A abstract of Ranji Trophy matches performed on Thursday.
IMAGE: Ravindra Jadeja was in his parts as he ran by way of the TN batting line-up to steer Saurashtra’s fightback. {Photograph}: Gareth Copley/Getty Photographs
Odisha quicks Suryakant Pradhan and Sunil Roul shared six wickets amongst themselves as Bengal have been compelled to follow-on after being dismissed for simply 100 runs on day three of their Ranji Trophy Group A match in Kolkata on Thursday.
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Replying to Odisha’s first-innings rating of 265, the hosts got here up with their worst batting show this season, packing up in simply 35.5 overs, with Abhimanyu Easwaran (27) being their highest run-getter.
The hosts, nonetheless, made amends within the second innings, closing the day at 220 for 3 — a lead of 55 runs — as Easwaran closed in on his twenty first first-class century.
The 27-year-old batted patiently after the first-innings debacle, consuming 156 deliveries for his unbeaten 94, whereas captain Manoj Tiwary was unbeaten on 50.
Nonetheless, the primary session of day three belonged to the Odisha bowlers, who began from the place they’d left off in a single day, taking the remaining eight wickets for the addition of simply 61 runs to the Bengal whole.
Each Bengal’s in a single day batter, Easwaran and Pritam Chakraborty, have been gone very quickly, and from 39/2 they slumped to 58/4.
Pradhan and Roul grabbed three wickets every, with the latter throttling the host batters and giving freely simply 19 runs in his eight overs.
Bengal batters performed way more sensibly within the second innings though Karan Lal departed early. However the different opener, Easwaran, resisted the temptation to attain fast runs, taking his time to cool down after which dispatching the unfastened deliveries to the ropes.
He struck 13 boundaries and was concerned in two productive partnerships — 82 with Sudip Gharami and an unbeaten 103-run stand with Tiwary.
The unbroken partnership between the 2 top-order batters would be the key if Bengal are to keep away from a defeat on Friday.
Nonetheless, a loss won’t impression Bengal’s possibilities this season as they’ve already secured a quarter-final berth.
Bengal are at present main the factors desk with 32 factors, whereas Odisha are seventh within the group with eight factors.
Transient scores:
At Kolkata: Odisha 265 vs Bengal 100 in 35.5 overs (Suryakant Pradhan 3/45, Sunil Roul 3/19) & f/o 220 for 3 in 62 overs (Abhimanyu Easwaran batting 94, Sudip Gharami 50, Manoj Tiwary batting 50).
At Rohtak: Haryana 223 in 71.3 overs (Kapil Hooda 42, Sumit Kumar 86; Avneesh Sudha 6/51) vs Uttarakhand 125 for 1 in 43 overs (Avneesh Sudha batting 61, Kunal Chandela batting 32).
At Vadodara: Baroda 561 for six decl beat Nagaland 130 and f/o 88 in 30.1 overs (Bhargav Bhatt 4/37, Ninad Rathva 4/32) by an innings and 343 runs.
At Nadaun: Himachal Pradesh 15/0 in 4.4 overs vs Uttar Pradesh.
Jadeja caps comeback from damage with 7-wicket haul
Chennai: Star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja on Thursday picked up seven wickets for Saurashtra in Tamil Nadu’s second innings to point out he was again to full health forward of the all-important Take a look at collection in opposition to Australia.
The left-arm spinner was in his parts as he ran by way of the TN batting line-up to steer Saurashtra’s fightback after conceding an enormous first innings lead within the Ranji Trophy tie.
With the Take a look at collection in opposition to Australia looming, Jadeja’s spectacular comeback from damage can be a welcome signal for the staff administration.
The visiting staff was dismissed for 192 in response to TN’s first innings rating of 324, conceding a lead of 132 runs. Nonetheless, Jadeja’s heroics helped Saurashtra bundle out the house staff for 133 in simply 36.1 overs within the second innings.
Needing 266 runs for an outright win, the previous Ranji champions misplaced the wicket of opening batter Jay Gohil (0) to finish the day at 4 for 1.
Resuming on the in a single day 92 for 3, Saurashtra should have pinned hopes on Jadeja developing with a considerable knock to swell the rating. Nonetheless, the stand in captain may make solely 15 (23 balls, 3 fours) earlier than B Aparajith trapped in entrance of the wicket.
