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PUNE (India), Oct 25: Makeshift opener Shreyas Khanolkar cracked a rapid 102 as Indian Railways raced to 179 for one in reply to the West Indies first innings 449 for eight declared on the second day of their three-day match Friday.
Khanolkar, asked to open with Murli Kartik ahead of the regular combination of captain Abhay Sharma and Jai Prakash Yadav, relished the opportunity, hitting 20 fours in his 92-ball knock as Railways made all their runs in the last session.
Kartik, normally a lower-order batsman, joined in with an unbeaten 72 as they raised 167 for the first wicket on a flat track offering some assistance to the spinners.
Scoreboard
WEST INDIES (1st Innings, overnight 297-2):
C.H. Gayle b Harvinder 154
W.W. Hinds c Martin b Parida 50
D. Ganga c Kartik b Harvinder 71
M.N. Samuels c Sharma b Hussain 4
R.O. Hinds c Kartik b Yadav 19
R.R. Sarwan lbw b Parida 10
R.D. Jacobs b Parida 9
G.R. Breese not out 57
D.B. Powell c Kartik b Parida 0
M.V. Nagamootoo not out 39
EXTRAS (B-9, LB-4, NB-23) 36
TOTAL (for eight decl, 152 overs) 449
FALL OF WKTS: 1-71, 2-296, 3-302, 4-308, 5-330, 6-347, 7-350, 8-354.
DID NOT BAT: C.E. Cuffy.
BOWLING (topdate): Harvinder Singh 21-4-62-2; Hussain 17-2-65-1; Yadav 20-6-38-1; Kartik 44-10-117-0; Parida 35-12-107-4; Tejinder Pal Singh 13-3-38-0; Khanolkar 2-0-9-0.
INDIAN RALIWAYS (1st Innings):
S. Khanolkar c Powell b R. Hinds 102
M. Kartik not out 72
T.P. Singh not out 2
EXTRAS (LB-2, NB-1) 3
TOTAL (for one wkt, 32 overs) 179
FALL OF WKT: 1-167.
TO BAT: J.J. Martin, A. Sharma, J.P. Yadav, Y. Goud, Raja Ali, K. Parida, Harvinder Singh, Zakir Hussain.
BOWLING (to-date): Cuffy 9-1-51-0; Powell 5-0-37-0; Nagamootoo 4-0-34-0; Breese 7-1-37-0; Gayle 4-1-15-0; R.O. Hinds 3-0-3-1 (1nb).—Reuters
