Ranji Trophy HIGHLIGHTS, Round 3 Day 1: Jagadeesan 150 helps TN dominate Railways; Mumbai 251 all out vs Kerala, Goa 228/8 vs Karnataka

That’s it from Day 1 of action. We will be back with the second day. See you tomorrow!

Meghalaya 196/7 vs Nagaland 72

Assam 43/0 vs Andhra 188

Bengal 206/4 vs Chhattisgarh

Odisha 130 vs JK 45/4

Vidarbha 26/4 vs Saurashtra 206

Services vs Jharkhand 195/4

Rajasthan 110/2 vs Maharashtra 189

Manipur vs Haryana 391/3

Kerala vs Mumbai 251

UP vs Bihar - NO PLAY ON DAY 1

Karnataka vs Goa 228/8

Punjab vs Tripura - NO PLAY ON DAY 1

Tamil Nadu 286/5 vs Railways

Chandigarh vs Gujarat - NO PLAY ON DAY 1

Madhya Pradesh 171 vs Delhi 86/2

Uttarakhand 1/1 vs Pondicherry 204

Himachal Pradesh vs Baroda 342/4

Hyderabad 381/3 vs Sikkim 79

Arunachal Pradesh 256/6 vs Mizoram

Praveen Chandran: Shreyas Gopal cleans up Royston Dias for duck. Tanush Kotian remains unbeaten on 56. Shreyas is the pick of the bowlers with fine figures of four for 28.

Prerak Mankad and Chirag Jani join the list of wicket-takers and remove Atharva Taide and Karun Nair, respectively. This is turning out to be a dismal performance from Vidarbha. Still 180 runs away from parity.

Prasanna Venkatesan: Railways’ left-arm spinner Mohammad Saif strikes late in the day! Boopathi Vaishna Kumar departs caught behind for 67 (128b, 6x4).

Jagadeesan has brought up his 150 off 247 balls (16×4, 3x6). This is Jagadeesan’s second first-class 150. The first is his highest first-class score of 183.

Yash Dhull and Himmat Singh at the crease batting on 19 and 6, respectively. Delhi’s trail is just 115 runs now which it should surpass easily.

Assam has chipped away at a steady rate from Andhra’s total of 188 to end the day’s play at 43/0. Rishav Das batting on 18 and Rahul Hazarika on 21.

N Sudarshan: Karnataka finally gets Snehal Kauthankar. Dismissed for 83 by M. Venkatesh. It seemed like he was given out lbw but the ball had struck the bat and Nikin Jose had snapped up the catch in the cordon

Just the start Saurashtra was looking for. The openers Dhruv Shorey and SR Ramaswamy are back in the hut. Unadkat bags the first wicket while the second goes to Adityasinh Jadeja. 

Hitesh Walunj (2/15) has removed the Rajasthan openers as Maharashtra begins its defence of 189 with intent. While only Walunj has ticked off in the wickets column, the others have been economical.

Hundreds from Nishant Sindhu and Himanshu Rana have been the highlights of Haryana dominate day against Manipur. There’s still time left and the VHT champion can easily breach 400 by Stumps.

Word coming in that Stumps have been called in Kolkata. The light will not allow play to continue. Bengal ends Day 1 at 206/4.

Prasanna Venkatesan: M. Boopathi Vaishna Kumar brought up his maiden first-class fifty off 93 balls (5x4)! This is his second first-class match. 

MR Praveen Chandran: Avasthi and Koitan have frustrated Kerala. They have added 35 useful runs to carry Mumbai past 200.

YB Sarangi: Bad light stops play at Eden. Anustup batting 55, Abishek Porel batting 47.

Despite Cheteshwar Pujara departing, the defending champion has been able to eke out a total past 200 thanks to Jaydev Unadkat’s unbeaten 24 off 33 deliveries.

Ajay Kookna ends up with a five-wicket haul to skittle out the opposition for an under-par total.

Yash Dhull and Salil Malhotra open the innings for Delhi. They have wiped out 12 runs from the deficit in seven overs so far. If this pair can consolidate on the good work by their bowlers, Delhi will be in some commanding position at the end of the first day’s play.

