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Site is dedicated to promising young cricket player Manish Pandey from Karnataka, India. Manish Pandey was a dynamic middle order batsman of Indian U19 team and announced himself to the world with his solid batting performance during IPL 2009 for Royal Challengers Bangalore team.
| Double ton in a day, Manish Pandey shows why he is in demand |
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| Friday, 28 January 2011 05:45 |
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As the most sought-after uncapped player, Manish Pandey had been making news off the field lately. On Wednesday, at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad though, Pandey put the IPL debate on the back burner, striking a 191 ball 203- his maiden double century, to power South Zone to 416 runs on day one of their Duleep Trophy semi-final against Central Zone. “We all know what is making news in the media in last few days but its better not to think too much. I have learned that such things will happen, but as a player we need to concentrate more on the game. Scoring runs is my first priority, other things come last,” Pandey said. “Once you reach ground, the first thing is to perform. I should not forget that unless I score runs there won’t be any chance of being in contention for any contract, “ he says. Pandey’s blistering innings, that included 7 sixes and 19 fours, came against a star studded Central Zone which had likes of RP Singh, Pankaj Singh and Umesh Yadav, who had recently pulled a sensational win in their last game against East Zone after dismissing them for 96 runs in their second innings. Having been the highest Ranji Trophy run getter in last season, the Karnataka middle-order batsman once again had the burden of delivering the same show. He may have failed his own lofty standards, managing to score only two hundreds this season with his run tally of 629 runs in 14 innings of Ranji Trophy but he reveals that he knew the runs were due to come. “I could manage only two centuries compared to four last year. So I was desperate to score big because that always counts. The joy of scoring 200 is something different especially because you know that it doesn’t come very often,” Pandey explains. Though Pandey stole the limelight, he got vital support from opener Abhinav Mukund (105). The duo added 174 runs for third wicket. However with 8 wickets down at close of play, Pandey has only the tail for company. Batting with Pragyan Ojha, the attacking batsman will have to take most of the strike when he comes to bat again on Thursday. Keeping that in mind, Pandey is not setting any target. “Let’s see how things go, batting with tailenders is never easy,” he cautions. |