Saurashtra’s veteran left-arm spinner Dharmendrasinh Jadeja bagged his twenty second five-wicket haul because the defending champions scored an innings and 243-run victory towards Manipur to maneuver into the Ranji Trophy quarterfinals from Group A in Rajkot on Sunday. Saurashtra’s victory was a foregone conclusion on day two itself once they had lowered Manipur to 55/3 of their second innings on Saturday, and the duty was accomplished by the 33-year-old Jadeja, who bagged a five-for on day three because the guests slumped to an enormous defeat on the Sanosara Cricket Ground.

Manipur had made 142 within the first innings batting first, and following that Saurashtra had declared their lone innings at a mammoth 529/6.

Manipur then folded up at 144 in 51.5 overs of their second essay at hand over the hosts the victory with a bonus level.

Besides Jadeja (5/55), Yuvrajsinh Dodiya (3/51) and India white-ball pacer Chetan Sakariya (2/28) too contributed the the massive win.

The distinction at school between Saurashtra and Manipur was all too seen from the opening day of the seventh and concluding spherical of the Ranji league matches.

After dismissing Manipur for a paltry 142, with Jadeja taking 4 wickets, Saurashtra piled up tons of runs with stand-in skipper Arpit Vasavada (148), Prerak Mankad (173) and Cheteshwar Pujara (103) scoring centuries as the house group batters declared at 529/6.

Then, Saurashtra bowlers Sakariya, Jadeja and Dodiya picked up a wicket every within the remaining session on Saturday to place the hosts in a commanding place.

The residence group bowlers continued the nice work on Sunday bagging the remaining seven wickets.

Saurashtra, with 29 factors from seven video games, are the one group from the Group A thus far to have secured a spot within the quarterfinals, whereas Vidarbha (27 factors, six video games) and Haryana (24, six video games) too are in with an opportunity to make the grade.

A transparent image will emerge on the conclusion of the seventh spherical of matches on Monday.

Brief Scores: In Rajkot: Manipur 142 and 144 in 51.5 overs (Ronald Longjam 32, Bikash Singh 64 not out; Dharmendrasinh Jadeja 5/55, Chetan Sakariya 2/28, Yuvrajsinh Dodiya 3/51) misplaced to Saurashtra 529/6 decl, by an innings and 243 runs.

In Jamshedpur: Jharkhand 188 and 269 in 76 overs (Aryaman Sen 38, Aditya Singh 72; Aniket Choudhary 3/38, Kukna Ajay Singh 3/61) lead Rajasthan 210 all out and 120 for six in 51 overs (Mahipal Lomror batting 30; Shahbaz Nadeem 3/46, Anukul Roy 3/26) by 127 runs.

In Delhi: Maharashtra 225 path Services 430 for 9 in 189 overs (Shubham Rohilla 72, Vineet Dhankhar 43, Rajat Paliwal 51, Nakul Sharma 87, Arjun Sharma batting 43; Taranjitsingh Dhillon 4/129, Arshin Kulkarni 2/41) by 205 runs.

In Nagpur: Vidarbha 423 and 113 for 4 in 38.2 overs (Dhruv Shorey 43, Atharva Taide 49) lead Haryana 333 by 203 runs.

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