Mundhe frustrates Delhi
All-rounder’s timely century puts paid to visitors’ aspirations of an outright win.
Maharashtra all-rounder Shrikant Mundhe's fiery century made sure the hosts ended their Group B Ranji match Delhi with three points. The match ended in a draw after Mundhe’s century.
Batting at No 8, Mundhe went after the bowlers. His innings included five sixes and 12 boundaries. Maharashtra were eventually bowled out for 368 and Delhi were given a target of 392. The ended with 78 for three.
When Delhi came in to bat, off-spinner Chirag Khurana managed to take two early wickets to put Delhi under immediate pressure.
Khurana was awarded man-of-the-match for his all-round performance. He scored 135 (55 & 80) runs and took four wickets, including the wickets of Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Chand and Sharma.
“This looked like one of the best batting wickets where we failed to get a big score. Due credit to Maharashtra bowlers who bowled tightly and kept taking wickets," Delhi coach Vijay Dahiya said. “We had a good chance but they definitely played better and we kept giving them chances,” Dahiya added.
With three points from this match, Maharashtra are at No 2 position with 19 points in Group B after Delhi (31 points). Maharashtra will play their next match against sixth-placed Gujarat (15 points) in Valsad from January 29.
Brief scores: Maharashtra 330 & 366 (SS Mundhe 104, CG Khurana 80, P Awana 4/68, S Narwal 2/63) drew with Delhi 307 & 78-3 (M Manhas 25*, CG Khurana 2/33). (Points: Maharashtra 3, Delhi 1)
ELSEWHERE ON DAY FOUR
GROUP A
DELHI: Railways 234-5d (RU Bhosale 54, NS Bhille 45,M Rawat 45, R Dayal 2/50) & 18-0 drew with J&K 114 (AP Singh 32, R Dayal 23, Anureet Singh 5/48, K Upadhyay 2/24) (Points: Railways 3, Jammu & Kashmir 1)
MYSORE: Baroda 335 & 254 (DJ Hooda 67, Swapnil Singh 50, S Aravind 3/37, AA Kazi 2/38) vs Karnataka 302 & 154-7 (S Gopal 51*, CM Gautam 30, SS Mangalorkar 4/54). (Points: Baroda 3, Karnataka 1)
GHAZIABAD Bengal 141-4 (SD Chatterjee 60, WP Saha 45*, Kuldeep Yadav 2/58) drew with UP. No play was possible on day four (Points: Uttar Pradesh 1, Bengal 1)
GROUP B
SURAT: Vidarbha 236 & 307-8d beat Gujarat 248 & 175 (Parthiv Patel 73*, BH Merai 32, AA Wakhare 7/70) by 120 runs (Points: Vidarbha 6, Gujarat 0)
GROUP C
PORVORIM Goa 175 & 268 (AS Desai 63, KA Vaz 59, S Purkayashta 6/76, AN Ahmed 2/24) lost to Assam 435-8d & 12-0. (Points: Assam 7, Goa 0)
DHARAMSALA: Andhra 336-8d (MUB Sriram 105, AG Pradeep 50, VS Malik 3/78, R Dhawan 2/122) drew with Himachal Pradesh 186-7 (R Dhawan 55*, RR Parida 52, DP Vijaykumar 3/47, CV Stephen 2/71). (Points: Himachal Pradesh 1, Andhra 1)
RANCHI: Jharkhand 556-9d & 189-4d (Ishan Kishan 84, Virat Singh 38*, AA Bhandari 2/46) drew with Hyderabad 455 (PA Reddy 133, A Ashish Reddy 104, SA Quadri 73, VR Aaron 5/131, SS Quadri 2/92) & 7-0. (Points: Jharkhand 3, Hyderabad 1)
AGARTALA: Tripura 179 & 295-9 (BB Ghosh 82, NN Sen Chowdhary 72*, Amit Verma 5/61, S Sandeep Warrior 2/54) drew with Kerala 301-9d (AM Hegde 82, PR Prem 58, Rana Dutta 4/45, CK Paul 2/64). (Points: Kerala 3, Tripura 1)
STAR TRACK
Robin Uthappa and KL Rahul were both dismissed for duck in Karnataka’s second innings Both Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag did not come to bat in Delhi’s second innings
Maharashtra all-rounder Shrikant Mundhe's fiery century made sure the hosts ended their Group B Ranji match Delhi with three points. The match ended in a draw after Mundhe’s century.
