Fresh from one million greenback plus IPL contract and a few high quality time amongst world beaters within the Indian dressing room, M Shahrukh Khan confirmed his wares in crimson ball format with magnificent 148-ball-194 that ensured first innings lead for Tamil Nadu towards Delhi within the Ranji Trophy.
Coming in to bat at quantity seven with Tami Nadu in serious trouble, Shahrukh soaked up the stress as he fell simply six wanting changing his maiden first-class century right into a double however put Tamil in entrance along with his 10 sixes and 20 fours. Using his lengthy levers and brute energy, Shahrukh hit some flat sixes that crash landed on the stands and most of it was within the straight arc between lengthy off and lengthy on. Shahrukh reached his century in 89 balls and carried on in the identical vein to not simply rescue his staff from a troublesome place but additionally guarantee three factors for them. In the opposite match of the group, Chattisgarh beat Jharkhand by eight wickets inside three days to get full factors.
Karnataka secures first innings lead; J&Okay in command vs Pondicherry
Karnataka secured the primary innings lead towards Railways regardless of a ton by Arindam Ghosh (105) and Mohammad Saif’s knock of 84 on the third day of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group C match on Saturday. Resuming on the in a single day rating of 213 for 3, Ghosh and Saif added 81 extra runs and stored the Railways on target earlier than leg-spinner Shreyas Gopal broke the 96-run fourth wicket partnership by dismissing the previous.
Railways’ batting faltered and so they appeared to set to concede an enormous lead earlier than Yuvraj Singh hit 48. His exit at 419 to Ronit More (3/67) noticed the staff slide to 426 all out, handing a 55-run result in Karnataka.
India Test batter Mayank Agarwal began confidently within the second innings and has hit 5 fours and a six in his unbeaten 39. Devdutt Padikkal (4) fell early however R Samarth (20 batting) ensured that there have been no additional hiccups as Karnataka ended the day at 63 for 1, an total lead of 118 runs with a day to go.
In the opposite match of the day, Abdul Samad blitzed a 68-ball century (103, 78 balls, 19 fours, 2 sixes) to assist Jammu & Kashmir take an 83-run lead. Pondicherry faltered within the second innings and the staff was tottering at 113 for 9 at stumps on the third day as veteran off-spinner Parvez Rasool picked up 5 wickets. Pondicherry is forward solely by 30 runs with one wicket standing and a defeat seems to be imminent on the ultimate day.
Brief scores: Karnataka 481 & 63 for one in 17 overs (Mayank Agarwal 39 batting) vs Railways 426 in 128.3 overs (Mrunal Devdhar 56, Vivek Singh 59, Arindam Ghosh 105 (197b, 12×4, 3×6), Mohammad Saif 84 (148b) , 11×4, 1×6), Yuvraj Singh 48, Okay Gowtham 4 for 127, Ronit More three for 67, Vidyadhar Patil two for 77).
Pondicherry 343 & 113 for 9 in 44 overs (Sagar Trivedi 26 batting, Parvez Rasool 5 for 29) vs Jammu and Kashmir 426 in 114.1 overs (Qamran Iqbal 96 (220b,13×4, 2×6), Jatin Wadhawan 69, Shubham Singh Pundir 51, Abdul Samad 103 (78b, 19×4, 2×6), Parvez Rasool 31, Abid Mushtaq 40, Sagar Trivedi 5 for 74, Sagar Udeshi three for 115).
Andhra slips to 100 for 4 in pursuit of 368 for win towards Rajasthan
Identical scores of 79 by skipper Ashok Menaria and Mahipal Lomror enabled Rajasthan set Andhra a stiff goal of 368 of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group E match on Saturday. Andhra misplaced 4 wickets together with that of captain KS Bharat to be 100 for 4 at stumps on the third day.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
