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DAY 2 SCORES AT STUMPS
SAURASHTRA 122/3 VS ANDHRA 415 - STUMPS
KARNATAKA 137/2 VS KERALA 342 - STUMPS
At Stumps, Karnataka 137/2. Mayank Agarwal batting on 87 and Nikhin Jose unbeaten on 16. Only 53 runs came in the final session.
DELHI TAKES THE LEAD VS MUMBAI
Vaibhav Rawal falls for a brilliant 114 just after Delhi takes the crucial first-innings lead. Shams Mulani cleans up Rawal for his second scalp. Delhi 298 for six, leads Mumbai by five runs.
GUJARAT NEEDS 73 RUNS TO WIN VS VIDARBHA
Vidarbha folds for 254 in its second innings to set Gujarat a target of just 73 runs after conceding a huge 182-run first innings lead. Desai picks six for 74 to rattle Gujarat while Vidarbha’s Jitesh Sharma scores a brisk 53-ball 69.
MADHYA PRADESH LOSES SHUBHAM SHARMA VS PUNJAB
Shubham goes for a 108-ball 50 after adding 62 runs with Harsh Gawali (29). Mayank Markande strikes in the next over to remove Puneet Datey for a duck and Punjab has two wickets in quick succession. MP 143/4, trails by 300 runs.
UTTAR PRADESH IN THE LEAD VS ODISHA
Priyam Garg (122) and Rinku Singh (66) have added 163 runs to take UP to 250 for three against Odisha. Uttar Pradesh now leads by 24 runs and looks set to extend it by a big margin.
JHARKHAND TAKES LEAD VS PONDICHERRY
Jharkhand 244 for three, leads by 13 runs. Virat Singh (77) and Saurabh Tiwary (54) have added 112 runs for the fourth wicket to put Jharkhand ahead in the contest.
DELHI 283/5 VS MUMBAI 293
Delhi skipper Himmat Singh finally falls after a 167-ball 85 as Shams Mulani gets Mumbai a breakthrough. A 195-run partnership ends between Himmat and Vaibhav Rawal (108*) as Delhi is just 10 runs away from the lead.
ASSAM 87/4 VS TAMIL NADU 540
KARNATAKA 118/2 VS KERALA 342
The progress after Tea has beeb relatively slow. Nidheesh bowled a probing spell and bowled Padikkal for 29. Nikin Jose hasn’t looked fluent in the middle. Vathsal Govind failed to judge a high catch off a Mayank mishit at point when the batter was on 65. The chance went begging and Sijomon was the unlucky bowler. Mayank on 79 and Jose on six.
SAURASHTRA 65/3 vs ANDHRA 415
Saurashtra loses third wicket. The set Chirag Jani departs for 24 runs. Sheldon Jackson is at the other end, batting on 26 off 32 deliveries.
VIDARBHA 227/7 vs GUJARAT 256
Jitesh Sharma is firing on all cylinders. With four fours and five sixes, the batter has reached 69 runs off just 52 deliveries. He has eked out a lead worth 45 runs.
ASSAM 71/3 vs TAMIL NADU 540
Just when Assam’s innings showed signs of life. Riyan Parag and Subham Mandal had stood for 45 runs before Ajith Ram bowled the latter.
DELHI 244/4 vs MUMBAI 293
Himmat Singh and Vaibhav Raiwal continue to gather runs and chip away Mumbai’s first innings score. They’ve swung the momentum in their side’s favour with a 151-run partnership. Shams Mulani has gone wicketless in 15 overs and that has perhaps been the reason for Mumbai’s troubles in the second and third sessions.
KARNATAKA 96/2 vs KERALA 342
Devdutt Padikkal is castled by Nidheesh and Karnataka loses its second wicket. That brings an end to the 89-run stand between Padikkal and Mayank Agarwal. S.J. Nikin Jose now joins the skipper at crease.
MADHYA PRADESH 96/2 vs PUNJAB 443
Yash Dubey departs shortly after completing his fifty. Abhishek Sharma gets him to nick one and wicketkeeper Anmolpreet Singh does the rest. Harsh Gawli joins Shubham Sharma. Trails by 347 runs.
HARYANA 82/6 vs BENGAL 419
Haryana’s first innings in tatters. Akash Deep has picked up four wickets. C.K. Bishnoi (28) has been the highest scorring batter for Haryana. Harshal Patel is the new man joining S.P. Kumar in the middle. A follow-on looking likely here.