Meghalaya 132/4 vs Nagaland 72

Assam vs Andhra 188

Bengal 154/4 vs Chhattisgarh

Odisha 130 vs JK 22/0

Vidarbha vs Saurashtra 183/8

Services vs Jharkhand 84/4

Rajasthan vs Maharashtra 189

Manipur vs Haryana 267/2

Kerala vs Mumbai 187/7

UP vs Bihar

Karnataka vs Goa 142/5

Punjab vs Tripura

Tamil Nadu 215/4 vs Railways

Chandigarh vs Gujarat

Madhya Pradesh 171 vs Delhi

Uttarakhand vs Pondicherry 142/5

Himachal Pradesh vs Baroda 215/4

Hyderabad 186/1 vs Sikkim 79

Arunachal Pradesh 195/6 vs Mizoram

N. Jagadeesan unbeaten on 120 (185b, 13x4, 3x6) and M. Boopathi Vaishna Kumar on 40 (68b, 3x4).

Cheteshwar Pujara’s resistance comes to an end on 43 runs. He tried his best to drop anchor and keep his end as the others fell around him. But this is as far as he could get.

Andhra was reeling at 70 for six at one point. But a 113-run partnership between SM Khan and Nitish Kumar Reddy will ensure the side gets a fighting total.

The stand between Misal and Kauthankar is broken on 82 runs. Misal is stumped off Rohit Kumar on 39. A much needed break for Karnataka.

Anustup Majumdar batting on 36, Abishek Porel on 15. 

Sudip Gharami was removed by Sourabh Majumdar in the fourth over of the second session. He was one short of his half-century (49, 81b, 8x4). Anustup and Manoj Tiwary tried to consolidate again even as they were tested by Chhattisgarh pacers. A set Tiwary was bowled when he left a Ravi Kiran ball which kissed the off stump. Anustup and Abishek played carefully punishing the bad balls and helping Bengal cross 150 before tea.

Umar Nazir wraps up the tail as Odisha folds for 130 runs. Despite the low total, Odisha will take the 63 runs added for the final two wickets as a bonus.

N Sudarshan: Health concerns for Karnataka. R. Samarth isn’t playing this game because of a bout of viral fever. Manish Pandey, after hurting his hand while dropping Snehal in the first session, is still off the field. Now D. Nischal has joined him in the tent after getting hit on the back by a Darshan Misal pull while fielding at short leg

Prasanna Venkatesan: Local lad Jagadeesan brings up his 7th first-class hundred with a six down the ground off left-arm spinner Akash Pandey! Gets to the mark in 165 balls. Thats the first hundred for Jagadeesan in Coimbatore.

MR Praveen Chandran: Shreyas Gopal gives Kerala the prized wicket of Shivam Dube. The batter after hitting the bowler majestically over long-on for a six to bring up his fifty, feathers a googly and is caught by Sanju Samson. 

Three wickets in two overs for Umesh Yadav. He gets rid of Sheldon Jackson, Arpit Vasavda and Prerak Mankad. Saurashtra goes from 153/3 to 153/6. Pujara batting on 28.

Snehal Kauthankar and Darshan Misal have brought up a fifty-run stand for the fouth wicket. Karnataka had its tail up with Goa at 45/3 but this pair has helped the side push its way back into the contest.

A meek collapse for Madhya Pradesh in the second session. Five wickets for just 47 runs. Pacers Divij Mehra and Himanshu Chauhan have torn the MP lineup apart.

Prasanna Venkatesan: Jagadeesan unbeaten on 82 (147b, 9x4, 2x6), continues to inch closer to a century, and M. Boopathi Vaishna Kumar on 13 (22b, 1x4).

A fifer from Rohit Sharma (5/12) has left the Odisha innings in tatters. Umran Malik has scalped two too.

MR Praveen Chandran: Sachin Baby dropped Dube in the second slip off MD Nideesh when the batter was on 12. Kerala paying the price now as Dube has flexed his muscles to hit a rapid 37. Jalaj pinches out Mulani for eight.

Two quick wickets for Railways. First, Akash Pandey induces an edge off Indrajith which is pouched by Upendra Yadav. Then Vijay Shankar is able to last just eight deliveries before Karn Sharma traps him in front.

Sudip Gharami’s knock is cut an agonising one run short of a half century by Saurabh Majumdar. He gets 49 off 81 with eight boundaries. Skipper Manoj Tiwary out in the middle now. Anustup Majumdar batting on 18.

Ajay Kookna’s left-arm spin has proved too much for the Maharashtra batters. The southpaw has picked three wickets for 35 runs in nine overs. Ankit Bawne is his latest victim after Lunch. It is all upto Kedar Jadhav now, playing on 20 off 22, to take his team to a respectable total.

Harvik Desai’s innings is put to an end by Yash Thakur who castles him on 68. Sheldon Jackson joins Pujara now.

At lunch, TN 114/2 in 37 overs. Opener N. Jagadeesan is unbeaten on 67 (108b, 9x4, 1x6) and Baba Indrajith on 14 (29b, 2x4).

