Deepak Chahar must be mighty pleased with the way his body is responding and add to it his impact with the ball. On Day Two, the 32-year-old bowled 10 overs straight and scythed through Himachal Pradesh 's top-order to claim his fifth five-wicket haul, 5-30, in First Class cricket for Rajasthan during an Elite Group B Ranji Trophy match in Dharamshala on Saturday. Himachal eventually folded for 98 in 30 overs.
The skilled swing bowler, who has just recovered from a hamstring injury, castled three players - Ankit Kalsi (6 off 9 balls), Ekant Sen (0 off 6 balls) and Abhinandan Bhardwaj (10 off 10 balls).
As fast bowlers dictated the terms, Deepak was joined by seasoned left-arm seamer Aniket Chouhary who cleaned up the tail, recording figures of 9-1-28-3. While both Khaleel Ahmed and Arafat Khan chipped in with a wicket each.
In the driver's seat, captain Deepak Hooda enforced the follow-on and Himachal came out to bat again, looking better equipped to tackle the seamers. The pitch got easier to bat on and their openers Shubham Arora (59 off 79 balls) and Prashant Chopra (49 off 94 balls) gave them a fine start, stitching a partnership of 103 runs. But this time left-arm spinner Manav Suthar impeded their progress. The Rajasthan youngster cleaned up the Himachal openers and at stumps the hosts were 147/2, trailing by 89 runs with Ankit and Ekant at the crease.
Earlier, Rajasthan added 30 more runs in 8.3 overs to their overnight score of 304/7. Left-hand batsman Mahipal Lomror missed out on his seventh First Class century by one run as he edged Rishi Dhawan to Prashant at first slip.
Brief score: Rajasthan 1st innings: 334 (Mahipal Lomror 99; Mayank Dagar 5-85) lead Himachal Pradesh 1st innings: 98 (Rishi Dhawan 40 not out; Deepak Chahar 5-30) and 2nd innings: 147 for 2 (Shubham Arora 59; Manav Suthar 2-40) by 89 runs.
The skilled swing bowler, who has just recovered from a hamstring injury, castled three players - Ankit Kalsi (6 off 9 balls), Ekant Sen (0 off 6 balls) and Abhinandan Bhardwaj (10 off 10 balls).
As fast bowlers dictated the terms, Deepak was joined by seasoned left-arm seamer Aniket Chouhary who cleaned up the tail, recording figures of 9-1-28-3. While both Khaleel Ahmed and Arafat Khan chipped in with a wicket each.
In the driver's seat, captain Deepak Hooda enforced the follow-on and Himachal came out to bat again, looking better equipped to tackle the seamers. The pitch got easier to bat on and their openers Shubham Arora (59 off 79 balls) and Prashant Chopra (49 off 94 balls) gave them a fine start, stitching a partnership of 103 runs. But this time left-arm spinner Manav Suthar impeded their progress. The Rajasthan youngster cleaned up the Himachal openers and at stumps the hosts were 147/2, trailing by 89 runs with Ankit and Ekant at the crease.
Earlier, Rajasthan added 30 more runs in 8.3 overs to their overnight score of 304/7. Left-hand batsman Mahipal Lomror missed out on his seventh First Class century by one run as he edged Rishi Dhawan to Prashant at first slip.
Brief score: Rajasthan 1st innings: 334 (Mahipal Lomror 99; Mayank Dagar 5-85) lead Himachal Pradesh 1st innings: 98 (Rishi Dhawan 40 not out; Deepak Chahar 5-30) and 2nd innings: 147 for 2 (Shubham Arora 59; Manav Suthar 2-40) by 89 runs.
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