K Gowtham picked his maiden five-wicket haul as Karnataka bowled Delhi out a second time for a paltry total to register a win with a bonus point in the ongoing Ranji Trophy.
Dharmendra Jadeja and K Patel bundled out Maharashtra to help enforce follow on and put Saurashtra in the driver’s seat. Vidarbha look to bowl Assam out and secure first innings lead after posting a comfortable total as the match heads for a draw.
In Vadodara the match between Jharkhand and Team Rajasthan is tipped in the favour of the former as they claimed three wickets early after setting the latter a modest target.
Group B, Round 3 – Day 3 Round-up:
Maharashtra vs Saurashtra in Vizianagaram: Saurashtra 1st inn 657/8 decl (J Shah 217, C Jani 100*, M Sayyad 4/90); Maha 1st 182/10 in 56.2 overs (M Trunkwala 64, D Jadeja 5/41, K Patel 5/43) F/o Maha 2nd inn 114/2 in 37 overs (M Trunkwala 58*, D Jadeja 1/18, S Sanandia 1/20) Trail by 361 runs
After the batsmen had posted a mammoth 657 runs on the board Kushang Patel and Dharmendra Jadeja claimed five wickets each to bowl Maharashtra out for 182 and help enforce a follow on. After the Swapnil Gugale-led team resumed on 18 without loss, Patel dealt the first blow in the morning with the side on 54 to set the tone for the day. While M Trunkwala looked to shape the innings with Chirag Khurana, the latter was sent back by Jadeja. The pair then continued to pick wickets and strengthened Saurahstra’s position.
With a solid lead, Saurashtra then enforced the follow on in search of a win and had left Maharashtra on 114 for two at stumps.
Delhi vs Karnataka in Kolkata: Delhi 1st inn 90/10 in 35.5 overs (R Pant 24, D Shorey 24, A Sreenath 4/12, Gowtham K 3/26, A Mithun 2/29); Karnataka 1st inn 414/10 in 141.3 overs (CM Gautam 63*, K Nair 53, V Sood 4/80, V Tokas 3/81); Delhi 2nd inn 164/10 in 43 overs (V Sood 41, K Gowtham 5/35, S Gopal 2/34, A Mithun 2/36) Won by innings and 160 runs
Having posted 414 runs, Karnataka had secured a 324-run first innings lead against Kerala. And with their bowlers skittling Delhi out for 164 the Karun Nair-led team posted a thumping win.
Abhimnayu Mithun claimed Gautam Gambhir and D Shorey of successive balls in the morning to leave Delhi gasping on 11 for two. Off-spinner K Gowtham then ran through the middle-order while Shreyas Gopal and S Arvind wrapped up the tail to bowl the team to victory on the penultimate day of the game.
Vidarbha vs Assam in Trivandrum: Vidarbha 1st inn 416/10 in 142.2 overs (G Satish 105, J Sharma 53, A Sarwate 53, S Purkayastha 5/103); Assam 1st inn 98/3 in 43 overs (P Das 37, RK Das 16*, A Wakhare 2/30) Trail by 318 runs.
After no play on the second day, Vidarbha resumed their innings on 254 for three on Day 3 and posted 416 on the board before being bowled out later in the day. While G Satish completed his century, useful half-centuries from the middle-order helped the team to a healthy total.
With A Wakhare then claiming two wickets while R Thakur picked one, Vidarbha had left Assam on 98 for three at stumps.
Jharkhand vs Team Rajasthan in Vadodara: Jharkhand 1st inn 209/10 in 73.5 overs (K Singh 56, I Jaggi 49, Pankaj Singh 5/60); Team Rajasthan 1st inn 207/10 in 83.2 overs (M Singh 50, V Saxena 50, S Nadeem 7/74); Jharkhand 2nd inn 277/10 in 76.5 overs (I Jaggi 100, M Lomror 5/51); Team Rajasthan 2nd inn 67/3 in 30 overs (P Yadav 37, M Lomror 11*, S Nadeem 2/22) Need 213 to win
After securing a marginal first innings lead, Jharkhand set Team Rajasthan a competitive 280-run target as teams fight for a win. Powered by Ishank Jaggi’s century Jharkhand made 277 in the second innings while M Lomror claimed his maiden five-for.
Shahbaz Nadeem, who had wrecked the opposition lineup in the first innings then picked up two early wickets in the second as well. The match is hanging in balance as Jharkhand left Team Rajasthan on 67 for three at stumps.
