Ranji Trophy Highlights, Round 7 Day 2 updates: Abhimanyu Easwaran scores 200 for Bengal; Mumbai beats Assam

At Agartala, Tripura 149 all out, 286/9 in 70 overs vs Railways 105 all out

At Jamshedpur, Jharkhand 188, 171/5 in 37 overs vs Rajasthan 210 all out

At Kolkata, Bihar 95, 32/1 in 14 overs vs Bengal 411/5 dec in 104.1 overs

At Rajkot, Manipur 142, 55/3 in 28 overs vs Saurashtra 529/6 dec in 104.1 overs

At Palam, Services 217/4 in 99 overs vs Maharashtra 225 all out

At Nagpur, Haryana 198/4 in 52 overs vs Vidarbha 423 all out

At Vizianagaram, Kerala 258/3 in 81 overs vs Andhra 272 all out

At Mumbai, Mumbai beats Assam by an innings an 80 runs

At Lucknow, Uttar Prades 110/3 in 27 overs vs Chattisgarh 414 all out

At Hubli, Karnataka 268/3 in 63 overs vs Chandigarh 106.4 overs

At Salem, Punjab 141/4 in 46 overs vs Tamil Nadu 435 all out

At Porvorim, Gujarat 281/5 in 79 overs vs Goa 317

At Indore, Madhya Pradesh 200, 92/1 in 39 overs vs J&K 242 all out

At Dehradun, Uttarakhand 382, 29/2 in 13.3 overs vs Baroda 180 all out

At Puducherry, Pondicherry 170/7 in 51 overs vs Himachal Pradesh 463 all out

At New Delhi, Delhi 187/2 in 46 overs vs Odisha 440 all out

Mayank Dagar removes K B Arun Karthick and Rohit Damodaran as Pondicherry stumbles in the chase. Pondicherry trails by 313 runs.

Dipak: Rush of blood from Nehal Wadhera and is out bowled trying to go for a big drive. Ajith Ram gets his 2nd wicket. Punjab 127/4. another 6 overs left in the day and Wadhera would be kicking himself with the shot selection

Priyank Panchal’s century takes Gujarat closer to Goa’s first innings score. No other top order batter has been able to contribute though. Hingrajia the latest to depart for 17, bowled by Mohit Redkar. Gujarat trails Goa by 104 runs.

Sachin Baby once again comes good for Kerala when the going gets tough. Unbeaten fifty for the skipper. Akshay Chandran has provided good support, the duo combining for an 80-run stand. Kerala trails by 64 runs.

Gagan Vats and Yash Dhull carry on after Anuj Rawat falls for 40 to Sunil Roul. Delhi trails Odisha by 326 runs. 

Dipak: TN get a breakthrough. Mohammed Ali removes Anmolpreet Singh. soft soft dismissal. tries to go for a cut but doesn’t have width. kind of blocks it. but it hits the pad and deflects onto the stumps.

Bengal declare at 411/5 and Mukesh Kumar immediately removes Piyush Kumar Singh for nought. Bihar trails by 316 runs.

Shubham Rohilla departs for 72 off 240 balls. Tajinder Dhillion with the wicket. Only 50 runs ahead is Maharashtra.

Akash Kargave’s 70 helps Pondicherry go to triple figures against Himachal Pradesh. The team still trails by 349 runs. 

Nishant Sindhu and Yuvraj Singh move closer to their respective fifties to keep Haryana in the hunt. Haryana trails Vidarbha by 320 runs. 

The Bengal opening batter slams a 291-ball 200 for Bengal against Bihar. Bengal leads by 316 runs. Bengal 411/5. 

Saurashtra declares on 529/6 after Prerak Mankad falls for 173. Early wicket for Manipur as Chetan Sakariya removes Karnajit. 

Dipak: A fine session for Punjab. They quickly wrapped up the TN innings after lunch and came out guns blazing, racing to 84/2 in 20 overs. 

Running out of partners, B. Indrajith fell 13 short of his double-century and was the last man to be dismissed for TN. 

Punjab Opener Prabhsimran Singh went after Sandeep Warrier, hitting the pacer for four boundaries before he was trapped leg-before by Ajith Ram, going for a big sweep.

In a must-win game, the home team needs to regroup quickly and dry the runs first. Anmolpreet Singh has been dealing in boundaries, moving to 34 off 46 balls with seven hits to the fence. 

He has been severe on both Sai Kishore and Ajith Ram, hitting them for five fours. There is some turn for Sai Kishore, who has looked impressive beating the bat regularly. Ajith Ram has not started well; he is a bit flat and bowling too quickly and needs to reassess his speed.

Shayan: Shardul Thakur claims four wickets in the second innings as Mumbai defeats Assam by an innings and 80 runs. A total 10-wicket match haul for Shardul. 

Dhawal Kulkarni: The MCA, selectors and the coaches requested me to stay back with Mumbai till the end of the season. Once the knockout phase is over, I will retire. 

Karan Kalia gets skipper Mayank Agarwal for 57. Karnataka trails by 152 runs. 

Just two more wickets for Mumbai to close the game out. Assam trails by 80 runs. Thakur picking three in this innings to add to his six from the first.

Dipak: Prabhsimran perishes. looked to take on the bowlers. went for a big sweep and is trapped leg-before to Ajith Ram. Nehal Wadhera walks in.

Saurashtra batters continue to have a field day at the office against Manipur. Pujara brings up his hundred off 102 balls. Saurashtra 516/4. 

Kunnummal falls for 61 to Mohammed Khan. Kerala trails by 148 runs. 

Prerak Mankad brings up his 150! Pujara batting on 83 at the other end. Lead climbs to 335. 

Warrier strikes. Abhishek Sharma is caught at point going for a big drive.

Dipak: Another heartbreak for Indrajith. 13 short of what would have been a brilliant 200. TN all out for 435. Probably 50 runs short of what they would have liked to have had at the start of the day.

Punjab have come out guns blazing. Prabhsimran Singh has taken Warrier to the cleaners. A flick, two punches down the ground and a pull for four boundaries. 

Saahil Jain departs for a duck. Assam looks to be heading towards an innings defeat against Mumbai within two days. Abdul Ajij and S C Ghadigaonkar need a crucial partnership here. 

Ffity for Rohan Kunnummal to take Kerala to a comfortable position against Andhra. Captain Sachin Baby has just walked in after Manish removed Krishna Prasad for 43.

Hartejassvi gets the better on Nikin Jose for 37. Karnataka trails by 189 runs. Hardik Raj walks in at 4.

Abdul Samad scores a 71-ball hundred to ensure J&K take the first innings lead over Madhya Pradesh. The team will be looking to add more to the total, with only 3 wickets left, to take control of the game. 

Shayan: Tushar Deshpande cleans up captain Denish Das. Assam reeling at 55 for 4. Mumbai leads by 133.

Prerak Mankad completes his century for Saurashtra. Pujara batting lower down the order this time brings up his fifty as well. The lead swells to 262 against Manipur.

Pondicherry has a massive task ahead of it as HP manage to post 463 in its first innings. Brilliant batting performance considering the threat of Plate group relegation looming for HP.

Indrajith running out of partners before his double century. Skipper Sai Kishore latest to go for 20. Sukhwinder SIngh picks up his third.

Tanush Kotian traps Abhishek Thakuri in front for 16. Assam trails by 139 runs.

Sudip Chatterjee scores a 70-ball 50 against Railways to take the lead to 169 against the Railways. 

Manoj Tiwary falls for 30 in his final Ranji match. May not get to bat again this game the way things are headed. Easwaran on the cusp of his 150 as Abhishek Porel joins him.

Umesh Yadav’s late order cameo is cut short by Nishant Sindhu as Haryana bowls Vidarbha out at the stroke of lunch.

Dipak: Tamil Nadu continued to dominate proceedings in the first session on day two, but Punjab pulled back in the last 30 minutes with three quick wickets. 

Vijay Shankar, who resumed at 85, got to his landmark in style, lofting Sukhwinder Singh over long-on for a six. The all-rounder then cut loose, finding four boundaries quickly, three off the left-arm spinner Prerit Dutta.

Indrajith has continued to look assured and moved to his highest score in the Ranji Trophy. He reached his 150 with a late-cut boundary through the third man region.

The two batters put on a 281-run stand for the fifth wicket before off-spinner Jass Inder Singh got two wickets in an over, removing Vijay Shankar bowled and debutant Mokit Hariharan stumped.

TN, though, wouldn’t have minded the last wicket when Abhishek got some sharp turn to castle M. Mohammed, which should have given some smiles to their spinners.

A total of 122 runs came in 34 overs, and the home team will look to slowly increase the tempo after lunch, with Indrajith looking for a big double.

Mayank Agarwal and Nikin Jose rebuild after R Samarth fell early to Jagjit Singh Sandhu. Karnataka trails by 227 runs. 

Uttarakhand pick three early wickets to wrest control after putting up 382 in the first innings. Deepak Dhapola picks two. 

Dagar’s onslaught is cut short by Sidak Singh who traps him in front. HP 434/8 vs Pondicherry.

Mayank Dagar scores a 27-ball fifty to propel the HP score towards 450. 8 fours and 1 six in the innings so far.

Shayan: Mohit Avasthi claims another wicket as Parvej Musharaf falls for 5. Assam loses its second wicket for 20.

One brings two as M Mohammed departs for 8 off 10 balls. Left-arm spinner Abhishek Sharma with the wicket. 

Jass Inder finally breaks the partnership between Indrajith and Vijay Shankar, the latter cleaned up for 130. 

Biplab Samantaray brings up his century in 177 balls to take Odisha to 413/5 against Delhi. A mammoth first innings score on the cards here.

Gourav Yadav removes P M Thakur for 27, his second wicket of the day, to reduce HP to 367. 

Arpit Vasavada falls two runs short of his 150. Ajay Singh picks up the wicket for Manipur. 

17-year-old Hardik Raj scalps four as Karnataka manages to finally bowl Chandigarh out for 267 in 106.4 overs.

Shayan: What a debut for Dibakar Johori! The fast bowler from Silchar claims his maiden five-for as Mumbai is all out for 272 in the first innings. Shivam Dube top-scores for Mumbai with 121. Mumbai has a first-innings lead of 188 runs. After being bundled out for 84 in the first essay, testing times ahead for Assam batters.

Indrajith showing no signs of releting as he carries on to complete his 150 against Punjab. TN 359/4 in 109 overs

Abhimanyu Easwaran brings up his century off 140 balls. Bengal breaches the 200-run mark as well. Bengal 200/3 vs Bihar. Lead by 105.

Early jolt for Kerala as Jalaj Saxena perishes for 4 in the second over of the day. Raju with the wicket for Andhra.

Sidak Singh gets the important wicket of Rishi Dhawan after his half century. HP will now look to add as many runs as possible with four wickets left in the hut.

Arshin Kulkarni picks up his first Ranji wicket as he scalps the wicket of Nitin Tanwar, breaking a solid opening partnership.

Shayan: Dibakar Johori claims his fourth wicket as Tanush Kotian is caught behind. 

Mumbai loses another wicket in Mohit Avasthi. A sharp catch by the Assam wicketkeeper off an Abdul Ajij delivery. Mumbai 241 for 9.

Aditya Sarvate falls for 99! Aman Kumar cleans him up after a stellar innings. Both set batters departing in the first hour of play for Vidarbha against Haryana.

Veteran Anustup Majumdar falls for 39 to the opposition skipper Ashutosh Aman. Bengal leads by 91 runs vs Bihar.

Arpit Vasavada brings up his century in 152 balls to take Saurashtra to 219. Saurashtra’s lead past the 75-run mark now against Manipur. Prerak Mankad unbeaten at the other end. 

Basil Thampi picks up a four-wicket haul as Andhra folds for 272 in its first innings against Kerala. Captain Ricky Bhui remains unbeaten on 87. 

Shankar joins Indrajith in the 100 club for the game, their partnership now zooming to 220 in the first innings. Safe to say they’re batting Punjab out of this encounter. 

TN 327/4 in 99 overs.

The centurion Nikhil Gangta falls within the first half hour today. Pankaj Yadav gets him for 108 off 242 balls. 

Vyshak picks up his fourth wicket, removing Mayank Sidhu who scored 31 (95). Chance for Karnataka to fold up the tail after a few frustrating partnerships.

Dibakar Johori removes Shardul Thakur for 2. Dube unbeaten at the other end after his century.

Chintan Gaja picks up his third wicket as Lakshay Garg falls for 6 to close out the Goa first innings at 317. Captain Darshan Misal the top-scorer with 89.

A five wicket haul for Manisankar Murasingh as Tripura manages to bowl Railways out for 105, a 44-run deficit from its first innings score.

Sumit Godara falls to Utkarsh Singh early on Day 2 for 44. Mahipal Lomror in at 5. Rajasthan trails Jharkhand by 87 runs.

Abhimanyu Easwaran (61*) and Anustup Majumdar continue proceedings for Bengal against Bihar on the second morning. Bengal already leads by 34 runs. 

Nikhil Gangta’s marathon 100 got Himachal Pradesh off to a solid start on the first day of the Ranji Trophy Group D fixture against Pondicherry at the Siachem Stadium on Friday.

Gangta trusted his front-foot defence, played with a straight bat and punched off the backfoot to make the most of batting-friendly conditions. He reached the three-figure mark with a lofted cover-drive off his 224th ball in the last over and closed the day with his team at 272 for four.

- Sahil Mathur

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Ranji Trophy 2023-24: Gangta’s century puts Himachal in control against Pondicherry on Day 1

Gangta’s sedate hundred off 224 deliveries allowed Himachal make the most of batting-friendly conditions and end Day 1 at 272/4.

A fighting 79 by Chandigarh’s Karan Kaila kept Karnataka at bay on the first day of their Ranji Trophy encounter in Hubbali on Friday.

Kaila’s 340-minute vigil rescued Chandigarh from a precarious 37 for three. The visitor would be pleased to finish the day on 219 for six. 

The southpaw showed tremendous patience to blunt the Karnataka attack. Kaila, playing his ninth First-Class match, fell short of a maiden century when he was adjudged leg-before to pacer V. Vyshak. Kaila missed a fine flick, and indicated that the ball was going down leg.

- Ashwin Achal

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Ranji Trophy 2023-24: Chandigarh batters pose stiff challenge to Karnataka on Day 1

Karnataka started brightly, taking three early wickets before Karan Kalia (79 off 207) dropped anchor to take Chandigarh to 219/6 at Stumps on Day 1.

At Agartala, Railways 72/7 in 26 overs vs Tripura 149 in 52.1 overs 

At Jamshedpur, Rajasthan 79/2 in 29 overs vs Jharkhand 188 in 58.3 overs

At Kolkata, Bengal 111/2 in 33 overs vs Bihar 95 in 46.4 overs

At Rajkot, Saurashtra 153/3 in 43 overs vs Manipur 142 in 45 overs

At Palam, Services 27/0 in 9 overs vs Maharashtra 225 in 79 overs

At Nagpur, Vidarbha 313/5 in 86 overs vs Haryana

At Vizianagaram, Andhra 260/7 in 89.3 overs vs Kerala

At Mumbai, Mumbai 217/6 in 48.4 overs vs Assam 84 in 32.1 overs

At Lucknow, Chattisgarh 238/4 in 87 overs vs Uttar Pradesh

At Hubli, Chandigarh 219/6 in 89 overs vs Karnataka

At Salem, Tamil Nadu 291/4 in 90 overs vs Punjab

At Porvorim, Goa 309/9 in 83 overs vs Gujarat

At Indore, J&K 42/3 in 17 overs vs Madhya Pradesh 200 in 65.4 overs

At Dehradun, Uttarakhand 295/5 in 89 overs vs Baroda

At Puducherry, Himachal Pradesh 272/4 in 90 overs

At New Delhi, Odisha 314/4 in 88 overs vs Delhi

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