Jalaj Saxena trapped the latter in entrance.

A returning Nidheesh snared Sumit Kumar proper earlier than the tip of the day’s play to place Kerala simply three wickets away from claiming the primary innings lead.

The scores:

Kerala – 1st innings: B. Aparajith c Hooda b Kamboj 0, Rohan Kunnummal c Ankit b Kamboj 55, Akshay Chandran b Kamboj 59, Sachin Child c Hooda b Kamboj 52, Jalaj Saxena lbw b Kamboj 4, Salman Nizar c Hooda b Kamboj 0, Mohammed Azharuddeen c Aman b Kamboj 53, Shoun Roger c Hooda b Kamboj 42, Nidheesh MD b Kamboj 10, Basil Thampi b Kamboj 4, Basil NP (not out) 1; Extras (lb-10, nb-1): 11; Complete (all out in 116.1 overs): 291.

Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-91, 3-148, 4-156, 5-158, 6-232, 7-233, 8-247, 9-286.

Haryana bowling: Kamboj 30.1-9-49-10, Aman 27-6-76-0, Sindhu 17-2-43-0, Sumit 17-1-57-0, Jayant 25-7-56-0.

Haryana – 1st innings: Lakshya Dalal b Thampi 21, Yuvraj Singh c Akshay b Basil 20, Ankit Kumar c Roger b Nidheesh 27, Himanshu Rana run out (Salman) 17, Dheeru Singh b Nidheesh 7, Nishant Sindhu (batting) 29, Kapil Hooda lbw b Saxena 9, Sumit Kumar lbw b Nidheesh 6, Jayant Yadav (batting) 1; Extras (lb-1, w-1): 2; Complete (for seven wkts. 61 overs): 139.

Fall of wickets: 1-38, 2-48, 3-80, 4-90, 5-95, 6-125, 7-137.

Kerala bowling: Thampi 16-0-51-1, Nidheesh 13-2-37-3, Basil 12-5-28-1, Saxena 10-3-18-1, Aparajith 10-7-4-0.