Kerala wins the first session as Mumbai goes into lunch at 117/5. Dube is batting on eight and Shams Mulani on two.

Meghalaya 26/1 vs Nagaland 72

Assam vs Andhra 102/6

Bengal 80/2 vs Chhattisgarh

Odisha 46/3 vs JK

Vidarbha vs Saurashtra 110/2

Services 16/3 vs Jharkhand 

Rajasthan vs Maharashtra 95/4

Manipur vs Haryana 120/2 

Kerala vs Mumbai 117/5

UP vs Bihar

Karnataka vs Goa 60/3

Punjab vs Tripura

Tamil Nadu 114/2 vs Railways

Chandigarh vs Gujarat

Madhya Pradesh 97/3 vs Delhi

Uttarakhand vs Pondicherry 41/0

Himachal Pradesh vs Baroda 87/3

Hyderabad vs Sikkim 79

Arunachal Pradesh 119/2 vs Mizoram

YB Sarangi says: Bengal, asked to bat, was at 80 for the loss of its openers in 34 overs at the lunch break. After Sourav Paul was trapped lbw by JP Bhutte in the ninth over, the other opener Shreyansh Ghosh and Sudip Gharami steadied the boat with a 51-run partnership. A patient Ghosh (22 off 111, 1*4) was removed by Vasudev Bareth shortly before lunch. Gharami (42 off 66, 7*4) and Anustup Majumdar (4 off 1) were at the crease.

Umesh Yadav brings about the end of Vishvarajsinh Jadeja which means the big man Cheteshwar Pujara makes his way to the crease.

Prasanna Venkatesan: B. Sachin (33, 80b, 2x4) steps out and gets stumped off left-arm spinner Akash Pandey. Baba Indrajith is the new batter for Tamil Nadu.

MR Praveen Chandran: Kerala strikes twice in two overs. Shreyas Gopal has Pawar edging a catch to Vishnu Vinod in the slips. Bhupen soon after completing his fifty is caught down the leg side by Sanju off Nidheesh. Dube is the new man.

Chauhan comes back for his second spell to get the wicket of Yash Dubey. He castles the batter to break the 3rd-wicket stand on 54 runs. 

Prasanna Venkatesan from the ground: Local lad Jagadeesan brings up his 8th first-class fifty off 84 balls (8x4)! Weathered the remarkable bounce from the pacers in the initial phase. Even upper-cut a bouncer for four!

N Sudarshan from the ground: Prized wicket for Karnataka. Suyash Prabhudessai chops on a delivery from left arm spinner Rohit Kumar. Suyash had hit the previous two balls for fours, both on the leg side. A third attempt costs him the wicket. The bail takes a bit of time to fall. But he is out nonetheless

MR Praveen Chandran from the ground: Mumbai hurtles to 100 as Bhupen Lalwani lashes three consecutive boundaries off Suresh. Wicketkeeper Pawar has been positive and severe with loose balls. The fourth-wicket stand has put on 63 runs so far.

The partnership between Gharami and Ghosh is now worth 50 runs. They’ve put Bengal in command with contrasting knocks. Ghosh is 22 off 107 with just one four while Gharami has managed 37 off 60 courtesy of six fours.

N Sudarshan from the ground: Extremely slow start from Goa. Just two boundaries in 21 overs. Goa could have also been three down but Manish Pandey grassed Snehal Kauthankar at second slip off local lad M. Venkatesh

Prasad Pawar’s quickfire 28 off 32 has mended the Mumbai scoreline. Bhupen Lalwani continues to stay and hold one end. He is on 34 off 48. 

Sarvate gets the first scalp for his side in the form of Jivrajani who gets 15 off 45. Vishvarajsinh Jadeja joins Harvik Desai who is five runs away from a half century.

Aniket Chaudhary’s early wicket had Maharashtra at six for one, but its been a dogged fight from Shah and Palkar to recalibrate the innings. 

Mukhtar Hussain (3/21) and Rahul Singh (2/21) have combined to rattle the Andhra batting unit. Ricky Bhui and UMS Girinath showed promise with their 32-run partnership for the fourth wicket but it proved short-lived.

Just when the partnership between Suved Parkar and Bhupen Lalwani was looking like gathering steam, the former falls to Vishveshwar Singh on 18. Mumbai’s batting woes continue.

MR Praveen Chandran from the ground: Vishweshwar Suresh strikes in his over as Suved Parkar is caught behind by Sanju Samson for 18. 

V Koushik puts an end to Siddarth KV’s stay in the middle. He gets just two runs from 25 deliveries.

