Ranji Trophy Highlights, Day 2: Washington, Pradosh tons put TN in control vs Delhi; Ruturaj leads Maharashtra fightback vs Mumbai

Baroda 477/6 declared vs Services 74/2

Maharashtra 126 all-out & 142/1 vs Mumbai 441 all-out

Gujarat 367 all-out vs Andhra 137/5

Himachal Pradesh 52/0 (F/O) vs Rajasthan

Uttarakhand 325 all-out vs Hyderabad 244/5

Vidarbha 283 all-out vs Pondicherry 43/1 

Punjab 277 all-out vs Madhya Pradesh 207 all-out

Haryana 431/9 vs UP 

Chhattishgarh 578/7 vs Saurashtra

Tamil Nadu 649/5 vs Delhi 43/0

Jharkhand 417 all-out vs Railways 19/1

Mizoram 247 all-out & 32/2 vs Arunachal Pradesh 252 all-out

J&K 270 all-out vs Odisha 198/5

Assam 266 all-out vs Chandigarh 301/5

Sikkim 108 all-out & 50/3 vs Goa 367/4 declared

Tripura 346/6 vs Meghalaya

Nagaland 237 all-out & 88/2 vs Manipur 139 all-out

Bengal vs Bihar - Match yet to start

Kerala 161/3 vs Kerala

Steady start from Delhi as it hopes to reach the daunting total of 674 set by Tamil Nadu.

Delhi 39/0 (trails by 635 runs) vs TN

Amandeep Khare gets to his double hundred. The Chhattisgarh skipper has lifted his side to a nearly unbeatable position. 

Rajat Patidar keeps Madhya Pradesh in the hunt with a classy knock. He is on 80 now, with his side at 187/7 against Punjab, 

Wicketkeeper Rahul Radesh, batting on 65, is keeping Hyderabad’s hopes intact.

Hyderabad 208/5 (trails by 117 runs) vs Uttarakhand

No stopping Chhattisgarh as it zooms in on the 550-run mark. Skipper Amandeep Khare is leading from the front , with an unbeaten 179. 

Skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad starts off well for Maharashtra as nears a half-century.

Maharashtra 68/1 (trails by 247 runs) vs Mumbai

Tamil Nadu finally decides to end its innings. 

TN 674/6 (158.2 Overs)

Once again, Shardul Thakur strikes with his first over. Gets S A Veer trapped in front to rock Maharashtra’s boat. 

Baroda declares at 477 and it is already after Services!

Services 4/1 vs Baroda

Baroda 477/6 vs Services

Maharashtra 126 all-out vs Mumbai 441 all-out

Gujarat 367 all-out vs Andhra 137/5

Himachal Pradesh 52/0 (F/O) vs Rajasthan

Uttarakhand 325 all-out vs Hyderabad 138/4

Vidarbha 273/8 vs Pondicherry

Punjab 277 all-out vs Madhya Pradesh 153/5

Haryana 376/8 vs UP

Chhattishgarh 461/6 vs Saurashtra

Tamil Nadu 649/5 vs Delhi

Jharkhand 417 all-out vs Railways 19/1

Mizoram 247 all-out & 32/2 vs Arunachal Pradesh 252 all-out

J&K 270 all-out vs Odisha 198/5

Assam 266 all-out vs Chandigarh 219/5

Sikkim 108 all-out & 25/2 vs Goa 367/4 declared

Tripura 334/6 vs Meghalaya

Nagaland 237 all-out & 37/2 vs Manipur 139 all-out

Bengal vs Bihar - Match yet to start

Kerala 161/3 vs Kerala 

Play stopped due to bad light. 

Third centurion for Tamil Nadu against Delhi. Pradosh Ranjan Paul goes past the three-figure mark. 

Day 2 of Bengal vs Bihar has been washed out as well.

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Himachal Pradesh gets castled out for just 98 and they continue to bat.

Himachal Pradesh 98 all out; 17/0 (trails by 219 runs) vs Rajasthan

Fifty for KS Bharat with a six over long on off Chintan Gaja. A 49-ball counter attack that was much needed for Andhra to arrest the slide. He pulls a bouncer for another boundary in the same over. AND 100/5.

Shreyas Iyer marches on. He is on 138 now and has helped Mumbai past 400 runs. 

A competitive score of 417 as Railways come out to bat on Day 2 and go on to lose its first wicket in Shivam Chaudhary.

Railways 4/1 (trails by 413 runs) vs Jharkhand

Shahrukh Khan’s quick-fire cameo seems to indicate that Tamil Nadu is considering a declaration soon against Delhi. 

Shreyas Iyer is going strong while batters are going back to the dugout at the other end. Surya (7) and Shams Mulani (16) depart. Shardul Thakur is Shreyas’ newest partner.

Mumbai 368/6 (leads by 242 runs) vs Maharashtra

Two more wickets fall as C T Gaja picks his third. Abhishek Reddy and Ricky Bhui are the batters to depart from the crease.

Andhra 45/5 (trails by 322 runs) vs Gujarat

Chintan Gaja gets a feather from Ricky Bhui for his third wicket and the Andhra procession continues. AND 29/5.

Third ball into the second session and Abhishek Reddy slashes away from his body against Priyajitsinh Jadeja and gets caught at slip. AND 25/4 and KS Bharat walks out to bat.

Deepak Chahar leads the attack with a five-fer as Rajasthan is in complete control.

