Kerala v Jharkhand - http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kumar-Shri-Ranjitsinhji-c71870 Trophy - Group C – Day 1 – Live Score and Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kerala-c803 165/1 (55.0 ov) - Kerala lead by 45 runs with 9 wickets remaining in the 1st innings
Kerala gave sweet http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GP-Swann-c1501 music to Jharkhand, today, by bowling them out for for only 120 runs, and then hammering a staggering 165 at stumps by losing only one wicket, at the Perintalmanna Cricket Stadium, Malappuram.
Kerala, who chose to field, drew first blood with only four runs on the board, as Sreesanth dismissed opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Akash-Verma-c974 without allowing the batsman to open his account.
RK Nemat and IR Jaggi were up next, as they tried to resist the bowlers, however, this partnership was also short-lived as Nemat crumbled after bolstering a fiery knock of 21 runs off 28 deliveries. By this time, the batting side had managed to post only 27 runs and were now caught in a spot of bother.
IR Jaggi was then joined by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SS-Tiwary-c2565 as the two batsmen aimed to regroup and rebuild the innings. However, Kerala knew that this was the time for them to destroy their opponents by grabbing a couple of more wickets, as they did not cut Jharkhand any slack.
Kerala then struck for the third time in the match when Manukrishnan incinerated the stumps behind Jaggi, as watching the ball hit timber, left the batsman with no option but to walk back to the pavilion after scoring only four runs.
Then with 53 runs on the board, the batting side lost K Deobrat, who faltered after smacking seven runs off nine deliveries.
While Tiwary tried to stand his ground, he was ultimately removed by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Markasakkam-Sandeep-c74795 Warrier after hitting 13 runs off the bat.
After losing five wickets with 62 runs on the board, the situation was devastating for the batting side with their tail exposed and just waiting to be vaporised by Kerala.
SP Gautam and Sunny Gupta then led their side towards 90 runs, before the former lost his wicket after belting just a 30-run knock.
This was then followed by the wicket of Gupta, who walked off the field with 20 runs to his name. The batsman was trapped in front of stumps by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-c89347.
The last four batsmen were wiped-out easily, failing to score in double figures as Jharkhand faltered on a meagre total.
Kerala’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/S-Sreesanth-c2398 was impressive with four wickets to his name.
After losing their first wicket for nil on the opening delivery of their innings, Kerala made a nerve-racking comeback by overcoming Jharkhand’s lead and avoiding the demise of another wicket as they ended the day with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/VA-Jagadeesh-c2742 on 77 and RM Fernandez on 86.
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