SAURASHTRA 27/2 vs ANDHRA 415
And the very next update is that Cheteshwar Pujara is out. Clean bowled by Nithish Kumar Reddy for just five runs. Chirag Jani still batting on 14.
SAURASHTRA 25/1 vs ANDHRA 415
Andhra picks the first wicket. Harvik Desai is caught behind of Nithish Kumar Reddy. The new batter in is Cheteshwar Pujara. Trails by 390 runs.
SAURASHTRA 12/0 vs ANDHRA 415
VIDARBHA 123/5 vs GUJARAT 256 - TEA
Vidarbha still 53 runs in deficit in its second innings. The onus is on Jitesh Sharma to fight the side out of trouble and post a competitive enough target. Sarvate keeping him company at the other end.
MADHYA PRADESH 73/1 vs PUNJAB 443 - TEA
Yash Dubey and Shubham Sharma combined for 45 runs to escape the early jitters faced by their side. Trails by 370 runs with nine wickets in hand.
HYDERABAD 100/1 vs MAHARASHTRA 385 - TEA
Rahul Radesh reaches fifty as play is broken for Tea on Day 2. Along with Rohit Rayudu, the deficit has been brought down to 285 runs.
KARNATAKA 84/1 vs KERALA 342 - TEA
Mayank has crossed 50 and is batting on 56. Padikkal not out 25. Second wicket has put on 82 runs. Things looking ominous for Kerala.
-M.R. Praveen Chandran
DELHI 206/4 vs MUMBAI 293
Vaibhav Rawal and Himmat Singh have steadied the Delhi innings. The partnership is worth 118 runs and Delhi’s trail is now under 100 runs.
ASSAM 28/2 vs TAMIL NADU 540
Assam in trouble as Rishav Das is dismissed by Ajith Ram. The new batter - Riyan Parag - is off with a boundary. Trails by 512 runs.
ANDHRA 415 all out vs SAURASHTRA
Yuvrajsinh Dodiya gets the last wicket of the innings. Dodiya and Jadeja end with three wickets each. Ashwin Hebbar’s century has led Andhra to a commanding first innings score.
BARODA 26/1 VS UTTARAKHAND 199
Uttarakhand’s Dhapola got rid of opener P. Kumar with just 22 on the board. Priyanshu Moliya is the new batter as Baroda trails by 87 runs.
ANDHRA 411/8 VS SAURASHTRA
KARNATAKA 56/1 VS KERALA 342
Mayank Agarwal and Devdutt Padikkal put up a fifty partnership for the second wicket. The spinners have come in for some stick. Mayank has been aggressive and has moved to 34. Padikkal also has looked comfortable in the middle.
ASSAM 5/1 VS TAMIL NADU 540
MADHYA PRADESH 38/1 VS PUNJAB 443
Siddharth Kaul gets Himanshu Mantri leg-before-wicket for 8 as Madhya Pradesh loses its first wicket for 28. Shubham Sharma joins Yash Dubey as MP faces an uphill task of overcoming Punjab’s huge 443.
MANIPUR 166 ALL OUT VS SIKKIM 229
Sikkim takes a 63-run first-innings lead in the Plate semifinal at it dismisses Manipur for 166 with Bijay picking four for 18.
ANDHRA 387/7 VS SAURASHTRA
DELHI 148/4 VS MUMBAI 293
Himmat Singh and Vaibhav Rawal have put up a gritty 60-run stand to frustrate Mumbai and trim the deficit to 145 runs. Still a lot of work to be done on a tricky surface but Delhi looking comfortable for now.
UTTARAKHAND 199 ALL OUT VS BARODA 86
Uttarakhand takes a 113-run first innings lead with Swapnil Singh top scoring with 63. Rathva is the pick of the bowlers for Baroda with four for 19. Now it is up to its batters to put up a better fight in the second innings.
TAMIL NADU 540 ALL OUT VS ASSAM
The host is finally dismissed for a mammoth 540 in 132.3 overs as Riyan Parag gets Trilok Nag for 14. Riyan ends with figures of four for 101. Tamil Nadu loses its last six wickets for 41 runs.
