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Ranji Trophy 2015-16 - Round-up, Oct 24

24 Oct 2015, 06:58 pm

Ranji Trophy 2015-16 - Round-up, Oct 24
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Gujarat win by innings and 36 runs against Railways

The Jasprit Bumrah-led attack bowled Gujarat to an innings and 36-run win against Railways. The bowler claimed a seven-wicket haul in the match. In the fourth round of Ranji Trophy 2015-16 Vidarbha and Andhra will be looking to pull off wins on the last day of the match. Defending champions, Karnataka have conceded first innings lead to Haryana in Mysore and need 364 to win on the last day. Group A table-toppers, Delhi have conceded first innings lead to Bengal in Delhi. Read below the highlights of Day 3: Group A Bengal vs Delhi: Delhi 1st inn 249/10 (Milind 77, P Ojha 4/77, A Dinda 3/59); Bengal 2nd inn 47/3 (M Tiwary 21*, A Gani 10*, M Sharma 2/15), Lead by 155 Pragyan Ojha claimed four for 77 while Ashoke Dinda took three for 59 to bowl Bengal to a first innings lead against table-toppers Delhi at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium. Haryana vs Karnataka: Haryana 2nd inn 262/9 decl. (N Saini 52, V Sehwag 40, S Gopal 4/53); Karnataka 2nd inn 9/0, Need 364 to win After blasting 40 off 36 balls with four boundaries and a six, Virender Sehwag declared Haryana's second innings and set defending champions Karnataka a stiff 373-run target. Team Rajasthan vs Maharashtra: Maha 1st inn 409/10 (R Tripathi 119, C Khurana 77, AB Singh 4/87); Raj 2nd inn 115/3 (A Menaria 37*, R Bhatia 27*, S Mundhe 2/22) Lead by 24 runs R Tripathi batted Maharashtra to a first innings lead with a determined 119-run knock off 250 balls in Jaipur. Assam vs Vidarbha: Assam 2nd inn 160/10 (S Purkayastha 35, A Sarvate 6/64, A Wakhare 4/37); Vid 2nd inn 88/0 (W Jaffer 43*, F Fazal 38*) Need 125 to win Although they had conceded the first innings lead, Vidarbha's left-arm spinner Aditya Sarvate (6/64) and offspinner Akshay Wakhare (4/37) set-up win for the hosts by bowling Assam out for 160 in the second innings. Group B Madhya Pradesh vs Punjab: Punjab 1st inn 358/10 (U Kaul 139, H Chawla 49, Ankit Sharma 5/122, J Saxena 3/111); MP 2nd inn 81/3 (J Saxena 31*, S Ladda 3/20), Lead by 93 runs Uday Kaul made a valiant 139 as Punjab strove to overhaul MP's first innings score of 370 runs. However, despite the top-order bat's efforts the hosts conceded first innings lead to MP in Patiala. MP's Ankit Sharma claimed a five-wicket haul to help the team seize a narrow 12-run first innings lead. Railways vs Gujarat: Gujarat won by innings and 36 runs. Railways 1st inn 234/10 (Saurabh 93, J Bumrah 4/47, RP Singh 4/55); F/O Railways 2nd inn 117/10 (A Gosh 25, M Patel 3/25, RP Singh 2/21, R Kalaria 2/24, J Bumrah 2/37) RP Singh and Jasprit Bumrah claimed four wickets each to bowl Railways out for 234 and enforce a follow on. The Gujarat attack bundled the opposition out for 117 to bowl the team to victory. While Bumrah and Mehul Patel claimed three wickets each in the second innings, RP Singh and Rush Kalaria took two wickets apiece. Andhra vs Uttar Pradesh: UP 2nd inn 309/10 (E Dwivedi 72, Mohd Saif 56, P Kumar 53, P Vijay Kumar 4/68); Andhra 2nd inn 26/1 (KS Bharat 16*, M Kaif 0*, AS Rajpoot 1/8) Need 157 to win Propelled by the lower-half of the line-up UP put up a better performance in the second innings to set the opposition a 183-run target. Dwivedi (72), Mohd Saif (56) and captain Pravin Kumar's 53 helped the team to 309 runs. However, the match is hanging in balance with Andhra needing 157 runs to win. Baroda vs Mumbai: Baroda 1st inn 345/9 (K devdhar 95, A Waghmode 57, P Shah 47, D Kulkarni 5/69, A Raut 2/63), Trail by 102 runs. The Dhawal Kulkarni-led attack has set-up first innings lead for Mumbai against Baroda. The pacer claimed five for 69. However, Baroda's lower-order's resistance has kept the innings afloat. After P Shah's departure for 47, M Vahora and S Manglorkar took the hosts to stumps in an unbroken 38-run partnership. Group C HP vs Goa: HP 1st inn 376/10 (P Dogra 167, N Gangta 47, P Parameswaran 5/82, RR Singh 3/95); Goa 2nd inn 182/3 (S Asnodkar 72, A Desai 63, BB Sharma 2/54), Lead by 234 Paras Dogra led Himachal Pradesh to a first innings lead with 167 off 230 balls in reply to Goa's 324 runs in the first innings in Dharamsala ensuring the hosts three points from the match. Saurashtra vs Hyderabad: Saurashtra won by 35 runs on Day 2 Services vs Kerala: Services 1st inn 281/7 (A Gupta 68, R Chauhan 56, M Kareparambil 3/90) Trail by 41 runs Kerala's Monish Kareparambil-led (3/90) attack have kept the match precariously poised as both teams strive to take a first innings lead. Tripura vs Jammu and Kashmir: Tripura 1st inn 224/10 (P Singh 60, R Dayal 4/51, U Nazir 2/52, R Sharma 2/57); J & K 2nd inn 163/3 (Ian Chauhan 40*, B Singh 51*), Lead by 367 runs Complemented by Rohit Sharma and Umar Nazir, Ram Dayal bowled J & K to a first innings lead with a four-wicket haul in Agartala. Follow the stars: Umesh Yadav went wicketless as Vidarbha bowled Assam out in the second innings. Parvez Rasool claimed one wicket and later scored 27 runs in J & K's second innings. Playing for Rajasthan, Rajat Bhatia returned wicketless earlier in the day and was batting on 27 at stumps against Maharashtra. Wasim Jaffer batting on 43* as Vidarbha chase 213 against Assam. Mumbai’s Shardul Thakur has taken one wicket against Baroda in the match so far. Yuvraj Singh was sent back for six by Ishwar Pandey.