Batting at No 8, Mundhe went after the bowlers. His innings included five sixes and 12 boundaries. Maharashtra were eventually bowled out for 368 and Delhi were given a target of 392. The ended with 78 for three.
Munde has emerged as the top run-getter for Maharashtra this season with 404 runs in nine innings with an average of 57.71. He is also the second highest wicket taker (21) wickets after Samad Fallah (25).
When Delhi came in to bat, off-spinner Chirag Khurana managed to take two early wickets to put Delhi under immediate pressure.
Khurana was awarded man-of-the-match for his all-round performance. He scored 135 (55 & 80) runs and took four wickets, including the wickets of Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Chand and Sharma.
“This looked like one of the best batting wickets where we failed to get a big score. Due credit to Maharashtra bowlers who bowled tightly and kept taking wickets," Delhi coach Vijay Dahiya said. “We had a good chance but they definitely played better and we kept giving them chances,” Dahiya added.
With three points from this match, Maharashtra are at No 2 position with 19 points in Group B after Delhi (31 points). Maharashtra will play their next match against sixth-placed Gujarat (15 points) in Valsad from January 29.
Brief scores: Maharashtra 330 & 366 (SS Mundhe 104, CG Khurana 80, P Awana 4/68, S Narwal 2/63) drew with Delhi 307 & 78-3 (M Manhas 25*, CG Khurana 2/33). (Points: Maharashtra 3, Delhi 1)
ELSEWHERE ON DAY FOUR
GROUP A
DELHI: Railways 234-5d (RU Bhosale 54, NS Bhille 45,M Rawat 45, R Dayal 2/50) & 18-0 drew with J&K 114 (AP Singh 32, R Dayal 23, Anureet Singh 5/48, K Upadhyay 2/24) (Points: Railways 3, Jammu & Kashmir 1)
MYSORE: Baroda 335 & 254 (DJ Hooda 67, Swapnil Singh 50, S Aravind 3/37, AA Kazi 2/38) vs Karnataka 302 & 154-7 (S Gopal 51*, CM Gautam 30, SS Mangalorkar 4/54). (Points: Baroda 3, Karnataka 1)
GHAZIABAD Bengal 141-4 (SD Chatterjee 60, WP Saha 45*, Kuldeep Yadav 2/58) drew with UP. No play was possible on day four (Points: Uttar Pradesh 1, Bengal 1)
GROUP B
SURAT: Vidarbha 236 & 307-8d beat Gujarat 248 & 175 (Parthiv Patel 73*, BH Merai 32, AA Wakhare 7/70) by 120 runs (Points: Vidarbha 6, Gujarat 0)
GROUP C
PORVORIM Goa 175 & 268 (AS Desai 63, KA Vaz 59, S Purkayashta 6/76, AN Ahmed 2/24) lost to Assam 435-8d & 12-0. (Points: Assam 7, Goa 0)
DHARAMSALA: Andhra 336-8d (MUB Sriram 105, AG Pradeep 50, VS Malik 3/78, R Dhawan 2/122) drew with Himachal Pradesh 186-7 (R Dhawan 55*, RR Parida 52, DP Vijaykumar 3/47, CV Stephen 2/71). (Points: Himachal Pradesh 1, Andhra 1)
RANCHI: Jharkhand 556-9d & 189-4d (Ishan Kishan 84, Virat Singh 38*, AA Bhandari 2/46) drew with Hyderabad 455 (PA Reddy 133, A Ashish Reddy 104, SA Quadri 73, VR Aaron 5/131, SS Quadri 2/92) & 7-0. (Points: Jharkhand 3, Hyderabad 1)
AGARTALA: Tripura 179 & 295-9 (BB Ghosh 82, NN Sen Chowdhary 72*, Amit Verma 5/61, S Sandeep Warrior 2/54) drew with Kerala 301-9d (AM Hegde 82, PR Prem 58, Rana Dutta 4/45, CK Paul 2/64). (Points: Kerala 3, Tripura 1)
STAR TRACK
Robin Uthappa and KL Rahul were both dismissed for duck in Karnataka’s second innings Both Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag did not come to bat in Delhi’s second innings