Younger left-arm spinner S Ajith Ram and fellow spinner M Siddharth did nicely for TN, selecting up three wickets every to engineer a collapse. From 101 for 3, Saurashtra have been bowled out for 192 in 79.4 overs with Chirag Jani (49) being the top-scorer.
Within the second innings, Tamil Nadu got here up in opposition to an impressed Ravindra Jadeja because the artful spinner made nice use of the situations with the ball staying low to wreak havoc.
Together with fellow spinner Dharmendrasinh Jadeja (3/64), the Saurashtra skipper saved TN batters on the tenterhooks.
The house staff slumped to 4 for two with Dharmendrasinh Jadeja eradicating opening batter N Jagadeesan for a duck and the power-hitting M Shahrukh Khan (2).
The 32-year Dharmendrasinh Jadeja then scalped the wicket of Aparajith (4) as Tamil Nadu slipped additional. The fashionable B Sai Sudharsan, in the mean time, batted in a circumspect method to counter the dual Jadeja menace.
He hit solely three boundaries in his 37 (73 balls) because the southpaw tried to rescue TN within the firm of B Indrajith, one of many higher gamers of spin within the dwelling line-up.
As soon as Jadeja bought into the act by bowling Indrajith (28, 53 balls, 2 fours), it was Saurashtra all the best way. The ace all-rounder returning to aggressive cricket after having final performed for the nation in August, 2022, posed all types of issues for the TN batters.
A relentless Jadeja bought TN captain Pradosh Ranjan Paul, the in-form participant for 8 after which Vijay Shankar, who has scored three tons this season. The decrease order merely caved in because the staff capitulated from 105 for six to 133 all out within the house of 5 overs.
In 17.1 overs, Jadeja completed with very good figures of seven for 53 to convey Saurashtra again into competition for a win.
Mumbai fails to safe lead vs Maharashtra
In Mumbai, on a topsy-turvy third day, the house facet didn’t safe the all-important first innings lead in opposition to Maharashtra after being dismissed for 384 regardless of a gallant effort by Tanush Kotian (93).
Resuming at 187 for five, Mumbai noticed Prasad Pawar full a well-deserved ton. He went on to attain 145 (262 balls, 15 fours) and was concerned in two important partnerships with Shams Mulani (25) and Kotian.
After Pawar was dismissed by Pradeep Dhade (3/80), the onus was on Kotian to attempt to take Mumbai previous the Maharashtra rating.
His 169-ball knock which included 9 fours and a six was not sufficient to allow Mumbai safe the lead.
The tie on the primary innings on the Brabourne stadium meant Andhra stand to undergo because the second staff from Group B behind Saurashtra supplied there isn’t a outright end result within the Mumbai-Maharashtra sport.
In Vizianagaram, Andhra routed Assam by an innings and 95 runs to choose up seven factors and enhance its tally to 26.
Transient scores: Tamil Nadu 324 all out and 133 all out in 36.1 overs (Sai Sudharsan 37, Ravindra Jadeja 7/53, D Jadeja 3/64) vs Saurashtra 192 all out 79.4 overs (Chirag Jani 49, S Ajith Ram 3/39, Siddharth 3/44) and 4 for 1 in 4 overs.
In Mumbai: Maharashtra 384 all out and 51 for two in 22 overs vs Mumbai 384 all out in 116 overs (Prasad Pawar 145, Tanush Kotian 93, Pradeep Dhade 3/80).
In Vizianagaram: Assam 113 and 153 all out in 37.5 overs (Rishav Das 30, M Madhav Rayudu 4/12, Ok V Sasikanth 3/34) misplaced to Andhra 361 all out in 112 overs (Karan Shinde 90 not out, Hanuma Vihari 80, Abhishek Reddy 75, Swarupam Puryakastha 4/48) by an innings and 95 runs. Andhra: 7 factors, Assam: 0.
In Hyderabad: Hyderabad 355 all out and 90 for five vs Delhi 433 all out in 100.5 overs (Ayush Badoni 191, Yash Dhull 72, Harshit Rana 58, Aniketh Reddy 5/143).
Karnataka thrash Jharkhand by 9 wickets
Jamshedpur: Karnataka thrashed Jharkhand by 9 wickets on the Keenan Stadium right here on Thursday to additional cement their place on the prime of Group C in Ranji Trophy.
