Gujarat vs Karnataka, Ranji Trophy 2023/24: Mayank century caps effective batting show

Karnataka skipper Mayank Agarwal began the Ranji Trophy season with a pair in opposition to Punjab final week. On Saturday, Mayank celebrated with gusto after recording a effective century in opposition to Gujarat on the Narendra Modi Stadium right here.

The turnaround in fortunes got here by means of an attacking 124-ball 109 – Mayank’s sixteenth First Class (FC) century. A 172-run opening stand alongside R. Samarth (60, 108b, 7×4) laid the platform for Karnataka to ease previous Gujarat’s first-innings complete of 264. The customer ended the day at 328 for 5, sitting on a lead of 64 runs.

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Mayank introduced the bat down laborious on deliveries exterior off, peppering the duvet and level boundaries.

“It feels good to score a hundred after what happened in the first game. It shows my resilience,” Mayank mentioned.

Mayank’s time on the crease was lower quick when he was given caught-behind down the leg. An upset Mayank took his time to return to the pavilion, because the ball appeared to have brushed solely the pad.

Samarth earned a reprieve on 29, when he edged left-arm spinner Siddharth Desai to slide. The tv umpire, nonetheless, noticed that Desai had delivered a no-ball.

Devdutt Padikkal appeared fluent in his 42, till he opted to chop a ball from off-spinner R.A. Vaghela which was a lot too straight.

Manish Pandey, who scored 118 within the Punjab encounter, eased his solution to an unbeaten 56. Pandey got here alive within the night session, stepping out to the spinners and blasting them over mid-off and mid-on.

Debutant Sujay Sateri (24 not out) confirmed extraordinary pluck. Facing simply his second supply at FC stage, Sateri ran down the observe to quick bowler Chintan Gaja and lofted him over cowl. The wicketkeeper-batter remained assured and aggressive, hitting one most alongside the best way.

With solely 4 frontline bowlers within the eleven, Gujarat is likely to be compelled to concede a large deficit.