Amandeep Khare and Shashank Singh struck fine centuries to dash Delhi’s slim quarterfinal hopes as Chhattisgarh posted a mammoth 482 for 9 declared in their first innings on the second day of their Ranji Trophy elite group H.
Brief Scores: Chhattisgarh 1st innings: 482 for 9 declared in 145 overs (Amandeep Khare 156 not out, Shashank Singh 122, Ajay Mandal 63; Vikas Mishra 6/124) vs Delhi 1st innings: 108 for 3 in 30 overs (Yash Dhull 29, Kshitiz Sharma 29; Shubham Agarwal 1/9)
Punjab need 240 to win
Punjab will need 240 runs to win the match against Tripura with two days to go.
Brief Scores: Tripura 1st innings: 127 & 232 ((Mura Singh 85; Arshdeep Singh 5/33) vs Punjab 1st innings: 120
Haryana lead by 179 runs
Amit Rana’s five-wicket haul put Haryana in a firm control against Himachal Pradesh.
Haryana 1st innings: 302 & 61 for 0 (Himanshu Rana 129, Nishant Sindhu 73; Sidharth Sharma 4/57) vs Himachal Pradesh 1st innings: 184 all out (Amit Kumar 56, Akash Vasisht 40; Amit Rana 5/58)
Maharashtra post 462
Maharashtra rode on skipper Ankit Bawane’s elegant 140 and Azim Kazi’s 113 to post a big total of 462 against Uttar Pradesh on the second day of their Ranji Trophy elite group G game on Friday.
Brief Scores: Maharashtra 1st innings: 462 all out (Ankit Bawane 140, Azim Kazi 113; Jasmer Dhankhar 3/83, Ankit Rajpoot 2/76) vs Uttar Pradesh 1st innings: 62/1 (Priyam Garg 29 not out; Vicky Ostwal 1/14)
Parag bags fifer
Riyan Parag bagged his maiden five-wicket haul and reduced Vidarbha to 265 for 9 in reply to Assam’s 316.
Brief Scores: Assam 1st innings: 316 (Sarupam Purkayastha 113, Riyan Parag 48; Rajneesh Gurbani 5/77, Aditya Sarvate 3/64) vs
Vidarbha 1st innings: 265 for 9 (Faiz Fazal 86, Atharva Taide 42; Riyan Parag 5/68, Siddharth Sarmah 1/35)
Dubey’s double ton floors Kerala
Yash Dubey continued his onslaught and reached an unbeaten 224 to guide Madhya Pradesh to an imposing 474/ for 5 on the second day of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group A match against Kerala on Friday.
Brief Scores: Madhya Pradesh 1st innings: 474 for 5 (Yash Dubey 224 not out, Rajat Patidar 142; Jalaj Saxena 2/83, Basil NP 1/71)
No stopping Sarafarz
Young batter Sarfaraz Khan continued his red-hot form, slamming an unbeaten century to put Mumbai in the driver’s seat in their Ranji Trophy elite group D match against Odisha.
Brief Scores: Odisha 1st innings: 284 all out in 107.1 overs (Shantanu Mishra 89; Mohit Avasthi 3/66, D Kulkarni 2/42) vs Mumbai 1st innings: 259 for 3 in 70 overs (Sarfaraz 107 not out, Armaan Jaffer 77 not out, Prithvi Shaw 53; Rajesh Mohanty 3/64)
Goa fightback against Saurashtra
Goa produced a solid batting display to reach 239 for 4 after dismissing Saurashtra for 347 in their first innings.
Brief Scores: Goa 1st innings: 239 for 4 in 85 overs (Suyash Prabhudessai 64, Shubham Ranjane 59 not out, Eknath Kerkar 52 not out; Parth Bhut 2/69)
vs Saurashtra 1st innings: 347 allout in 87.4 overs (Chirag Jani 140, Jackson Sheldon 97; Suyash Prabhudessai 2/36)
All-round Mondol stars for Bengal
Comeback man Sayan Sekhar Mondal dished out a solid all-round show to put Bengal in a commanding position in their Ranji Trophy Group B match against Chandigarh at the Barabati Stadium on Friday.
Brief Scores: Bengal 1st innings: 437 in 115.3 overs (Abhimanyu Easwaran 114, Sayan Sekhar Mondal 97 not out, Anustup Majumdar 95, Manoj Tiwary 53; Jagjit Singh 5/87) vs Chandigarh 1st innings: 133 for 6 in 52 overs (Manan Vohra 35, Ankit Kaushik 30 batting; Nilakantha Das 3/25, Sayan Mondal 2/10)
Karnataka make 453
Karnataka piled up 453 for 8 before declaring their first innings against Pondicherry on the second day of their Ranji Trophy elite group C match.
Brief Scores: Karnataka 1st innings: 453 for 8 declared in 132.2 overs (Devdutt Padikkal 178, Manish Pandey 107 not out, K V Siddharth 85, Ashith Rajiv four for 80) vs Pondicherry 1st innings: 52 for 2 in 18 overs
Railways secure first innings lead
Railways grabbed the advantage against Jammu & Kashmir by taking the first innings lead. Railways ended the day at 297 for 8 in reply to J&K’s score of 259.
Brief Scores: Jammu and Kashmir 1st innings: 259 all out in 87.1 overs (Suryansh Raina 28, Qamran Iqbal 83, Abdul Samad 28, Henan Nazir 34, Aquib Nabi 44, Karn Sharma 6 for 76) vs Railways 1st innings: 297 for 8 in 91 overs (Pratham Singh 75, Shivam Chaudhary 47, Karn Sharma 36, Upendra Yadav 33, Abid Musthaq 5/72)