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    "excerpt": "Nagpur, Feb 6 (CRICKETNMORE): \u00a0Vidarbha put themselves in pole position to retain the title by blunting Saurashtra's challenge on the fourth day of the Ranji Trophy final here on Wednesday. Star ",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Nagpur, Feb 6 (CRICKETNMORE)<\/strong>: &nbsp;Vidarbha put themselves in pole position to retain the title by blunting Saurashtra&#39;s challenge on the fourth day of the Ranji Trophy final here on Wednesday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Star India batsman Cheteshwar Pujara failed for the second successive time as left-arm spinner Aditya Sarwate once again turned out to be the batsman&#39;s nemesis, trapping him leg before for a duck with Saurashtra tottering at 58\/5 in their chase of 206.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Sarwate (3\/13 in 10 overs) was the wrecker-in-chief, also accounting for the wickets of Snel Patel, who scored a hundred in the first essay, and Harvik Desai.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Going into the final day, Saurashtra need to score 148 more runs with Vishvaraj Jadeja (23) and Kamlesh Makvana (2) at the crease at close of play.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Earlier, left-arm spinner Dharmendrasinh Jadeja (6\/96) had cleaned up the Vidarbha top-order to hand Saurashtra an advantage but the hosts held on to reach 200 after being reduced to 147\/8.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Mohit Kale contributed 38 off 94 balls and Sarwate, batting at number eight, scored 49 after the hosts resumed the day at 55\/2.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Sarwate then starred with the ball too, rattling the Saurashtra top-order with his left-arm spin.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Sarwate dismissed Patel (12), Harvik Desai (8) and Pujara (0) in his first five overs, and leaked just 13 runs in his 10 that he bowled on the day.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Pujara played for the turn only to be adjudged leg before as Sarwate bowled an arm ball.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>India pacer Umesh Yadav sent back young Arpit Vasavada (5), who fished one outside the off side to be caught behind.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Sheldon Jackson (7) stepped out to hammer Akshay Wakhare, completely missed the ball and was castled.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>At the start of the day, Jadeja scalped four batsmen, including key man Wasim Jaffer (11) and Ganesh Satish (35), in the first session.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Vidarbha failed to recover even as Saurashtra skipper Unadkat got the wicket of Akshay Wadkar, who went without bothering the scorers.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Off-spinner Kamlesh Makwana sent back the dangerous Akshay Karnewar (18).<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The hosts lost the remaining four wickets in the post-lunch session with Jadeja taking two more to complete his six-wicket haul.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Brief scores:&nbsp;<br \/>\r\nSaurashtra 307 and 58 for 5 (Vishvaraj 23 batting, Makvana 2 batting, Sarwate 3-13) need another 148 runs to beat Vidarbha 312 and 200 (Sarwate 49, Dharmendrasinh 6-96)<br \/>\r\n&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n",
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