JP slams 78 and claims 5 wickets to put Railways on top

New Delhi, Nov 24 (UNI) All-rounder JP Yadav struck 78 and then completed a five-wicket haul as hosts Railways recorded a 145-run first innings lead against Madhya Pradesh in the Ranji Trophy Plate Group A match here today.

Resuming on overnight score of 218 for five, Railways were all out for 303 and JP, who resumed on 58, scored 78 before Sunil Dholpure removed him caught behind.

In reply, Madhya Pradesh batsmen could not offer any resistance as JP (5/61) and Sanjay Bangar (4/35) ran through their innings and the visitors folded for 158 -- Abbas Ali being the top scorer with 65.

Railways, in their second innings, were 18 for one after losing opener Amit Pagnis (8).

Sanjay Bangar (5) and TP Singh (2) were at the crease at stumps.

Scoreboard: Railways first innings (Overnight 218 for 5): Sanjay Bangar c Naman Ojha b T Sudhindra 37 Amit Pagnis b T Sudhindra 20 TP Singh c Naman Ojha b T Sudhindra 9 Suresh Khanolkar c M Mishra b Sunil Dholpure 16 JP Yadav c Naman Ojha b Sunil Dholpure 78 Raja Ali c Naman Ojha b Anand Rajan 26 Sushant Manjrekar b Anand Rajan 36 AS Srivastava b Anand Rajan 1 Murali Kartik c Naman Ojha b T Sudhindra 21 SR Saxena c Sudhindra b Sunil Dholpure 4 Harvinder Singh not out 9 Extras (B-7, LB-12, W-6, NB-21) 46 Total (All out in 73.1 overs) 303 Fall of wickets: 1/24 2/38 3/75 4/93 5/144 6/245 7/250 8/289 9/289 Bowling: TP Sudhindra 26.1-7-52-3 Anand Rajan 20-1-75-1 SM Dholpure 17-6-39-1 YA Golwalkar 6-0-26-0 D Bundela 3-0-10-0 S Abbas Ali 1-0-6-0 Madhya Pradesh 1st innings: NV Ojha c Srivastava b Yadav 2 JS Saxena b Harvinder 7 MD Mishra c Srivastava b Yadav 0 D Bundela c Srivastava b Yadav 6 S Abbas Ali lbw b Yadav 65 AR Khurasiya c Yadav b Bangar 21 B Tomar c Srivastava b Bangar 1 SM Dholpure c Kartik b Bangar 18 TP Sudhindra lbw b Bangar 15 YA Golwalkar lbw b Yadav 1 Anand Rajan not out 0 Extras (B-6, W-7, NB-9) 22 Total (All out in 49.2 overs) 158 Fall of wickets: 1/3 2/12 3/12 4/44 5/113 6/114 7/132 8/138 9/158 Bowling: Jai P Yadav 22-7-61-5 Harvinder Singh 11-2-41-1 SR Saxena 7-1-15-0 SB Bangar 9.2-2-35-4 Railways 2nd innings: Amit Pagnis c Bundela b Sudhindra 8 Sanjay Bangar not out 5 TP Singh not out 2 Extras (LB-1, W-1, NB-1) 3 Total (For 1 wicket in 9.3 overs) 18 UNI AY PDS RAI2006