Ranji Trophy 2017-18, Round 2: As it happened...

Hello and welcome to our Live updates from Round 2 of Ranji Trophy 2017-18 Day 2.

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Stumps Day 2: Karnataka - 427/6 in 114.6 overs (Shreyas Gopal 38 off 64, Gowtham K 147 off 155)

Stumps Day 2: Vidarbha - 419/5 in 129.6 overs (A K Karnewar 33 off 38, Ganesh Satish 126 off 217)

Stumps Day 2: Gujarat - 307/9 in 105.6 overs (Chirag J Gandhi 91 off 142, S A Desai 0 off 10)

Stumps Day 2: Mumbai - 130/1 in 32.6 overs (S D Lad 22 off 51, J G Bista 89 off 96)

Stumps Day 2: Railways - 58/5 in 32.6 overs (M R Chaudhary 2 off 6, Mahesh Rawat 9 off 27)

Stumps Day 2: Andhra - 190/2 in 45.6 overs (G H Vihari 71 off 117, Ricky Bhui 53 off 98)

Stumps Day 2: Jharkhand - 97/2 in 30.6 overs (Virat Singh 28 off 85, Saurabh Tiwary 56 off 72)

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3:46 pm IST 

Mumbai 53/1 in 14.1 Overs

Tamil Nadu 251/2 in 62.5 Overs

End Of Over 30 - J & K 65/2, Trail By 559 Runs, Shubham Khajuria 31(90) Ian Chauhan 6(14)

End Of Over 10 - Chhattisgarh 24/4, Trail By 505 Runs, Manoj Singh 0(2) Ashutosh Singh 11(17)

3:20 pm IST 

WICKET! Over: 6.6 Babul Kumar 3(18) ct D H Yagnik b Pankaj Singh, Jharkhand 15/2

Himachal 250/2 in 67.2 Overs

WICKET! Over: 27.6 Shardul 40(32) ct Lockie Ferguson b Matt Henry, India A 155/7

2:55 pm IST

Tea break: Himachal - 237/1 in 64.5 overs (A K Bains 143 off 210, P S Khanduri 73 off 179)

Tea break: Jharkhand - 14/1 in 3.6 overs (Babul Kumar 2 off 10, Virat Singh 3 off 3)

Tea break: Railways - 8/2 in 5.6 overs (Shivakant Shukla 6 off 19, Arindam Ghosh 0 off 1)

Tea break: Gujarat - 219/6 in 80.6 overs (Chirag J Gandhi 34 off 61, R H Bhatt 24 off 62)

2:12 pm IST 

End Innings: Delhi - 447/10 in 144.5 overs (Pulkit Narang 55 off 183, Vikas Mishra 4 off 15)

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2:00 pm IST 

End Of Over 70 - Gujarat 175/6, Trail By 33 Runs, Chirag J Gandhi 9(23) R H Bhatt 5(34)

End Of Over 90 - Vidarbha 263/3, Lead By 102 Runs, S R Ramaswamy 143(290) Ganesh Satish 57(115)

Team Rajasthan 403/9 in 136.6 Overs

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1:44 pm IST 

End Of Over 40 - Tamil Nadu 157/0, Trail By 101 Runs, M S Washington Sundar 72(112) Abhinav Mukund 76(128)

End Of Over 140 - Delhi 437/9 Vikas Mishra 0(1) Pulkit Narang 49(168)

End Of Over 10 - India A 49/4, Need 125 Run(s) to Win, B Aparajith 8(8) A R Eswaran 27(30)

End Of Over 50 - Himachal 179/0, Trail By 76 Runs, P S Khanduri 66(140) A K Bains 98(160)

