Ranji Trophy Highlights, Round 7 Day 3 updates: Vyshak, Sharath score 100 for Karnataka; Bengal, HP register innings wins

At Agartala, Tripura 149, 330 vs Railways 105, 270/4 in 69 overs

At Jamshedpur, Jharkhand 188, 269 vs Rajasthan 210, 120/6 in 51 overs

At Kolkata, Bengal beat Bihar by an innings and 204 runs

At Rajkot, Saurashtra beat Manipur by an innings and 243 runs

At Palam, Services 430/9 in 189 overs vs Maharashtra 225

At Nagpur, Haryana 333 vs Vidarbha 423, 113/4 in 38.2 overs

At Vizianagaram, Kerala 514/7 dec in 161.4 overs vs Andhra 272, 19/1 in 7 overs

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

At Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 238 vs Chattisgarh 414, 124/5 in 37 pvers

At Hubli, Karnataka 563/5 in 136.5 overs vs Chandigarh 267, 61/0 in 11 overs

At Salem, Punjab 267, 180/4 in 40 overs vs Tamil Nadu 435

At Porvorim, Gujarat 346, 109/3 in 28.5 overs vs Goa 317, 143

At Indore, Madhya Pradesh 200, 409/8 in 124 overs vs J&K 242

At Dehradun, Uttarakhand 382, 221/6 dec in 67 overs vs Baroda 180, 50/2 in 16 overs

At Puducherry, Himachal Pradesh beat Pondicherry by an innings and 63 runs

At New Delhi, Delhi 451 all out vs Odisha 440

Punjab punishing the TN decision to go for the declaration. Punjab manage to take a lead. Punjab 180/4 in 40 overs. Lead by 19 runs. 

Dhruv Shorey remains unbeaten on 35 as Vidarbha stretches the lead to 189. Atharva Taide and Karun Nair fall to the spinners. 

Kerala declares right after Akshay Chandran falls for 184. 

Quick breakthrough for the team as well. Basil removes opener Revanth Reddy for 5 with Andhra trailing by another 237 runs.

Nitesh Reddy falls for 122 but Pragnay and Tanay Thyagarajan take Hyderabad past Meghalaya’s first innings lead. Hyderabad with the crucial 19-run first innings lead. 

Chengkam Sangma removes Tanay for 19 as Hyderabad loses it eighth. 

Railways continue to be on track in its fourth innings chase as opener Pratham Singh completes his century of 185 balls. Railways 252/4, needs 126 runs to win.

Deepraj Gaonkar removes Priyank Panchal for 12 and with that TN looks set to qualify for the knockouts. Gujarat needed a bonus point win and TN to fall short of an outright win to stand a chance. They will now need Punjab to win against TN to stand a chance.

Vyshak brings up his hundred of 136 balls. The pacer has been brilliant with the bat this tournament for Karnataka. 10 fours and two sixes in his innings.

Sharath brings up his off 160 balls right after. Karnataka 563/5 in 136.5 overs with a lead of 296 runs.

Harsh Gawali brings up his century and MP extends the lead beyond the 260 mark. Shubham Sharma and Venkatesh Iyer back in the dugout. Rishabh Chouhan unbeaten on 18 at the other end. 

Fifties from Kshitiz Sharma and Jonty Sidhu help Delhi crawl towards Odisha’s first innings target. 44 more needed now.

Sharath and Vyshak complete their fifties as Karnataka continues to plunder the runs against Chandigarh. A 230-run lead now.

Captain Darshan Misal’s 39 can only delay the inevitable as Goa folds for 143, setting a 114-run target for Gujarat. Gujarat needs to win by 10 wickets to claim the bonus point. 

Mohammed Saif falls after a brilliant century. A 175-run stand with Pratham Singh is broken. Pratham still unbeaten on 71 and Railways will be hopeful till he bats. It needs 171 runs to win. 

Dipak: What an enthralling session of cricket. Ajith Ram quickly ran through the Punjab lower-order to help his side take a 161-run first-innings lead. With TN needing an outright win, Sai Kishore enforced the follow-on.

Ajith struck immediately, removing Prabhsimran Singh leg-before. However, Punjab has Bazballed with Abhishek Sharma taking on Sai and lofting the left-arm spinner for five sixes in an over, three down the ground and two over mid-wicket.

But TN had the last laugh when Pradosh castled him before Ajith removed Anmolpreet Singh with a beauty to clip the off-stump. Nehal Wadhera has continued to attack, using sweeps and reverse sweeps to brutal effect and raced to 40. 

