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    "excerpt": "Nagpur, Feb 5 (CRICKETNMORE): \u00a0Saurashtra recovered from a faulty start to steady their ship, thanks to the lower order and throw the gauntlet at Vidarbha in the Ranji Trophy final here on Tuesday. R",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Nagpur, Feb 5 (CRICKETNMORE): &nbsp;<\/strong>Saurashtra recovered from a faulty start to steady their ship, thanks to the lower order and throw the gauntlet at Vidarbha in the Ranji Trophy final here on Tuesday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Resuming at 158\/5, Saurashtra&#39;s lower order batsmen showed composure to drag the first innings total to 307, just five short of the hosts&#39; first innings score.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The hosts, in their second innings, lost captain Faiz Fazal (10) and R.Sanjay (16) to left-arm spinner Dharmendrasinh Jadeja (2\/36) before ending the day at 55\/2.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>At close of play, veteran Wasim Jaffer (5) and Ganesh Satish (24) were at the crease.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Earlier, overnight batsman Snell Patel (102) completed his first century of the season and when India pacer Umesh Yadav sent him back, Saurashtra were still 128 runs away from Vidarbha&#39;s total of 312.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Saurashtra&#39;s tail then batted excellently after Prerak Mankad was also dismissed by Sarwate.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>From 184\/7, Kamlesh Makwana (27 off 61 balls) and Jadeja (23 off 32) added 38 runs for the eighth-wicket stand.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Off-spinner Akshay Wakhare broke the partnership by getting Makwana caught at first slip and Sarwate got rid of Jadeja in the same fashion to complete his five-wicket haul.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>But there was no respite for the hosts as captain Jaydev Unadkat (46) and Chetan Sakariya (28) continued the fightback.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>They added 60 runs for the last wicket as they got tantalisingly close to a first-innings lead.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Unadkat then swept one straight to square leg fielder Sanjay.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>In Vidarbha&#39;s second essay, Sanjay survived a strong leg-before appeal, a caught and bowled chance off Makwana before finally getting stumped by Jadeja, who had also bowled the rival skipper.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>In the morning session, Patel swept Akshay Karnewar to reach his three-figure mark.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Umesh then succeeded in getting Patel caught behind.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Brief scores: Saurashtra first innings 307 (Snell Patel 102, Jaydev Unadkat 46; Aditya Sarwate 5\/98) vs Vidarbha 1st innings 312 &amp; 55\/2 (Ganesh Satish 24 batting, Wasim Jaffer 5 batting)<\/p>\r\n",
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