Skipper Arpit Vasavada hit a double century as Saurashtra took a vital 120-run first innings lead towards Karnataka to place one foot within the Ranji Trophy closing, in Bengaluru Saturday. Resuming at his in a single day rating of 112, Vasavada made 202 off 406 balls whereas Chirag Jani scored 72 to assist Saurashtra end their first innings at a large 527 in reply to Karnataka’s 407. Pacer Vidwath Kaverappa (5/83) took 5 wickets for the house crew. If the match ends in draw, Saurashtra will qualify for the ultimate by advantage of first innings lead.

Karnataka ended the fourth day at 123 for 4 with skipper Mayank Agarwal, double centurion within the first essay, scoring a fast 64-ball 55 earlier than falling to Dharmendrasinh Jadeja.

Ravikumar Samarth, Devdutt Padikkal and Manish Pandey have been the opposite Karnataka wickets to fall on the day.

Nikin Jose was holding the fort for Karnataka at stumps. He was unbeaten on 54 off 74 balls, having hit six boundaries.

Chetan Sakariya (2/24) went for runs however picked two essential wickets of Samrth and Padikkal in Karnataka’s second innings, whereas Jadeja (1/27) and Parth Bhut (1/41) claimed one every.

Saurarshtra had gained the Ranji Trophy 2019-20 season, beating Bengal however previous to that they certified for the title conflict thrice.

Bengal in doorstep of second Ranji closing in three seasons

Bengal nearly assured their Ranji Trophy closing berth for the second time in three seasons after stretching their general lead to an enormous 547 runs towards defending champions Madhya Pradesh.

Bengal, who had a giant first innings lead of 268 runs, determined towards declaring their second essay and ended the penultimate day on 279 for 9.

Even if the semifinal match ends in a draw on the fifth day on Sunday, Bengal will make it to the ultimate on the premise of first innings lead.

First innings centurion Anustup Majumdar, who was in a single day 9, bought out for 80 when he was dismissed by left-arm spinner Kumar Kartikeya in a doubtful LBW choice.

Majumdar, who slammed 120 within the first innings, was as soon as once more the top-scorer for Bengal. After Majumdar’s departure, Bengal left-arm spinner Pradipta Pramanik, popping out at No. 8, confirmed the crew’s batting depth with an unbeaten 60 off 101 balls.

Pramanik has hit three fours and 5 sixes from 101 balls to this point.

The duo of Pramanik and Ishan Porel (1 not out off 22 balls) saved the MP assault pissed off as Tiwary was in a temper to present his batters some much-needed apply forward of the summit conflict.

Resuming day 4 on 59 for two, the primary inning centurion duo of Majumdar and Sudip Gharami continued to pile on the runs.

Off-spinner Saransh Jain lastly broke the partnership, trapping Gharami with a ball that didn’t flip a lot. The duo added 85 essential runs for the third wicket.

Majumdar then paired with skipper Manoj Tiwary (15) in one other helpful partnership that yielded 39 runs.

Jain (6/103) and Kartikeya (3/63) toiled exhausting for MP, bowling 88 overs between them. But Bengal hung round as their tail wagged.

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