Ranji Trophy HIGHLIGHTS, Round 3 Day 3: TN wins by an innings and 129 runs vs Railways; Haryana, Hyderabad post massive wins

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Sudarshan: Stumps on day three in Mysore. Goa finish at 93/1, 84 runs behind. But KV Siddharth has ensured that Karnataka will not run away with the game after having established a 177-run first-innings lead

Railways 114/9 in 44 overs. Tamil Nadu wins by an innings and 129 runs. Left-arm spinners S. Ajith Ram and R. Sai Kishore pick up four for 40 and four for 43. Shivam Chaudhary, who didn’t open in the 2nd innings for Railways, is absent hurt.

Praveen Chandran: Mumbai all out 319 as Mohit is caught in the deep off Shreyas who picks up his fourth wicket. Target for Kerala is 327.

Rajasthan is currently 91/0 and is on the way to a massive win vs Maharashtra, needing just nine runs to win

Bad light again. Chhattisgarh is at 27/2 in 9 overs in 42 minutes of play. Most likely that’s the end of the day’s play. Pacer Suraj Jaiswal and off-spinner Karan Lal captured a wicket apiece.

And that will be it. Stumps

Assam 81/5, 160 vs Andhra 188, 334/9

Punjab 78/7 vs Tripura 

Chhattisgarh 27/2 vs Bengal 381/8d

J&K 72/4, 180 vs Odisha 130, 198

Gujarat 86/2 vs Chandigarh

Goa 93/1, 321 vs Karnataka 498/9d

Services 315/3 vs Jharkhand 316

Tamil Nadu won by an innings and 129 runs

Madhya Pradesh won vs Delhi

Rajasthan won by 10 wickets vs Maharashtra

Haryana won by an innings and 338 runs vs Manipur

Hyderabad won by an innings and 198 runs vs Sikkim

Saurashtra won by 238 runs vs Vidarbha

Pondicherry won by 55 runs vs Uttarakhand

Meghalaya won by an innings and 128 runs vs Nagaland

Mizoram won by 8 wickets vs Arunachal Pradesh

Praveen Chandran: Sachin Baby takes a blinder at short leg to dismiss Shams Mulani off Gopal. Shams added useful runs with Mohit for the eighth wicket. 

Sudarshan: Goa lost Ishaan Gadekar early, bowled by speedster V. Koushik while playing on the back foot. But KV Siddharth has played a little gem. He has scored 29 of Goa’s 33 runs, with some glorious boundaries. The six over cover off Koushik has been the best of the lot.

Y.B. Sarangi: Play to begin at the Eden. Bengal 381/8 dec. Chhattisgarh batters come out to bat.

Prasanna: After tea, Lokeshwar has been keeping wickets for Tamil Nadu. Jagadeesan has just gone off the field, no injury concern.

And he creates instant impact. Lokeshwar completes a flashlight stumping off Sai Kishore to dismiss Railways’ top-scorer in the first innings Pratham Singh (29, 72b, 4x4)!

Mohammad Saif gets bowled by left-arm spinner Ajith Ram as Railways loses its third wicket. Railways 59/3 in 24.3 overs, trails by 184 runs.

Praveen Chandran: At tea Mumbai 268 for seven. Jalaj removes Tushar just before the break. Earlier Thampi cleaned up Pawar as Kerala claws back with a good session.

Karnataka finish on 498/9. A lead of 177. Manish Pandey, who injured his palm on day one, has not come out to bat.

Sudarshan: Two quick wickets for Goa after Sharath Srinivas departed immediately after post-lunch. Shubhang Hegde, after a quick 36, is trapped leg-before by Misal and Nikin Jose is out caught at slip after reaching his second First Class century. Misal bowled a rank bad short ball and Jose struck it powerfully. But the ball hit the short-leg fielder Deepraj Gaonkar on the head and ricocheted to Snehal Kauthankar at first slip. It was a scary moment when the ball hit the fielder but he was okay immediately. Helmet the saviour!

Y.B. Sarangi: The second session was also lost due to bad light without a ball being bowled at the Eden Gardens.

Prasanna: Sai Kishore dismisses opener Vivek Singh (12, 34b, 2x4) lbw as Railways loses both its openers to be on 20/2 in 13.4 overs.

Sai Kishore dropped Pratham Singh off Sandeep Warrier at mid off when he was on 1. Pratham went for a drive but only managed to lob it as Sai Kishore dived forward and tried to catch it with his right hand.

Dube falls cheaply to Jalaj Mumbai slips to 226/5. Shams Mulani is the new batter

Maharashtra 184 all out. Rajasthan needs just 104 to win 

Prasanna: And the move hasn’t worked. Nishant Kushwah (1, 19b) nicks a drive to keeper Jagadeesan off pacer Sandeep Warrier. Railways 2/1

Prasanna: Tamil Nadu enforces follow on against Railways. Off-spinner Mohamed Ali will open with the ball. Sai Kishore turns towards fellow spinner since seven of Railways’ 10 wickets fell to spinners. 

TN bowling: Sai Kishore 3/72, Ajith Ram 2/46, Mohamed Ali 2/33 

Shivam Chaudhary hasn’t opened the batting for Railways. Nishant Kushwah, who batted at No. 4 in the first innings, has been pushed up the order to open with Vivek Singh.

Captain Rahane falls caught at leg slip off Jalaj. Mumbai leads by 219 runs 

Prasanna: Ajith Ram gets Kunal Yadav (2, 4b) caught by M. Mohammed at mid off. Railways bowled out for 246 in 79.4 overs.

