Welcome to Sportstar 's live coverage of the second day of the second round of the 2021-22 season of the Ranji Trophy.
Mumbai vs Goa | Amol Karhadkar: Nightwatcher Dhawal Kulkarni survives along with Aakarshit Gomel as Mumbai end Day 2 at 57/1, still 107 runs behind. Can Mumbai script a trademark comeback? Or will Goa continue to march towards a famous win? See you on Saturday.
Railways vs Pondicherry | Lalith Kalidas: With three minutes left in the day's play, opener Vivek Singh falls on 92, courtesy a brilliant catch by Dogra at first slip again off Pavan Deshpande's bowling. Railways are 205/3, trailing Pondicherry by 137 runs at stumps.
Mumbai vs Goa | Amol Karhadkar: Prithvi Shaw had got a start but with 9 minutes remaining for close, he tries to sweep left-arm spinner Darshan Misal, misses it and is found plumb in front of the wickets. Goa fielders tumble while chasing Misal during celebrations. Mumbai 54/1
Andhra vs Services | M.R. Praveen Chandran: Andhra medium pacers are rewarded for their perseverance. Stephen and Sasikanth take a wicket apiece to reduce Andhra to 50/2 after 28 overs. Opener Ravi Chauhan holding one end with defiant 23.
Tamil Nadu vs Chhattisgarh | S. Dipak Ragav: Bhatia and Khare have done a good job of getting a partnership going. They have looked solid, nudging it around. Chhattisgarh 85/3 in 36 overs.
Mumbai vs Goa | Amol Karhadkar: Mulani makes it six. Having conceded a lead of 164, it's up to Mumbai's top six to fire if they have to claw their way back into the game.
Gujarat vs Kerala | P.K. Ajith Kumar: Arzan Nagwaswalla has provided the long-awaited breakthrough for Gujarat, cleaning up Kerala captain Sachin Baby, as the left-arm seamer moved the ball in. The second-wicket partnership with Rohan Kunnummal was worth 115. The opener had earlier completed his second hundred in as many innings. He was lovely to watch again. He is batting on 109 (153b, 14x4, 3x6). The new man in is Vathsal Govind, who is not out on one. Kerala 221 for three, trailing Gujarat by 166.
Bengal vs Hyderabad | Y. B. Sarangi: Hyderabad 205 all out in 80 overs. Ravi Teja (81 no) and Tanay Thyagarajan (62) added a crucial 109 runs for the eighth wicket to bail Hyderabad out of trouble. Part time spinner Manoj Tiwary broke the partnership by having Tanay caught behind. Bengal managed a handy 37-run first innings lead.
Mumbai vs Goa | Amol Karhadkar: Double strike gives Mulani a deserving fifer. Kerkar (71) makes a mistake and Shaw takes the catch in the slips. Garg (59) then shoulders one that crashes into the stumps. The 96-run stand means the lead is 160 with the last pair batting
Railways vs Pondicherry | Lalith Kalidas: Railways 138/2 (47.4) Shivam Chaudhary falls to Bhati for 51 as a 91-run stand between him and Vivek is finally broken. Arindam Ghosh walks in at 4, fresh from his ton in the first game against Karnataka. Paras Dogra has walked off the field after hurting his finger while taking the catch at second slip.
Mumbai vs Goa | Amol Karhadkar: The lower order is lending much-needed support to Eknath Kerkar as Goa has stretched its lead to 129 runs. With Kerkar and Pandrekar scoring comfortably against Solanki and Kotian, Shaw has replaced the debutant leggie with Mulani. He did it with the ball on Day 1. Lakshay Garg is harming Mumbai with the bat now. Garg (50*) has dominated the 80-run stand with Eknath Kerkar (61*), who is sweeping Kotian at will, as Goa has crossed 300. At 303/7, the lead has swollen to 140.
Railways vs Pondicherry | Lalith Kalidas: Railways 115/1 (39.2) 50 off 115 deliveries for the former Bengal opener, Vivek Singh. He reaches the mark with a flourishing drive down the ground for four.
Mumbai vs Goa | Eknath Kerkar's fifty has extended Mumbai's lead past 100. Goa are currently 265/7, with Lakshay Garg keeping Kerkar company.