The staff, led by Mayank Agarwal, had made it to the quarter-final stage after the earlier spherical of Ranji matches. However following the six factors earned from the rubber on Thursday, they’ve put an enormous roadblock in Jharkhand’s path to securing a last-eight berth.
Karnataka are actually on 35 factors, whereas Jharkhand have 23. Rajasthan (20 factors), Kerala (20) and Goa (18) too have an opportunity of creating the last-eight from the group.
Karnataka, who had restricted Jharkhand to 164 within the first innings after which notched up 300 to take a good-looking 136-run lead, struck again within the second innings with their veteran off-spinner Krishnappa Gowtham grabbing one other five-wicket haul.
The hosts have been dismissed for 201 of their second essay, giving Karnataka a paltry goal of 66 to chase down.
Karnataka achieved victory within the nineteenth over of their innings with Nikin Jose (42 not out) and Ravikumar Samarth (24 not out) guiding them to the goal.
A lot of Karnataka’s bowling revolved across the 34-year-old Gowtham. He broke partnerships at essential junctures to make sure Jharkhand batters did not rating massive.
Gowtham first dismissed opener Kumar Deobrat, who was caught by Agarwal. The off-spinner then returned to take away the No.3 and No.4 batters — Kumar Suraj (34) and Kumar Kushagra (36) — who had began to agency up their partnership.
However with Jharkhand folding up at 201 in 78.5 overs, it was a matter of time earlier than Karnataka completed the job.
Whereas Devdutt Padikkal was dismissed within the first over for duck, Ravikumar Samarth and Nikin Jose ensured no extra hiccups as Karnataka earned six extra factors to take their tally to 35 factors.
Transient scores:
At Jamshedpur: Jharkhand 164 and 201 in 78.5 overs (Supriyo Chakraborty 48; Krishnappa Gowtham 5/75) misplaced to Karnataka 300 and 66 for 1 in 18.1 overs by 9 wickets.
At Raipur: Chhattisgarh 531 for 9 decl vs Goa 359 in 92.5 overs (Ishaan Gadekar 80, Snehal Kauthankar 147 n.o.; Ravi Kiran 3/66) and f/o 4 for no loss.
At Puducherry: Puducherry 371 and 34 for 1 in 14 overs vs Kerala 286 in 113 overs (Akshay Chandran 70; Sagar Udeshi 5/62).
At Jodhpur: Providers 178 and 276 vs Rajasthan 136 and 107 for six in 38 overs (Yash Kothari 72; Pulkit Narang 4/20).
Railways safe bonus level win over Gujarat
Ahmedabad: Left-arm spinner Akash Pandey claimed a career-best six-wicket haul to enrich Himanshu Sangwan’s menacing spell within the first innings as Railways thrashed hosts Gujarat by an innings and 56 runs of their Ranji Trophy group D match right here on Thursday.
Medium pacer Sangwan was the wrecker-in-chief of their first innings as Railways bundled out the house facet for 208 in 59.1 overs within the first innings.
Following on, Gujarat’s second innings folded for 247 in 69.3 overs with Pandey wreaking havoc this time. Sangwan gave the primary breakthrough dismissing Aditya Patel within the first innings.
Gujarat have been quickly lowered to 33/2 inside 10 overs however thereafter skipper Het Patel rebuilt the innings with a combating century earlier than Karn Sharma’s double blow derailed the house facet.
Pandey then returned to scrub up the tail to finish a bonus level victory that got here with a day to spare. Railways had amassed 508 of their first innings.
Transient Scores
In Ahmedabad: Railways 508. Gujarat 205; 59.1 overs (Heman Patel 39; Himanshu Sangwan 4/75, Karn Sharma 3/38) and following on and 247; 69.3 overs (Het Patel 84, Umang Kumar 42; Akash Pandey 6/65). Railways gained by an innings and 56 runs. Factors: Railways 7, Gujarat 0.
In Indore: Tripura 362. Madhya Pradesh 159/2; 57 overs (Shubham Sharma 55, Yash Dubey 48 batting, Harsh Gawli 33 batting; Rana Dutta 2/44). Madhya Pradesh path by 203 runs.
In Mohali: Vidarbha 88/2; 31 overs vs Punjab. No play on day three.
In Chandigarh: Chandigarh 18 for no loss; 6 overs vs Jammu and Kashmir. No play on day three.