Himachal Pradesh 62/7 (trails by 272 runs) vs Rajasthan

Baroda 344/4 vs Services

Maharashtra 126 all-out vs Mumbai 335/4

Gujarat 367 all-out vs Andhra 25/3

Rajasthan 334 all-out vs Himachal Pradesh 62/7

Uttarakhand 325 all-out vs Hyderabad 67/4

Vidarbha 261/8 vs Pondicherry

Punjab 277 all-out vs Madhya Pradesh 66/3

Haryana 319/6 vs UP

Chhattishgarh 358/4 vs Saurashtra

Tamil Nadu 507/3 vs Delhi

Jharkhand 377/7 vs Railways

Mizoram 247 all-out vs Arunachal Pradesh 227/5

J&K 270 all-out vs Odisha 105/4

Assam 266 all-out vs Chandigarh 102/2

Sikkim 108 all-out vs Goa 280/2

Tripura 198/4 vs Meghalaya

Nagaland 237 all-out vs Manipur 75/5

Bengal vs Bihar - Match yet to start

Kerala 161/3 vs Kerala 

Shreyas Iyer gets to his hundred in quick time. Nine fours and three sixes punctuate this innings which has propelled Mumbai to a winning position against Maharashtra. 

Pradosh Ranjan Paul brings up his hafl-century as TN crosses the 500-run mark!

Tamil Nadu 502/3 vs Delhi

Shreyas Gopal dismisses B Aparajith and out walks Sanju Samson, fresh off a T20I hundred against Bangladesh.. 

Third wicket down, second for Gaja. He again takes the ball away from a right hander and pins Hanuma Vihari leg before. A duck for Vihari who is livid with the decision. AND 5/3.

If Arzan picks a wicket, how can Chintan hold back? He induces Rasheed’s edge and Manan Hingrajia does the rest at first slip. AND 5/2.

Next inspection at 1 pm as Bengal vs Bihar awaits a start.

Arzan Nagwaswalla now striking with the ball. He strangles Maheep down leg on just his second delivery. Shaik Rasheed in at No. 3. AND 4/1

Ayush Mhatre continues his merry run. Gets to his 150 and looks go for more. Shreyas Iyer is also closing in on a hundred as Mumbai eyes a huge lead. 

Raju removes Jadeja and Gaja inside an over and Gujarat is bundled out for 367. Nagwaswalla unbeaten on 82.

Gujarat 367 all-out in 106 overs

B Indrajith departs for just 16 as Himanshu Chauhan sends him back.

TN 442/3 vs Delhi

Gaja and Nagwaswalla practically in a race to 100 runs. Nagwaswalla who has curbed his instincts today finally got going with an hoist over mid on against Lalith Mohan. Gaja picks his second six, drilling Lalith back over his head. GUJ 360/8.

Mumbai motors on. Shreyas Iyer gets to his fifty, while Ayush Mhatre gets some early runs on Day 2. 

After Rajasthan was castled out for 334 earlier in the morning, it has done quite well to get early a breakthrough with the ball against Himachal Pradesh.

Himachal Pradesh 14/2 vs Rajasthan

Two early wickets for the host as Vyshak and Koushik removes Vathsal and Kunnummal respectively. Sachin Baby and B Aparijth at the crease now.

Kerala 97/2 vs Karnataka

Hyderabad bowls out Uttarakhand for 325. Opener Avneesh Sudha top scores with a 89-run knock of 131 balls.

However, Hyderabad is already a wicket down! D Dhapola removes Abhirath Reddy.

Hyderabad 8/1 (trails by 317 runs) vs Uttarakhand

We have another rain-disrupted game in this round now. Second day of Mumbai vs Maharashtra delayed due to overnight rains. 

Sai Sudharsan’s magnificient knock comes to an end courtesy of Navdeep Saini. 

TN 400/2 (92.4 Overs)

We have another delay in the Karnataka vs Kerala game in Alur as bad light stops play. 

Tamil Nadu continues to make merry. It is Washington Sundar’s turn to get the three-figure mark. 13 fours and a six to get there. 

Quite the start to the day. Gaja picks two fours, first through mid on and then mid wicket before stepping down and heaving over mid wicket for a six, off the first over bowled by KV Sasikanth. Gets to a fifty in 94 balls. GUJ past 300 runs.

Baroda 249/3 vs Services

Maharashtra 126 all-out vs Mumbai 220/3

Gujarat 289/8 vs Andhra

Rajasthan 304/7 vs Himachal Pradesh

Uttarakhand 313/8 vs Hyderabad

Vidarbha 261/8 vs Pondicherry

Punjab 254/7 vs Madhya Pradesh

Haryana 242/6 vs UP

Chhattishgarh 236/2 vs Saurashtra

Tamil Nadu 379/1 vs Delhi

Jharkhand 325/5 vs Railways

Mizoram 247 all-out vs Arunachal Pradesh 101/3

J&K 270 all-out vs Odisha 15/1

Assam 249/8 vs Chandigarh

Sikkim 108 all-out vs Goa 90/0

Tripura 29/2 vs Meghalaya

Nagaland 236/8 vs Manipur

Bengal vs Bihar - Day 1 Washed out. 

Kerala 88/0 vs Kerala 

On October 12, the three journalists present at the Baroda Cricket Association’s stadium on the outskirts of Vadodara, asked for an interaction to be facilitated with Ayush Mhatre, the rookie opener who scored a fifty in his maiden Ranji Trophy outing, on an otherwise disappointing day for Mumbai.

Captain Ajinkya Rahane politely declined. “Only after he scores a hundred,” Rahane said. 

Cut to Friday at the Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy Ground, Mhatre – despite batting for well over three hours in hot and humid conditions – quickly changed from whites and stepped out on to the ground for a chat with a larger media contingent. 

“It feels great. The last month or so has been surreal, am still trying to make peace with how quickly things have unfolded but I am confident about my abilities and very happy that I have managed to improve my performance with every passing opportunity and help the team out,” Mhatre said.

Welcome to Sportstar’s Live Blog of the 2nd day of the second round of Ranji Trophy 2024-25.