Saurashtra vs Odisha | Saurashtra bowled out for 501. Chirag Jani top scores with 235 off 373 balls. Odisha with a mountain to climb.
Gujarat vs Kerala | P.K. Ajith Kumar: Kerala has had an excellent second session here in Rajkot – it didn’t lose a wicket. It has taken tea at 192 for 2 (in 45 overs). After losing two wickets in the last few minutes before tea, Kerala needed to consolidate. That is what opener Rohan Kunnummal and captain Sachin Baby have done. The opener, who is looking for his second hundred in as many innings, is batting on 92 (136b, 11x4, 3x6) and the skipper on 42 (76b, 5x4, 1x6). Kerala trails by 196.
Railways vs Pondicherry | Lalith Kalidas: 100 up for Railways in the 37th over with Vivek and Shivam racking up a 50-run partnership in quick time. Chaudhary has remained positive ever since he's walked in, moving to 34 off 39 balls.
Bengal vs Hyderabad | Y. B. Sarangi: At tea, Hyderabad is at 166/7 in 66 overs. Ravi Teja (52) and Tanay Thyagarajan (46) continued the consolidation work for an unbroken 96-run stand. Hyderabad trailing by 76 runs.
Saurashtra vs Odisha | Chirag Jani has brought up his maiden firsr-class double ton. He is batting on 210 and has K Makwana for company. Saurashtra are 465/8.
Railways vs Pondicherry | Lalith Kalidas: RLW 68/1 (28): Shivam Chaudhary steps out to smash Udeshi over long-on for a huge six before finding a four down to fine leg. 13 runs from the over - that's as much as Udeshi had conceded in his first 9 overs.
Tamil Nadu vs Chhattisgarh | S. Dipak Ragav: WICKET !!! Tamil Nadu gets the first breakthrough in the 4th over. They opened with M. Siddharth at one end and the young left-arm spinner traps Sanidhya Hurkat leg-before. A quicker one, batter on backfoot. Plumb. Chhattisgarh 14/1. Sai Kishore then strikes off his second ball. Removes opener Akhil Herwadkar Chattisgarh 24/2. Spin from both ends
Andhra vs Services | M.R. Praveen Chandran: Andhra all out for 389. Fifer for Pulkit Narang (5/56) as Stephen is the last man out caught in the slips for 5. Andhra lost its last seven wickets for 52 runs. From a formidable 337/3, Andhra collapsed to 389.
Railways vs Pondicherry | Lalith Kalidas: Sagar Udeshi with the first strike for Pondicherry. He traps Mrunal Devdhar for 23. Railways 47/1 in 23.2 overs. Shivam Chaudhary is the new man in.
Karnataka vs J&K |S. Dinakar: Jammu & Kashmir, replying to Karnataka's 302, was bundled out for 93. Fiery paceman Prasidh Krishna took six for 35 off 12 incisive overs. Karnataka chose not to apply the follow on at the IIT-Chemplast ground here on Friday, day two of this Ranji duel.
Saurashtra vs Odisha| Chirag Jani still going strong as wickets tumble around him. He is nearing a 200. He has Dharmedrasinh Jadeja for company. Saurashtra are 412/7.
Tamil Nadu vs Chhattisgarh | S. Dipak Ragav: Fifty minutes into the second session on day two, Tamil Nadu has declared after posting an imposing total of 470 for nine. They didn't see a lot of gain asking Sandeep Warrier to bat and drag the innings on for a few more runs. The pacer is not the most accomplished with the bat.
Earlier, B. Aparajith, who resumed on 101, made 166. He was aggressive today and was able to find boundaries with ease. He started the second session on 144 and two quick boundaries took him past 150.
Shahrukh Khan played aggressively and chipped in with a well-made 69. Both Aparajith and Shahrukh scored freely and quickly in the first session. It has given TN a lot of time after they made 470 in just 118 overs scoring at nearly four runs per over.
A lot will now depend on spinners Sai Kishore and M. Siddharth to bowl TN to a lead first and possibly to a big win as well. Batting is bound to get tougher as the match goes on and we already saw evidence of some sharp turn for the Chhattisgarh left-arm spinners. Chhattisgarh bowlers were not accurate enough. Their spinners Sumit Ruikar got four wickets while Ajay Mandal took three with two runouts.
