Odisha clinched their first win of Ranji Trophy 2016-17 with a win against Saurashtra. S Pradhan claimed a five-for as they bowled the opposition out on the last day of the four-day match to secure six points from the game.
Although Maharashtra pulled off a first innings lead in a high scoring game in Mumbai, Rishabh Pant took the fight to the Swapnil Gugale –led team with a sparkling 308. The young Delhi batsman fought to keep his side in the fray before eventually returning to the pavilion later on the last day of the match.
In Noida, Ishan Kisan remained unbeaten on 159 as he ran out of partners in the match against Karnataka. S Gowtham and Shreyas Gopal picked three wickets each as they helped the team to a first innings lead.
Group B, Round 2 – Day 4 Round-up:
Odisha vs Saurashtra in Hyderabad: Odisha 1st inn 228/10 in 80.5 overs (S Pattnaik 123, D Jadeja 4/67); Sau 1st inn 186/10 in 67.3 overs (J Shah 64, C Jani 45, B Mohanty 4/58, S Pradhan 3/37, D Singh 3/47); Odisha 2nd inn 169/10 in 64.4 overs (S Senapati 57, D Punia 5/39, J Unadkat 3/40, C Jani 2/30); Sau 2nd inn 179/10 in 101 overs (S Jogiyani 68, A Vasavada 45, S Pradhan 5/69, D Singh 2/17) Odisha won by 32 runs.
Chasing 212 runs, Saurashtra resumed their innings on 96 for five in the morning with opener Sagar Jogiyani at the crease on 42. However, the Saurashtra lineup was dismantled by the Suryakant Pradhan-led attack for the addition of 83 runs on the fourth day. Deepak Behera gave Odisha their first wicket of the fourth morning by trapping the opener lbw. While B Samantray claimed Arpit Vasavada, Pradhan picked three to finish with a five-for.
Odisha bowled Saurashtra out for 179 to claim a 32-run win in the second round of the ongoing tournament.
Maharashtra vs Delhi in Mumbai: Maha 1st inn 635/2 decl ( S Gugale 351*, A Bawane 258*); Delhi 1st inn 590/10 in 155 overs (R Pant 308, V Sood 32*, M Sayyad 3/121, C Khurana 3/143); Maha 2nd inn 58/0 in 15 overs. Match Drawn. Maharashtra took first innings lead.
Playing in only his fourth Ranji Trophy match, Rishabh Pant took the game to Maharashtra with a well paced 308-run knock at the Wankhede stadium. Batting with the lower-order, the young Delhi middle-order batsman brought his side within sniffing distance of overhauling Maharashtra’s first innings score of 635 runs.
While he had lost partners at regular intervals on the penultimate day, he found an able ally in Varun Sood. Coming out to bat with Pant, the No.8 bat, stood stoically at one end for over a session and a half in a 182-run stand. While the middle-order batsman culled runs, Sood blocked. In a display of patience, he at one point had scored only 11 of 100 balls and hit his first boundary off the 110th delivery that he faced.
Pant at the other end milked the bowlers as he reached his double ton and then went on to post a triple hundred. Having kept wickets for almost two days, he built a marathon innings in an effort to help his side secure a first innings lead. His 300 came off 320 balls. He became the second Indian wicketkeeper to score a triple ton after KS Bharat. In the process with his triple hundred this was the first time in first-class cricket that batsmen from both teams had scored a triple century. However, while on 308, he was sent back by Satyajit Bachhav when Delhi was on 577. Having got a foot into the door, Maharashtra then wrapped up the tail at the stroke of tea.
Maharashtra bowled Delhi out for 590 to secure a 45-run first innings lead. When the match was called off in a draw Maharashtra were 58 without loss in the second innings.
Jharkhand vs Karnataka in Noida: Karnataka 1st inn 577/6 decl. (R Samarth 235, S Binny 97, A Kumar 3/78); Jharkhand 1st inn 374/10 in 115.1 overs (I Kishan 159*, K Gowtham 3/97, S Gopla 3/114); Karnataka 2nd inn 162/3 in 53.4 overs (K Nair 54*, MK Abbas 51*, S Quadri 3/62) Match Drawn. Karnataka took first innings lead.
After resuming the Jharkhand innings on 309 for six on the fourth morning, I Kishan was stranded on 159 when the side was bowled out for 374 runs. K Gowtham and Shreyas Gopal wrapped up Jharkhand’s innings to bowl their team to a first innings lead in Noida.
When the match ended in a draw, Karnataka were on 162 for three.
Team Rajasthan vs Assam in Vizag: Assam 1st inn 195/10 in 84.1 overs (Rishav Das 93*, PK Das 40, Pankaj Singh 5/39, NB Singh 2/40); Team Raj 1st inn 272/10 (M Lomror 89, A Das 4/53, K Das 3/50); Assam 2nd inn 69/10 in 20.2 overs (R Das 16, A Choudhary 5/35, P Singh 4/26) Team Rajasthan win by innings and 8 runs
Left-arm pacer Aniket Choudhary and Pankaj Singh claimed five and four wickets respectively to bundle Assam out for 69 runs in the second innings and clinch a victory.
