Ranji Trophy 2010-11 : Karnataka and Baroda game at Mysore ends in a tame draw
Highlights of Karnataka/Baroda Ranji Trophy match held at Mysore : 08-11th December 2010 : Match Drawn
This article is penned by Sri C Keshavamurthy
Karnataka faltered in maintaining its winning streak by adopting defensive tactics and walking on a safety path despite being in the driver’s seat at the end of the third day’s play at Mysore in the match against Baroda, and allowed the match to peter out into a draw on the fourth day on 11.12.2010.
This is the first drawn match between the two teams, as out of the previous five matches played Karnataka had won four and lost only one. This was the first match played between the two teams at a mofussil centre in Karnatala
Baroda batsmen could not muster a single fifty in the match although as many as six fifty plus scores were recorded by the Karnataka players. The highest individual score for Baroda was recorded by RK Solanki who made unbeaten 46 in the 2nd innings.
Robin Uthappa, who had completed 3000 runs in the Ranji Trophy in the previous match against Himachal Pradesh at Dharmasala and scored 53 of 78 balls. This was his 14th half century and 23rd fifty in the Ranji Trophy of his 47 match career
CM Gautam, after missing the match against Himachal Pradesh, due to injury, came back to score his second half century – 57 – in 2010/11 season. With his score of 57 he has now a tally of five fifties in 15 matches. Out of these five fifties, four are centuries with a highest of 158 against Orissa at Bangalore
CM Gautam also completed 1000 runs in first class cricket when on four in his score of 12 in the second innings of the match. At the end of the match against Baroda his tally in Ranji Trophy stood at 794 runs in 15 matches at 39.70
Ganesh Satish, who had captained in the earlier two matches and who had failed to register a single fifty in his last seven innings in 2010/11 (after making 55 against Punjab at Mohali) scored 76 in the second innings. This was his fifth half century apart from two centuries, in a career spanning 15 matches.
Ganesh Satish too completed 1000 runs in first class cricket when he reached 54 during his innings of 76 in the second innings. He has now accumulated 963 runs in 15 Ranji Trophy matches at a healthy average of 41.86.
Amit Verma scored his fourth (most fifties by Karnataka player in 2010/11) half century score in 2010/11 when he made 80 in the second innings. This was his fourth half century and seventh fifty 16 matches. He has now scored 915 runs in Ranji Trophy at 43.57
Stuart Binny, who was instrumental in architecting Karnataka’s victory against Himachal Pradesh, continued his fine form to score 70 in the second innings. This is his third half century in addition to his maiden century knock of 109 against Himachal Pradesh. He was playing in his 22nd match.
Vinaykumar, skipper of Karnataka, who had missed the earlier two matches as he had been drafted for the NZ series, came back to lead Karnataka. He made an unbeaten 50 in the second innings – which is his third half century in 47 Ranji Trophy matches.
Sunil Joshi captured his 600th victim in first class cricket when he dismissed MY Vahora in Baroda’s first innings. He was playing in his 157th first class match. His 600 first class wickets comprises of 41 in tests, 6 in Irani Trophy, 58 in Duleep Trophy, 464 in Ranji Trophy and 31 in other first class matches, as at the end of third day’s play on 11.12.2010.
Joshi is currently placed third in the list of highest wicket takers in the Ranji Trophy with 465 wickets at the end of the match against Baroda. Only Rajinder Goel with 637 wickets and S Venkataraghavan with 530 wickets are ahead of him in the Ranji Trophy.
Playing Record at the end of the match against Baroda: Karnataka; Played-362, Won-164, Lost-56, Drawn-142 (incl NR games) : Baroda; Played-325, Won-78, Lost-69, Drawn-178
In 2010/11; Karnataka; Played-5, Won-3, Drawn-2 : Baroda; Played-5, Won-2, Lost-1, Drawn-2