Kunal Singh takes a stunning catch behind the stumps to dismiss Kedar Jadhav (11) off Khaleel Ahmed’s delivery. Maharashtra is 176/5 and has a 95 run lead over Rajasthan. 

Sai Kishore gets his third wicket! Sahab Yuvraj Singh (7, 34b, 1x6) is caught by a diving Mohamed Ali at short extra cover. Railways 237/9 in 78.2 overs

Sudarshan: They have added 143 runs from 34 overs without losing a wicket. They have more than made up for Saturday afternoon’s lapses. The home side now leads Goa by a handy 75 runs. Nikin Jose, on 73 batting, looks set for a fine century

Prasanna: Yuvraj Singh (2, 18b) is dismissed, stumped by Jagadeesan off Sai Kishore. Classic left-arm spinner’s delivery - ball spins just enough to beat the outside edge of the right-hand batter who was drawn forward just enough for the keeper to quickly whip the bails off! Railways has further slumped to 236/8 in 74.4 overs.

Andhra 257/3, 188 vs Assam 160 

Odisha 158/9, 130 vs J&K 180 

Bengal 381/8 vs Chhatisgarh (Delayed due to bad light)

Services 128/2 vs Jharkhand 316

Maharashtra 164/4, 189 vs Rajasthan 270

Mumbai 189/1, 251 vs Kerala 244

Railways 237/8 vs Tamil Nadu 489

Vidarbha 26/1, 78 vs Saurashtra 206, 244

Karnataka 396/4 vs Goa 321

Madhya Pradesh 251, 171 vs Delhi 205

Uttarakhand 27/3, 123 vs Pondicherry 204, 131

Himachal Pradesh 76/5, 184 vs Baroda 482 

Arunachal Pradesh 134, 265 vs Mizoram 323

Punjab 78/7 vs Tripura (Delayed due to bad light)

Gujarat 86/2 vs Chandigarh (Delayed due to bad light)

Bihar 126/3 vs Uttar Pradesh (Delayed due to bad light)

Prasanna: Another wicket! Left-hander Mohammad Saif (28, 85b, 3x4) nicks behind a ball that had extra bounce from off-spinner Mohamed Ali. Railways loses two wickets in 14 balls! Railways - 230/7, trails By 259 Runs

Y.B. Sarangi: Once again no play in the first session at the Eden due to bad light. Action may resume after lunch. Bengal is at the overnight total of 381/8 in its first innings.

Change of end works for left-arm spinner Ajith Ram! In his second over from the far end, he dismisses Upendra Yadav (21, 58b, 2x4, 1x6), caught and bowled! The batter seemingly tried to tap the ball towards the mid on region, probably for a single, but ends up with a leading edge.

Dhruv Shorey and Ramasamy open for Vidarbha after Saurashtra gets bowled out for 244. Vidarbha needs 360 and is currently at 13/0 

The lion hearted Nidheesh finally gets his rewards. Jay Bista (73) hangs out his bat to a delivery that left him and the faint edge is snapped up by Sanju. Rahane is the new batter. 

Sudarshan: Karnataka take the lead. Goa take the new ball and the first delivery from Felix Alemao is five wides. Karnataka with a one-run lead. Looking good

Good start for Karnataka. They have scored 50 runs this morning. Nikin Jose and Sharath Srinivas haven’t looked to force the issue, but batted with some assurance. Not too many boundaries, but have rotated strike well

Prasanna: Nishant Kushwah (36, 95b, 5x4), the other well-set batter from overnight, falls too! He nicks his cut off left-arm spinner Sai Kishore to Jagadeesan.

Praveen Chandran: Mumbai makes steady progress in the morning. Bhupen completes his fifty. Bista is going strong on 66. No early wickets for Kerala as Mumbai extend lead to 129.

Prasanna Venkatesan: Sandeep Warrier strikes! Pratham Singh, who was playing an one-day innings falls playing a one-day shot on 92 (94b, 10x4, 4x6). He charged at pacer Sandeep Warrier only to nick behind to keeper Jagadeesan.

Railways 152/3 in 41 overs, trails by 332 Runs

Veer and Naushad Shaikh have stiched a wonderful 99-ball 41-run partnership for the second wicket. But Maharashtra still trails by 12 runs

Early breakthough for Uttarakhand as Bora castles Raghu Sharma’s (4) stumps. Pondicherry is currently 70/4 with Paras Dogra at crease. K B Arun Karthick is the new batter in 

A few matches have an early start: 

Andhra 161/1, 188 vs Assam 160 

Odisha 128/8, 130 vs J&K 180

Bengal 381/8 vs Chhattisgarh (Bad light stops play) 

Andhra 147/1, 188 vs Assam 160

Odisha 126/7, 130 vs J&K 180 

Bengal 381/8 vs Chhattisgarh

Punjab 78/7 vs Tripura (Bad light stopped play)

Gujarat 86/2 vs Chandigarh

Karnataka 251/4 vs Goa 321

Saurashtra 205/3, 206 vs Vidarbha 78 

Maharashtra 66/1, 189 vs Rajasthan 270

Bihar 126/3 vs Uttar Pradesh 

Railways 126/2 vs Tamil Nadu 489 

Arunachal Pradesh 45/1, 265 vs Mizoram 232 

Madhya Pradesh 157/5, 171 vs Delhi 205 

Pondicherry 70/3, 204 vs Uttarakhand 123 

Himachal Pradesh 143/8 vs Baroda 482 

Services 128/2 vs Jharkhand 316 

Mumbai 105/0, 251 vs Kerala 244 

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