UTTAR PRADESH 93/3 VS ODISHA 226
Captain Karan Sharma is clean bowled by Suryakant Pradhan for just 7 and Uttar Pradesh is three down now and in a spot of bother. Pradhan scalps all three. Rinku Singh joins Priyam Garg with UP still trailing by 133 runs.
TAMIL NADU 511/8 VS ASSAM
Vijay Shankar finally goes for 112 off 187 as Sarupam Purkayastha strikes. Tamil Nadu has now lost four wickets for just 12 runs against Assam.
KARNATAKA 2/1 VS KERALA 342
Dream start for Vysakh Chandran, who cleans up R. Samarth for 2. Karnataka 2/1, trails by 340 runs.
UTTAR PRADESH 79/2 VS ODISHA 226
Dhruv Jurel falls after Lunch for 44 as he is trapped in front by Suryakant Pradhan. Uttar Pradesh trails by 147 runs with eight wickets in hand. Captain Karan Sharma now joins Priyam Garg at the crease.
BACK AFTER LUNCH FOR SESSION 2 ON DAY 2
TAMIL NADU 505/7 VS ASSAM - LUNCH
Pradosh Ranjan Paul and Vijay Shankar picked off from where they left it on day one as both of them slammed their third tons of the season.
After getting to his hundred, Pradosh had fun out in the middle with few upper cuts and flicks as he calmly got to his 150 before he was bowled, with the ball from Riyan Parag scooting low.
Vijay Shankar at the other end held himself back for large parts of the session happy to just pick the singles as he made it a hat-trick of centuries this year. He hit the match’s only six of the day when he pulled Akash Sengupta over midwicket for a six.
Just 20 minutes before lunch, there was something to cheer for Assam as Parag dismissed Pradosh and then Shahrukh, trapped leg before, off successive deliveries. Left-arm spinner Siddharth Sarmah then had skipper R. Sai Kishore caught going for a sweep. TN finish on 505 for seven. Ajith Ram is there to give company to Vijay Shankar and the duo had a crucial 53-run stand in the last match against Maharashtra. Ajith can hold his own and on a pitch that is easy for batting, he can be handy. TN will look to get as much as possible and quickly before going for the kill with the ball.
There is some spin and the odd ball is keeping low but it also requires the spinners to hit the right areas to get the purchase.
-S. Dipak Ragav
VIDARBHA 74 & 46/2 vs GUJARAT 256 - LUNCH
Gujarat is drivers seat at Lunch on Day 2. It took a first innings lead of 182 runs. The bowler then fired with two wickets including captain Faiz Fazal. Vidarbha 46/2, still trails by 136 runs.
JHARKHAND 57/1 PONDICHERRY 231 - LUNCH
Jharkhand ends the session on 57/1 after bowling out Pondicherry for 231. Trails by 174 runs now.
KERALA 342 ALL OUT VS KARNATAKA - LUNCH
The Kerala tail wagged this morning. Jalaj hit the first 50 of the season but couldn’t convert it into a big score. Koushik breached his defence to take a fifer. Sijomon nudged and edged his way to 24 before Gowtham yorked him. Vysakh Chandran and Nidheesh tode their luck to add 25 runs for last wicket. Mayanak opted for extended session to bowl out Kerala. Koushik gets the last wicket, has Nidheesh caught behind for 12. Kerala all out for 342.
-M.R. Praveen Chandran
ANDHRA 334/6 VS SAURASHTRA - LUNCH
Andhra added 78 runs in the session for the loss of just one wicket to end the session at 334/6. It’s been a frustrating session for Saurashtra, tells Lalith Kalidas from Rajkot. Ashwin Hebbar batting on 53 runs.
DELHI 110/4 VS MUMBAI 293 - LUNCH
Delhi ends the first session at 110/4. It’ll be happy with the run rate but the loss of four wickets has hampered the innings. Himmat Singh and Vaibhav Rawal have halted the slide for now, but a long road still to cover. For Mumbai, Avasthi and Deshpande picked two wickets each.
Another century for Vijay Shankar
Tamil Nadu 499/4 as Vijay Shankar gets to another Ranji Trophy century. Pradosh Ranjan Paul is past 150 runs on the other end.
Punjab’s Nehal Wadhera hits 200
Punjab has breached the 400-run mark courtesy Nehal Wadhera’s double ton. 20 fours and one six on his way to the milestone. Able support offered to him by the team’s tail.
