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Karnataka beat Mumbai to enter Ranji final

February 28, 2015

Bengaluru, Feb 28: Defending champions Karnataka completed the formalities to register a 112-run win over Mumbai and enter the final of the Ranji Trophy cricket tournament for the 14th time here Saturday.

Karnataka Ranji final

Mumbai, chasing a victory target of 445, were all out for 332 about an hour into the fourth and penultimate day of the semi-final when seamer Sreenath Arvind had overnight batsman Siddhesh Lad (74, 8x4, 1x6) caught behind.

Resuming at their overnight total of 277 for six, Mumbai tried to fight back at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.

But Karnataka struck early when Balwinder Singh Sandhu, replacing an unwell Abhishek Nayar, was trapped in front by Abhimanyu Mithun.

Mithun thus finished with four wickets for a fine all-round performance, having made 89 in Karnataka's second innings.

At the other end, leg-spinner Shreyas Gopal induced a nick from Shardul Thakur, who was caught in the slips.

This was before Lad was caught behind, fending a short ball from Sreenath Arvind as Karnataka completed a fine win.

Karnataka skipper R. Vinay Kumar, while complimenting his team members for contributing at vital moments, admitted that the batting was still a concern.

"We have shown that we can bat till No.11 and I am happy with the attitude we showed despite being all out for 202 in the first innings," said Vinay, who was named Man-of-the-Match for his 6-for-20 effort that saw Mumbai tumble to 44 all out in their first innings.

"Yes, there are a few areas we need to improve. We have to come together as a batting unit."

Karnataka, winners of the Ranji Trophy seven times, now await the winners of the other ongoing semifinal between Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra.

The final, slated for March 8-12, will be played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

Brief scores: Karnataka 202 and 286 beat Mumbai 44 and 332 all out in 121.1 overs (Aditya Tare 98, Akhil Herwadkar 31, Shreyas Iyer 50, Surya Kumar Yadav 36, Siddhesh Lad 74, Abhimanyu Mithun 4 for 69, Sreenath Arvind 2 for 64, Shreyas Gopal 2 for 68) by 112 runs.

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New Delhi, Mar 25: Former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen appealed to Indian citizens to stay home during the 21-day lockdown, announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to contain coronavirus.

"Namaste India! I have heard that your situation is like ours, PM Modi has announced a nation-wide lockdown for 21 days. I request you to follow this instruction. We will fight coronavirus together and come out to this situation. Please stay at your home and stay safe, " he tweeted in Hindi.
At the end of the message, Pietersen gave credit to his "Hindi teacher" Shreevats Goswami, who is an Indian domestic cricketer.
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said that the nationwide total lockdown will be in place for three weeks to combat the coronavirus menace.

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May 7,2020

Melbourne, May 7: Australia opener Joe Burns is eyeing the Tests against India should they take place later this year, to stabilise his stop-start international career, saying "you want to play in and do well in" in this kind of series.

India is scheduled to play four Tests in Australia in December-January, a series which is currently in doubt due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has claimed over 2.5 lakh lives across the world.

"They are obviously world class team. I think the two teams going at each other will be very exciting to watch and players playing against each other as well," Burns told reporters in a video conference on Thursday.

"You look at the world ranking, they were number one and now we have got to number one, so I know that series will be anticipated by everyone and as a player this is a sort of series you want to play in and do well in."

With the coronavirus also threatening the T20 World Cup, Cricket Australia is under financial stress and has gone on a cost-cutting drive, which included standing down 80 per cent of its staff at 20 per cent salary.

There are also speculations that the Sheffield Shield for 2020-21 would be curtailed to cut costs.

Burns, however, hoped it won't be tinkered with.

"I love the fact we have a really strong first-class system. The 10 games, where you play everyone twice," Burns, who was struck down by a fatigue illness after an indifferent season, said.

"It leads to world-class players coming into Test teams. You don't want to see that get changed.

"Obviously it is unique circumstances at the moment and There's a lot of things to work through ... the players' association is consulted on those things."

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