Suryakumar Yadav made an 80-ball 90 in his first Ranji Trophy recreation in virtually three years whereas skipper Ajinkya Rahane and Yashasvi Jaiswal struck positive a whole bunch to take Mumbai to 457 for 3 towards Hyderabad on day one of many Group B contest right here. Surya, who has arguably been one of the best batter in white-ball cricket over the previous 12 months, approached the red-ball recreation with the identical aggressive intent that he’s recognized for within the shorter codecs. His knock comprised 15 fours and a six.
The fashionable batter has again and again expressed his want to play Test cricket for India. He final performed a first-class recreation approach again in February 2020.
Jaiswal continued his wealthy vein of kind with a chic 162 off 195 balls whereas Rahane was batting on 139 at stumps.
Prithvi Shaw was out for 19 after Hyderabad opted to subject on the BKC floor.
Shorey strikes eighth first-class ton
Opener Dhruv Shorey struck his eighth first-class hundred to steer Delhi to 271 for seven on day one among their fixture towards Assam. Assam eliminated Shorey’s accomplice Anuj Rawat early after opting to subject first. Shorey remained unbeaten on 139 off 216 balls earlier than dangerous mild compelled an early stumps with 81 overs bowled on the day.
Delhi’s younger captain Yash Dhull made 22 off 56 balls whereas Vaibhav Rawal got here up with a beneficial 43 off 71 balls. Senior batter Nitish Rana was out first ball.
Delhi, who misplaced their event opener to Maharashtra, fielded a depleted unit within the absence of injured pacers Ishant Sharma and Mayank Yadav. They had been compelled to subject three debutants in Harshit Rana, Pranshu Vijayran and spinner Hrithik Shokeen.
Senior pacer Navdeep Saini, who suffered an belly muscle pressure whereas being a part of the Indian workforce in Bangladesh, is unlikely to be slot in time for Delhi’s subsequent recreation.
Brief scores: At Mumbai: Mumbai 457/3 in 90 overs (Yashasvi Jaiswal 162, Suryakumar Yadav 90, Ajinkya Rahane 139 n.o., Sarfaraz Khan 40 n.o.) versus Hyderabad.
At Guwahati: Delhi 271/7 in 81 overs (Dhruv Shorey 139 batting, Mrinmoy Dutta 2/50) versus Assam.
At Coimbatore: Andhra 277/5 in 90 overs (Abhishek Reddy 85, Ricky Bhui 68, Karan Shinde 55 n.o.; R. Sai Kishore 2/73) versus Tamil Nadu.
At Rajkot: Maharashtra 253/2 in 89 overs (Ruturaj Gaikwad 65, Naushad Shaikh 93 n.o., Ankit Bawne 61 n.o. versus Saurashtra.
Patidar, Raghuwanshi assist MP recuperate
Sandeep Sharma snapped 5 wickets however Rajat Patidar and Akshat Raghuwanshi hit twin fifties as defending champions Madhya Pradesh recovered to 289 for 7 towards Chandigarh on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group ‘D’ match on Tuesday. Electing to bat, openers Yash Dubey (44, 50 balls, 6 fours) and Himanshu Mantri (12) supplied Madhya Pradesh a strong begin, including 63 runs for the primary wicket.
However, Sandeep jolted the MP innings, selecting up the wickets of Mantri and Dubey in fast succession.
Shubham Sharma (1) could not keep lengthy as he fell to Hartejassvi Kapoor with the rating at 75, whereas Sandeep accounted for Aditya Shrivastava (7) as MP had been quickly decreased to 94 for 4.
Patidar (88, 116 balls, 16 fours), one of many stars of MP’s maiden Ranji triumph, steadied the innings within the firm of Raghuwanshi (65 not out, 167 balls, 5 fours, 1 six), placing on 94 runs for the fifth wicket.
The duo saved the Chandigarh bowlers at bay in a stand that lasted 154 deliveries whilst Sandeep saved pegging away.
