Rain restricts Delhi third day’s play vs Vidarbha
contenders boxers have to fight at the start of their professional career.
It is that technical brilliance and ring craft that Cheka is worried about. Perhaps that’s why he has stepped up training and is also getting involved in a bit of verbal jousting. However, both are good omens for spectators — the former might ensure a good fight and the latter is good fun.
“Jay (his coach) has put me on some crazy training regime. It is increasing my strength and power day by day. Sure Vijender must have won all his professional bouts but let’s not forget I have played 300 rounds and knocked down 17 of my opponents. He has no idea what he is going to face. I am going to bring him down, like nobody’s business; I don’t think he thought before accepting my challenge. He has fought absolutely nobody up to now, I will show him what professional boxing means,” Cheka added.
Vijender , on the other hand has been away from the verbal action. For the time being, at least. He is training in Manchester for his last fight of the season. CHENNAI: Rain played spoilsport on the third day of the Ranji trophy cricket match between Delhi and Vidarbha at the Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering Ground here on Thursday.
Delhi scored 250/8 on the second day, taking their lead to 67 runs with Manan Sharma (82) and Vikas Tokas (28) were at the crease when umpires called off the day’s play.
In Patiala, Karnataka scored 168/5, taking their lead to 9 runs against Saurashtra at the end of the third day at the Dhruve Pandove Stadium.
Kaunain Abbas (62) and Shreyas Gopal (15) were at the crease when umpires disloged the bails for the day.
For Saurashtra, Kamlesh Makvana scalped three wickets while Jay Chauhan took two wickets.
In Vizianagaram, Assam scored 269/5, taking their lead to 79 runs against Jharkhand on the third day of the Group B match at the Dr PVG Raju ACA Sports Complex.
Opener Rishav Das scored his maiden first-class century while one-down batsman Sibsankar hit 80 as the duo shared a 157-run second wicket stand to take the team past 200-run mark.
Rishav’s departure triggered a small collapse and Assam lost three more wickets in quick succession with new-ball bowler Ajay Yadav (2/37) dismissing Amit Verma (10) and Kunal Saikia (0) cheaply, while Amit Sinha got run out.
However, Sibsankar did well to remain unbeaten at stumps.
It was left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem who broke the partnership by sending back Rishav for a well made 113 off 256 balls that included 13 boundaries.
For Jharkhand, Ajay Yadav scalped two wickets while spinner Shabaz Nadeem took one.
In Nagpur, skipper Manoj Tiwary and Sudip Chatterjee struck hundreds as Bengal turned the tables on Mumbai by wiping out the first innings deficit on the third and penultimate day of their Ranji Trophy Group A encounter here.
While Tiwary amassed 169 runs before being run out, Chatterjee scored 130 to take Bengal to 433 for 8 in their second innings. The team now has a 303run lead, which seems suffice to save the match.
Overnight 198/3, Bengal put up an inspired batting performance riding on Tiwary and Chatterjee’s big knocks to make up for the 99-run disaster in the first innings. Tiwary struck 22 fours and a six in his 288-ball stay at the crease, while Chatterjee managed 18 hits to the fence in his 304ball knock. There were some useful contributions down the order as well with Pragyan Ojha’s unbeaten 32-ball 30 being most notable. For Mumbai, Dhawal Kulkarni grabbed four wickets for 108 runs in his 32 overs. Abhishek Nayar also picked up a couple of wickets.
In Dharamsala, Madhya Pradesh are just one wicket away from registering an outright win over Baroda, who were struggling at 114 for nine while chasing 347.
Madhya Pradesh, who had already earned a 53-run first innings lead, resumed their second essay today on 126 for five and straight away lost overnight batsman Shubham Sharma in the fourth over. They were 131 for six at that stage with an overall lead of 184.
Two partnerships of 50 for the sixth wicket and 69 for the ninth wicket helped MP add 162 more for the last four wickets before folding for 293, to set Baroda a huge target.
Overnight batsman Harpreet Singh (73) and Puneet Datey (41) chipped in with important runs, while Ishwar Pandey hit 36 off 41 balls at No. 10. For Baroda, Atit Sheth finished with figures of 4 for 51.
I will hit Vijender hard on his face that he will never think of professional boxing again