Dheeraj Jadhav puts Assam in charge
A round-up of the second day's play from the semi-finals of the Ranji Trophy Plate League 2009-10
Cricinfo staff
16-Dec-2009
Assam 235 for 6 (Jadhav 102*) lead Andhra 214 (Rakesh 66, Reddy 53, Konwar 4-42) by 21 runs
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Dheeraj Jadhav's chalked up his third century in three matches to make Assam frontrunners for promotion to the Super League next year and a place in this season's quarter-finals. It was slow going through the day, but despite the failure of veteran Amol Muzumdar Assam were able to inch past Andhra's first-innings total. Jadhav remained unbeaten on 102 after nearly six hours at the crease, during which he hit only five fours and a six. Jadhav was involved in a series of mid-sized partnerships - four of them worth more than 40 - but Andhra didn't allow any stand to flourish beyond 57. The lead is still only 21 runs with four wickets remaining, so Andhra still have an outside chance of winning and progressing.
Amit Mishra's legspinners ripped through Tripura's middle order to put Haryana on top at Bansi Lal cricket stadium in Rohtak. Two former Mumbai batsmen, Nishit Shetty (27) and Wilkin Mota (39), had taken Tripura to a solid 82 for 2 before their side lost five wickets for 48 runs. Mishra bagged the final three wickets to fall on the day to end with superb figures of 21-7-28-3. Earlier, Harayana's tail, guided by Sachin Rana, extended the first innings total to 265 - the bulk of the day's runs coming through a final wicket stand of 39 between Rana and Sanjay Budhwar.