da esoccer bet： Roofit XI were bowled out for 263 runs on the first day in the finalof the Coromandel Cement Cup tournament against Chemplast at theMaharaja Jayachamarajendra Wodayar Sports Centre in Bangalore onMonday
Staff Reporter13-Aug-2001Roofit XI were bowled out for 263 runs on the first day in the finalof the Coromandel Cement Cup tournament against Chemplast at theMaharaja Jayachamarajendra Wodayar Sports Centre in Bangalore onMonday.Jatin Paranjpe won the toss for Roofit XI and elected to bat. His teamdid well to reach 203 for two wickets. But then they lost their lasteight wickets for just 60 runs. The day clearly belonged to the mediumpace bowler Lakshmipathy Balaji who finished with figures of24.4-2-73-7.Balaji, who has been learning the trade at the NCA, ripped through theRoofit batting line up. He picked up the first two wickets. SatyajitParab and Hrishikesh Kanitkar then put together a partnership of 108runs for the third wicket. Baroda’s Parab who was a prolific rungetter in the previous Ranji season was in good form but was unluckyto miss out on a well deserved hundred by just two runs. His 98 cameoff 170 balls and was decorated with 13 boundaries.Parab was caught behind by TR Arasu off the bowling of Balaji whobowled with a lot of fire. Kanitkar was in impressive mood strikingthe ball cleanly for eight boundaries in making 57 runs off 70 balls,before edging one to Arasu off the bowling of Ganesh Kumar. It was allBalaji after that, except for a brief fight put up by Aziz Sheikh whomade a quickfire unbeaten 30 off 35 balls with the help of a six andfive boundaries.Chemplast did not have the best of starts. Ganesh Kumar was bowled byAware for a duck. Sujit Somasunder on 35 and S Badrinath on 25remained unbeaten as Chemplast made 67/1 off 22 overs at close ofplay.