Karnataka vs J&K |S. Dinakar: Jammu & Kashmir was reeling at 75 for seven soon after lunch with Karnataka paceman Prasidh Krishna, bowling with fire, claiming six wickets. Importantly, he had Abdul Samad caught behind and took out experienced all-rounder Parvez Rasool, caught at gully.
Bengal vs Hyderabad | Y. B. Sarangi: Ravi Teja and Tanay Thyagarajan, who shared eight wickets between them, shouldered the responsibility to revive Hyderabad's innings. They batted sensibly to forge a 56-run unbeaten eighth wicket partnership as conditions eased out after lunch. Hyderabad 127/7.
Tamil Nadu vs Chhattisgarh | S. Dipak Ragav: Sai Kishore was dismissed leg-before going for a sweep for 19. Aparajith, after that, hit a straight six down the ground to move into the 160s. But in an attempt to go for quick runs, Aparajith is caught at covers. TN 451/8
Railways vs Pondicherry | Lalith Kalidas: Second session begins. A crucial hour or two for Pondicherry. Railways had done well to pace their innings at the same venue in R1 against Karnataka with these two - Mrunal and Vivek - notching up fifties before the middle-order went all in.
SECOND SESSION BEGINS
Gujarat vs Kerala | P.K. Ajith Kumar: Rarely was there a dull moment in the opening session of day two here in Rajkot. After bowling out Gujarat for 388, Kerala took lunch at 101 for two (in just 16 overs). And Kerala had gifted those wickets to Gujarat in the last 12 minutes before the interval, with opener P. Rahul (44, 51b, 8x4) and Jalaj Saxena (four) being the guilty. Left-arm spinner Siddharth Desai took those wickets as Rahul stepped out to be stumped, and Jalaj cut an outside edge to slip. Neither batter is likely to enjoy his lunch.
Earlier, Gujarat, which resumed at 334 for six, must have hoped to add more than the 54 it could this morning. M.D. Nidheeh finished with five wickets, but it was fellow-seamer Basil Thampi who took more wickets today as he ended up with four. Wicketkeeper Het Patel was the last man to go, after making a superb 185 (245b, 29x4, 2x6) in just his second Ranji Trophy match.
Railways vs Pondicherry | Lalith Kalidas: Lunch on Day 2: Railways 17/0 in 10 overs - trails by 325. Mrunal and Vivek have been hardly troubled by pacers Bhati and Trivedi. They opted to keep the ball further up - generating minimal zip and bounce unlike their counterparts. There was prodigious carry on offer all day, but Pondy skipper Rohit D has brought in the spinner early on in the innings. However, Fabid Ahmed pulled out mid-way through his first over due to a persistent knee issue and that puts the side in trouble post Lunch if the openers decide to stay put.
Karnataka vs J&K |S. Dinakar: Replying to Karnataka's 302, Jammu & Kashmir was in trouble at 66 for four at lunch. Bowling with pace and control, Prasidh Krishna took three wickets while leg-spinner Shreyas Gopal struck once. For the batting side, opener Kamran Iqbal made 35.
Mumbai vs Goa | Amol Karhadkar: Mumbai end the session on a high! On the cusp of lunch, southpaw Darshan Misal is undone by Dhawan Kulkarni. At 180/6, ahead by 17, Goa will be hoping for Eknath Kerkar to cut loose and convert its 17-run lead into a sizable margin.
Railways vs Pondicherry | Lalith Kalidas: Railways openers Mrunal and Vivek have opted for a watchful approach. But what's caught the eye is the Pondicherry jersey with names on the back, much like the Australian Pink Test whites. Wonder if more teams have begun to adopt the same this time.
Andhra vs Services | M.R. Praveen Chandran: Double strike by off spinner Narang reduces Andhra to 352/6. Ricky Bhui gets a leading edge while trying to sweep Narang and is caught by Lochchab for 149. Sasikanth is trapped leg before off the first ball for a duck. Vijay denies the hat-trick.
