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PANAJI
Goa were bowled out cheaply against Uttar Pradesh on the opening day of the Elite Group C Ranji Trophy season-opener at the Green Park stadium, Kanpur, on Thursday.
Put into bat, Goa could only post a paltry 152 runs in the first innings as they were shot out in 35.4 overs. All-rounder Darshan Misal was the top-scorer with 43 runs while captain Sagun Kamat scored 41 runs. Opener Amogh Desai made 19 runs.
India U-19 World Cup-winning pacer Shivam Mavi grabbed four wickets giving away just 25 runs to be the most successful among UP bowlers. Ankit Rajpoot, Yash Dayal and Saurabh Kumar picked up two wickets each.
UP were placed commandingly at 153/1 at the end of play on Day1. Opener Madhav Kaushik is not out on 83 and one-down batsman Mohammad Saif is unbeaten on 54. The only wicket to fall was that of Samarth Singh (16) off the bowling of Lakshay Garg.
PLAYING XI:
UTTAR PRADESH: Madhav Kaushik, Priyam Garg, Aksh Deep Nath (C), Ankit Rajpoot, Samarth Singh, Mohammad Saif, Saurabh Kumar, Rinku Singh, Shivam Mavi, Upendra Yadav (W), Yash Dayal.
GOA: Amulya Pandrekar, Lakshay A Garg, Snehal Kauthankar, Amogh Desai, Darshan Misal, Keenan Vaz (W), Sagun Kamat (C), Sumiran Amonkar, Amit Verma, Krishna Das, Felix Alemao.