TN could have had the Wadhera had Vimal Khumar held on to an easy chance at backward point in the last over before tea. Poor stuff from the youngster. Punjab now 86/3 in 16 overs and trail by 75 runs.

Punjab is not looking to hang back, and it offers the hosts a chance to get into the lower order soon before the deficit is wiped. If Gujarat wins with a bonus point against Goa, TN will have to win this game outright to qualify. An interesting third session awaits.

Nitesh Reddy unbeaten on 99 and Pragnay unbeaten on 49 as Hyderabad heads into the tea break on a positive note. Trails by 53 runs now.

Kunal Chandela’s century and Aditya Tare’s 82 help Uttarakhand set a 425 run target for Baroda. 

Salman Nizar falls for 58. Mohammed Azharudeen walks into the middle. Lead crosses 170.

Dipak: Ajith Ram is on song. removes Prabhsimran Singh leg-before. Next over Abhishek Sharma has taken Sai Kishore to the cleaners. 4 sixes down the ground. 

At the other end, Ajith Ram cleans up Anmolpreet Singh. One too many for Abhishek Sharma. Pradosh has him bowled, trying to go for another slog sweep.

Faiz Fazal departs for a first ball duck as Vidarbha starts off its second innings after bowling Haryana out for 333. Vidarbha leads by 96 runs.

Shahbaz Nadeem picks up three as Rajasthan falters to 40 for 4 in its chase of 248. Mahipal Lomror and Ajay Kookna at the crease. 

Gourav Yadav’s lusty blows provides some late entertainment but HP manage to bundle out Pondicherry for 198 to win by an innings and 62 runs. 

Dipak: Ajith Ram gets his 2nd five-wicket haul of the season. removes Jass Inder Singh bowled.

It is all over for Punjab. Ajith Ram takes the last wicket. 6 in this innings. Punjab all out for 274. TN has enforced the follow on with a 161-run lead.

Akshyan Chandran gets to his century and stitches up a 78-run partnership with Salman Nizar. The lead is now 111 runs against Andhra. The two will look to carry on in the same vein to ensure the team needs to bat only once this match. 

Mayank Dagar picks two more as Pondicherry’s collapse continues. Arun Karthick falls for 20 followed by Sidak SIngh after a 4-ball 10. 

Sai Kishore gets another. removes Siddharth Kaul caught behind.

Gurvinder singh gets a wicket in his last innings for HP. He removes the set Parameeshwaran for 30 as HP edges closer to an innings victory.

Dipak: Ajith Ram gets one to scoot low and Prerit Dutta is bowled. played on. Ajith Ram gets his 50th wicket in First-Class cricket in his 10th match. Has not bowled that well in this game but gets his 4th wicket.

Yash Dhayal smashes a 28-ball fifty against Chhatisgarh before falling for a 36-ball 55. UP trails by 190 runs. 

Harsh Gawali brings up his fifty after the wicket of Yash Dubey for 68. Shubham Sharma currently unbeaten on 39 as the team stretches the lead by 166 runs. 

Manish Pandey falls two short of his 150, handing Karan Kalia his third wicket. Vyshak joins Sharath at the crease. Karnataka leads by 118 runs.

Dipak: Punjab batters kept the home team at bay with a fine performance on day three in a session crucial to Tamil Nadu’s chance of forcing a win.

Skipper Mandeep Singh and Anmol Malhotra frustrated the hosts for an hour before the former was dismissed. Mandeep looked good for a big one until he top-edged a short ball from Ajith Ram to give a simple catch to Sai Kishore.

Then Sanvir Singh chipped in with a vital knock as Punjab managed 106 runs in the session. Sanvir scored quickly with four boundaries, starting with a six and four off Ajith.

After taking the second new ball, TN got something to cheer at the stroke of lunch when Sai Kishore had Sanvir stumped for a well-made 39. The TN skipper has been his side’s best bowler, beating the bat often and finding the edges that have gone wide of the slip fielder.

It could have been better for TN if wicketkeeper S. Lokeshwar had not made a mess of a simple run-out chance with his indecision. 

Anmol Malhotra was hit on the pads by Mohammed and tried to steal a leg-bye, but non-striker Mandeep didn’t respond. With the batter stuck in the middle, Lokeshwar took an eternity to take a shot at the stumps, and when he did, it was a poor throw. It was amateur stuff from the TN keeper. Anmol, who was on 10, has since moved to 45 with four boundaries.

The pitch has held firm, and there are not a lot of demons to worry the batters. TN need to quickly bundle out Punjab in the next session to keep its qualification hopes alive.

