News
Sun 17 Nov 2013, 6:23 pm
Summary
Railways, Haryana emerge victorious
Railways beat Baroda, while Haryana defeated Jharkhand on the last day of the third round of Ranji Trophy 2013-14. Here is the round-up for Day 4:
Group A
Mumbai vs Delhi: Tied on the first-innings score, the drawn game between Mumbai and Delhi gave both teams one point each.
Earlier, resuming on 198 for two, Mumbai declared their innings on 347 for six. Chasing 348, Delhi made 198 before the match was called off. Unmukt Chand was not out on 106, while Gautam Gambhir retired hurt on 51. Virender Sehwag was not on 35 when play ended.
Karnataka vs Gujarat: The four-day match between Karnataka and Gujarat finished in a draw on the last day of game. Having made 411 in the first innings in response to Gujarat’s first-innings score of 306, Karnataka gained three points on the basis of their first-innings lead. When play was called off, Karnataka were 245 for four.
Odisha vs Vidarbha: Odisha received three points on the basis of their first-innings lead against Vidarbha, who got one point for their effort.
Vidarbha were bowled out for 382, after Odisha had made 453 for six before declaring their first innings. Basant Mohanty picked a fiver against Vidarbha.
Haryana vs Jharkhand: Haryana claimed six points with a 30-run win over Jharkhand. The Mohit Sharma-led attack ran through the Jharkand line-up to bowl the opposition out for 172.
Mohit picked four wickets, while Harshal Patel got three and Joginder Sharma took two wickets. Resuming on his overnight score of 29, Bhavin Thakker made 64, while Ishank Jaggi scored 53. But the rest of the Jharkhand line-up folded without offering much resistance.
Group B
Saurashtra vs UPCA: Having posted a mammoth first-innings score of 632, Saurashtra claimed three points on the basis of their first-innings lead against UPCA.
UP were bowled out for 353 on the last day of the match. Abhishek Bhatt had claimed four wickets, while Jaidev Unadkat took three. Meanwhile, D Jadeja picked two scalps and Kamlesh Makvana chipped in with one wicket. When play ended, Saurashtra were 51 without loss in the second innings.
SSCB vs Rajasthan: Rajasthan gained three points on the basis of their first-innings lead against Services. Resuming on 345 for four on the fourth day, Rajasthan made 424, courtesy centuries by Robin Bist and R Bishnoi, despite a lower-middle order collapse to take a first-innings lead.
Services then lost their top three batsmen with just nine runs on the board, but were helped to 172 by N Verma (101*) and Yashpal Singh (57*) when play was called off.
Baroda vs Railways: Pacers bowled Railways to a thumping innings and 48-run win over hosts Baroda on the final day of the ongoing round. K Upadhyay claimed four wickets, while Anureet Singh claimed three and R Mali took two to bowl Baroda out for 217 in the second innings.
Anureet Singh sent back Abhimanyu Chauhan and Ambati Rayudu earlier in the morning, while Mali followed up with the wicket of Saurabh Wakaskar a little later. Baroda then kept losing wickets at regular intervals. Pinal Shah was stranded on 57 as the rest of the team caved in to the Railways attack.
MPCA vs Bengal: Following on, Bengal resumed their second innings on 43 for no loss on the last day and pulled off a draw. When play was called off, Bengal were 308 for five and had gained one point from the drawn match, while MP got three points.
Group C
Maharashtra vs Hyderabad: The match between Maharashtra and Hyderabad finished in a draw. In response to Maharashtra’s 616 for nine, Hyderabad were 528 for seven when play was called off on the final day of the match. Both teams gained a point each from the encounter.
Andhra vs Assam: In the drawn match, Assam gained three points on the basis of their first-innings lead, while Andhra received one point.
After Assam were bowled out for 432 on the last day of the game, Andhra were 176 for one in their second innings when play was called off.
Tripura vs Kerala: Kerala beat Tripura by nine wickets on the third day of their four-day match.
J & K vs Himachal: Himachal Pradesh beat J&K by an innings and 192 runs on Day 3.



