Opener Priyank Panchal led from the entrance with an unbeaten half-century as Gujarat gave a powerful reply to Chandigarh’s 304 of their Ranji Trophy Group D match on Wednesday. Panchal was batting on 87 off 146 balls (8×4, 1×6) in firm with wicketkeeper-batter Het Patel (37) in an unbroken 53-run stand as Gujarat have been 249/3 at stumps on day two, trailing Chandigarh by 55 runs. Panchal was additionally concerned in two key partnerships; first with Kathan Patel (47; 66b), after which Priyesh Patel (62; 108b) to take the workforce ahead.

Earlier, Chandigarh managed so as to add 57 runs to their in a single day whole earlier than being dismissed in 116 overs.

Lather, who was unbeaten on 68, was dismissed 13 runs wanting a century, changing into Hardik Patel’s third sufferer (3/39).

Shen Patel claimed 4/85 whereas Sidharth Desai (2/74) ended Chandigarh’s first innings dismissing Hartejassvi Kapoor.

In reply, Gujarat placed on a gap stand of 76 with Panchal and Patel earlier than the latter fell wanting his half-century after being dismissed by Lather.

Having shone with the bat, Lather was additionally the choose of the bowlers for Chandigarh and took all of the three wickets to fall.

After trapping Patel lbw, Lather accounted for Chandigarh No 3 Saurabh Chauhan (11) with the addition of simply 17 runs. But Panchal held agency and solid a century-plus stand with Patel.

Brief Scores In Ahmedabad: Chandigarh 304; 116 overs (Bhagmender Lather 87, Arslan Khan 56, Gaurav Puri 51; Shen Patel 4/85, Hardik Patel 3/39, Siddharth Desai 2/74). Gujarat 249/3; 61 overs (Priyank Panchal 87 batting, Priyesh Patel 62, Kathan Patel 47; Lather 3/62). Gujarat path by 55 runs.

In Indore: Railways 274. Madhya Pradesh 243/8; 83.3 overs (Rajat Patidar 54, Himanshu Mantri 48, Shubham Sharma 40; Sagar Jadhav 4/28). MP path by 31 runs.

In Nagpur: Jammu and Kashmir 191 and 75/3; 28 overs (Shubham Khajuria 39 batting; Akshay Wakhare 2/17). Vidarbha 272; 83.5 overs (Aditya Sarwate 75, Atharva Taide 74, Harsh Dubey 55; Umar Nazir Mir 5/39, Abid Mushtaq 3/66).

In Agartala: Punjab 203; 64.2 overs (Prabhsimran Singh 55, Mandeep Singh 41; Manisankar Murasingh 5/48, Abhijit Sarkar 2/57, Ajay Sarkar 2/57). Tripura 17 for no loss. Tripura path by 186 runs.

Suthar stars in Rajasthan’s massive win over Puducherry

Manav Suthar accomplished a match haul of 11 wickets to go with his unbeaten 96 as Rajasthan romped to a 101-run win over Puducherry in a Ranji Trophy match. A day after the 20-year-old propped their first innings whole to 335 with a 97-run final wicket partnership, Suthar returned to seize the limelight along with his left-arm spin in a match haul of 11/62 as Rajasthan bowled out Puducherry twice within the day — 104 and 130 whereas following-on — to seal a seven-point victory.

Suthar was on a tune within the first innings en path to 17-6-33-8, whereas Ravi Bishnoi claimed 2/33.

Paras Dogra was Puducherry’s top-scorer with a 68-ball 33 however as soon as Suthar dismissed him, the remainder of the batters fell as well as of simply 29 runs. Their first innings lasted simply 38 overs.

Following-on, Puducherry lasted 40.1 overs this time with Mahipal Lomror claiming 4/38, whereas Deepak Hooda bagged 2/13.

Suthar this time opened the bowling however Rajasthan openers noticed by means of his spell. Lomror gave the primary breakthrough dismissing Neyan Shyam Kangayan (17), earlier than Hooda chipped in to open the floodgates.

Pandey slams double in one centesimal first-class match

Manish Pandey slammed an unbeaten double century in his one centesimal first-class match as Karnataka declared their first innings rating for a mammoth 603/7 towards Goa. Overnight on 90, Pandey continued his assault on the Goan assault to notch his double century off 183 balls.

Pandey remained unbeaten on 208 off 186 balls with 14 boundaries and 11 sixes. Opener Ravikumar Smarth struck 140 (14×4) and was dismissed by Arjun Tendulkar (2/79).

In reply, Goa have been 45/1 in 23 overs.

