Ranji Trophy: Saurashtra Poised For Win Despite Cheteshwar Pujara’s Dismal Show | Cricket News

Saurashtra can be eyeing a victory following high quality bowling performances by spinners Yuvrajsinh Dodiya and Parth Bhut, who each grabbed two wickets apiece to go away Maharashtra struggling at 104/5, nonetheless 104 runs adrift of the 208-run goal, in a Ranji Trophy Group A match in Solapur (Maharashtra) on Saturday. On a day when veteran India batter Cheteshwar Pujara failed for the second time within the match, departing for a duck, Saurashtra nonetheless managed to set a difficult complete for Maharashtra, courtesy a 93-run partnership between tail-enders Chirag Jani (43) and skipper Jaydev Unadkat (45).

Together, the duo lifted Saurashtra from a precarious 69 for 8 to 164 all out, which helped the defending champions set a preventing complete.

The total Saurashtra top-order fell like ninepins, with opener Harvik Desai, Pujara and Bhut departing for naught within the second innings as Maharashtra’s left-arm spinner Hitesh Walunj bagged a career-best 8/70.

Walunj, who was additionally essentially the most profitable bowler on Day 1 returning glorious figures of 6/93 in 26 overs, additionally bagged a career-best match-haul of 14 wickets.

But the 30-year-old spinner’s effort appear to be going waste as Maharashtra batted carelessly within the second innings to give up the initiative.

At stumps on Day 2, the whole Maharashtra top-order had been despatched again, with Siddharth Mhatre (11 not out) and Taranjitsingh Dhillon (6 not out) on the crease.

With greater than a 100 runs nonetheless to get, it could be an uphill process for Maharashtra to show across the match on Day 3.

Saurashtra’s Dodiya (2/38) removed younger Maharashtra opener Kaushal Tambe for 16 earlier than Bhut (2/24) grabbed two fast wickets to have the opponents reeling at 3/62 from their hardly fought onerous.

Brief scores: In Solapur: Saurashtra 202 and 164 in 43.2 overs (Chirag Jani 42, Jaydev Unadkat 45; Hitesh Walunj 8/70) vs Maharashtra 159 and 104/5 in 27 overs (Yuvrajsinh Dodiya 2/38, Parth Bhut 2/24).

In Jamshedpur: Manipur 170 vs Jharkhand 473/5 in in 117 overs (Utkarsh Singh 116, Saurabh Tiwary 105 batting, Anukul Roy 97 batting).

In Jaipur: Rajasthan 432 in 130.2 overs (Salman Khan 52, Deepak Hooda 77, Kukna Ajay Singh 83; Harsh Dubey 3/110) vs Vidarbha 140/2 in 41 overs (Yash Rathod 68 batting).

In Rohtak: Services 108 and 78/4 in 21.3 overs (Rajat Paliwal 50; Anshul Kamboj 3/16) vs Haryana 103 in 39.2 overs (Rahul Tewatia 31; Varun Choudhary 3/31, Pulkit Narang 3/19).    

Ranji Trophy: Juyal, Karan strike double hundred as UP in command towards Assam

Uttar Pradesh’s Aryan Juyal and Karan Sharma struck double centuries every to propel their aspect to a mammoth 548 for eight towards Assam on the second day of their Elite Group B Ranji Trophy match in Kanpur on Saturday. Juyal (201, 278 balls) and Karan (208, 310 balls) constructed a 298-run partnership for the third wicket whereas notching up their first-ever First-Class double century.

For Assam, Mrinmoy Dutta (4/116) was essentially the most profitable bowler.

Assam have began their first innings strongly, reaching 116 for no loss at shut with openers Parvej Musaraf (53) and Rahul Hazarika (51) manning the crease. They path by 432 runs.

In one other Group B contest in Kolkata, Anustup Majumdar’s unbeaten hundred (108) was not sufficient to maintain Bengal going towards Mumbai.

The guests resumed the day on 330 for six and and added 82 runs to the whole earlier than getting shot out for 412.

