Clayton Murzello clayton@ mid- day. com A SIX- hour bus journey from Rajkot to Ahmedabad starting midnight on Sunday. A twohour, 15 minute- flight from Ahmedabad to Chennai and then a seven- and- a- half- hour bus journey to Ongole. Thatu2019s how the Saurashtra cricket team reached the Andhra Pradesh town for their Ranji Trophy quarter- final which begins on Thursday.

No wonder Saurashtrau2019s former India all- rounder coach Karsan Ghavri exclaimed to mid- day, u201c My boys are knackered.u201d u201c The distance weu2019ve had to travel to get here is absolutely unthinkable. The aspect I just cannot understand is why could this match not be held in Visakhapatnam,u201d said Ghavri, who is aware that AP has won their last three games ( against Delhi, Hyderabad and Kerala) outright at Ongole.