Gujarat thrashed Chandigarh by an innings and 87 runs on the fourth and closing day of a Ranji Trophy Elite Group D match on Friday. Resuming on the in a single day rating of 46 for two and trailing by 246 runs, Chandigarh was bowled out for 205 in 75.3 overs. Jagjit Singh Sandhu, batting at no. 10, was the very best scorer with 46 (42 balls, 6 fours, 3 sixes).
Left-arm spinner Hardik Patel was one of the best bowler for Gujarat, choosing up 4 wickets. Earlier, Gujarat piled up 596 for 4 declared, driving on captain Priyank Panchal‘s excellent double century after Chandigarh had made 304 within the first innings.
Meanwhile in Indore, defending champion Madhya Pradesh huffed and puffed their solution to a win over Railways, because of Avesh Khan‘s knock of 30 (25 balls, 2 fours, 2 sixes).
Chasing 215 for victory, MP noticed their openers placed on 46 runs to set the platform. But the hard-working Railways bowlers managed to strike at common intervals. The constant Rajat Patidar, a key batter for Madhya Pradesh, fell after making simply 14 to left-arm spinner Akash Pandey (2/63).
Himanshu Mitra (45, 142 balls, 3 fours), Saransh Jain (36) and captain Akshat Raghuwanshi (26) made helpful contributions however it regarded Madhya Pradesh was letting the match slip away from their palms.
In Avesh Khan, Madhya Pradesh discovered a hero because the burly medium pacer smacked two sixes and two fours to take his aspect previous the ending line.
Madhya Pradesh received six factors for the win and now has 20 after three matches, adopted by Gujarat (14) and Vidarbha (12).
Brief scores: At Ahmedabad: Chandigarh 304 in 116 overs (Bhagmender Lather 87) and 205 all out in 75.3 overs (Jagjit Singh Sandhu 46, Manan Vohra 40, Gaurav Gambhir 31; Hardik Patel 4/66) misplaced to Gujarat 596 for 4 declared in 134 overs (Priyank Panchal 257, M A Hingrajia 151 not out) by an innings and 87 runs. Gujarat: 7 factors, Chandigarh: 0.
At Indore: Railways 274 and 195 all out in 72 overs (Shivam Chudhary 53, Vivek Singh 31; Kumar Kartikeya Singh 5/54, Saransh Jain 4/82) misplaced to Madhya Pradesh 255 all out in 84.5 overs (Rajat Patidar 54; SS Jadhav 5/34) and 215 for 8 in 79.3 overs (Himanshu Mantri 45, Saransh Jain 36, Avesh Khan 30 not out) by two wickets. MP: 6 factors, Railways: 0.
At Agartala: Punjab 203 all out in 64.2 overs (Prabhsimran Singh 55; Manisankar Murasingh 5/48) drew with Tripura 322 for 4 in 114 overs (Sudip Chatterjee 112 not out, Wriddhiman Saha 101 not out, Sridam Paul 55). Tripura: 3 factors, Punjab: 1.
Negi, Chandela assist Uttarakhand beat Himachal by 5 wickets
Seamer Abhay Negi’s four-wicket haul and Kunal Chandela‘s unbeaten half-century helped Uttarakhand beat Himachal Pradesh by 5 wickets in a Ranji Trophy Group A match on Friday. While unhealthy gentle on Thursday — day three — gave a ray of hope to Himachal to salvage a draw, the ultimate day introduced good tidings for Uttarakhand as their bowlers, led by Negi, first restricted the opponents to 391, after which the batters, aided by Chandela’s unbeaten 59, crossed the profitable goal of 105 in 28.5 overs.
Uttarakhand, who had received into prime place to win the match on the opening day itself once they dismissed Himachal for simply 49 runs after which took a large lead by scoring 336 runs of their first innings, might have completed the match inside three days.
But unhealthy gentle, which allowed simply 14 overs to be bowled on Thursday, pushed the competition into the fourth day.
Loads rested on Himachal batters Akash Vasisht (111) and captain Rishi Dhawan (71) to save lots of the match. They batted fluently whereas on the crease, first wiping out the massive deficit after which giving their workforce a slender lead as nicely.
But as soon as they departed one after the opposite inside an area of three overs, issues turned tough for the guests.
Himachal innings wound up for 391, giving Uttarakhand a 105-run goal to win the match.
Despite preliminary hiccups, Uttarahkand misplaced each their openers for 2 runs apiece and had been 40 for 4 at one stage however then Chandela caught to the duty, scoring an 81-ball 59. He had wicketkeeper-batter Aditya Tare for firm and the duo ensured the hosts’ protected touchdown.
When Tare departed, Uttarakhand had been simply 12 runs quick from the profitable goal which was achieved quickly.
