Jharkhand extend dream run

Former India U-19 captain Ishan Kishan provided a glimpse of his talent with a power-packed 86 off 61 balls that helped Jharkhand beat Haryana by five wickets to make it to their maiden semifinals of the Ranji Trophy tournament.

Chasing a target of 176, Jharkhand knocked off the runs in only 30.2 overs with Kishan hitting nine boundaries and half a dozen sixes as the team from the east dominated proceedings for the entire duration of four days.

While Kishan, who now has 719 runs to his credit, finished with a flourish, left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem (4/78) and leg-spinner Samar Quadri (3/75) were instrumental in dismissing Haryana for 262 in their second innings.
Haryana lost their last eight wickets for 116 runs.

However, it was a phase of nine overs between 62nd and 71st that saw Haryana out of the contest losing five wickets for 15 runs. From 178 for 2 as they were consolidating, Haryana slipped 193 for 7 and they had no chance of a comeback after that.

Mumbai consolidate
Left-arm spinner Vijay Gohil registered his best first-class bowling figures to put defending champions Mumbai in firm control against Hyderabad in Raipur on Monday.
Gohil picked up five wickets giving away just 28 runs from his 10 overs to reduce Hyderabad to 121 for seven while chasing a gettable 232 runs for an outright win at stumps on the fourth and penultimate day of the match.

Besides Gohil, Abhishek Nayar (2/27) picked up two wickets for the 41-time winners.
Hyderabad put up a shoddy batting effort in their second innings with just four willow-wielders — Balchander Anirudh (40 not out), Tanmay Agarwal (29), Bavanaka Sandeep (25) and Kolla Sumanth (14) — managing double digit scores.

Earlier resuming their second innings at the overnight score of 102 for three, Mumbai were bowled out for 217 in 83.2 overs. Overnight batsman and skipper Aditya Tare (57) completed his half-century while Siddhesh Lad made a patient 47.

For Hyderabad, medium-pacer Mohammed Siraj picked up five for 52.

Gohel hits double
Samit Gohel (261) struck his maiden double hundred in first-class cricket in a dominating batting performance by Gujarat, who have taken an iron grip over their tie against Odisha at the end of day four, in Jaipur.

Beginning at 246 for three, Gujarat ended the penultimate day at a strong 514 for eight to take their overall lead to 578, a position from where they can force an outright result.

26-year old Gohel had started at overnight score of 110 and at close he was unbeaten at 261, which came off 555 balls. Giving him company at close was Hardik Patel (11).

Gohel’s knock was studded with 33 shots to the fence and one over it even as his other colleagues got starts but could not convert those into big ones.

Gohel's overnight partner Manpreet Juneja made 24 while skipper Parthiv Patel scored 40 before being bowled by Dhiraj Singh, who completed a five-for.

Brief scores: At Vadodara: Haryana: 258 and 242 (Chaitanya Bishnoi 52, Shivam Chauhan 43; Shahbaz Nadeem 4-78, Samar Quadri 3-75) lt to Jharkhand: 345 and 178/5 (Ishan Kishan 86).

At Raipur: Mumbai: 294 & 217 all out in 83.2 overs (Aditya Tare 57, Siddhesh Lad 47; Mohammed Siraj 5-55, Chama Milind 2-25, Akash Bhandari 2-55) vs Hyderabad: 280 & 121/7 in 42 overs (Balachander Anirudh 40 not out; Vijay Gohil 5-28, Abhishek Nayar 2-27).

At Jaipur: Gujarat: 263 and 514/8 in 176 overs (S Gohel 261 batting; D Singh 5-139) vs Odisha: 199 all out.