For Bengal, Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal was the star with a six-for. However, the hosts stumbled with the bat, getting bundled out for 199.

While none of their different batters might cross the 40-run mark, Majumdar together with skipper Manoj Tiwary (36) contributed a 78-run stand for the fourth wicket, which was the one spotlight of Bengal innings.

Mohit Avasthi shone for Mumbai with a three-wicket haul, as Mumbai now lead by 213 runs.

In Raipur’s Group B conflict, Mohammed Azharuddeen’s hard-fought 85 ensured Kerala completed with 350 towards Chhattisgarh.

Resuming at 219 for 4, visiting skipper Sanju Samson performed a composed knock of 57 earlier than Azharuddeen’s boldness.

For the hosts, Ashish Chouhan impressed with a fifer earlier than the hosts completed the day on 100 for 4 to path by 250 runs.

Brief scores: In Kanpur: Uttar Pradesh: 548/8 (Aryan Juyal 201; Karan Sharma 208; Mrinmoy Dutta 4/116) vs Assam: 116 for no loss (Parvej Musaraf 53 batting, Rahul Hazarika 51 batting).

In Kolkata: Mumbai: 412 all out (Suryansh Shedge 71, Shivam Dube 72; Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal 6/124) vs Bengal: 199 (Anustup Majumdar 108; Mohit Avasthi 3-63).

In Patna: Bihar: 182 all out (Raghuvendra Pratap Singh 92, Girinath Reddy 5/23) vs Andhra: 313/5 (Ricky Bhui 58, Shaik Rasheed 76; Raghuvendra Pratap Singh 2/46).

In Raipur: Kerala: 350 all out (Sachin Baby 91, Mohammed Azharuddeen 85; Ashish Chouhan 5/100) vs Chhattisgarh: 100/4 (Sanjeet Desai 50 batting; MD Nidheesh 2/19). PTI AYG UNG

Jyotsnil’s affected person double hundred frustrates Delhi

Baroda is slowly however certainly aiming to bat Delhi out of the Ranji Trophy Group D encounter as Jyotsnil Singh’s sedate unbeaten double hundred took the guests to 400 for five at stumps on the second day. The right-hander remained unbeaten on 215 off 401 balls with the assistance of 19 fours and a six.

While he remained unbeaten for the second day in a row en route his second First-Class century, Jyotsnil solely added 88 runs off 194 deliveries on the day. In the entire 74 overs, he hit just one boundary.

Having began the day at 202 for 1, Baroda added one other 198 runs in 74 overs despatched down in the course of the day as Delhi bowlers did carry out higher in comparison with opening day.

However, the useless nature of the Airforce Stadium monitor made life depressing for the house crew as they needed to wait patiently for the errors from the batters slightly than with the ability to power a change within the run of play.

Baroda, who’re at the moment trying good to make it to the knock-outs as the highest crew of group D, don’t want an outright win and are aiming for the primary innings lead.

They are, maybe, scoring near 500 and never depart Delhi sufficient time to surpass the primary innings rating.

Jyotsnil added 201 for the second wicket with Shaswat Rawat, the diminutive left-hander, who was trapped leg-before by veteran Ishant Sharma (2/43 in 19 overs).

Pranshu Vijayaran (2/91 in 23 overs), who did not discover proper size on opening day gave a a lot better account of himself, eradicating the skilled Vishnu Solanki (12) and later removed the harmful Shivalik Sharma (45).

Brief Scores Baroda 400/5 in 138 overs (Jyotsnil Singh 215 batting, Shaswat Rawat 72, Ishant Sharma 2/43) vs Delhi At Cuttack: Odisha 1st Innings 322 (Biplab Samantray 82, Govinda Poddar 80, Gourav Yadav 5/69) vs Puducherry 127/4 (KB Arun Karthik 77 batting).

At Dharamsala: Himachal Pradesh: 169 all out vs Madhya Pradesh: 68/4 in 27 overs At Jammu: Jammu & Kashmir: 168/2 in 39 overs.