Ranji Trophy Live Score, Day 3 Round 5: Mumbai leads by 48 runs against Services, Bengal 201/6 vs Madhya Pradesh

Writtik Bijoy Chatterjee departs after scoring a fifty. He is Kumar Kartikeya’s second wicket. Bengal’s lead is 262 runs now.

Shaik Rasheed is just five short of his century. Karan Shinde batting on 57 off 136 deliveries. Andhra has just 97 runs left to wipe off and take a lead.

Hundreds for Danish Malewar and Karun Nair. Their third-wicket partnership is now worth 203 runs. Vidarbha looking on course to take a first-innings lead. Trailing by just 90 runs now.

Mumbai ends with a first-innings lead of 48 runs. Himanshu Singh remains unbeaten on 28. Three wickets each for Nitin Yadav and Pulkit Narang.

Madhav Kaushik going strong after reaching his half-century and skipper Aryan Juyal at the other end, nearing his. Uttar Pradesh now trails by 70 runs.

Tripura’s wicketkeeper S Sharath is the last man standing and nearing a half-century with tailender Parvez Sultan there to keep him company. The batting side’s lead is now 180 runs. Auqib Nabi searching for one more wicket to complete his fifer.

Opener Ganga Sridhar completes a half-century, but his side is still trailing by 270 runs.

N Yadav picks his third wicket as he removes Mohit Avasthi. Mumbai’s lead now stands at 36 runs with one wicket left to go. Himanshu Singh and Junaid Khan at the crease.

Writtick Bijoy Chatterjee is nearing his half-century, with Wriddhiman Saha present as his crease partner. Bengal’s lead now nearing the 250-run mark, and the side would likely go for some more runs and declare a competitive target. If the batters stick, that is.

Mohit Avasthi and Himanshu Singh at the crease for Mumbai and have extended the team’s lead to 34 runs. Valuable runs in the context of this closely-fought contest.

Ajith Ram and Mohamed Ali have taken Tamil Nadu’s lead past 100 runs. 

Govinda Poddar strikes twice early on day three to corner Maharashtra. The lead is just 41 runs and the visiting team is in dire need of a partnership to set up a total worth fighting for. Nawale and Kate are the new batters at crease.

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Odisha 200 all out vs Maharashtra 162 & 78/3

Chhattisgarh 214/4 vs Assam 289

Baroda beat Meghalaya by an innings and 261 runs

Jammu & Kashmir 175 & 170/7 vs Tripura 165

Services 240 vs Mumbai 253/8

Vidarbha 202/2 vs Gujarat 343

Himachal Pradesh 436/9d vs Pondicherry 85 & 59/1

Hyderabad 301 vs Andhra 168/2

Uttarakhand 109/2 vs Rajasthan 660/7d

UP 89 & 78/1 vs Karnataka 275

Madhya Pradesh 167 vs Bengal 228 & 170/5

Punjab 262/8 vs Bihar 135

Haryana vs Kerala 285/8

Chandigarh 78/5 vs Saurashtra 531/9d

Delhi vs Jharkhand 356/9

Railways 229 vs Tamil Nadu 320/6

PLATE GROUP

Goa beat Arunachal Pradesh by an innings and 551 runs

Manipur 357 vs Sikkim 190/5

Mizoram 5/2 vs Nagaland 736/7d

A very warm welcome to everyone for the third day’s play in Ranji Trophy Round 5 fixtures. Goa and Baroda were the two teams who secured massive wins on the second day but we have some matches hanging in the balance going into the third day. 

Mumbai has a slender lead over Services while Karnataka and Tamil Nadu secured a significant upper hands in their matches. Last year’s runner up Vidarbha is strongly positioned to move past Gujarat’s first innings total.