Ian’s ton goes in vain as Saurashtra beat J&K to seal QF berth

Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 3:A sensational seven-wicket haul by spinner Kamlesh Makvana helped Saurashtra crush Jammu and Kashmir by an innings and 63 runs and seal their quarterfinal berth in the Ranji Tropy cricket tournament here today.
Ian Dev Singh’s 179-ball 127 went in vain as Makvana wrecked havoc on the hosts on the third day, returning with figures of 26.4-5-100-7 at the Gandhi Memorial Science College Ground here.
Resuming at 491/9, Saurashtra ended their first innings at a mammoth 497 in 126.2 overs after Jaydev Unadkat was dismissed by M Mudhasir.
In reply, J&K had a shaky start as Unadkat dismissed Umar Nissar (6) in the 7th over and then Makvana got rid of other opener Pranav Gupta (39) in the 28th over after he shared 52 runs with Singh. Pranav was again in sublime touch in this innings, hitting the ball with fluidity and grace.
Skipper Parvez Rasool (0) was next to go as he was caught by Barot off Makvana. SP Khajuria (8) too was sent packing in the 36th over by Makvana.
Singh then added another 52 runs with Amir Sofi (20), before sharing a 78-run stand with Asif Khan (29) as J&K crossed the 200-mark. However, Singh too was dismissed in the 78th over with CS Jani taking the catch off DA Jadeja.
Once Singh was gone, Z Sofi (4) and VK Dogra (2) failed to reach double figures. M Mudhasir (23) and Sameer Ali (26 not out) fiddled around for sometime before the former was dismissed.
Brief Score: Jammu & Kashmir 1st innings: 138
Saurashtra 497 (S Jackson 121; Z Sofi 3/51)
Jammu & Kashmir 2nd innings: 296 allout in 86.4 overs (ID Singh 127; KR Makvana 7/100).

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