Chandan Sahani falls for 11 as Hyderabad plunges further against Meghalaya in the Plate final.

Aditya Singh’s 72 helps Jharkhand post a target of 247 for Rajasthan in the fourth innings in Saurabh Tiwary’s last FC game. 

Yash Dhull falls to Sunil Roul after his century. Delhi continues to trail Odisha by 150 runs. Kshitiz Sharma joins Jonty Sidhu in the middle.

Rohit Sharma and Sumit Kumar fall in quick succession. Haryana trails Vidarbha by 149 runs.

Dippu removes Tilak Varma for 44. Chandan Sahani joins Nitesh Reddy in the middle. Hyderabad trails by 188 runs. 

Hardik Raj falls for 82. Karan Kalia picks up his second. Karnataka leads by 89 now. S Sharath joins Manish at the crease.

Two quick wickets for Gujarat as both openers fall early. Chintan Gaja and Arzan Nagwaswalla each pick up a wicket.

Priyank Panchal falls for 171 as Gujarat ekes out a 29 run lead. Arjun Tendulkar scalps four. 

Sachin Baby falls for 113 to Manish Golamaru. Kerala leads Andhra by 40 runs. Salman Nizar joins Akshay Chandran at the crease. 

Samantray strikes again to remove captain Himmat Singh, Jonty Sidhu joins Dhull at the crease. Delhi trails by 193 runs. 

Mukul Negi and Mayank Dagar remove openers Akash Kargave and Paras Ratnaparkhe after a 42-run stand. Pondicherry trails by 219 runs vs HP.

Bihar is bowled out for 112 handing Bengal a win by an innings and 204 runs. Six wickets for Mukesh Kumar in the second innings, ten in the match overall.

Dipak: TN gets a breakthrough finally. Mandeep Singh is out. tried to pull Ajith Ram and gets a top-edge. Sai Kishore pouches it.

Suraj Ahuja and Yuvraj Singh fall early for Railways in its fourth innings chase against Tripura. Sahab Singh joins Pratham in the middle. 

Nishant Sindhu falls for 131 as Haryana trail by 189 against Vidarbha. Keeper Rohit Sharma joins Rahul Tewatia at the crease.

Rajat Paliwal and Nakul Sharma near their respective fifties as Services stretches the lead over Maharashtra to 43 runs. 

Suraj Jaiswal picks three to plunge Bihar into more misery. Captain Ashutosh Aman joins Paramjeet Singh at the crease with the team trailing by 212 runs.

Priyank Panchal carries on after his 150 to ensure that Gujarat scrape past Goa’s first innings score with three wickets left. 

Biplab Samantray gets the better removes Ayush Badoni for 22. Delhi trails Odisha by 220 runs. Yash Dhull unbeaten on 82.

Sachin Baby’s hundred ensures Kerala takes the lead against Andhra with seven wickets still in the tank. Akshay Chandran gets to his fifty as well. A mammoth 161 run partnership between the two.

Rahul Singh Gahlaut falls for 15 as Hyderabad stumbles further in the Plate final against Meghalaya. Still trail by 249 runs with Tilak Varma and Nitesh Reddy now at the crease.

Yash Dubey and Harsh Gawali carry on after their 50-run partnership. The lead is now 79 with nine wickets left. MP will hope to put up a formidable total on the board.

Hardik Raj and Manish Pandey motor on with the partnership reaching 176. Karnataka now leads Chandigarh by 24 runs with seven wickets in the bag.

Nishant Sindhu the lone man standing after his century yesterday. Rahul Tewatia in at 7 to give him company. Haryana still trails by 211 against Vidarbha.

Ronald and Langlonyamba depart as Manipur lose five in the second innings. It still trails by 319 runs. Just a matter of time before Saurasthra wrap this up.

Akash Kargave falls for 111 and Pondicherry folds 261 runs short of HP first innings total. An innings defeat might be on the cards here.

A 378-run target to overcome for Railways in the fourth innings. Sudip Chatterjee top-scoring with 95 with lower order contributions from Ganesh Rana Dutta and A K Sarkar.

Sidak falls early in the day. Himachal two wickets away from a huge lead. Akash looks like he’ll be forced to carry the bat this innings. 

Sahil: Century for Akash in the first over of the day 3. He has looked very assured at the crease. 

Four wickets for Mukesh Kumar as he starts day 3 with a bang, picking up three wickets in no time. Just a matter of hours before Bihar surrender against Bengal.

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

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