It was an exciting round of play in the Col. C. K. Nayudu Trophy 2015-16 , Oct 17 to 20, 2015 which witnessed ten results from 12 matches. Vidarbha’s SR Ramaswamy (206) was the only double-centurion in the round while Madhya Pradesh’s Rishabh Tiwari (193) missed the landmark by seven runs.
To know what transpired as teams pulled off victories read the highlights below:
Team Rajasthan vs Goa: Team Rajasthan won by one wicket. Goa 1st inn 135/10 (Malik Sirur 53, C K Singh 3/11, A Singh 3/49); Raj 1st inn 178/10 (D Hada 52, Felix Alemao 5/65, Lakshay Garg 3/46); Goa 2nd inn 231/10 (S Dubhashi 110*, Y Kothari 3/16, A Lamba 3/55); Raj 2nd inn 191/10 (M N Singh 44, S Naik 4/42, L Garg 4/61)
In the low-scoring game in Jaipur, MN Singh helped Rajasthan pulled off a thrilling win with unbeaten 92-ball 44.
Saurashtra vs Hyderabad: Saurashtra won by 48 runs. Sau 1st inn 290/10 (A Shaikh 79, Saaketh 5/93, Md Siraj 3/36); Hyd 1st inn 180/10 (B Yathin Reddy 54, Kunal K 5/46, J Chauhan 3/47); Sau 2nd inn (A Shaikh 66, T Thyagarajan 3/66, Saaketh 69); Hyd 2nd inn 267/10 (B Yathin Reddy 87, Kunal K 4/89, J Chauhan 3/76, C Yuvraj 2/19)
K Kunal picked 5/46 in the first innings and then returned to claim 4 for 89 in Hyderabad’s second innings to help Saurashtra to victory in Rajkot.
Vidarbha vs Himachal: Vidarbha won by innings and 299 runs. Vid 1st inn 501/10 (SR Ramaswamy 206, A Karnewar 92, RK Singh 5/149);
HP 1st inn 106/10 (RK Choudhary 4/11, Lalit 2/18, R Gurbani 2/21); HP 2nd inn (AM Deshpande 5/35, A Kanewar 2/29, RK Choudhary 3/14)
RK Choudhary claimed four for 11 to help enforce a follow on after SR Ramasawamy's 206 set up the match for Vidarbha. The bowler then returned to take three for 14 while A Deshpande picked five for 35 to bowl the hosts to victory in Nagpur.
Odisha vs Haryana: Haryana won by innings and 87 runs. Odisha 1st inn 176/10 (G Mahapatra 92, P Mehta 4/24, R Tewatia 3/42); Haryana 1st inn 434/10 (S Yadav 130, R Sharma 115, K Bhuyav 2/73); Odihsa 2nd inn 171/10 (R Tewatia 6/65, P mehta 3/18)
After bowling Odisha out for 176 in the first innings with P Mehta (4/24), R Tewatia bowled Haryana to victory with a six-wicket haul in the second innings. He finished with nine wickets from the game.
Assam vs Railways: Railways won by three wickets. Assam 1st inn 70/10 (M Gogoi 32, SB Thakaran 7/35, S Mishra 3/16); Railways 1st inn 144/10 (V Anand 46, M Das 5/40, R Sharma 3/27); Assam 2nd inn 165/10 (M Gogoi 37, S Mihsra 4/31, A Mishra 3/34); Railways 95/7 (V Anand 28, S Mihsra 27, J Bhumiz 4/27, M Das 2/31).
S Thakaran's seven for 35 in the first innings to bowl Assam out for 70 set the tone for the match and put Railways in a commanding position.
Andhra vs Uttar Pradesh: Andhra won by six wickets. UP 1st inn 89/10 (R Faraz 47, MB Kumar 6/25); Andhra 1st inn 172/10 (TK Ganesh Kumar 46, SR Koripall 42, V Choudhary 5/66, S Kumar 4/68); UP 2nd inn 182/10 (Akshdeep Nath 67, MB Kumar 5/83, C S Kishore 4/48); Andhra 2nd inn 100/4 (H Naidu 35, M Pranith 34, S Kumar 3/38)
Majji Bharani Kumar's six for 25 to skittle UP out in the first innings followed by a five-wicket haul in the second innings set up the match for Andhra.