12:54 pm IST 

Tamil Nadu 101/0 in 27.4 Overs

Madhya Pradesh 351/6 in 125.4 Overs

Gujarat 150/4 in 54.1 Overs

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12:40 PM IST

WICKET! Over: 121.4 Sudip Chatterjee 118(191) lbw S A Singh, Bengal 405/5

WICKET! Over: 122.1 Shreevats Goswami 8(30) Run Out S A Singh, Bengal 409/6

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11:58 am IST

Lunch break: Team Rajasthan - 336/7 in 120.6 overs  (A V Choudhary 0 off 4, T N Dhillon 110 off 247)

Lunch break: Karnataka - 114/2 in 49.6 overs  (Samarth R 75 off 177, Kaunain Abbas 3 off 27)

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10:58 am IST

Saurashtra 500/4 in 109.1 Overs

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10:50 am IST

Baroda 301/7 in 109.2 Overs

Team Rajasthan 300/5 in 105.2 Overs 

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10:40 am IST

Manan Sharma 100 runs in 135 balls  (15x4, 0x6) Delhi 360/6

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09:45 am IST

Naman Ojha 100 runs in 251 balls  (14x4, 1x6) Madhya Pradesh 259/6

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New Delhi: Sheldon Jackson (181) and Ravindra Jadeja (150 not out) helped Saurashtra post a mammoth 428/4 against Jammu and Kashmir on the first day of their second-round Ranji Trophy at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot on Saturday.

For Jammu and Kashmir, skipper Parvez Rasool, Waseem Raza, Ram Dayal and Mohammed Mudhasir picked up one wicket each.

In the other Group B match, Rajasthan opener Amitkumar Gautam (103 not out) and middle-order batsman Tajinder Singh (66 not out) helped their side post 250/4 against Jharkhand at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.

Meanwhile, for the defending champions Gujarat, who are playing their first match in the tournament, spinner Piyush Chawla returned figures of 5/69 to bundle out Kerala for 208 runs at the GS Patel Stadium in Nadiad. Later, coming in to bat, Gujarat posted 60/2, trailing by 148 runs at stumps.

In a Group A encounter, Nitish Rana (89), Anuj Rawat (74) and Manan Sharma (68 not out) helped Delhi post 318/6 at the end of Day 1 against Railways at the Karnail Singh Stadium here.

In the other Group A match between Hyderabad and Uttar Pradesh, Day 1 was washed out due to a wet outfield at the Gymkhana Ground in Hyderabad.

Meanwhile, Karnataka rode on disciplined bowling from Shreyas Gopal (3/43) and Krishnappa Gowtham (4/20) to restrict Assam to 145 runs at the Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Ground in Mysore. Later, coming into bat, Karnataka responded posting 77/0 at stumps, trailing by 68 runs.

In Group C, Baroda rode on opener Kedar Devdhar`s brilliant knock (93) to post 247/7 against Andhra at the Reliance Stadium in Vadodara.

In another match of the group, Madhya Pradesh rode unbeaten knocks from Naman Ojha (99 not out) and Ankit Sharma (63 not out) to post 250/5 against Mumbai at the Emerald High School Ground in Indore.

In the Group D encounter, Bengal rode on a brilliant batting performance from Koushik Ghosh (114) to post 283/2 against Chhattisgarh at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur.

Here is an overview of all the fixtures lined up in the Ranji Trophy's second round which will take place between the 14th and 17th of October.

Chhattisgarh vs Bengal, Group D
Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur

Railways vs Delhi, Group A
Karnail Singh Stadium, Delhi

Hyderabad vs Uttar Pradesh, Group A
Gymkhana Ground, Hyderabad

Karnataka vs Assam, Group A
Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Ground, Mysore

Saurashtra vs Jammu and Kashmir, Group B
Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot

Rajasthan vs Jharkhand, Group B
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur

Gujarat vs Kerala, Group B
GS Patel Stadium, Nadiad

Baroda vs Andhra, Group C
Reliance Stadium, Vadodara

Madhya Pradesh vs Mumbai, Group C
Emerald High School Ground, Indore

Tamil Nadu vs Tripura, Group C
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

Punjab vs Vidarbha, Group D
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali

Himachal Pradesh vs Goa, Group D
Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala