Ranji Trophy Highlights, 2023-24 Quarterfinal Day 1: Sai Kishore fifer restricts SAU to 183; Musheer, Taide score hundreds

Taide’s century puts Vidarbha firmly in the driving seat at the end of Day 1. Karun Nair has looked solid so far. He will hope to stitch up a stand with Wadkar tomorrow to help post a solid first innings score. 

Shayan: Avesh Khan is run out and Madhya Pradesh loses ninth wicket for 227. A direct hit by Girinath Reddy!

N Jagadeesan and Sai Kishore hold fort till the end of the day after the fall of an early wicket. TN trails by 160 runs. 

Hardik Raj gets his first wicket of the match, removes centurion Atharva Taide for 109. Akshay Wadkar joins Karun Nair in the middle. 

The fifty-run stand is broken as Sasikanth removes Kartikeya to bring up his fourth wicket. Avesh Khan in at 10.

Hundred partnership up between Musheer and Hardik Tamore with just one more over of play remaining in the day. 

Dipak: Chirag Jani strikes for Saurashtra. Pegs back Vimal Khumar’s leg-stump. walks across and misses a flick. TN 9/1. Sai Kishore in at 3.

Kumar Kartikeya leads the fightback as MP manage to cross the 200-run mark. His partnership with Saransh Jain is now 44. Andhra needs to break this stand quickly.

Atharva Taide brings up his century off 225 balls. Took up a lot of balls in his nineties but he has ensured that Vidarbha are in a strong position against Karnataka. Vidarbha 237/2 in 75 overs.

A five-wicket haul for the captain as TN bowls out Saurashtra for 183 in the first innings after losing the toss. Fellow left-arm spinner Ajith Ram with three wickets. Yuvrajsingh Dodiya the last man to fall. Saurashtra 183 all out. Sai 32.1-6-66-5.

Dipak: Sai Kishore gets Unadkat leg before trying to play a reverse sweep. Saurashtra 183/9

WICKET!! Sandeep Warrier breaks Parth Bhutt’s 31-ball resistance to pick up his second wiclet. Captain Unadkat in at 10.

Musheer completes his 100 of 179 balls to take Mumbai to 221/5 after a top-order failure. Drives a full ball to midwicket to reach the milestone against Bhargav Bhatt. 

Dipak: It was a session of two halves, but one in which Tamil Nadu decisively seized the advantage. After Harvik Desai and Arpit Vasavada kept the home team at bay for an hour, Ajith Ram had the latter trapped leg-before. From there, the hosts quickly got on top of Saurashtra. Ajith Ram then bowled the well-set Harvik for 83 with a delivery that kept low. Sai Kishore then struck twice in two overs, removing Dharmendrasinh Jadeja and Chirag Jani to leave the defending champions in trouble. There is a lot of assistance for the spinners with the odd ball keeping low. 

After getting to his half-century, Harvik used his feet to hit a few boundaries, including a six and also swept well as he looked on course for a hundred before Ajith Ram ended his stay. Sai Kishore bowled through the second session from one end and returned with figures of 15-2-35-2.

Musheer remains unbeaten on 84 as Mumbai battle through to post 188 at Tea. Hardik Tamore unbeaten on 15 from 90 balls at the other end.

Shayan: It’s time for tea. What a comeback this has been for Andhra. With K Nitish Kumar Reddy and KV Sasikanth claiming three wickets apiece, Madhya Pradesh is reeling at 165 for 7.

Dipak: Sai Kishore bowled through the session. His figures this session were 15-2-35-2. Ajith Ram and Sai took 2 wickets each in this session.

Wicket!! Heartbreak for Yash Rathod. Kaverappa went for the short ball and Rathod could only pull it to the fielder at backward square. Some respite for Karnataka after a frustrating partnership.

WICKET!! Sai Kishore gets his third! Chirag Jani is bowled for a six-ball duck. TN very much in front thanks to the spinners. 

WICKET!! Harsh Gawali and Anubhav Agarwal fall off consecutive deliveries. KV Sasikanth with the scalps. MP’s collapse continues. 

WICKET!! One brings two as Dharmendrasinh Jadeja falls for a duck to Sai Kishore. TN just four wickets away from bowling Saurashtra out. 