Brief Scores In Puducherry: Rajasthan 335. Puducherry 104; 38 overs (Manav Suthar 8/33, Ravi Bishnoi 2/33) and following on 130; 40.1 overs (Arun Karthik 38; Mahipal Lomror 4/38, Suthar 3/29). Rajasthan received by an innings and 101 runs. Points: Rajasthan 7, Puducherry 0.

At Thumba: Chhattisgarh 149; 49.5 overs (Harpreet Singh 40; Jalaj Saxena 5/48, Vaisakh Chandran 2/39, Sachin Baby 2/4). Kerala 100/2; 38 overs. Kerala path by 49 runs.

At Porvorim: Karnataka 603/7 declared; 148.2 overs (Manish Pandey 208 not out, Ravikumar Samarth 140; Darshan Misal 3/145, Arjun Tendulkar 2/79). Goa 45/1; 23 overs Goa path by 588 runs.

Himachal bat with goal after first-innings debacle

Himachal Pradesh’s prime and middle-order batted with goal to bail them out from a hopeless state of affairs as they have been simply 10 runs away from wiping out an enormous deficit towards Uttarakhand at stumps on day two of their Ranji Trophy Group A match.

Uttarakhand seamer Deepak Dhapola, who was unplayable on Tuesday and returned with enviable figures of 8 for 35 to dismiss Himachal for simply 49 runs within the first innings, couldn’t recreate the identical magic on Wednesday on the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.

At stumps, Himachal have been 277 for 4, simply 10 runs away from Uttarakhand’s first innings lead of 287 runs.

With Akash Vasisht and Rishi Dhawan batting on 73 and 32 runs respectively, the duo have, for now, ensured Himachal is not going to endure an innings defeat, although with two full days of play left, Uttarakhand are in pole place to win the competition and earn full factors — and maybe a bonus in the event that they win by 10 wickets.

Earlier, Uttarakhand continued from the place they’d left off on Tuesday at 295 for six, with Aditya Tare including only one run to his in a single day rating of 91 earlier than being dismissed by Vaibhav Arora.

The different in a single day batter Abhay Negi added 28 extra runs and finally the house workforce’s first innings wound up at 336 off 75.4 overs.

With an enormous lead of 287, and the fragility of the opponents laid naked by Dhapola within the first innings, Uttarakhand would have fancied their possibilities of ending the sport inside two day.

But the dedication confirmed by openers Raghav Dhawan (32) and Prashant Chopra (43), rubbed off on later-order batters, particularly Ankit Kalsi (44) and Akash Vasisht (73 not out), as they performed sensibly to make amends for his or her first-innings recklessness.

Dhapola despatched down 12 overs however solely acquired the wicket of Ankit Kalsi, whereas left-arm spinner Mayank Mishra was probably the most profitable residence workforce bowler, returning figures of 22-1-85-2.

Brief Scores: At Dehradun: Himachal Pradesh 49 and 277/4 in 76 overs (Raghav Dhawan 32, Prashant Chopra 43, Ankit Kalsi 44, Amit Kumar 37, Akash Vasisht 73 n.o., Rishi Dhawan 32 n.o.) versus Uttarakhand 336 in 75.4 overs (Jiwanjot Singh 45, Aditya Tare 92, Abhay Negi 70; Vaibhav Arora 4/80, Rishi Dhawan 3/65). Himachal path by 10 runs.

At Cuttack: Haryana 338 in 100 overs (Nishant Sindhu 142, Rohit Sharma 55, Jayant Yadav 41; Suryakant Pradhan 6/93, Prayash Singh 3/66) versus Odisha 204 for 3 in 78 overs (Anurag Sarangi 63, Shantanu Mishra 60, Subhranshu Senapati 42 n.o.) Odisha path by 134 runs.

At Vadodara: Uttar Pradesh 258 in 100.5 overs (Priyam Garg 52, Akshdeep Nath 71; Bhargav Bhatt 3/81) verus Baroda 221 for six in 78 overs (Ninad Rathva 93 n.o.) Baroda path by 37 runs.

At Sovima: Nagaland 166 (Chetan Bist 64; Pradipta Pramanik 6/43) versus Bengal 336 for 4 in 82 overs (Abhimanyu Easwaran 170, Sudip Gharami 104). Bengal lead by 170 runs.

Pranshu, Harshit lead Delhi fightback towards TN

Young Delhi all-rounder Pranshu Vijayaran put up a gutsy present earlier than twins Aparajith and Indrajith have been dismissed in equivalent vogue by speedster Harshit Rana as Tamil Nadu reached 214 for 5 at stumps on day two in a Ranji Trophy.

