17 wickets fell in Vizag as Pankaj Singh and A Choudhary bowled Team Rajasthan to a resounding win. With pacers getting purchase from the wicket the duo skittled Assam out for mere 69 runs.
In Hyderabad, Odisha and Saurashtra are fighting to clinch win as Odisha set Saurashtra a stiff target.
Remaining unbeaten on 155, Rishabh Pant held the Delhi innings together as they look to overhaul Maharashtra’s mammoth 635-run total for a first innings lead. Another India U19 player, Jharkhand’s Ishan Kishan (118*) too is fighting to keep his team in reckoning for a first innings lead against Karnataka.
Group B, Round 2 – Day 3 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 96/5 in 52 overs (S Jackson 43, S Jogiyani 42*, D Singh 2/6) Need 116 to win
Having conceded the first innings lead, the pacer trio of Jaydev Unadkat (3 wickets), Deepak Punia (five wickets) and Chirag Jani (2 wickets) bowled Odisha out for 169 in the second innings after resuming on 62 for two on the third morning. However, S Senapati’s half-century has helped the team set the Jaydev Shah-led side a 212-run target.
When play ended for the day, Odisha had sent back three Saurashtra batsmen back in the hut for zero. D Singh and S Pradhan claimed two wickets apiece as they left the opposition struggling on 96 for five at stumps. In an effort to keep the innings in the fray, Sagar Jogiyani was batting on 42 when play ended for the day.
Maharashtra vs Delhi in Mumbai: Maha 1st inn 635/2 decl ( S Gugale 351*, A Bawane 258*); Delhi 1st inn 376/5 in 94.2 overs (R Pant 155*, D Shorey 71, M Sayyad 3/73) Trail by 259 runs
After Shrikant Mundhe set the ball rolling with the wicket of Mohit Sharma (18) in the morning, M Sayyad claimed the other three wickets that fell during the day. While the rest of the top order made useful contributions to keep Delhi in the reckoning, Rishabh Pant anchored the innings with an unbeaten 155. He lost partner, Milind at the stroke of stumps for 45 thus ending the blossoming stand for 117.
Pant entertained with some glorious shots straight over the fence. While he took a few risks, the Maharashtra fielders missed a few chances, albeit tough ones while the batsman was on 33, 62 and 93.
Both teams will be fighting to secure three points with a first innings lead as the match heads into the final day.
Jharkhand vs Karnataka in Noida: Karnataka 1st inn 577/6 decl. (R Samarth 235, S Binny 97, A Kumar 3/78); Jharkhand 1st inn 309.6 in 96 overs (I Kishan 118*, S Tiwary 91, A Mithun 2/54) Trail by 268 runs.
Resuming on nine without loss of wicket, Jharkhand rallied on, on the third day in pursuit of a first innings lead. While Saurabh Tiwary’s 91 off 163 balls kept them in the fray, Ishan Kishan’s hard fought century has helped the team stay in the reckoning as the Abhimanyu Mithun-led attack dealt blows at regular intervals. The middle-order batsman was batting on 118 with Shahbaz Nadeem on 13 when play ended for the day.
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
Team Rajasthan lost their seven wickets for the addition of 64 runs to their overnight total of 208 as Arup Das and Krishna Das ran through the lineup on the third day. However, the team has secured a 77-run first innings lead.
Wickets continued to tumble in Vizag as pacers got purchase from the pitch. 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.
