Ranji Trophy HIGHLIGHTS, Day 3: Jadeja picks seven wickets, Saurashtra needs 266 to win; Mumbai, Maharashtra tied in first innings

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Ravindra Jadeja ends with seven wickets. He castles the last batter to end the Tamil Nadu innings in the 37th over.

Ravindra Jadeja picks up his fifth wicket as he rattles the middle stump after Ajith Ram misses his defence.

Ravindra Jadeja picks up his fourth wicket, catching Vijay Shankar leg before. On the previous delivery, Shankar had recieved a reprieve. Jadeja had him leg before but off a no ball.

Shankar was dropped on 10 runs. Dharmendrasinh had him sky a full length delivery but Yuvrajsinh put the chance down at backward point. The lead is 225 runs.

Hyderabad collapsing! Harshit Rana and Divij Mehra have been the wicket takers for Delhi. The trail is still 70 runs.

The first innings tie between Maharshtra and Mumbai means each team will end up with one point. This takes Maharashtra to 26 points and Mumbai to 24 points. Andhra has 26 points as well but will advance by virtue of more bonus points won. It has one, secured against Assam, while Maharashtra has none.

Both Jadejas strike post Tea. Ravindra first castled Indrajith followed by Dharmendra removing Sai Sudarshan.

Tanush Kotian is dismissed and Mumbai is all out for 384. This means that both teams are tied for the first innings and Andhra will go through from the group.

Rajasthan has lost momentum yet again. Poonia removed Deepak and Lomror before Pulkit Narang added a third to the Services wickets column. 280 needed to win.

Hyderabad suffers early setbacks, captain Tanmay Agarwal given caught behind of an attempted pull off Harshit Rana and pacer Divij Mehra forcing Rahul Radesh to snick to wicketkeeper to leave the home team at 18 for two at tea break, after conceding 78 run lead.

Tamil Nadu manages to arrest the fall of wickets. Sudarshan and Indrajith have had all kinds of problems with the ball skidding and staying low but have seen the session out. The lead stands at 193 runs.

The centurion from the last innings - Devdutt Padikkal - fell for a duck but Nikin Jose and Samarth ensured the side reached the target without any hiccups. Karnataka ensures top spot in the group.

Delhi all out for 433, a lead of 78 runs, with Harshit Rana hitting 58 off 90 balls with 8 fours and a six. He was also the last man out lbw to medium pacer Ajay Dev Goud.

Rajasthan managed to clear Services out for 276 - remarkable given that it was cruising at 191/2 at once stage. 319 is the target and the openers have already cut it down by 17 runs.

Ravindra Jadeja strikes from the other end. He bamboozles Shahrukh Khan who prods on his front foot ans sees the ball go past his defence and onto the stumps.

Jagadeesan falls in the first over as he tries a lofted drive over mid off. Jani runs back and completes the catch. Shahrukh Khan is the man sent next by Tamil Nadu.

Even after Ayush Badoni’s (191) wicket, Delhi’s Divij Mehra and Harshit Rana continue to resist and defy Hyderabad. The lead has shot up to 44 runs.

A 132-run advantage for Tamil Nadu at the end of the first innings. Dodiya was the last man dismissed with a staight delivery staying low and rattling the off stump.

Pradosh Ranjan Paul is brought into the attack and he strikes in the first over. Samarth Vyas is trapped leg before and Saurashtra is just one wicket away from conceding three points to Tamil Nadu.

The set batter Prasad Pawar departs!

Karnataka needs 66 runs to win the match. Things wrapped up quickly post Lunch as Jharkhand lost its last four wickets for just nine runs.

Prasad Pawar scored his maiden first-class century as Mumbai headed for lunch at 299-6, still trailing by 85 runs. Resuming the day at 99, Pawar (142 n.o., 256b) brought up his century on the first ball of the day, as Mumbai did make an attempt to fight back in a must-win game.

On a Brabourne Stadium surface that had very little help for the bowlers, Pawar forged a 51-run stand with Shams Mulani before the latter was stumped by stumper Saurabh Nawale off a Siddesh Veer delivery.

Mumbai must take a first-innings lead in a bid to make it to the quarterfinals, but with its top-order failing to rise to the occasion, Pawar stood firm and played a disciplined innings.

However, Maharashtra would be disappointed as Nawale dropped Pawar behind the stumps for 121 off a Pradeep Dadhe delivery. And making optimum use of the reprieve, Pawar went about his business, trying to build yet another partnership with Tanush Kotian (38 no, 55b). Having got six stitches on his left hand after being hit on the first day, Kotian came out to bat and hit three boundaries and a six.

Just at the stroke of lunch, he was caught at deep square leg by Veer off a Dadhe delivery, but the umpires called it a no-ball. As Maharashtra players looked dejected, there were huge cheers from the Mumbai camp.

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Aushi Badoni’s heroics have salvaged three points from Delhi. It was at 277/8 at one point but now has a one run lead and Badoni is still at the crease on 162.

Dharmendrasinh Jadeja hit a sweep for fours in the last over before Lunch. The session clearly belonged to Tamil Nadu and has put it on course to take a first innings lead.

Anukul Roy and Supriyo Chakraborty’s 77-run stand has eked out a lead for Jharkhand. 48 runs now and it remains to be seen how long the two can frustrate Karnataka.

