Services v Jharkhand - Ranji Trophy - Group C – Day 4 – Live Score and Update
Services 185 and 152 v Jharkhand 120 and 219 - Jharkhand won by 5 wickets
Jharkhand, on the final day of play, in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780.
This was perhaps one of the most interesting contests in the ongoing domestic trophy this week, where neither side allowed the other to gain any momentum.
With the game equally poised in its initial three days, fans were anticipating a fabulous end with Jharkhand chasing 218 runs to win.
Having ended the third day of play with 35 runs on the board without any loss, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Akash-Verma-c974 and RK Nemat resumed the run chase, aiming to end the day on their side.
This partnership set the tone of Jharkhand’s innings, as the two batsmen proved instrumental in taking the score to 151, successfully breaking the Services’ bowlers.
Finally, this partnership met its demise on the wicket of Verma, who was dismissed by Nishan Singh with a commendable knock of 72 runs to his name.
While Nemat was smashing the bowlers to oblivion, he was accompanied by IR Jaggi as the batting side continued its onslaught.
However, this partnership ended with 182 runs on the board, as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nishan-Singh-c79701 clean-bowled Nemat for 86 runs. Then with 186 runs on the board, the third batsman (SP Gautam) fell with only three runs to his name.
The loss of three wickets was a big blow which brought considerable decline in the scoring rate.
This was a critical moment in the match, as the bowling side was on the verge of making a strong comeback. However, Jaggi and Ajatshatru Singh avoided this predicament, as they moulded a tentative partnership, taking the score to 210. This partnership was then broken on the run out of Ajatshatru Singh, who walked back to the pavilion after scoring 13 runs.
On the first delivery of the next over, Babul Kumar, was also run out before he could open his account.
Nonetheless, it was too late for Services to save the match as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SS-Tiwary-c2565 on four.
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