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Bose, Powar shine
against SL A |
It was a Bose and Powar show
during the first day's play at Grace Road in
Leicester in a match between two touring teams.
Sri Lanka's second string side was bundled out
for 266 with Ranadeb Bose picking up a
five-wicket haul and Ramesh Powar taking four
wickets. Indians ended at 25 for the loss of
opener Dinesh Karthik at stumps on the opening
day's play.
For the 28-year-old Ranadeb
Bose, it was his best performance on this tour
having failed to impress anyone during the match
against England Lions prior to the first test.
Bose went onto take his 200th first class wicket
when he had Kaushal Lokuarachchi leg before the
wicket. Sri Lanka A had a solid partnership of
73 for the second wicket between opener Michael
Vandort (52 from 98 with 8 fours and a six) and
Dilruwan Perera (34). But the Lankans lost their
way after that partnership losing wickets at
regular intervals to Bose and Powar. Ishant
Sharma who had shared the new ball with Bose
chipped in with a wicket in between.
The Sri Lankans had opted to bat
first on a good batting track under sunny
conditions. Their Skipper Thilan Samaraweera was
the highest scorer of the day with a 100-ball 75
that had 9 fours. Ranadeb Bose finished with
superb figures of 5 for 51 in 18.2 overs and
Ramesh Powar had 4 for 85 in 24 overs. The
wicket keeper of the day was Dinesh Karthik who
also had a struggling time behind the stumps
just like MS Dhoni. Anil Kumble went wicketless
in his 11 overs. MS Dhoni was allowed to bowl
three overs of his fancy medium pace too.
The Indians lost Dinesh Karthik
for a personal score of 11 in their first
innings. Wasim Jaffer and Gautam Gambhir were
the two not out batsmen as India got to 25 for 1
in 11 overs. The Indians had rested Sachin
Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Sreesanth, Zaheer
Khan and RP Singh for this three-day match.
Brief Scores :
Sri Lanka A first innings
266 all out in 76.2 Overs (Samaraweera
75 Vandort 52 Lokuarachchi 35 Perera 34 Dammika
Prasad 23, Ranadeb Bose 5/51 Ramesh Powar 4/85
Ishant Sharma 1/57) Vs
Indians first innings 25 for 1 in 11 Overs
(Karthik 11 Jaffer 7*, Dammika Prasad 1/3)
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