Parvez Rasool was awarded man of the match in a rain hit match of Duleep Trophy between India Blue and India Green at Green Park Stadium, Kanpur. Only first day play was possible in the match with rain washing out the remaining three days.
However, the first day heroics were enough to get man of the match award for the JK’s only International cricketer Parvez Rasool. In the first inning India Blue were bundled out for 177 runs , mostly thanks to Parvez Rasool five wicket haul.
Making full use of the slow Green Park track, Jammu and Kashmir spinner Rasool claimed his ninth five-wicket haul in first-class cricket as the Suresh Raina-led India Blue were kitted out for 177 in 52 overs on day one of the four-day game.
In reply, India Green after getting a solid start ended the day at 100/3 in 31.5 overs. Openers Navdeep Saini (25) and Kaushik Gandhi added 53 runs before getting out in quick successions. Prashant Chopra (26, 33b, x34) was the last man to depart after being caught by S Bharat off Pankaj Singh. The side still needed 78-run to take the first innings lead when first day’s play ended.
Parvez’s victims included skipper Raina, who gave a simple catch to Navdeep Saini after making 40 in 61 balls with the help of four hits to the fence. This, however, opened the floodgates for the Jammu and Kashmir bowler, who ripped through the India Blue innings, claiming wickets at regular intervals. Parvez’s other victims were last match’s centurion Deepak Hooda (16), Jaydev Unadkat (3), Bhargav Bhatt (10) and Manoj Tiwary.
Parvez expressed his happiness on getting the man of the match award in such a high profile game but was disappointed by not getting full match to play.