Nehal Wadhera’s wagon wheel | Photo Credit: BCCI
Delhi 89/4 vs Mumbai
Tushar Deshpande strikes again! Hrithik Shokeen’s valiant 45-run innings comes to an end. The deficit is now 204 runs with Vaibhav Rawal and Himmat Singh in the middle.
Uttarakhand 154/6 vs Baroda
After falling to 76/5, Swapnil Singh and Akhil Rawat have ensured that their side puts up a significant lead against Baroda. They struck 72 runs together before Rawat was dismissed. The advantage at 68 runs for Uttarakhand.
Hyderabad loses early wicket vs Maharashtra
Captain Tanmay Agarwal falls for just 3 runs. Not the start the team would have wanted. Total at 17/1 with Rohit Rayudu and Rahul Radesh at the crease.
Delhi 78/3 vs Mumbai
Tushar Deshpande gets the big wicket of Nitish Rana. He departs for just 11 runs. The home team still 215 runs away from parity.
Tamil Nadu 468/4 vs Assam
The partnership between Pradosh Ranjan Paul and Vijay Shankar nearing 250 runs.
Andhra loses sixth wicket
Bengal 389/9 vs Haryana
The centurion Anustup Majumdar fell for 145 today. A quickfire 22 off 18 deliveries by Akash Deep along with Pradipta Pramanik’s 37 offered rearguard. Will Bengal be able to cross 400?
Punjab 372/8 vs Madhya Pradesh
Punjab has lost three wickets in the morning session which has titled the scales even for the match. Nehal Wadhera, however, remains a thorn for Madhya Pradesh. He is unbeaten on 161 runs and Punjab will bank on him to post as many runs on the board as possible.
Maharashtra 385 all out vs Hyderabad
Kartikeya Kak tears apart the Maharashtra tail. He ends with figures of 7/91. Hyderabad picks five wickets for just 32 runs on Day 2. Kak got four of these.
Andhra 292/5 vs Saurashtra
Ashwin Hebbar (36) and Lalith Mohan (23) have built patiently on Day 2. The duo has now stood together for 43 runs. They continue with the approach Hyderabad took yesterday - waiting game.
JAMMU & KASHMIR 100/0 VS TRIPURA
Hundred-run opening stand between Abhinav Puri (53) and Shubham Khajuria (47) and Jammu and Kashmir is off to a strong start after hardly any play was possible on the first day.
KERALA 268/7 VS KARNATAKA
Shreyas Gopal gets the breakthrough as he induces an edge from Sachin Baby (141) and is snapped up by Manish Pandey at first slip. There is turn and bounce for Gopal. Captain Sijomon Joseph is the new batter.
RAJASTHAN 360 ALL OUT VS CHHATTISGARH
Rajasthan manages to eke out 30 runs for the loss of two wickets today as Suthar ends unbeaten on 64. A competitive total for Rajasthan, especially considering it was reeling at 89 for four. Wicketkeeper Joshi led the fightback with a 181-ball 123.
DELHI 31/2 VS MUMBAI
Mohit Avasthi knocks over a Delhi batter’s off stump for the second time today. Dhruv Shorey departs 19 off 27 balls and Nitish Rana joins Shokeen.
KERALA 261/6 VS KARNATAKA
The overnight Kerala batters Sachin Baby and Jalaj Saxena have easily negotiated the first half an hour. And they have scored runs at a fast clip. Kerala 261 for six. Baby batting on 140 and Jalaj on 44. The partnership is now worth 87 runs for seventh wicket.
UTTARAKHAND 88/5 VS BARODA
Uttarakhand, at 88 for five, takes the first-innings lead against Baroda, while it is not the kind of start it would have wanted. Aditya Tare fell today for 27 before Swapnil Singh and Anil Singh Rawat took Uttarakhand past Baroda’s score of 86 all out.
PONDICHERRY 231 ALL OUT VS JHARKHAND
Pondicherry just adds 14 runs to its overnight score and loses three wickets. Anukul Roy and Ashish Kumar pick three each while Paras Dogra and Arun Karthick score 68 apiece.
DELHI 10/1 VS MUMBAI, TRAILS BY 283 RUNS
Mohit Avasthi uproots debutant Vaibhav Sharma’s off stump as he gets the ball to shape in a bit. Mumbai draws first blood and Delhi is rocked early. Hrithik Shokeen joins Dhruv Shorey.