Vijayaran, taking part in his second first-class sport, smashed spinners Washington Sundar (0/36 in 11 overs) and R Sai Kishore (0/32 in 4 overs) to attain 58 off 79 balls to take Delhi to a decent first innings rating of 303.

He (1/14 in 8 overs) then bowled on an excellent channel and acquired the damaging N Jagadeesan (34) caught behind but it surely was Harshit (3/73 in 16 overs), who tirelessly dug it in brief and induced equivalent miscued pull photographs from Aparajith (57) and Indrajith (71), each caught at mid-wicket.

Tamil Nadu, nevertheless, batted with numerous optimistic intent proper from begin as Sai Sudharshan (25) hit six fours in a jiffy in the course of the pre lunch session earlier than left arm seamer Kuldip Yadav (1/50 in 10 overs) acquired one to maneuver away, getting a nick.

Aparajith and Indrajith added 86 runs with consummate ease as they saved the run fee over 4 runs per over.

Left arm spinner Vikas Mishra (0/56 in 12 overs) was as soon as once more ineffective as he bowled to a defensive area which allowed Baba brothers to rotate strike with ease.

However, credit score should be given to massive bodied teen Harshit, who learnt from his erratic first spell and began digging it in brief, making an attempt to make the most of the 2 paced observe.

“I was ready to concede a few boundaries but plan was to keep on bowling the short ball and allow the brothers to play their shots and wait for a mistake,” Harshit, who has been coached by former India seamer Amit Bhandari, informed reporters after the day’s play.

Both Aparajith and Indrajith dedicated to the brief ball early but it surely did not come to them at a tempo that they anticipated and therefore there was no energy in each strokes.

Another man who can be very dissatisfied is Washington Sundar, who was dismissed by an peculiar supply drifting down leg aspect and his tickle resulted in keeper Anuj Rawat‘s gloves.

While Tamil Nadu want 90 runs with seasoned Vijay Shankar (14 batting) on the crease alongside Pradosh Ranjan Paul (2 batting), skipper Indrajith conceded that the 5 fours and three sixes hit by Pranshu within the morning harm them.

“Yes, we gave 40 runs too many. In the morning, I was forced to bowl with spinners as we were running short on over rate. At this point, I am not even thinking about outright win and want to ensure first innings lead first,” Indrajith stated.

Suryakumar’s 95 helps Mumbai attain 230 towards Saurashtra

In Mumbai, India’s white ball star Suryakumar Yadav smashed 95 off 107 balls to take Mumbai to 230 all out in response to Saurashtra’s first innings whole of 289.

Mumbai misplaced the primary innings lead however bounced again to scale back Saurashtra to 120 for six of their second innings. Mumbai left arm spinner Shams Mulani as soon as once more did the majority of the injury with 4 wickets.

Going into day 4, Saurashtra lead Mumbai by 179 runs and can be trying so as to add one other 50 runs no less than to make a match out of it on a turning observe.

The 2020 Ranji champions might be relying loads on left-arm spinner Dharmendra Singh Jadeja and younger offie Yuvrajsingh Dodiya, who took 4 wickets within the first innings.

Brief Scores: Delhi 1st Innings 303 in 97.1 overs (Dhruv Shorey 66, Jonty Sidhu 57, Pranshu Vijayaran 58, L Vignesh 4/50). Tamil Nadu 214/5 in 54 overs (Baba Indrajith 71, Baba Aparajith 57, Harshit Rana 3/73).

In Mumbai: Saurashtra 1st Innings 289 in 79.1 overs and 120/6 in 32 overs (Prerak Mankad batting 25, Dharemendrasingh Jadeja batting 24; Shams Mulani 4/50) vs Mumbai 1st Innings 230 all out in 63.3 overs (Suryakumar Yadav 95, Sarfaraz Khan 75; Dharmendrasinh Jadeja 4/70, Yuvrajsinh Dodiya 4/43).

In Hyderabad: Assam 1st Innings 205 in 56.4 overs and 182/6 in 39 overs. Hyderabad 1st Innings 208 all out in 66.5 overs (Rohit Rayudu 60; Riyan Parag 4/48, Mukhtar Hussain 3/62).

In Vizianagaram: Maharashtra 1st Innings 200 and 89/1 in 27 overs (Ruturaj Gaekwad 51 batting) vs Andhra 211 all out in 79 overs (Hanuma Vihari 49, Karan Shine 52; P C Dadhe 3/56).

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