BASIL SYLVESTER PINTO
PANAJI
If the previous day belonged to young all-rounder Anukul Roy, whose maiden First Class hundred guided Jharkhand to a lead, the final day was about debutant slow left arm orthodox bowler Rahul Prasad, who spun a web around the Goan batsmen with telling effect, to return with a match-winning innings haul of 6/45.
With Goa resuming from an overnight score of 10/1, they capitulated to 131 in 48.3 overs with Jharkhand surviving the early jitters to
reach the target of 106 rather comfortably to win by
7 wickets on Day 4 of the Rd IV Elite Group C Ranji Trophy match at the GCA Academy ground, Porvorim on
Saturday.
Goa play their next engagement against Services at Porvorim from December 6 while Jharkhand returns home to take on Odisha in Ranchi the same day in another Round V encounter.
SCORES
Goa 1st inns: 364 in 140.2 overs, RR: 2.59 (Amit Verma 154; Ashish Kumar 3/71), Jharkhand 1st inns: 390 in 124.5 overs, RR: 3.12 (Anukul Roy 127; Amulya Pandrekar 3/78), Goa 2nd inns: 131 in 48.3 overs, RR: 2.70 (Suyash Prabhudessai 39, Rahul Prasad 6/45), Jharkhand 2nd inns: 108/3 in 32.2 overs, RR: 3.34 (Kumar Deobrat 48*, Vijesh Prabhudesai 2/22)
Jharkhand won by 7 wickets
