da betway： Contrasting centuries from JR Madanagopal and Sridharan Sharathhelped MAC – TNCA to a commanding 314/4 on the first day of theirMRF-Buchi Babu pre-quarterfinal game with Indian Airlines at theCPT-India Pistons Ground at Chennai today
da stake casino： Sankhya Krishnan20-Aug-2000Contrasting centuries from JR Madanagopal and Sridharan Sharathhelped MAC – TNCA to a commanding 314/4 on the first day of theirMRF-Buchi Babu pre-quarterfinal game with Indian Airlines at theCPT-India Pistons Ground at Chennai today.Madanagopal’s 108 which encompassed five and a quarter hours, waspersevering but Sharath’s unbeaten 111 was the more enterprising.The Airlines attack included two Test bowlers, Dodda Ganesh andMurali Karthik, the latter picking up two of the three wicketsthat fell to the bowlers. Javagal Srinath who turned out forAirlines in the just concluded Coromandel Cement Trophy inBangalore was not among the eleven.MAC-TNCA won the toss and elected to take first strike, openingwith S Suresh and George John, in the absence of Sadagopan Rameshwho is in Australia. Suresh was the first to go for 12, failingto beat S Chaudhary’s throwing arm in Ganesh’s fourth over. Johnand Madanagopal added 75 for the second wicket before Kartikended the former’s sojourn at the middle by beating and bowlinghim for 29.Elegant lefthander C Hemanth Kumar who struck two hundreds in theTNCA first division league last month failed to come good on thisoccasion, hitting Chaudhury into the hands of Shafiq Khan for 20.Sharath joined Madanagopal with the score at 151. Both centurionscompiled a century partnership for the fourth wicket, 112 to beprecise, before Kartik trapped Madanagopal in front in the 83rdover for 108 (245 balls, 12 fours, 2 sixes).Robin Singh, Tamil Nadu captain, now gave company to his statedeputy Sharath and both lefthanders played out the remainingtwelve overs without fuss. Sharath had essayed 16 fours and a sixin his 146 ball knock. Indeed a third century was scored duringthe day, this one in the runs column of left arm spinner Kartikwho toiled for 33 overs to concede exactly 100 runs. Aware thatthe gluttonous VVS Laxman lurks in the opposition ranks, MAC-TNCAwill be keen to build a higher superstructure tomorrow.
