Skipper Mayank Agarwal hit a double century to assist Karnataka put up 407 of their first innings and take the higher hand over Saurashtra of their Ranji Trophy semifinal in Bengaluru on Thursday. Resuming his innings at 110, Agarwal carried on his good kind and performed with extra intent on the second day to attain 249 off 429 balls. He struck an astounding 28 boundaries and 6 sixes throughout his marathon knock. Karnataka added 178 runs in 46.3 overs after resuming their innings on the in a single day rating of 229 for five.

Agarwal’s in a single day accomplice, wicketkeeper Srinivas Sharath (66) added simply six runs to his rating earlier than being trapped LBW by Chetan Sakariya 5 overs into the second day’s proceedings. Krishnappa Gowtham and Vijaykumar Vyshak failed to hassle the scorers a lot, departing in fast succession earlier than Vidwath Kaverappa (15) lent Agarwal some assist.

It was a whole Agarwal present on the second day because the assured right-hander performed his photographs to all elements of the bottom to take Karnataka ahead. Sakariya (3/73) and Kushang Patel (3/109) picked up three wickets apiece for Saurashtra.

In reply, Saurashtra scored 76 for two in 30 overs on the shut of play, nonetheless trailing Karnataka by 331 runs with three days play remaining within the match. Wicket-keeper Harvik Desai and Sheldon Jackson had been unbeaten on 27 every.

While Desai held one find yourself, Jackson appeared in attacking temper, accumulating his runs off simply 31 balls with the assistance of six boundaries. Snell Patel and Vishvaraj Jadeja (22) had been the 2 Saurashtra batsmen who bought out on Thursday.

Right-arm quick bowler Vidwath Kaverappa (2/24) accounted for the 2 Saurashtra batsmen, cleansing up each.

Brief Scores: Karnataka Ist Innings: 407 all out in 133.3 overs (Mayank Agarwal 249, Srinivas Sharath 66; Chetan Sakariya 3/73, Kushang Patel 3/109).

Saurashtra Ist Innings: 76 for two in 30 overs (Harvik Desai 27 batting, Sheldon Jackson 27 batting; Vidwath Kaverappa 2/24).

MP 56/2 in reply to Bengal’s 438 on Day 2

Young wicketkeeper Abishek Porel hit a half-century earlier than Bengal bowlers struck twice in direction of the top of Day 2 to seek out themselves in a commanding place in opposition to defending champions Madhya Pradesh of their Ranji Trophy semifinal in Indore on Thursday. Resuming the day at 307 for 4, Bengal added 131 runs from 54.3 overs on the second day to be all out for 438, thanks primarily to the 78-run sixth-wicket stand between the 20-year-old Porel (51) and captain Manoj Tiwary (42). In reply, MP ended the day at 56 for two of their first innings, nonetheless trailing by 382 runs.

Tiwary added 37 runs to his in a single day 5 as he consumed 129 balls in complete from which he hit 5 boundaries to take Bengal previous the 400-run mark.

But as soon as Tiwary was out for the group complete of 401, wickets fell in a heap.

Porel was the subsequent Bengal batter to be dismissed, 9 overs later, as he was run out. His 102-ball knock had eight fours.

The final 4 wickets managed 37 runs for Bengal.

For MP, Kumar Kartikeya was essentially the most profitable bowler on the day, grabbing three wickets, together with that of Tiwary, for 95 runs.

MP struggled in reply with the opening pair of Yash Dubey (12) and wicketkeeper Himanshu Mantri (23) sharing simply 27 runs.

Akash Deep (1/10) eliminated Dubey within the 18th over and Mantri really feel to Ishan Porel (1/4) seven overs later. Saransh Jain and Anubhav Agarwal had been batting on 17 and 4 respectively at stumps.

On the primary day on Wednesday, Anustup Majumdar (120) and younger Sudip Gharami (112) had slammed a century every to arrange Bengal’s massive first innings complete.

Brief Scores: Bengal 1st Innings: 438 in 141.3 overs (Anustup Majumdar 120, Sudip Gharami 112, Abishek Porel 51, Manoj Tiwary 42; Kumar Kartikeya 3/95); Madhya Pradesh 1st Innings: 56 for two in 28 overs.

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