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India Blue vs India Red, at Cuttack, Oct 23 2008 - Ball by Ball Commentary

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(D/N), Cuttack, October 23, 2008, NKP Salve Challenger Trophy
India Blue FlagIndia Blue
235/9
India Red FlagIndia Red
(45.3/50 ov, T:236) 186

India Blue won by 49 runs

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India Blue seal a comprehensive 49-run win in Cuttack. One could say that India Red surrendered meekly after Vijay's dismissal. Only three of their batsmen managed to get to double-figures and the top-order, in particular, failed to provide adequate support to Vijay who seemed to be the only player who threatened to take the game away from Inda Blue.

235 runs proved to be more than a handful for the winners as the pitch offered enough assistance to both pace and spin for their bowlers to make frequent inroads into the India Red batting line-up.

That's all we have here from this match. Join us tomorrow for the second game of the NKP Salve Challenger Series when India Green take on India Red at the same venue.

It's Siddhartha Talya signing off from the commentary, and Sanjay Murari from the scoring duties. Until tomorrow, goodbye!

45.3
W
Pathan to Parmar, OUT

Thats it!!It's all over!! That was short of a length on middle, bowled from round the wicket. The ball kept low and Parmar failed to get the bat down in time to be out lbw, plumb in front of the middle stump. With that, India Blue also collect the bonus point

Mohnish Parmar lbw b Pathan 4 (9b 0x4 0x6) SR: 44.44
45.2
1
Pathan to Tiwary, 1 run

short of length on the leg stump, flicked to deep square leg for a single

45.1
1
Pathan to Parmar, 1 run

full and straight on the off, gets a thick outside edge towards third-man for a single

Over45
4 runs
IND-R 184/9CRR: 4.08  RRR: 10.40
Mohnish Parmar 3 (7b)Manoj Tiwary 44 (73b 1x4)
Chetanya Nanda2/35 (8)
44.6
1
Nanda to Parmar, 1 run

tossed up on the off, just pushed wide of extra cover for a single

44.5
1
Nanda to Tiwary, 1 run

short on the middle, no spin there, played towards short third-man for a quick single

44.4
1
Nanda to Parmar, 1 run

flighted on the off, struck down to long on for a single

44.3
•
Nanda to Parmar, no run

flatter on the middle, spinning towards off, tries to defend but gets a thick inside edge

44.2
•
Nanda to Parmar, no run

flatter on the middle, defended

44.1
1
Nanda to Tiwary, 1 run

full on the off, Tiwary just dabs it in front of cover for a single

Over44
2 runs, 1 wicket
IND-R 180/9CRR: 4.09  RRR: 9.33
Manoj Tiwary 42 (71b 1x4)Mohnish Parmar 1 (3b)
Ravichandran Ashwin3/27 (10)
43.6
1
Ashwin to Tiwary, 1 run

pitched on the off, pushed to cover for a single

43.5
1
Ashwin to Parmar, 1 run

short on leg stump, played off the pads for a single to short fine-leg

43.4
•
Ashwin to Parmar, no run

flatter this time, and comes forward to defend it back to the bowler

43.3
•
Ashwin to Parmar, no run

flighted on the off, defended on the front foot

Monish Parmar, the No.11 batsman, walks in. India Red need to score 11 runs more to prevent India Blue from winning the bonus point

It took a while before Balaji realised he was out bowled

43.2
W
Ashwin to Balaji, OUT

He's out bowled!! That was tossed up, Balaji comes down the track to loft it over long on, misses and the ball just clips the bails

Lakshmipathy Balaji b Ashwin 1 (7b 0x4 0x6) SR: 14.28
43.1
•
Ashwin to Balaji, no run

flatter on the off, pushed to cover

Over43
1 run, 1 wicket
IND-R 178/8CRR: 4.13  RRR: 8.28
Lakshmipathy Balaji 1 (5b)Manoj Tiwary 44 (70b 1x4)
Chetanya Nanda2/31 (7)
42.6
1
Nanda to Balaji, 1 run

short of length, played off the back foot past short fine-leg for a single

42.5
•
Nanda to Balaji, no run

flighted on middle, pushed back to the bowler

42.4
•
Nanda to Balaji, no run

spinning away from the off, left alone

42.3
•
Nanda to Balaji, no run

picks the conventional leg break this time, pitched on off and spinning away. Leaves it alone

42.2
•
Nanda to Balaji, no run

That was a googly, Balaji comes forward to defend, and misses it completely. How did that miss the off stump?

L Balaji comes in

42.1
W
Nanda to Vinay, OUT

that was pitched short of a length on middle and straightened. Vinay Kumar attempted a Tiwary-like paddle down towards fine-leg, missed it completely, and was struck plumb in front of middle. The umpire had no hesitation there

Vinay Kumar lbw b Nanda 5 (15b 0x4 0x6) SR: 33.33
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