Shahbaz Ahmed produced a formidable all-round present in opposition to Himachal Pradesh as Bengal remained on the verge of a second consecutive win in Ranji Trophy Group A in Kolkata on Wednesday. The left-arm spinner grabbed 5/32 en path to his fourth five-wicket haul, whereas the tempo duo of Ishan Porel (2/26) and Akash Deep (2/50) bagged two every as Bengal bundled out Himachal Pradesh for 130 in 46.5 overs to achieve a sizeable first innings lead of 180 runs. Bengal, of their second innings, had been 89 for 1 at stumps on the second day with Koushik Ghosh (21 batting) and Sudip Kumar Gharami (32 batting) on the crease with an general lead of 269 runs.
Resuming the day on 310 for 9, Bengal failed so as to add to their in a single day whole as Vaibhav Arora (2/40) trapped Anustup Majumdar (159) within the second ball of the day. Majumdar was the spine of Bengal’s innings in his 207-ball knock, studded with 21 fours and two sixes.
In reply, Himachal suffered a physique blow in the beginning of their innings as Shahbaz dismissed opener Raghav Dhawan (5) in his first over, in what was a captaincy masterstroke from veteran Manoj Tiwary.
Tiwary was standing instead of Abhimanyu Easwaran who’s on nationwide obligation within the Test collection in opposition to Bangladesh.
Opener Prashant Chopra (71 not out) saved his cool and performed sensibly so as to add some essential runs on the board.
But the opposite Himachal batters threw their wickets away as they misplaced half their aspect for 38 runs when Akash Deep cleaned up skipper Rishi Dhawan (1).
The solely different batter to get to a double-digit rating was No. 8 Mayank Dagar (18). Dagar added some much-needed runs for the guests earlier than being dismissed by Porel to have Himachal reeling at 99 for 7.
Shahbaz then dismissed Vaibabh Arora (2) and Kanwar Abhinany (1) for the addition of simply eight runs en path to his first five-for on the Eden.
“I am thankful to Manoj (Tiwary) bhai for giving me the opportunity to bowl early on and I am happy to deliver for my team with both bat and ball,” Shahbaz, who additionally had made a helpful 49 off 97 balls in Bengal first innings, mentioned.
“We will look to add as many runs as possible tomorrow and take the game away from them. Earlier I have picked two wickets here at Eden but bagging five is special.” Brief Scores: At Kolkata: Bengal 310 in 78.2 overs (Anustup Majumdar 159, Shahbaz Ahmed 49; Sidharth Sharma 5/69) and 89/1 in 19 overs vs Himachal Pradesh 130 in 46.5 overs (Prashant Chopra 71 not out; Ahmed 5/32, Ishan Porel 2/26, Akash Deep 2/50). Bengal lead by 269 runs.
At Sovima: Uttar Pradesh 551/4 declared in 117 overs (Dhruv Jurel 249, Rinku Singh 127 not out, Madhav Kaushik 107) vs Nagaland 136 in 42.4 overs (Imliwati Lemtur 36; Shivam Sharma 7/59) and following on 44/6 in 14 overs (Karan Sharma 2/10, Kartikeya Jaiswal 2/10, Shivam Mavi 2/14). Nagaland path by 371 runs.
At Dehradun: Odisha 213 vs Uttarakhand 308/3 in 94 overs (Jiwanjot Singh 174 batting, Swapnil Singh 60 batting). Uttarakhand lead by 95 runs.
At Vadodara: Baroda 615 in 158 overs (Jyotsnil Singh 195, Priyanshu Moliya 144 not out, Pratyush Kumar 110, Vishnu Solanki 64; Sanjay Pahal 3/80) vs Haryana 70/1 in 22 overs. Haryana path by 545 runs.
Dhruv Shorey slams unbeaten double century
Dhruv Shorey struck an excellent unbeaten double century as he guided Delhi to 439 all out on day two of their Ranji Trophy Group B match in opposition to Assam in Guwahati on Wednesday. The 30-year-old opener continued from the place he had left off on Tuesday, compiling his runs shortly until he lastly ran out of companions on the Barsapara Cricket Stadium. At shut of play, Assam had been 158 for 4 and trailing Delhi by 281 runs.