WICKET!! Ajith Ram picks up another as Harvik Desai is is cleaned up for 83. Three wickets now for the left-arm spinner. Game right in the balance now.

A 169-run partnership between Atharva Taide and Yash Rathod sees Karnataka chasing the game against Vidarbha. Hardik Raj was quite expensive in his short spell and the other spinners have been ineffective too.

Hardik Tamore locks up one end with his 53-ball 6 as Musheer carries on after his fifty. 31-run partnership so far in 86 balls between the two.

Nithish Kumar Reddy picks up three as the MP middle order collapses after a 123-run opening stand. Harsh Gawali and Saransh Jain currently in the middle, trying to rebuild.

Prerak Mankad in at 6 after Vasavada is trapped in front by Ajith Ram. Harvik Desai unbeaten on 78 at the other end. 

Nitish Reddy removes Yash Dubey for 64. Two wickets in quick succession for Andhra to find a way back into the game. Captain Shubham Sharma in at 4.

Wicket!! Bhatt picks up his fourth! Suryansh looks to come down and loft one back over the bowler’s head, plays across the wrong line and is bowled. 

Wicket!! Himanshu Mantri falls one short of his fifty. K V Sasikanth with the breakthrough. Harsh Gawali in at 3.

Fifty for Musheer Khan!! Has played almost a 100 balls and is carrying the batting after the fall of the top order. Three fours so far in his innings. 

Yash Rathod brings up his fifty for Vidarbha. Ominous signs for Karnataka as Rathod and Atharva Taide stitch up an 84-run stand so far.

Dipak: At lunch on day one, it was a fairly even contest between the two sides. Saurashtra was in trouble at 61 for three. Harvik Desai and Arpit Vasavada have since steadied things for the visitors. 

Sandeep Warrier stuck early, removing opener Kevin Jivrajani, who was caught behind. Sai Kishore then had Sheldon Jackson with a delivery that spun and removed the off-bail, shocking the batter, who walked back slowly in disbelief. 

Ajith Ram then had the big scalp of Cheteshwar Pujara caught and bowled. A soft dismissal with Pujara trying to give him the charge and looking to work him away for a single, only to give a simple return catch. The two left-arm spinners have bowled beautifully, asking questions of the batters.

Harvik has been flamboyant, putting away the bad deliveries and is batting on 49. He went after pacers Sandeep Warrier and Mohammed, hitting five boundaries quickly with cuts and on-drives. The right-handed batter, though, got a reprieve when he was dropped on 36 by the usually safe Indrajith at first-slip off Sai Kishore. Had TN got that wicket, they would have felt fully in control of the match.

Dipak: At lunch, Saurashtra 86/3 in 36 overs. Harvik desai batting on 49. a fairly even contest. Had TN removed Harvik, the home team would have gone with an edge.

Shayan: Madhya Pradesh won the toss and chose to bat - a decision that proved effective as openers Yash Dubey (batting on 54) and Himanshu Mantri (batting on 45) forged an opening partnership of 108-0 against Andhra.

On a flat deck, the Madhya Pradesh batters started cautiously before hammering a few big shots. However, Andhra will be disappointed with the way it dropped a couple of catches, allowing the Madhya Pradesh batters to flex muscles.

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Wicket!! Ninad Rathva gets his first wicket. Shams Mulani is trapped in front for 6 off 19 balls.

Fifty for Yash Dubey!! Brings it up in 83 balls, laced with seven fours. The opening partnership on the brink of reaching the 3-figure mark. Andhra needs a swing of fortunes. 

Wicket!! Bhargav Bhatt picks up his third! Rahane tries to go back and defend, only manages an inside edge back onto the stumps. His lean patch continues.

Dipak: A rare drop from Indrajith. Harvik desai gets a reprieve on 36 off Sai Kishore.

Wicket!! Huge scalp for TN. Pujara is caught off his own bowling by Ajith Ram. Tried to step down but only gave a simple return catch, says Dipak.

Wicket!! Lalwani departs for 19. Extra bounce for Bhatt gets the edge and second slip takes a dolly. Rahane in at 4.

Wicket!! Captain Sai Kishore castles Sheldon for 22. Crucial wicket for TN. Drinks taken.

