Veteran batter Cheteshwar Pujara slammed his second hundred of the continuing Ranji Trophy season, guiding Saurashtra to a cushty 242 for 4 in opposition to Rajasthan on the opening day of their Group A match in Jaipur Friday. The 36-year-old, who has 103 Tests and 262 First-Class matches beneath his belt, hit 9 photographs to the fence throughout his 230-ball 110. It was his 62nd hundred in first-class cricket. Pujara had scored a double hundred (243 not out), final month. Opting to bat, Saurashtra discovered themselves in a spot of hassle after they have been lowered to 74 for 3 within the thirty second over however Pujara and Sheldon Jackson (78 not out) then shaped an alliance, including 168 runs for the fourth wicket.

Pujara, who final performed a Test in June 2023 — the World Test Championship closing in opposition to Australia — was the final wicket to fall within the ninetieth over.

Jackson was on the crease on the draw of stumps and Arpit Vasavada (0) will be part of him within the center when play resumes on Saturday.

Jackson’s unbeaten 176-ball innings was studded with six boundaries and two sixes.

For Rajasthan, left-arm spinner Kukna Ajay Singh (2/86) claimed two wickets, whereas Aniket Choudhary (1/24) and Manav Suthar (1/68) introduced for one every.

Vidarbha Dominate Maharashtra

In Pune, Yash Thakur snapped three wickets as Vidarbha produced a disciplined bowling effort to dismiss Maharashtra for 208 after which reached 111 for one.

While quick bowler Thakur (3/68) rocked the top-order, pacer Lalit M Yadav (2/32) and left-arm spinner Aditya Sarwate (2/43) took two wickets every after their skipper Akshay Wadkar received the toss and elected to bowl.

Pavan Shah (35), Dhanraj Shinde (30) and Manoj Ingale (36) scored 30-plus scores however Maharashtra could not weave any significant partnerships.

In reply,Dhruv Shorey (55 not out) scored an unbeaten fifty and was on the crease together with Yash Rathod (29 not out) on the break.

Delhi Recover To Score 264 Against Himachal Pradesh

Skipper Himmat Singh made a quick-fire 60 off 53 balls earlier than the tail wagged to take Delhi to 264 all out in opposition to Himachal Pradesh on day one in all their Ranji Trophy sport in Dharamsala on Friday.

Pacer Vinay Galetiya took a five-wicket haul on a serving to pitch and his new ball companion Vaibhav Arora struck thrice within the Group D contest.

Himachal Pradesh wanted to bat 10 overs earlier than stumps.

They reached 24 for one at shut of play with rookie Delhi pacer Himanshu Chauhan trapping Prashant Chopra in entrance of the stumps.

Himachal would have been two down if wicketkeeper Anuj Rawat had taken a pointy likelihood provided by Praveen Thakur.

Himachal had put Delhi in to bat and made a lot of the situations within the first session. At 20 for 3, Delhi have been observing one other batting collapse this season however recovered to publish an honest complete courtesy Himmat, Ayush Badoni (51 off 80), tailenders Priyanshu Vijayran (37 off 65) and Siddhant Sharma (36 off 37).

U-19 World Cup profitable captain Yash Dhull was the third batter to be dismissed within the morning session. For somebody who has not been capable of rating a half-century to this point within the season, Dhull (14) performed away from his physique to be caught behind.

His opening companion Anuj Rawat (6) was Galetiya’s first sufferer. Not positive whether or not to play or go away, Rawat ended up getting caught at second slip.

The 87-run stand between Himmat and Badoni stabilised Delhi’s innings. Himmat was on the offensive from the get go, smashing 10 fours and a six.

Jonty Sidhu put up loads of resistance, consuming 106 balls for his 28. Kshitiz Sharma, whose place within the facet has been questioned repeatedly, was out first out ball.

Siddhant performed some daring strokes to take Delhi previous 250.

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