CENTURY FOR PRADOSH RANJAN PAUL!
Pradosh gets to his hundred after he ended day one on 99. Tamil Nadu 393/4 vs Assam. What a season Pradosh is having. Third century in this season, over 550 runs at an average in excess of 90. Take a bow young man!
ANDHRA 256/5 VS SAURASHTRA
DELHI 4/0 VS MUMBAI, TRAILS BY 289 RUNS
Dhruv Shorey and debutant Vaibhav Sharma opne the innings for Delhi. Tushar Deshpande starts off the proceedings with the ball. Short one to start with and then Shorey flicks one with flourishing wrists off the pads for a four through midwicket. A desperate LBW appeal off the last ball of the first over as Shorey defends on the frontfoot and gets an inside edge onto his pads. Mohit Avasthi operates from the other end.
BIG INNINGS ON THE CARDS FOR THE STALWART?
SARFARAZ KNOCKING/BREAKING THE SELECTION DOOR DOWN?
With yet another hundred in domestic First-Class cricket yesterday, Sarfaraz Khan continues to turn heads and demand a India call-up. When will it come? That’s a discussion for another day. For now, relive his splendid knock.
EARLY RISER SHELDON AT IT AGAIN
CAN SAURASHTRA RESTRICT ANDHRA?
Lalith says hi from Rajkot. Can Saurashtra pacers Unadkat and Sakariya restrict Andhra below 300 after striking late last evening to give their team an opening?
DAY 1 SCORES AT STUMPS
DAY 1 RECAP
Delhi vs Mumbai
Thanks to some disciplined bowling and helpful conditions, unheralded Delhi had the surprising upper hand at lunch on day one of the Ranji Trophy contest against Mumbai at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. It took a patient rearguard effort from the in-form Sarfaraz Khan (125, 155b, 16x4, 4x6) and Shams Mulani (39, 103b, 6x4) to blunt the bowling attack and see their team through to a healthy total of 293 at Stumps.
-Abhishek Mukherjee
Saurashtra vs Andhra
Jaydev Unadkat’s milestone 100th First Class match did not get off to a bright start as Saurashtra toiled for wickets in its Ranji Trophy sixth-round game against Andhra Pradesh at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot on Tuesday.
However, skipper Unadkat and Chetan Sakariya’s breakthroughs in the last hour helped the host claw its way back with the latter’s dismissal of Ricky Bhui (80, 155b, 8x4, 1x6) tilting the scales. Andhra was at 256 for five at Stumps.
-Lalith Kalidas
Tamil Nadu vs Assam
Tamil Nadu batters, led by N. Jagadeesan (125, 152b, 14x4), made merry on their return to the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium for the first time this season, racking up 386 for four on the first day of the Ranji Trophy clash against Assam on Tuesday.
After Jagadeesan’s knock, Pradosh Ranjan Paul took the baton from him and inched closer to what could be his third hundred of the season as he finished the day unbeaten on 99 (127b, 11x4).
B. Indrajith (77) and Vijay Shankar (53 batting) chipped in with vital contributions as the Assam bowlers looked clueless against players who knew the conditions like the back of their hands.
-S. Dipak Ragav
Kerala vs Karnataka
Karnataka captain Mayank Agarwal wouldn’t have bothered too much about losing the toss in the morning as his opening bowlers made early inroads and enabled the visitors to take control of the Ranji Trophy match against Kerala at the KCA-St. Xavier’s College ground on Tuesday.
In ideal conditions for swing bowling, the Karnataka medium pacers, V. Koushik and V. Vyshak, forced errors from Kerala’s top order batters to reduce it to 5/3.
It needed yet another rearguard century from Sachin Baby (116 batting) to carry the hosts to a respectable total of 224 for six at stumps on the opening day.
-M.R. Praveen Chandran
WHEN AND WHERE TO WATCH RANJI TROPHY
When to watch Ranji Trophy 2022/23?
Ranji Trophy Round 6 fixtures will start from Tuesday, January 17 from 9:30 AM IST.
Where to watch Ranji Trophy 2022/23 on TV?
A select number of tournament matches are being telecast on Star Sports 2 and Star Sports 2 HD. The telecast also provides updates and scores from all matches at regular intervals.
Where to live stream Ranji Trophy 2022/23?
The streaming of the Ranji Trophy matches will be available on Disney+ Hotstar app.
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