Bengal vs Hyderabad | Y. B. Sarangi: At lunch, Hyderabad was at 84/7 in 41 overs. Ishan Porel had Tanmay Agarwal caught in the slips for 29 and Sayan Shekhar Mandal bowled Mickil Jaiswal cheaply. Ravi Teja (13) and Tanay Thyagarajan (12) were at the crease. Mukesh 4/19
Andhra vs Services | M.R. Praveen Chandran: Pulkit Narang gets the breakthrough as he had the well set Karan caught in the slips by Lohchab for 96. Karan misses a deserved hundred. The fourth wicket pair added 218 runs. Ricky Bhui still going strong on 148. Andhra 343/4
Tamil Nadu vs Chhattisgarh | S. Dipak Ragav: Two nice sweep shots from Sai Kishore, to square leg and another to fine leg, against the two left-arm spinners takes TN past 400.
Saurashtra vs Odisha | Odisha break the 141-run partnership between Jani and Vasavada, with the latter falling to Subhransu Senapati for 61. Jani going strong on 152. Saurashtra 371/5.
Mumbai vs Goa | Amol Karhadkar: Mulani ends Amogh Desai's vigil. Immediately Rahane shouts to the bench: "Mohit ko jaldi bhej." Avasthi had taken a breather after bowling 2 spells. Tare: "dono naye hai, daalna padega." Mumbai going for the kill. Onus on "Ekya" Kerkar for Goa. 157/5. Darshan Misal's cover drive off Avasthi followed by Kerkar's single off Mulani with a sweep draws a round of applause from the Goa bench. The scores are level.
Tamil Nadu vs Chhattisgarh | S. Dipak Ragav: WICKET !!! Shahrukh was bowled by left-arm spinner Sumit Ruikar. He went for a sweep and looked like it deflected off him onto the stumps. TN 391/5 WICKET AGAIN !!! Jagadeesan out for a duck. Huge mix up with Aparajith. He drives to covers and sets off for a run. Apar sends him back. Jaggi livid with the call. TN 391/6
Railways vs Pondicherry | Lalith Kalidas: Pondicherry is bowled out for 342. Fabid falls for 32 as Shivam Chaudhary picks the last wicket. Onto the Railways batters now with 69 overs remaining in the day's play.
Karnataka vs J&K |S. Dinakar: Karnataka was bowled out for 302, with Karun Nair making 175. Jammu & Kashmir off-spinner Parvez Rasool scalped four. J & K was 12 without loss after 90 minutes of play on day two.
Tamil Nadu vs Chhattisgarh | S. Dipak Ragav: One hour into the session, runs coming thick and fast for TN. Both Shahrukh and Aparajith finding boundaries with ease. TN up to 385/4 in 100 overs. 77 runs in 14 overs so far today. TN going at 3.85 RPO.
Railways vs Pondicherry | Lalith Kalidas: At Drinks, PDY stands at 319/9 in 104 overs. Fabid still around on 28*. Bhati was the last man to go with Yuvraj picking his third wicket. Frustrating little passage of play for Railways. Fabid and Sidak have quietly added 16 runs for the last wicket. To add to its woes, Sidak was dropped at point off Rahul Sharma's bowling.
Mumbai vs Goa | Amol Karhadkar: Snehal Kauthankar welcomes Shams Mulani into the attack with a straight six. Meanwhile, Sachin Yadav, who had taken off his shin pads after dropping Desai at first slip off Dhawal, is back with the protective gear at silly point off the spinner.
Karnataka vs J&K | Parvez Rasool takes 4 for 80 as Karnataka folds for 302. Karun Nair top-scores with 175 off 311; he was out lbw off Rasool.
Andhra vs Services | M.R. Praveen Chandran: Overnight Andhra batters Ricky Bhui and Karan Shinde have negotiated the opening 45 minutes without any trouble. Three hundred up for Andhra (308/3) Ricky Bhui batting on 121 while Karan is batting on 88.
Gujarat vs Kerala | P.K. Ajith Kumar: It has been an eventful 45 minutes of play in Rajkot. Gujarat has lost three wickets, there has been a dropped catch of the inning’s highest scorer, and there have been some fine strokes too. The morning has also seen M.D. Nidheesh, the hard-working, accurate Kerala seamer, take a five-wicket haul. The other two wickets have been claimed by Basil Thampi, who has been expensive, but it was off his bowling that wicketkeeper Vishnu Vinod dropped Het Patel, while on 155. Gujarat's keeper now is on 170 and his team on 373 for nine, after resuming at 334 for six.