Fifty-run opening partnership up between Yash Dubey and Himanshu Mantri. The two batters going at a fair clip as well. 

Sasikanth drops Yash Dubey for 32. An opportunity lost for Andhra, says Shayan, our reporter from the ground. 

Wicket!! Bhatt gets the big wicket of Shaw! Ran down the track to the left-arm spinner as is beaten in the flight. Mitesh Patel does the rest behind the stumps.

Sheldon Jackson and Harvik Desai rebuild after the early breakthrough for Saurashtra. Warrier has proved to be quite expensive despite picking up the wicket.

50-run partnership up between Prithvi Shaw and Bhupen Lalwani. Shaw unbeaten on a 40-ball 32 while Lalwani has contributed 13. 

Wicket!! Koushik strikes!! Dhruv Shorey plays across a full one and is trapped in front. He departs for 12. 

Yash Dubey and Himanshu Mantri give MP a solid start against Andhra. Five boundaries scored within the first five overs. 

Kevin Jivrajani edges one to the keeper in his third ball. Sandeep Warrier with the breakthrough. Extra bounce on offer says Dipak, our reporter from the ground.

Prithvi Shaw survives an edge that runs through the gap in the slip cordon against U19 star Raj Limbani. Expensive over to start for Limbani. 

Shorey drives a fuller one from Kaverappa through the offside to bring up the first boundary of the day. Atharva Taide opens along with Shorey. 

MP: Anubhav Agarwal, Avesh Khan, Harsh Gawali, Himanshu Mantri, Kulwant Khejroliya, Kumar Kartikeya, Saransh Jain, Shubham Sharma (C), Sumit Kushwah, Venkatesh Iyer, Yash Dubey

Andhra: A Lalith Mohan, Ashwin Hebbar, Prasanth Kumar, Hanuma Vihari, Girinath Reddy, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Revanth Reddy, K V Sasikanth, Karan Shinde, Ricky Bhui (C), Shoaib Mohammed Khan

Tamil Nadu: Ajith Ram S, B Indrajith, Boopathi Vaishna Kumar, M Mohammed, N Jagadeesan, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, R Sai Kishore (C), R Vimal Khumar, S Mohammed Ali, Vijay Shankar, Sandeep Warrier

Saurashtra: Arpit Vasavada, Cheteshwar Pujara, Chirag Jani, D A Jadeja, Harvik Desai, Jaydev Unadkat (C), Kevin Jivrajani, Parth Bhut, Prerak Mankad, Sheldon Jackson, Yuvrajsingh Dodiya

Karnataka: Aneesh K V, Dheeraj Gowda, Hardik Raj, Koushik V, Manish Pandey, Mayank Agarwal (C), Nikin Jose, S Sharath, Samarth R, V Vyshak, Vidwath Kaverappa

Vidarbha: A Sarvate, A Thakare, Akshay Wadkar (C), Atharva Taide, Dhruv Shorey, Harsh Dubey, Karun Nair, M R Kale, Umesh Yadav, Yash Thakur, Y V Rathod

Mumbai: Ajinkya Rahane (C), Bhupen Lalwani, Hardik Tamore, Mohit Avasthi, Musheer Khan, Prithvi Shaw, Shams Mulani, Shardul Thakur, Suryansh Shedge, Tanush Kotian, Tushar Deshpande

Baroda: Bhargav Bhatt, J K Singh, Lukman Meriwala, Mahesh Pithiya, Mitesh Patel, Ninad Rathva, Priyanshu Moliya, Raj Limbani, Shashwat Rawat, Shivalik Sharma, Vishnu Solanki (C)

Mumbai Won the Toss & elected to bat vs Baroda 

Karnataka Won the Toss & elected to Field vs Vidarbha

Saurashtra Won the Toss & elected to bat vs Tamil Nadu

Madhya Pradesh Won the Toss & elected to bat vs Andhra 

The following matches will be streamed live through the Jio Cinema app and website.

Vidarbha vs Karnataka

Madhya Pradesh vs Andhra

Mumbai vs Baroda

Tamil Nadu vs Saurashtra (Coimbatore)

Mumbai vs Baroda (Mumbai)

Vidarbha vs Karnataka (Nagpur)

Madhya Pradesh vs Andhra (Indore)

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