Hello and welcome to Sportstar’s LIVE protection of the Ranji Trophy quarterfinals. This is Dhruva Prasad and Abhishek Saini taking you thru the updates on the fourth day.
JHARKHAND 202/8 VS BENGAL, LEADS BY 47 RUNS
Supriyo Chakraborty and Rahul Shukla lead a gritty fightback for Jharkhand. They have added 38 runs for the ninth wicket after Shahbaz Nadeem fell early within the day.
WICKET! MP 59/1 VS ANDHRA, NEEDS 186 TO WIN
Nitish Kumar strikes with the second ball of the day for Andhra! Himanshu Mantri nicks a ball down leg to Ricky Bhui. What a begin.
– Lalith Kalidas
MP NEEDS 187 TO WIN, ANDHRA NEEDS 10 WICKETS
SAURASHTRA 141/4 VS PUNJAB, LEADS BY 13 RUNS
Mayank Markande begins off the day’s proceedings and is on the cash first ball, pitching it on center and leg and beating the batter’s front-foot defensive shot.
JHARKHAND 182/8 & 173 VS BENGAL 328
Supriyo Chakraborty strikes just a few lusty blows and Rahul Shukla will get off the mark with an out of doors edge to the third man boundary. Jharkhand leads by 27 runs.
A MATCH-DEFINING DAY IN INDORE
WICKET! JHARKHAND 168/8 & 173 VS BENGAL 328
Bengal makes an early morning incision. Mukesh Kumar removes Shahbaz Nadeem. Jharkhand leads by 13 runs with two wickets in hand.
Day 3 Recap – Bengal vs Jharkhand
Shahbaz Ahmed’s splendid all-round displaying gave Bengal a agency management over its Ranji Trophy quarterfinal match in opposition to Jharkhand on the Eden Gardens on Thursday.
Bengal, resuming at 238 for 5, rode on Shahbaz’s 10 th half-century (81, 120b, 9×4, 2×6) to collect 328 within the first innings and safe a 155-run lead.
The dwelling bowlers’ united effort, together with Shahbaz’s two for 38, diminished Jharkhand to 162 for seven within the second innings and took Bengal nearer to victory on the third day.
-Y.B. Sarangi
Day 3 Recap – Saurashtra vs Punjab
Saurashtra was reeling at 60 for 4 in its second innings, when Chirag Jani (35 n.o., 103b, 3×4) walked out to bat.
He took a little bit of time to settle in earlier than forging a 78-run stand with captain Arpit Vasavada (44 n.o., 100b, 3×4) to make sure Saurashtra ended the third day’s play at 138-4, with a slender lead of 10 runs in opposition to Punjab within the Ranji Trophy quarterfinal on Thursday.
After Mandeep Singh’s 91 (206b, 9×4, 1×6) guided Punjab to 431 within the first innings, left-arm spinner Vinay Choudhary (3 for 61) dominated the second session, as Saurashtra struggled to get moving into its second essay.
-Shayan Acharya
Day 3 Recap – Madhya Pradesh vs Andhra
Madhya Pradesh’s spirited bowling comeback helped it neutralise the impact of Andhra’s first-innings result in set itself a goal of 245 within the Ranji Trophy quarterfinal on the Holkar Stadium in Indore on Thursday.
Andhra’s fortunes dwindled with the setting solar on Day 3 as openers Yash Dubey and Himanshu Mantri lifted Madhya Pradesh to 58 for no loss at stumps, 187 runs away from a semifinal spot.
Andhra had strolled to lunch after left-arm seamer Prithvi Raj Yarra’s maiden First Class fifer (5/26) folded Madhya Pradesh for 228, incomes it a 151-run lead. Aditya Shrivastava’s males may solely handle 84 runs for the lack of six wickets within the session.
-Lalith Kalidas
Day 3 Recap – Karnataka vs Uttarakhand
In a day of largely slow-burn cricket, Karnataka moved to inside seven wickets of victory within the Ranji Trophy quarterfinal in opposition to Uttarakhand on the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Thursday.
After piling up a huge 606-run first-innings complete, that fetched a lead of 490 runs, Karnataka diminished Uttarakhand to 106 for 3 at stumps on the third day.
Dikshanshu Negi (27 batting, 65b, 4×4) and Swapnil Singh (27 batting, 58b, 3×4, 1×6) placed on a 50-run unbeaten partnership for the fourth wicket, guaranteeing that the guests wouldn’t roll over. That they should bat out of their skins to only stretch the match into the fifth day tells the story.
-N. Sudarshan
WHEN AND WHERE TO WATCH
When to observe Ranji Trophy 2022/23?
Ranji Trophy quarterfinals began from Tuesday, January 31 and can proceed until Saturday, February 4. The play begins from 9:30 AM IST.
Where to observe Ranji Trophy 2022/23 on TV?
A choose variety of event matches are being telecast on Star Sports 2 and Star Sports 2 HD. The telecast additionally gives updates and scores from all matches at common intervals.
Where to stay stream Ranji Trophy 2022/23?
The streaming of the Ranji Trophy matches will probably be accessible on Disney+ Hotstar app.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com