Saurashtra batters are falling like a pack of cards. Prerak Mankad rocks back to cut a back of a length delivery, misses it and sees his stumps disturbed. Third wicket for Ajith Ram.

Vasavada goes in the next over. Ajith Ram castles him. Saurashtra looks on course to concede a first innnings lead.

Chirag Jani falls an agonising one run short of a deserved half century. Siddarth gets him leg before. Samarth Vyas comes out and joins Arpit Vasavada. Trails by 164 runs.

Things going from bad to worse for Kerala. Still 219 runs from parity.

Nagaland fold for 88 in the second innings to hand Baroda a bonus point win. It won’t be advancing to the quarterfinals but an impressive win to end the season on a high.

Lalith Mohan ends up with five wickets as Assam is skittled out for 153 runs in the second innings. An impressive win for Andhra which gets it a bonus point. That still might not be enough to take it through to the knockouts.

Bengal team’s 1st innings folded at 100/9. Majumdar didn’t bat. Bengal has been asked to follow on.

Ayush Badoni completed century with an upper cut off medium pacer Ajay Dev Goud.

-V.V. Subrahmanyam

Another wicket falls for Mumbai. Prasad Pawar is falling short of partners at the other end. Mumbai still 146 runs behind.

Baba Aparajith gets Ravindra Jadeja. The India all-rounder had looked fluent so far but is trapped by the off-break bowler. Saurashtra still 200 behind and it’ll need its long batting order today. Arpit Vasavada joins the action.

jharkhand staring down the barrel. Kumar Suraj and Kumar Kushagra showed signs of a recovery but they too fell in their 30s. Gowtham has picked four wickets in the innings and is two short of a ten-wicket haul for the game. Jharkhand trails by seven runs.

Gujarat’s poor run with the bat continues. It folded for a paltry 205 in the first innings and has been asked to follow on. Hemang Patel was the highest scorer for the team with 39. Need more from the top order if they’re to cover the deficit now standing at 294.

Chirag Jani and nightwatchman Chetan Sakariya lead Saurashtra to 100 in 39 overs. They trail Tamil Nadu by 224 runs.

Y.B. Sarangi from Kolkata: Resuming from 39/2, Bengal lost three wickets quickly adding only 20 runs in less than an hour. Anustup Majumdar, a reliable batter who picked up a thumb injury yesterday, hasn’t come out to bat. Sunil Roul has added two wickets to his one overnight.

Sakibul Gani, who made headlines with a triple-hundred on FC debut last season, has scored a 222-ball double century in the Plate Group final for Bihar v Manipur.

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Bengal 39/2 (15) vs Odisha 265 (98)

Andhra 361 (112) vs Assam 113 & 62/5

Jharkhand 164 & 85/2 vs Karnataka 300 (89.1)

Chhattisgarh 531/9d (155) vs Goa 51/1 (17)

Haryana 158/6 (53 overs) vs Uttarakhand

Himachal Pradesh 15/0 (4.4 overs) vs Uttar Pradesh

Baroda 561/6d vs Nagaland 130 & 19/3

Hyderabad 247/4 (90 overs) vs Delhi

Mumbai vs Maharashtra 314/6 (87 overs)

Tamil Nadu 183/4 (90 overs) vs Saurashtra 92/3

Pondicherry 253/4 (87 overs) vs Kerala

Rajasthan 58/2 (21 overs) vs Services 178

Punjab vs Vidarbha 88/2 (31 overs)

Chandigarh 18/0 (6 overs) vs Jammu & Kashmir

Madhya Pradesh vs Tripura 239/6 (82 overs)

Gujarat vs Railways 372/6 (89 overs)

Bihar 392/4 (90) v Manipur

Sachin Baby (30 n.o., 91b, 3x4) rescue mission, for the umpteenth time this season, helped Kerala save face against Pondicherry on the second day of their Ranji Trophy Group C match here at the Siechem Stadium on Wednesday.

Baby had Salman Nizar (24 n.o., 51b, 2x4, 1x6) for company as play drew to a close with Kerala still 260 runs behind with seven wickets remaining. The duo had cracks to fill with Kerala floundering at 71 for three. It duly responded with a 40-run stand, seeing off almost 20 overs in the final session by mixing flair and caution against the left-arm orthodox spin pair of Sagar Udeshi and Ankit Sharma.

-Dhruva Prasad

Karan Shinde scored an unbeaten 90 off 211 balls as Andhra dominated day two of a Ranji Trophy match against Assam which is staring at a defeat. At Stumps on Wednesday, the visitor was five down for 62 runs and trailing by a massive 186 runs.

In the morning, after a brilliant 148-run partnership between skipper Hanuma Vihari and Abhishek Reddy, Karan and Ricky Bhui went on to add further 73 runs.

-V.S. Aravind

There were no demons in the pitch on Wednesday but Mumbai batters struggled against a disciplined Maharashtra bowling attack. It ended second day’s play at 187 for 5 after Mohit Avasthi claimed his maiden five-wicket haul in First Class cricket to bundle out Maharashtra for 384.

In the crucial Ranji Trophy Elite Group B fixture, Mumbai is trailing by 197 runs and its hopes are now pinned on wicketkeeper-batter Prasad Pawar (99 n.o., 170b, 12x4), who batted with confidence even as wickets tumbled at the other end.

-Shayan Acharya

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