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Ranji Trophy 2014-15: Round-up, Dec 8

09 Dec 2014, 10:35 am

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Chatterjee stars for Bengal with 192

Bengal’s Sudip Chatterjee missed out on a double ton against Baroda while Shubham Khajuria’s century for J&K could prove decisive against Mumbai. Batting on 113, Arindam Gosh had led Railways against Madhya Pradesh while Gautam Gambhir scored 147 for Delhi. Here is the round-up for the day: Assam vs Tripura: After bowling Tripura out for a paltry total, Assam were helped to a comfortable 275 by the lower middle-order. J Syed Mohammed's 51 and K Saikia's 64 were crucial in the team taking a lead after Assam were reduced to 90/6. M Murasingh claimed a fiver to bowl Assam out after a valiant performance with the bat. When play ended, Tripura were 2 without loss in the second innings with all wickets intact. Karnataka vs Tamil Nadu: Tamil Nadu were comfortably placed at 240/5 in the first innings at the end of second day. The side was trailing by 50 runs with R Prasanna batting on 51 and V Shankar on 18. Earlier, Abhinav Mukund scored 84 for TN before being sent back by Sharath. Baroda vs Bengal: At 86/3, Baroda were trailing by 369 runs with seven wickets in hand at the end of Day 2 against Bengal in Vadodara. Earlier resuming on 255/3, Bengal had posted 455 courtesy Sudip Chatterjee's 192. LR Shukla then claimed two wickets while Veerpratap Singh chipped in with one to push the hosts on the backfoot. Railways vs Madhya Pradesh: Railways were leading by 72 runs with three wickets in hand at stumps on Monday evening. Arindam Gosh was batting on 113 when play ended for the day. The middle-order batsman's knock shored up the side even as wickets tumbled at the other end. Avinash Yadav contributed with a useful 50 off 133 and was ably supported Gosh to help take a lead in the game. Maharashtra vs Odisha: Harshad Khadiwale (76*) and Chirag Khurana (48*) helped Maharashtra to 126 without loss at the end of Day 2. Earlier, Shrikant Mundhe's four-for and DJ Muthuswamy's three-wicket haul had helped bowl Odisha out for 311. The Maharashtra opener's had taken the team to a commanding position in the game so far. Punjab vs Haryana: Punjab claimed an 11-run lead in the second innings with all wickets intact at stumps against Haryana. However, Haryana had finished the first innings with a marginal first innings lead which might prove crucial in the four-day game. Amit Mishra's 40 and J Yadav's unbeaten 51 had helped take the side a marginal first innings lead. Delhi vs Saurashtra: Propelled by captain Gautam Gambhir's 147 along with Parvinder Awana's 61 and Sumit Narwal's 65 lower down the order, Delhi had amassed 442 in the first innings. In reply, Saurashtra were reeling on 152/6 at stumps. The visitors were trailing by 290 runs with four wickets in hand after Awana and Rajat Bhatia claimed three wickets each to strengthen Delhi's position. Kerala vs Goa: At 60/2, Kerala were trailing by 307 runs with eight wickets in hand when play ended on the second day. Basil Thampi claimed four wickets even as Goa's posted 367 before being all out earlier in the day. When play was called off, KB Pawan was batting on 28 with Amit Verma on nine. Services vs Himachal Pradesh: Resuming on 19/0, HP scored 255/6 and were leading by 29 runs at the end of day's play. RR Parida was batting on 54 with N Gangta on 10. Andhra Pradesh vs Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh were trailing by 401 runs with all wickets intact after Hyderabad piled on 522 before being bowled out on Day 2. Lower-order batsmen Ashish Reddy scored 97 while and CV Milind remained unbeaten on 97 to help add useful runs to the first innings score. Andhra's D Shivkumar finished with four wickets in the innings. When play ended on Monday evening, KS Bharat was batting on 71 with DB Prasanth on 50. Rajasthan vs Gujarat: Rajasthan were trailing by 168 runs with two wickets in hand in the first innings at the end of second day's play. The Gujarat pacers ran through the hosts line-up to leave them on 172/8 at stumps. Rush Kalaria and Ishwar Chaudhary claimed three wickets each while Kushang Patel picked two to put their team in a commanding position in the ongoing match.