Shorey, who was unbeaten on 139 on Tuesday, lastly ended up making 252 not out, together with his innings studded with 34 boundaries and two sixes.
The Delhi cricketer did not sacrifice the run-rate as he approached the double-century mark, scoring his runs off 315 deliveries at a wholesome strike charge of 80.
This was Shorey’s highest first-class rating in 45 matches, together with his earlier greatest being 145. The double century will do extra good to his already wholesome batting common of 48.49.
Starting day two on 271 for seven, Shorey first misplaced in a single day accomplice Vikas Mishra, who added simply 11 runs to his rating earlier than being dismissed by Assam’s left-arm tempo bowler Mrinmoy Dutta for 22 runs.
Sensing he would in the end run out of companions, Shorey took the vast majority of the strike, scoring runs at a brisk tempo as Delhi crossed the 400-run mark, due to the veteran batter’s 91-run partnership with final man Harshit Rana (24).
Assam began their innings on a dismal notice, dropping skipper Kunal Saikia for 12 whereas Rahul Hazarika was retired damage on 4. Soon Riyan Parag was dismissed for 10, whereas Sibsankar Roy too departed for a duck, leaving the hosts tottering on 60 for 4.
Rishav Das (71 batting) was then concerned within the rescue act with Gokul Sharma (39 batting) and the duo ensured Assam closed the day on 158 for 4 in 44 overs.
Brief scores: At Guwahati: Delhi 439 all out in 110.1 overs (Dhruv Shorey 252 not out, Vaibhav Rawal 43; Mrinmoy Dutta 3/79, Sidharth Sarmah 3/53) vs Assam 158 for 4 in 44 overs (Rishav Das 71 batting, Gokul Sharma 39 batting; Prasun Vijayran 3/31). Assam path by 281 runs.
At Coimbatore: Andhra 297 all out in 100.1 overs (Abhishek Reddy 85, Ricky Bhui 68, Karan Shinde 55; Sandeep Warrier 3/64, R Sai Kishore 3/73) vs Tamil Nadu 273 for 4 in 77 overs (Sai Sudharsan 113, Baba Aparajith 88). Tamil Nadu path by 24 runs.
At Mumbai: Mumbai 651 for six decl in 127.2 overs (Yashasvi Jaiswal 162, Suryakumar Yadav 90, Ajinkya Rahane 204, Sarfaraz Khan 126 not out; Katikeya Kak 3/106) vs Hyderabad 173 for six in 50 overs (Tanmay Agarwal 40, Rohit Rayudu 72 batting; Shams Mulani 5/76). Hyderabad path by 478 runs.
At Rajkot: Maharashtra 472 for 7 in 173 overs (Ruturaj Gaikwad 65, Naushad Shaikh 101, Ankit Bawne 96, Saurabh Nawale 72, Ashay Palkar 51 batting) vs Saurashtra. PTI AM AM PDS PDS
Samarth’s 137 takes Karnataka to 304
Opener Ravikumar Samarth struck a century as Karnataka posted 304 all out of their first innings after which lowered Puducherry to 58 for 3 on the second day of their Ranji Trophy group C match on Wednesday. Resuming at 111 for 1, Samarth continued to anchor the Karnataka innings as he cracked a 242-ball 137 laced with 17 hits to the fence.
The opener added 63 with Nikin Jose (30) and 55 with Manish Pandey (45) earlier than being dismissed by Paras Dogra within the 82nd over.
Left-arm spinner Ankit Sharma additionally had an excellent day in workplace as he snapped 5 wickets on day 2 to go along with the one he had taken on the opening day. But the hosts nonetheless managed to seize a vital 134-run first innings lead.
Karnataka bowlers, who had bundled out Puducherry for 170 of their first innings, then bought into the act, leaving their rivals tottering at 58 for 3 on the finish of the day.
At stumps, opener Jay Pande (25 batting) and Sridhar Ashwath (3 batting) had been within the center with Puducherry nonetheless 76 runs behind.
