AGENCIES
Ghaziabad
Snehal Kauthankar's second first-class century - and maiden double ton - helped Goa recover from 190 for 6 to 413 against Haryana in their Ranji Trophy Group C match at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Ghaziabad.
Goa had started the day on 197 for 6 with Kauthankar on 80 and Shadab Jakati on 4. The two stretched their seventh-wicket stand to 64 with Jakati contributing 28. After Jakati's dismissal with Goa on 254 for 7, Reagan Pinto, who had retired hurt on 25 on the opening day, returned and helped add 73 for the eighth wicket with Kauthankar. Pinto struck 58 before he became left-arm spinner Ashok Sandhu's fourth first-class victim.
Amulaya Pandrekar, Goa's No. 11, spent over an hour at the crease and batted out 40 balls to help add 67 more for the last wicket with Kauthankar. Pandrekar contributed just 5. Kauthankar was the last man dismissed, for 225 off 374 balls, which contained 30 fours and four sixes. With this double ton, Kauthankar became only the fifth Goa batsman -- the second this season after Sagun Kamat, who made an unbeaten 304 earlier -- to make a 200-plus score. Harshal Patel and Amit Mishra shared the bulk of the damage, taking four wickets each.
Haryana made a strong start to their reply, with Nitin Saini, not out on 76, taking them to 110 for no loss in the company of Shubham Rohilla, who was unbeaten on 32. Goa used as many as six bowlers in short bursts, but they could not breach the defence of Saini and Rohilla. Haryana trail by 303 runs.
BRIEF SCORES
Goa 413 (S Kauthankar 225, S Jakati 28, R Pinto 58) lead Haryana 110/0 in 35 overs (Saini 76*, Rohilla 32*) by 303 runs