Earlier, Negi performed a key function, eliminating Himachal center and lower-order and proscribing them to 391. He first broke the in a single day partnership between Dhawan and Vasisht, dismissing the previous for 71 after which shortly removed Praveen Thakur (10), Mayank Dagar (10) and Pankaj Jaiswal (2).
Brief scores: At Dehradun: Himachal 49 and 391 in 111 overs (Rishi Dhawan 77, Akash Vasisht 111; Abhay Negi 4/54) misplaced to Uttarakhand 336 and 106/5 in 28.5 overs (Kunal Chandela 59 n.o.; Mayank Dagar 3/35) by 5 wickets. Uttarakhand 5 factors, Himachal 0.
At Cuttack: Haryana 338 and 384/4 decl in 77 overs (Ankit Kumar 172 not out, Himanshu Rana 98) drew with Odisha 414 and 110/1 in 31 overs (Anurag Sarangi 53 not out). Odisha 3 factors, Haryana 1 level.
At Vadodara: Uttar Pradesh 258 and 177 (Dhruv Jurel 50; Ninad Rathva 5/56) misplaced to Baroda 249 and 189/6 in 47.2 overs (Shashwat Rawat 68, Mitesh Patel 40, Ninad Rathva 40 not out) by 4 wickets. Baroda 6 factors, Uttar Pradesh 0.
Veteran Rawal will get a degree for Delhi vs Tamil Nadu
Veteran left-hander Vaibhav Rawal pissed off Tamil Nadu bowlers for near 4 hours as his unbeaten 95 off 142 balls saved Delhi from an outright defeat in a Ranji Trophy Group B match that concluded on Friday. Tamil Nadu received three factors from the sport by advantage of first innings lead of 124 runs.
Delhi on the fourth and closing day batted for greater than 70 overs (71.5 overs to be exact with 8 on day 3) as they had been all out for 262 of their second innings.
Tamil Nadu required 139 in a most doable 18 overs however the fading December gentle in a chilly Delhi winter allowed solely 6 overs to be bowled through which the guests scored 54 shedding three wickets.
Sai Sudharshan (24 off 19 balls), in one other quick keep, hit a few sixes to indicate why he’s rated so extremely.
But the chase was an inconceivable one within the closing session as Delhi skipper Yash Dhull cleverly unfold all his 9 fielders (save bowler and keeper) to chop down on boundaries and making life tough for Tamil Nadu batters.
In an act of gamesmanship, pacers — proper arm fast Harshit Rana (1/27 in 3 overs) and left-arm seamer Kuldip Yadav (2/27 in 3 overs) additionally wasted time, both faking cramps or tying shoelaces or not delivering the ball even after finishing the motion.
They modified subject after each supply growing the frustration of the visiting workforce batters, who all perished attempting to hit sixes.
But no credit score will likely be sufficient for Rawal, who was taking part in solely his twentieth first-class match in 10 years since his debut in 2012.
He hit 13 boundaries and used all his experiences of being in and across the Delhi workforce because the time of Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir to bail Delhi out.
Rawal hit 13 boundaries whereas in-form Dhruv Shorey (70, 115 balls) accomplished 500 runs for the season within the third match itself.
Right-handed Shorey and southpaw Rawal additionally added 70 runs between them for the fourth wicket as Washington Sundar emerged one of the best bowler for Tamil Nadu with figures of 4/43.
Rawal was unfortunate as tail-ender Kuldip needed to face solely two deliveries and Washington coming from around the wicket fired one in with the angle and the batter shouldered arms to get bowled. Rawal wasn’t amused on lacking out on a 3rd first-class hundred and he did let his youthful accomplice know what he felt.
In the top, the almost 60 overs (59.1 overs) misplaced through the first three days of play resulting from unhealthy gentle value Tamil Nadu full factors.
Brief Scores In Delhi: Delhi 303 and 262 in 79.5 overs (Vaibhav Rawal 95, Dhruv Shorey 70; Washington Sundar 4/43) vs Tamil Nadu 427 and (goal 139) 54/3 in 6 overs. Points: Delhi 1 TN 3 In Mumbai: Saurashtra 289 and 220 vs Mumbai 230 and (Target 280) 231 in 74 overs (Prithvi Shaw 68; Parth Bhut 4/56, Yuvraj Dodiya 4/86). Point: Mumbai 0; Saurashtra 6.
In Hyderabad: Assam 205 and 252 vs Hyderabad 208 and (Target 250) 231 in 61.5 overs (Tanmay Agarwal 123; Riyan Parag 4/93). Points: Hyderabad 0; Assam 6 In Vizianagaram: Maharashtra 200 and 250 vs Andhra 211 and (goal 240) 108 all out (Hanuma Vihari 36; Pradeep Dadhe 6/20).
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