Jharkhand vs Chhattisgarh: Jharkhand won by seven wickets. Chhattisgarh 1st inn 312/10 (A Toppo 103, C Jalkshatri 54, Sonu Singh 5/49, Vishal Singh 3/0); Jharkhand 1st inn 230/10 (S Kumar 91, Mohammed Shahrukh 62, J Gill 6/53); Chhattisgarh 2nd inn 141/10 (C Jalkshatri 81*, Monu Kumar 7/59, Sonu Singh 2/45, A dabas 1/0); Jharkhand 2nd inn 225/3 (Vishal Singh 75*, Sumit Kumar 58)
Chhattisgarh opener C Jalkshatri 81* carried his bat through in the second innings while Monu Kumar ran through the line up claiming seven for 59 to set up the game for Jharkhand. In the first innings Jharkhand's Vishal Singh returned with figures of 4.4-4-0-3 while Sonu Kumar picked five for 49.
Bengal vs Tamil Nadu: Bengal won by seven wickets. TN 171/10 (KB Shankar 63, P Pramanik 3/43, P Chakraborty 3/49, M Kumar 2/25), Ben gal 1st inn 321/10 (RR Chowdhary 145, P Chandila 55, P Pramanik 50, S Khan 2/33, Abhinav M 2/40); TN 2nd inn 318/10 (S Khan 138, W Chatterjee 4/67, P Pramanik 3/77); Bengal 2nd inn 169/3 (P Chandila 53*, S Khan 1/17)
While Ritwik Roy Chowdhury's 145 complemented by the lower middle-order in the second innings helped set up the match for Bengal, P Pramanik's all-round performance stood out in the team's win (3/43, 3/77, 50)
Mumbai vs Karnataka: Mumbai won by 10 wickets. Kar 1st inn 316/10 (A Reddy 151, KC Cariappa 50, Parikshit Valsangkar 3/70, T Deshpande 3/71); Mum 1st inn 478/9 decl. (E Kerkar 132, V Auti 121, P Jain 2/77, P Dubey 2/83); Kar 2nd inn 234/10 (A Reddy 89, P Dubey 64, D Matkar 4/62, J Bista 3/50), Mum 2nd inn 73/0
Centurions Vikrant Auti (121) and Eknath Kerkar (132) set up the game for Mumbai by putting up a formidable first innings total. Dhrumil Matkar (four wickets) and Jay Bista (three wickets) then bowled the opposition out to put the team in the driver's seat.
Punjab vs Delhi: Match drawn. Punjab gained first innings lead and receive three points for it. Punjab 1st inn 341/10 (Prabjot Singh 73, Karan Kaila 62); Delhi 1st inn 178/10 (H Dalal 42, V Choudhary 6/24, S Singh 3/45); Delhi 2nd inn 457/6 (H Dalal 133, P Singh 103*, Karan Kaila 4/108)
Vinay Choudhary's helped bowl Delhi out for a paltry total with six for 24 in the first innings and enforce a follow on.
Madhya Pradesh vs Kerala: MP won by innings and 177 runs. MP 1st inn 606/9 decl. (Rishabh Tiwari 193, Shubham Sharma 113*, Ashutosh Singh 112, A Chandran 6/161); Kerala 1st inn 208/10 (A Mohan 41, M Jain 4/35, S Jain 2/49, P Kochar 2/50); Kerala 2nd inn 222/10 (Basil Thampi 43, S Viswanadh 41, A Khan 5/102, S Jain 2/65)
Rishabh Tiwari's 193 at the top of the order helped set up the match for MP in Gwalior. The hosts piled on a mammoth 606 for nine before declaring their innings.
J & K vs Tripura: Match drawn. J & K gained three points on first innings lead. Tripura 1st inn 356/10 (S Sutradhar 113, A Sofi 4/60, M Farooq 4/94); J & K 1st inn 365/5 ( A Puri 120, U Nissar 74, P Gupta 72, N Debnath 2/9)
Opener Abhinav Puri ensured J & K a first innings lead with 120 off 266 balls in the rain affected game in Srinagar.