Ronit More (1/9) and Vijaykumar Vyshak (1/13), who had shared 5 wickets within the first innings, had been once more amongst wickets, whereas Krishnappa Gowtham (1/21) additionally accounted for one.
Brief Scores: At Bengaluru: Karnataka 304 all out in 93.2 overs (Ravikumar Samarth 137; Ankit Sharma 6/60) vs Puducherry 170 and 58 for 3 (Jay Pande 25; Ronit More 1/9).
At Jamshedpur: Jharkhand 386 all out in 128.1 overs (Kushagra 96; Darshan Misal 4/68, Mohit Redkar 3/125) vs Goa 99 for 4 in 48 overs (Amogh Sunil Desai 41; Utkarsh Singh 3/12).
At Jaipur: Rajasthan 337 all out in 97.1 overs (Deepak Hooda 133; Jalaj Saxena 3/78) vs Kerala 268 for 8 in 73 overs (Sachin Baby 109; Aniket Choudhary 3/73, Manav Suthar 3/75).
At Delhi: Services 213 all out in 60.1 overs vs Chhattisgarh 280 for five in 86.5 overs (Ajay Jadav Mandal 101; Diwesh Pathania 2/51). PTI ATK PDS PDS
Kartikeya spins MP to massive win
Left-arm spinner Kumar Kartikeya grabbed his maiden 10-wicket match haul in firstclass cricket as reigning champions Madhya Pradesh thrashed Chandigarh by an innings and 125 runs on a day 23 wickets tumbled of their Ranji Trophy Group D sport on Wednesday. Continuing his good present from final season the place he completed second highest wicket-taker (32) behind Shams Mulani, Kartikeya returned with match figures of 10/64 to assist MP bowl out Chandigarh twice on day two — 57 and 127.
With two bonus level victories on the trot, MP now lead group D with 14 factors. In their Ranji opener, MP had defeated Jammu and Kashmir by an innings and 17 runs.
Resuming the day on 289/7, MP added 20 runs in 7.2 overs to their in a single day whole earlier than being bowled out for 309. For Chandigarh, Sandeep Sharma was the decide of the bowlers (7/93), whereas Hartejassvi Kapoor had figures of two/64.
But what adopted was a harakiri of kinds by the Chandigarh batters who couldn’t even final a session to be bowled out in 24 overs.
Opener Arslan Khan was their top-scorer together with his 58-ball 34 in an in any other case insipid collapse by the Chandigarh batters.
Kartikeya led the MP bowling present in his spell of 8-3-20-6.
Following on, Chandigarh had been 85/6 at tea with their No. 5 batter Ankit Kaushik (69; 121 balls) offering some resistance.
Saransh Jain then triggered the collapse en path to his 5/37 as Chandigarh lasted 44.3 overs this time. Kartikeya claimed 4/44 in Chandigarh second innings.
Brief Scores: At Indore: Madhya Pradesh 309 in 95.2 overs (Rajat Patidar 88, Akshat Raghuwanshi 77; Sandeep Sharma 7/93, Hartejassvi Kapoor 2/64) vs Chandigarh 57 in 24 overs (Arslan Khan 34; Kumar Kartikeya 6/20, Anubhav Agarwal 2/12) and following on 127 in 44.3 overs (Ankit Kaushik 69; Saransh Jain 5/37, Kartikeya 4/44). Madhya Pradesh received by an innings and 125 runs. Points: MP 7, Chandigarh 0.
At Nagpur: Vidarbha 264 vs Tripura 290/7 in 92 overs (Sudip Chatterjee 83, Wriddhiman Saha 66, Bishal Ghosh 48; Yash Thakur 4/39, Aditya Sarwate 2/82). Tripura lead by 26 runs.
At Ahmedabad: Gujarat 307 vs Jammu and Kashmir 135 in 43.5 overs (Fazil Rashid 51 not out; Siddharth Desai 6/38, Hardik Patel 2/34) and following on 85/3 in 29 overs (Henan Nazi 33 batting; Desai 3/23). Jammu and Kashmir path by 89 runs. PTI TAP TAP PDS PDS
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