Thursday 24 February 2022

Ranji Highlights: Rahane and Pujara falter; Nair shines for Karnataka

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Subsequent to scoring 129 in the opening round of the Ranji Trophy, Ajinkya Rahane packed away a three-ball duck as Mumbai were shot down for only 163, out of which Sarfaraz Khan made 63. Prithvi Shaw also had the option to contribute only nine as Mumbai were pushed on the backfoot after the first day of the season. Lakshay Garg was ablaze and packed away 6 for 46 while Amit Yadav got the leftover four wickets.

Cheteshwar Pujara struck two limits yet kept going only six balls against Odisha to fall for 8. Saurashtra, notwithstanding, made a solid rebound from being 84 for 3 to finishing with 325 for 4 following a century from Chirag Jani and half-hundreds of years from Sheldon Jackson and Arpit Vasavada.

Ishant Sharma bowled only four overs on his re-visitation of the Delhi side against Jharkhand. Navdeep Saini stowed three wickets as Delhi killed their adversaries for 251 following a century from Virat Singh.

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Het Patel stayed unbeaten on1 46 while Karan Patel made 120 as Gujarat posted 334 for 6 at stumps. Gujarat were 90 for 5 however the pair made 234 for the 6th wicket to guarantee the side had the option to make a solid rebound.

Baba Indrajith struck his second ton this season and alongside Baba Aparajith conveyed Tamil Nadu to 308 for 4. They made 206 for the third wicket before the previous was excused by Ajay Mandal in the 71st over.

There were twin tons for Punjab too as Mandeep Singh and Anmol Malhotra got hundreds of years to drive Punjab to 368 for 5 against Haryana. The pair met up at 165 for 4 and batted till the 79th over to make 163 for the fifth wicket.

Karnataka players thought of a less than impressive show however the score was set up by Karun Nair's unbeaten 152 as they finished the day on 268 for 8 against Jammu and Kashmir. The following best score of 45 came from R Samarth.

There were hundreds of years for Ganesh Satish for Vidarbha against Maharashtra, Ankit Kalsi for Himachal Pradesh against Tripura, Paras Dogra for Pondicherry against Railways and Ricky Bhui for Andhra against Services.

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Meghalaya were left reeling by Gourav Yadav as he got 5 for 11. When Meghalaya posted only 61, Madhya Pradesh stepped their position considerably further by finishing the day on 141 for 2 with a general lead of 80.

Tanay Thyagarajan picked his subsequent top of the line five-wicket take to assist Hyderabad with holding Bengal to 242. Thyagarajan, nonetheless, was costly as he offered runs at near four runs an over from his 18.2 overs. Hyderabad were then scratched ahead of schedule as Akshath Reddy and Tilak Varma were excused for ducks to leave them 15 for 2 from nine overs at stumps.

Abhimanyu Rajput was clinical and assisted Baroda with edging ahead on the first day of the season after his count of 5 for 47. Chandigarh made only 168 with none of the players making 50 years before Baroda jogged to 80 for 1 to diminish the shortage to 88.

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