Bengal vs Hyderabad | Y. B. Sarangi: Hyderabad was in trouble after the opening hour's play on day two. Hyderabad lost three wickets to be at 45/5 after 21 overs. Bengal bowlers utilised the conditions well to stall Hyderabad's progress. Mukesh Kumar picked four wickets and Akash Deep got one. Hyderabad captain Tanmay Agarwal held one end with a lot of determination.
Tamil Nadu vs Chhattisgarh | S. Dipak Ragav: Similar session timings like yesterday. 10-11.30 a.m. , 12.120-2.40 p.m., 3.00-5.00 p.m.
Mumbai vs Goa | Amol Karhadkar: The most notable action so far on Day 2 at Motera: change of ball six deliveries into the day (34 ovs into the innings). Hopefully there'll be lesser stoppages for the rest of the day. As action resumes, Dhawal does a Dhawal. Draws Amogh Desai forward into a drive, gets an edge, only to see a regulation catch being dropped at first slip.
Railways vs Pondicherry | Lalith Kalidas: Paras Dogra falls off the fifth ball of the day. He nicks one off the length straight to keeper Upendra Yadav. Massive jolt for Pondicherry first-up. Fabid Ahmed, who retired hurt on 16 yesterday, walks back in. Meanwhile, Yuvraj Singh's on a roll as Railways are wrapping up the lower-order quickly. Sagar Udeshi and Sagar Trivedi perish in the same over. PDY 289/8 in 91 overs.
Mumbai vs Goa | Amogh Desai and Snehal Kauthankar will aim to take the first-innings lead as early as possible. Despite losing a couple of wickets, Goa has been aggressive with the bat. Desai is batting on 51, while skipper Kauthankar is on 16 off 25. Goa trails Mumbai's first-innings score by 49 runs.
Karnataka vs J&K | S. Dinakar: Returning to a city where he conjured a Test match triple hundred, Karun took flight at the quaint IIT-Chemplast ground. He was unbeaten on a compelling 152 (267b, 21x4, 1x6) as Karnataka ended a combative first day of this Ranji contest at 268 for eight.
Bengal vs Hyderabad | Y. B. Sarangi: Rookie wicketkeeper-batter Abishek Porel hit his second successive half-century to help Bengal post a respectable total in its first innings on the opening day of its Ranji Trophy Elite Group B match against Hyderabad at the Barabati Stadium here on Thursday. Thanks to the 19-year-old’s breezy knock (73, 62b, 10x4), Bengal, inserted in, recovered from a precarious 116 for six to score 242.
In reply, Hyderabad, which restricted Bengal with the assistance of left-arm spinner Tanay Thyagarajan’s five-for, was at 15 for two at stumps.
ICYMI | Here's how Day 1 of R2 panned out - UPDATES
Saurashtra vs Odisha | Chirag Jani and Arpit Vasavada will look to pile further misery on the Odisha bowlers. Jani is on 125 and Vasavada on 51. Saurashtra are 325/4 and will look to get at least a 100 more before they even start thinking of a declaration.
Railways vs Pondicherry | Lalith Kalidas: Good morning from Guru Nanak College ground. Day 2 will begin with Pondy at 284/5 - hopes pinned on Dogra who stands on 107*. Railways has its task cut out in the first hour. With another 80-100 on board, it will have a hard climb in its first innings.
Tamil Nadu vs Chhattisgarh | S. Dipak Ragav: There has been some rain overnight and the ground staff are hard at work since morning trying to get the ground. Could be a delayed start here at Guwahati...
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The second day of the second round of India's premier red-ball competition begins today.
All 38 teams will be in action, including defending champion Saurashtra, which squares off against Odisha in Ahmedabad. Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane will once again be in action. They will be keen on extending their form from last game.
In another clash, Tamil Nadu, the Vijay Hazare Trophy runner-up, will play Chhattisgarh in Guwahati ( Preview ).
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