Andhra skipper Hanuma Vihari, batting left-handed, helped pacer Avesh Khan placed on 26 runs for the tenth wicket to assist his staff publish 379 of their Ranji Trophy quarterfinal conflict towards Madhya Pradesh right here on Wednesday.
Andhra bundled out the defending champions at 144 for 4 at stumps to take management of the match.
Resuming at 262 for 2, it didn’t go in Andhra’s favor as Madhya Pradesh’s hard-working bowlers got here again after working laborious throughout a 251-run partnership between Ricky Bhui (149) and Karan Shinde (110). Of.
Shinde introduced up his century off 254 balls whereas Bhui continued to rattle the house aspect’s bowling assault.
Medium pacer Anubhav Agarwal (4/72) broke the partnership when he had Shinde caught by wicketkeeper Himanshu Mantri at 323.
Five runs later, Bhui’s marathon innings got here to an finish when he was caught by Saransh Jain within the covers off Agarwal.
The MP bowlers then struck and hit at common intervals to depart Andhra at 353 for 9 when Vihari got here out to bat.
Batting left-handed after injuring his left wrist, the Andhra skipper hit a number of boundaries to make sure that the staff reached a complete of 379. He batted with just one hand.
Jain acquired him out LBW for 27 runs. He retired harm on Tuesday, 16 after being hit by a bouncer from Avesh Khan.
Vihari’s valiant effort was harking back to his heroics within the Sydney Test towards Australia in January 2021.
Abhimanyu, Gharami slams half-century, Bengal takes first innings lead
Half-centuries from skipper Abhimanyu Easwaran and Sudeep Gharami gave Bengal a slim first innings lead towards Jharkhand on the second day of their Ranji Trophy quarterfinal right here on Wednesday.
After bowling Jharkhand out for 173, Bengal ended the second day at 238 for five with a significant 65-run first innings lead.
Abhimanyu (77) and Gharami (68) declared rookie opener Kazi Junaid Saifi (1) leg earlier than off Ashish Kumar within the ninth over of the day.
From there, Abhimanyu and Gharami placed on 136 for the second wicket to place the house aspect in contact to say a primary innings lead.
But after the 2 fell in fast succession, Bengal suffered a mid-innings collapse as the house staff misplaced 4 wickets along with 60 runs to achieve 207 for five.
Right when Bengal had been shedding floor with the bat, the left-handed duo of Abhishek Porel (25) and Shahbaz Ahmed (17) took management of the proceedings in an entertaining unbroken partnership.
Wicketkeeper-batsman Porel pulled off some pleasant cowl drives and sloppy fielding by Jharkhand additionally helped Bengal’s trigger.
For Jharkhand, Supriyo Chakraborty took two wickets whereas Ashish, Anukul Roy and Shahbaz Nadeem took one wicket every.
“We are happy to have taken the first innings lead. But our target will be to add as many runs as possible on the third day keeping in mind that anything is possible in cricket,” stated Bengal coach Laxmi Ratan Shukla.
“The partnership of Abhimanyu and Gharami was an important one, but we have bigger goals ahead of us.” Abbreviated Score:
Jharkhand: 173 all out.
Batsmen gave command to Karnataka towards Uttarakhand
Experienced all-rounder Shreyas Gopal scored an unbeaten 103 as Karnataka took an enormous 358-run lead towards Uttarakhand on the second day of their Ranji Trophy quarter-final match right here on Wednesday.
On a day when the runs had been flowing freely for the hosts, skipper Mayank Agarwal (83) was concerned in a gap partnership of 159 with Ravikumar Samarth (82) earlier than Devdutt Padikkal (69) and Nikin Jose (62) and Karnataka Also scored half-centuries. The day ended at 474 for 5 wickets.
None of the Uttarakhand bowlers appeared efficient towards a closely outnumbered Karnataka staff on the Chinnaswamy Stadium, with quick bowler Deepak Dhapola having career-best figures of 8/35 in an innings through the Ranji Trophy group stage this season. Were, returning empty- handed over on Wednesday.
With Uttarakhand’s strike bowler ineffective, Karnataka’s lineup had 4 half-centuries and one century-maker. Starting the second day on 123 with out loss, in a single day batsmen Agarwal and Samarth, who had been on 65 and 54 respectively on Tuesday, flourished in favorable dwelling situations.
Prabhsimran, Naman hit centuries to present Punjab the higher hand towards Saurashtra
Openers Prabhsimran Singh and Naman Dheer scored good centuries as Punjab registered a win on the second day of their Ranji Trophy quarterfinal match towards Saurashtra right here on Wednesday.
Starting the day with three wickets for no loss in reply to Saurashtra’s first innings 303, Punjab took a 24-run lead by the tip of the second day at 327 for 5 in 91 overs, with Prabhsimran and Naman Had scored 126 and 131 runs respectively.
Prabhasimran hit 13 fours and three sixes in his 158-ball knock, whereas Naman hit 9 fours and 7 sixes in his 180-ball knock.
Prabhsimran was the primary to depart for the staff rating of 212 within the post-lunch session, whereas Naman stayed on for some time and was the third Punjab batsman to be dismissed.
One-downs Pukhraj Mann (1), Anmolpreet Singh (9) and Nehal Wadhera (4) did not contribute a lot however captain Mandeep Singh and wicketkeeper Anmol Malhotra rescued Punjab from Saurashtra’s first innings whole. .
Mandeep was batting on 39 off 120 balls, whereas Malhotra was supporting him on 16 off 57 balls when stumps had been being drawn.
For Saurashtra, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja and Yuvrajsinh Dodiya took wickets a chunk whereas Parth Bhut acquired one.
On the primary day on Tuesday, left-arm spinner Parth Bhut shone with the bat and saved Saurashtra by scoring an unbeaten 111 off 155 balls.
Coming in to bat at quantity 9, Bhut hit 11 fours and 4 sixes throughout his unbeaten 155-ball knock to assist bowl out Saurashtra for 303 in 87 overs after electing to bat on the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium .
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
