Nizar carried the day for Kerala together with his gritty knock.
| Picture Credit score: NIRMAL HARINDRAN
Salman Nizar’s maiden First-Class century (111 not out) lifted Kerala from the doldrums to a place of consolation in opposition to Bihar on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group C match on the Sports activities Hub right here on Thursday.
Opting to bat, Kerala frittered away the benefit with its batters enjoying a collection of rash strokes and slumped to 202 for eight earlier than Nizar did the rescue act with the assistance of the tail-enders to assist the host attain 302 for 9 at stumps.
M.D. Nidheesh (30) added 79 runs for the ninth wicket with Nizar. The left-handed Nizar farmed the strike and selected the suitable moments to hit the massive photographs. Nideesh defended soundly within the early a part of the stand however switched to an attacking mode because the pair pissed off the customer. Nidheesh holed out whereas making an attempt an enormous hit however final man Vaisakh Chandran stayed agency to permit Salman attain his milestone.
Earlier, the Bihar medium-pacers have been restrictive with their constant strains outdoors the off-stump and their persistence was rewarded when it drew false strokes from the batters. Opener Rohan Kunnummal (3) perished enjoying a free stroke whereas debutant Anand Kirshnan (11) edged Gulham Rabbani to Mahrour at slips.
Left arm pacer Abhishek cleaned up Sachin Child with an incoming supply. Akshay Chandran (38) couldn’t convert his good begin as he slashed at a large supply from Yashpal Yadav and was brilliantly caught at level by Ayush Loharuka.
Collapse
Nizar joined Shoun Roger and the duo added 89 runs for the fifth wicket. Nizar began off with a few pleasing straight drives however Roger wasn’t at his fluent finest as he nudged and trudged his technique to a half-century. Roger threw away his wicket, pulling a brief ball from Veer Pratap to Saurabh at quick mid wicket. The dismissal triggered a mini collapse as Azharuddeen (9), Jalaj Saxena (5) and Aditya Sarwate (5) fell cheaply earlier than Nizar got here to the rescue.
The scores:
Kerala — 1st innings: Akshay Chandran C Ayush B yashpal 38, Rohan S. Kunnummal C Ayush B Vikram Singh 3, Anand Krishnan C Mahrour B Rabbani 11, Sachin Child B Abhishek 4, Shoune Roer C Saurab Veer Pratap 59, Salman ATting) 111, mohammed Azharuddeen c gani b sachin 9, jalaj saxena c sraman b sachin 5, aditya sarwate b gani 6, MD Nidhesh C.er Pratap B Vikram Singh 30, Vasakh Chandran (Batting) 1; Extras (NB-8, W-2, B-14, 1B-1): 25; Complete (for 9 wkts. In 84 overs): 302.
Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-33, 3-42, 4-81, 5-170, 6-183, 7-189, 8-202, 9-281.
Bihar Bowling: Veer Pratap 11-0-49-1, Vikram Singh 9-0-40-2, Abhishek 10-3-16-1, Rabbani 5-0-24-1, GANI 17-1-43-1, Sachin 26- 4-80-2, Yadav 5-0-28-1, Mahrour 1-0-7-0.
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