Ranji blog: Vidarbha shot out for 85; Sachin goes cheaply Bangalore, October 27 Century alert: Satyam Choudhary of Madhya Pradesh has got the first century of the season. He got it against Railways. Sagar Jogiyani, of Saurashtra, got a ton too soon after against Rajasthan in Rajkot. On that note heres Shridhar K.S talking about another promising youngster Varun Aaron is the man one to watch this season. Great fast bowler can be great asset for Indian team. With Umesh yadav he can be an added force. Two genuine fast bowlers can tear any batting line up in pace helping pitches. So let us hope Aaron recovers his fitness and form too. Good luck. 3:15 PM: Tendulkar dismissed for 5 Blink and you miss it. That was Tendulkars stay in his last Ranji game. He was out bowled by Mohit Sharma for just 5 immediately after tea. Predictably more than half the crowd that turned up disappeared soon after. The reactions to the Little Masters dismissal have come swiftly Disappointed.. I paid 10,000 rupees to watch Tendulkar score a century.. he scored 95 less.. sad, says Mithun. What a shame.. sachin bowled AGAIN! how can he play against Best if he cant tackle Mohit? asks Ravi Thats it. Am not watching this match anymore. Who wants to watch Nayar and Rahane bat against third grade Haryana seamers on a green top imported from Kingsmead, declares Suraj. The wait ends: Sachin Tendulkar walked in with just minutes left for Tea. Wasim Jaffer flicked one to mid wicket and finally the crowds wait ended. Sachin came in and wasted no time in getting going. A scorching straight drive off his 4th delivery got him off the mark. 2:40 PM: There is a race on to find out who will be the first centurion of this year. At tea, Satyam Choudhary of Madhya Pradesh was batting on 77 while the man seeking redemption, Mohnish Mishra had raced away to 69. Sagar Jogiyani of Saurashtra was batting on 90 and the Tamil Nadu pair of Badrinath and Baba Aparajith were on 72 and 80 respectively. Controversy alert: The Group C game between Himachal Pradesh and Goa has not started yet at Dharamshala because the Himachal Pradesh government has apparently seized all of HPCAs properties! Kaustubh Pawar is bowled by Hooda and the crowd gets a step closer to Sachin time. Mum 18/1. #Lahli #RanjiTrophy-- anand vasu (@anandvasu) October 27, 2013 1:55 PM: The first day of Jharkhand vs Delhi match washed out due to wet outfield. There is some sunshine today in Jamshedpur today. Hope well watch former opening pair Sehwag and Gambhir back in action tomorrow, says Suraj Vishwakarma via e-mail. You can send in your comments as well tosubmissions@ cricbuzz Vidarbha have been bowled out for just 85 on what is presumably a green-top with the pacers accounting for all the wickets. The bad news for Gujarat is that they have to face up against the likes of Umesh Yadav and Shreekant Wagh on the same track now. The fifties have started to flow in. Two in Rajkot (not a surprise) already with openers, Shitanshu Kotak and S Jogiyani going strong against Rajasthan. Baba Aparajith and the tireless S Badrinath have scored fifties as well to help Tamil Nadu recover against Services. The Sachin watch: Zaheer Khan and Ajay Jadeja have decided that the teams will give Sachin a guard of honour when he walks out to bat. He has been felicitated by the Haryana Cricket Association in the innings break as well. Haryanas best known cricketer, Kapil Dev, is at Lahli as well watching the proceedings with a certain VVS Laxman. 12:40: Haryana have been bowled out for just 134. Abhishek Nayar, with 4 wickets, has impressed once again. With Sachin Tendulkar retiring at the end of the West Indies Tests, Abhishek Nayar, who had an excellent season in 2012-13 can claim the No.6 spot if he continues in the same vein this time around, says Rudra. He makes a good point. Nayar was the second highest run scorer last season with 966 runs and his bowling has been more than effective. Is he the answer to Indias all-rounder search? Meanwhile 4 other games are yet to start because of rain including the Delhi v Jharkand game. That is one game to watch out for with a host of India internationals likely to play. The first days play between Bengal and Baroda has been washed out due to rain in Kolkata. Shitanshu Kotak, the 41-year old veteran of 130 first-class games will be calling it a day after Saurashtras first league game against Rajasthan. Hes unbeaten on 43 currently and has got the landmark of 8000 FC runs. Cheteshwar Pujara is slotted to come in next. Vidarbha have fallen prey to a couple of teen-aged medium-pacers. Jasprit Bumrah and Rush Kalaria have picked 4 wickets apiece to leave the Hemang Badani-led side at 77/9! 11:00 AM: Wickets, wickets and more wickets. That is the story so far. Haryana are tottering at 67/6 against Mumbais pace. With that the chances of seeing Sachin Tendulkar bat on day 1 has increased. Vidarbha have lost 4 wickets already for just 25. All to Gujarats Jasprit Bumrah. Tamil Nadu have lost their openers Abhinav Mukund and Murali Vijay in just the first hour against Services Haryana 71 for 8. Even they want to get the best seats in the house for the main event.-- Sidvee (@sidvee) October 27, 2013 Watch out for these guys Ajay Jadeja is back after a break fo 7 years to lead Haryana. not quite Lara v Tendulkar but there is a tussle between Amol Mazumdar and Wasim Jaffer to become the highest run-getter in Ranji history. Mazumdar, playing for Andhra now, is just 105 shy of Jaffers tally. Mohnish Mishra is back playing for Madhya Pradesh after serving a one-year ban after infamous India TV sting operation. Varun Aaron is expected to be back in action as well for Jharkand. A lot of Indian fans will be tracking the speedsters progress closely. Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Harbhajan Singh and a lot of other players out there too. Whos progress are you most interested in? Send in your thoughts to submissions@ cricbuzz So heres a quick brief about the format for the uninitiated. There are 3 groups of 9 teams in the league stage. The top 3 from Group A and Group B will qualify for the quarter-finals directly and 2 from Group C will make it as well. The added incentive for teams finishing top in Group C is that they will be promoted to the top-tier next year. The teams finishing last in Groups A and B will be relegated. 9:30 AM: The biggest news is that Sachin Tendulkar will be playing for Mumbai, for one last time. Tickets have been sold at rates of Rs 5000 to 10000 for the same according to some sources The news from that game is Haryana have been put in to bat first. Remember they were all-out for 55 and 66 in their first two games at the same venue last year. Sachin Tendulkar in Ranji Trophy Debut: v Gujarat at Mumbai, 10-12-88 (Age 15y-7m-17d) Last: v Haryana at Lahli, 27-10-13 (Age 40y-6m-4d)-- Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) October 27, 2013 @sachin_rtin Ranji Trophy: Mts-37 Runs-4197 Hs-233* (v TN,2000) Avg-87.43 100s-18 50s-18 #sachinretires #ranjitrophy @ranjiscores-- Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) October 27, 2013
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