Ranji Trophy, Day 2 Wrap: Advantage Delhi vs Saurashtra, Bengal dominate Uttar Pradesh
Saurashtra ended Day 2 on 234/5, with a lead of just 89 runs while Shreevats Goswami scored 225* to help Bengal post a huge total of 475/9 against Madhya Pradesh (19/1)
In Short
- Saurashtra (234/5) lead by 89 runs vs Delhi
- Goswami (225*) took Bengal to 475/9 before Dinda struck once to end the day with MP on 19/1
- Kedar Devdhar (120*) also scored a century against UP as Baroda ended the day on 242/5, trailing UP by 239 runs
GROUP A
Saurashtra opener Kishan Parmar's unbeaten 141 enabled them to give a better account of themselves reaching 234/5 in the second innings but Delhi still enjoyed the upper hand in a group B Ranji Trophy encounter on Thursday.
Effectively, Saurashtra are only 89 runs ahead with five wickets in hand and two days of play left. While chances of an outright victory for Delhi look bright but a chase of 150 plus would mean that bonus point can be difficult. (RANJI TROPHY DAY 1 HIGHLIGHTS)
Earlier, Pradeep Sangwan's second rearguard action of the season ensured a healthy 145-run lead for Delhi as they finished their first innings at 237. Sangwan had earlier scored a 100 against Assam.
Brief scores:
Saurashtra 92 and 234/5 (Kishan Parmar 141 batting, Navdeep Saini 2/52). Delhi 1st innings 237 (Pradeep Sangwan 75, Rishabh Pant 40, Kushang Patel 5/72).
TM Ul-Haq scripted Rajasthan's comeback against Vidarbha.
Left-arm paceman TM Ul-Haq returned career-best figures of 6/21 as Rajasthan bundled out Vidarbha for 116 to take a crucial 24-run first innings lead in their Ranji Trophy Group B match on Thursday.
Vidarbha started the second day at 14 for none, hoping to cross the Rajasthan first innings total of 140 but ended up conceding a narrow lead as TM Ul-haq routed their middle and lower batting order.
Rajasthan were 10/0 in their second innings with openers Amitkumar Gautam (5) and Manender Singh (4) at the crease as they negotiated 11 overs without being separated.
Brief Scores:
Rajasthan 140 and 10/0 in 11 overs.Vidarbha 1st innings: 116 all out in 41.3 overs. (S Wath 50, R Sanjay 25; TM Ul Haq 6/21, P Singh 3/52).
GROUP B
Shreevats Goswami finally came out of Wriddhiman Saha's shadow to hit a career best 225 which enabled Bengal post a commendable 475/9 on the second day of the Ranji Trophy Group A league encounter against Madhya Pradesh here on Thursday.
At stumps, MP were 19/1 with Ashok Dinda getting the wicket of Aditya Srivastava. The day belonged to Shreevats, who played 328 balls hitting 25 boundaries and three sixes en route his maiden double hundred in First Class cricket.
Brief Scores:
Bengal 475/9d (Shreevats Goswami 225, Abhimanyu Easwaran 80). Madhya Pradhesh 19/1
Three centuries were scored alongside a 51 from Irfan Pathan on day two of the Ranji Trophy Group A between Baroda and Uttar Pradesh here on Thursday.
Uttar Pradesh, resuming their first innings at 360/7, ended up with 480 thanks to Kuldeep Yadav and Saurabh Kumar, who made 117 and 105 respectively.
In reply, Baroda were 242/5 at close of play with opener Kedar Devdhar staying unbeaten on 120 as well Pathan on 55. Baroda still trail UP by 239 runs.
It was a freewheeling knock from Pathan who smashed seven fours and a six in his 55-ball knock.
Devdhar on the other hand collected 13 fours.
Brief scores:
Uttar Pradesh 481 in 115 overs (Yadav 117, Saurabh 05). Baroda 242/5 in 63 overs (Devdhar batting 120, Irfan Pathan batting 55; Ahmed 3/58).
GROUP C
Nitin Saini hit a strokeful century after a five-wicket haul by Harshal Patel as Haryana took a firm grip against Tripura in their do-or-die Ranji Trophy group C cricket match at Eden Gardens on Thursday.
The wicketkeeper batsman struck 22 boundaries en route to his 13th first-class century in a 103-run opening partnership with Shubha Rohila (47) as Haryana stretched their overall lead to 239 runs on day two to brighten their quarterfinal hopes.
Tripura were listless with their bowling and sloppy fielding and dropped catches were the order of the day as Haryana made the best use of it.
It was only towards the fag end of the day Tripura dismissed the centurion and Rohit Sharma (1) in successive overs to make it 186/4 in 43 overs when bad light stopped play.
Brief Scores:
Haryana 231 and 186/4; 43 overs (Nitin Saini 104, Shubham Rohila 47). Tripura 178; 58 overs (Smit Patel 102: Harshal Patel 5/27).
Summarised scores of other Group C matches:
Andhra v Hyderabad:
Andhra 1st innings: 190 all out Hyderabad 1st innings: 81/5 in 45 overs
Chhattisgarh v Jammu & Kashmir:
Chhattisgarh 1st innings: 370 all out (Amandeep Khara 106; Samiullah Beigh 5/94) Jammu and Kashmir 1st innings: 33/2 in 13 overs
Kerala v Services:
Services 1st innings: 322 all out (Anshul Gupta 105; Athif Bin Ashraf 4/60)Kerala 1st innings: 31/1 in 11 overs
Goa v Himachal Pradesh:
Goa 1st innings: 380 all out (Sagun Kamat 104, Darshan Misal 106) Himachal 1st innings: 254/2 in 45 overs (Prashant Chopra 144 batting, Sumeet Verma 70 batting).