Sandeep, who has featured in two T20 Internationals for the nation, then struck an important blow by cleansing up Patidar.
Raghuwanshi then bought along with Anubhav Agarwal (25) and added 67 runs for the seventh wicket earlier than the latter fell LBW to Sandeep off the final ball of the day.
In one other match within the group, Punjab hit again after being bowled out for 162 in 48.1 overs to cut back Railways to 77 for 7 at stumps at Karnail Singh stadium in New Delhi.
Brief scores: At Motera: Gujarat 267 for six in 90 overs (S D Chauhan 73, Kathan D Patel 54, Priyank Panchal 52; Abid Mushtaq 3/88) vs J & Ok.
At Nagpur: Vidarbha 264 all out in 88.3 overs (Atharva Taide 53, A V Wankhade 47, A V Wadkar 43; A S Sarkar 6/74) vs Tripura 3 for no loss in 2 overs.
At Indore: Madhya Pradesh 289 for 7 in 88 overs (Rajat Patidar 88, Akshat Raghuwanshi 65 not out; Sandeep Sharma 5 for 81) vs Chandigarh.
At New Delhi: Punjab 162 all out in 48.1 overs (Abhishek Sharma 36, Prabhsimran Singh 33; Adarsh Singh 5/65) vs Railways 77 for 7 in 30 overs (Yuvraj Singh 26 not out; Baltej Singh 4/29)
Karnataka achieve higher hand
Eight-time champions Karnataka dished out an allround effort to bundle out Puducherry for 170 after which attain 111 for one on the opening day to achieve a slight upperhand of their Ranji Trophy Group C match right here on Tuesday.
Electing to subject, Karnataka bowlers had been proper on the cash as right-arm tempo trio of Vidwath Kaverappa (4/52), Vijaykumar Vyshak (3/39) and Ronit More (2/34) shared 9 wickets to dismantle Puducherry’s batting line-up.
Leg-spinner Shreay Gopal (1/5) accounted for the opposite wicket.
Puducherry by no means had management of their innings after being despatched in to bat as they misplaced wickets at common intervals, failing to sew substantial partnerships that will have helped them publish an honest first innings complete.
Skipper Damodaran Rohit (44) top-scored for Puducherry, whereas Kothandapani Aravind (20) and Sridhar Ashwath (20) additionally bought some runs earlier than they had been bowled out in 54 overs.
In reply, opener Ravikumar Samarth remained unbeaten on 59, whereas skipper Mayank Agarwal made 51 as Karanataka ended the day’s proceedings at 111 for 1.
Night watch-man More is but to open his account.
Karnataka nonetheless path Puducherry by 59 runs of their first innings with 9 wickets in hand.
In one other Group C match in Jaipur, India worldwide Deepak Hooda hit 133 off 187 balls, whereas Salman Khan (62 not out) and Yash Kothari (58) additionally contributed with the bat as Rajasthan posted 310 for 5 in 87 overs on the opening day towards Kerala.
For Kerala, Jalaj Saxena picked up two wickets for 74 runs.
Brief Scores: At Bengaluru: Puducherry 170 all out in 54 overs (Damodaran Rohit 44; Vidwath Kaverappa 4/52) vs Karnataka 111 for 1 in 32 overs (Ravikumar Samarth 59 not out, Mayank Agarwak 51; Ankit Sharma 1/8).
At Jaipur: Rajsathan 310 for five in 87 overs (Deepak Hooda 133, Salman Khan 62 not out, Yash Kothari 58; Jalaj Saxena 2/74) vs Kerala.
At Jamshedpur: Jharkhand 280 for 4 in 90 overs (Saurabh Tiwary 65 not out, Kumar Kushagra 60 not out; Darshan Misal 2/59) vs Goa.
At New Delhi: Services 213 all out in 60.1 overs (Anshul Gupta 71, Devender Lochab 53; Ravi Kiran 5/44) vs Chhattisgarh 9 for no loss in 3 overs.
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