Prasanna V from the ground: Pacers Yuvraj Singh and Kunal Yadav got good bounce off the wicket. Opener R. Vimal Khumar was bowled (top of off) by Yuvraj Singh off the fifth ball of the match.

Vyshak V and V Koushik have been on the money in their first spells. 11 overs done and just 10 runs on the board. Suyash Prabhudessai and Siddharth KV at the crease for Goa. Going by their approach, looks like they’ll wait for the ball to get a bit softer to play get a move along.

Harvik Desai has decided to take the Vidarbha bowlers on. He is batting on 36 runs off 39 deliveries and has breached the fence five times. Umesh Yadav, Vidarbha’s strike bowler, has gone at 5.20 runs per over.

The score of six for no loss is put into perspective when the over count of 11 comes up on the scorecard. The Jammu & Kashmir pace battery has completely dried up the runs for the Odisha openers in the early overs.

Though Sourav Paul departed early after adding just 12 off 26 balls, Sudip Gharami and Shreyansh Ghosh have kept the runs coming for their side.

Sneh Kushwah tries to drive a length delivery off Chauhan, only to hand an edge to Himmat Sngh at second slip. 

Divij Sharma got the first wicket to remove Himanshu Mantri.

Vyshak Vijayakumar hands Karnataka the early wicket in the form of Ishan Gadekar. 

Yuvraj traps Vimal Khumar leg before with the opener yet to get off the mark. Jagadeesan and Sachin B with the responsibility now to put the side on track.

Basil Thampi has rocked the Mumbai top order. He gets the wicket of Jay Bista on the first delivery of the innings. Then captain Ajinkya Rahane departs for a golden duck as well.

Tamil Nadu: Sai Kishore, Jagadeesan, Vijay Shankar, B Indrajith, Vimal Kumar, Sachin B, BV Kumar, Mohamad Ali, Mohammed M, Ajeeth Ram, Sandeep Warrier.

Railways: Upendra Yadav, Shivam Chaudhary, Nishant Kushwah, Mohammad Saif, Pratham Singh, Akash Pandey, Vivek Singh, Karn Sharma, Sahab Yuvraj Singh, Yuvraj Singh, Kunal Yadav.

Match delayed due to bad light.

A dream start for Assam with the ball. Openers DB Prashanth Kumar and CR Gnaneshwar depart for 12 and 1, respectively. 

It will be Sourav Paul and Shreyansh Ghosh who will make their way to the middle for Bengal. A job at their hands after being inserted in.

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Meghalaya vs Nagaland - Meghalaya wins the toss, opts to field

Assam vs Andhra - Andhra wins the toss, opts to bat

Bengal vs Chhattisgarh - Chhattisgarh wins the toss, opts to field

Odisha vs JK - JK wins the toss, opts to field

Vidarbha vs Saurashtra - Vidarbha wins the toss, opts to field

Services vs Jharkhand - TOSS DELAYED

Rajasthan vs Maharashtra - Rajasthan wins the toss, opts to field

Manipur vs Haryana - Manipur wins the toss, opts to field

Kerala vs Mumbai - Mumbai wins the toss, opts to bat

UP vs Bihar - TOSS DELAYED

Karnataka vs Goa - Goa wins the toss, opts to bat

Punjab vs Tripura - TOSS DELAYED

Tamil Nadu vs Railways - Tamil Nadu wins the toss, opts to bat

Chandigarh vs Gujarat - TOSS DELAYED

Madhya Pradesh vs Delhi - MP wins the toss, opts to bat

Uttarakhand vs Pondicherry - Uttarakhand wins the toss, opts to field

Himachal Pradesh vs Baroda - Himachal Pradesh wins the toss, opts to field

Hyderabad vs Sikkim - Hyderabad wins the toss, opts to bat

Arunachal Pradesh vs Mizoram - Arunachal Pradesh wins the toss, opts to bat

Meghalaya vs Nagaland

Assam vs Andhra

Bengal vs Chhattisgarh

Odisha vs JK

Vidarbha vs Saurashtra

Services vs Jharkhand

Rajasthan vs Maharashtra

Manipur vs Haryana

Kerala vs Mumbai

UP vs Bihar

Karnataka vs Goa

Punjab vs Tripura

Tamil Nadu vs Railways

Chandigarh vs Gujarat

Madhya Pradesh vs Delhi

Uttarakhand vs Pondicherry

Himachal Pradesh vs Baroda

Hyderabad vs Sikkim

Arunachal Pradesh vs Mizoram

Select matches from the third round of the Ranji Trophy will be telecast on Sports18 and live streamed on JioCinema.