Maharashtra virtually ended Mumbai’s probabilities of making it to the Ranji quarters as each the groups ended on an equivalent first innings rating of 384. It took an sudden flip in Brabourne.
There had been solely 9 earlier situations in Ranji Trophy the place each the groups completed their first innings scores stage. And Mumbai wanted three factors to make it to the quarter-finals, all they needed to do was surpass Maharashtra’s whole of 384 and drive a draw. However, they might handle solely 384 runs, regardless of Prasad Pawar’s maiden century (145) and Tanush Kotian’s 93.
When the eighth wicket fell, Mumbai wanted 44 extra runs, with Kotian preventing a lonely battle. Then Mohit Awasthi fell, needing 13 extra runs. But seeing the scores tied, left-arm spinner Vicky Otswal bowled Kotian and dashed Mumbai’s hopes.
With neither staff getting the sting, each Maharashtra and Mumbai will get just one level and won’t make it to the quarterfinals. For certainly one of them to qualify, they should win outright.
Brief scores: Maharashtra 384 in 22 overs and 51/2 vs Mumbai 384 in 116 overs (Prasad Pawar 145, Tanush Kotian 93, Pradeep Dadhe 3/80).
luck is smiling on andhra
When the ultimate league match started, Andhra’s qualification hopes had been probably the most unlikely situation of the Maharashtra-Mumbai sport ending in a draw with each the groups getting one level every and successful their ultimate sport towards Assam with a bonus level .
But after defeating Assam by an innings and 95 runs, Andhra topped Group B with 26 factors. If there is no such thing as a outright winner between Mumbai and Maharashtra, the latter may also end with 26 factors.
However, Andhra has one bonus level greater than Maharashtra and that may take them forward.
Assam’s staff was dismissed for 113 and 153 in 54.1 overs.
Jharkhand misplaced however can nonetheless make it
Resuming the third day at 85/2 and nonetheless trailing Karnataka by 51 runs, Jharkhand may solely handle 201 of their second innings. And needing 66 runs to win, Karnataka reached the goal by 9 wickets to deal a serious blow to Jharkhand’s hopes of qualifying for the quarter-finals.
However, Jharkhand may nonetheless make it to the quarter-finals as Kerala and Rajasthan – the 2 groups that might have leapfrogged them into second place – discovered themselves in a gap.
Brief scores: Jharkhand 164 and 201 in 78.5 overs (Supriya Chakraborty 48, Ok Gautam 5/75, Vasuki Kaushik 3/21) lose to Karnataka 300 and 66/1 in 18.1 overs.
It will get powerful for Kerala
Despite Jharkhand handing them the opening, Kerala did not capitalize as they handed Pondicherry a first-innings lead. Kerala wanted 286 runs of their first innings to win in reply to Pondicherry’s first innings rating of 371. ball, they’d fail to make it to the quarterfinals.
Brief scores: Pondicherry 371 in 14 overs and 34/1 vs Kerala 286 in 113 overs (Akshay Chandran 70, Sagar Udeshi 5/62).
Rajasthan want 212 runs and have 4 wickets in hand
Like Kerala, Rajasthan additionally had an opportunity to make it to the quarter-finals on the expense of Jharkhand. However, they’re observing a gaggle stage exit as they want 212 runs to beat Services with simply 4 wickets in hand. With all of the top-order batsmen gone, and solely Deepak Chahar coming in, Rajasthan have a mountain to climb in Jodhpur.
Brief scores: Services 178 and 276 in 103.5 overs (Ravi Chauhan 98, Lavkesh Bansal 50, Aniket Chowdhary 5/58) v Rajasthan 136 and 107/6 in 38 overs (Yash Kothari 72, Pulkit Narang 4/20).
Uttarakhand, Punjab after all
In Lahli, Uttarakhand had been 125/1 of their first innings as they appear to make it to the quarterfinals. They are near taking the primary innings lead after dismissing Haryana for 233. To make it simpler for them, there was no sport between Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh in Nadaun. The former wanted a win to topple Uttarakhand. Elsewhere, in Mohali, there was no play between Punjab and Vidarbha on the third day because the hosts sealed their place within the quarter-finals
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
