Ranji Trophy 2016/17, Round 3, Day 3 Review

On the penultimate day of Round 3 of the Ranji Trophy 2016/17, Karnataka managed to beat Delhi by an inning and 160 runs. Karnataka were in absolute control of the game played at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata as they first bowled out Delhi for a paltry score of 90 in the first innings and then piled on 414 runs in reply.

In the last inning, Krishnappa Gowtham who picked a three-wicket haul in the first innings finished with a fifer and Delhi were all out for 164. Karnataka did not just secure a win but also earned the bonus point.

The other two teams who have placed themselves in a very comfortable position at the end of day 3 are Bengal and Goa. While Bengal has a 315-run second innings lead over Punjab in their account with Manoj Tiwary still at the crease Services trail Goa by 339 runs. The Himachal Pradesh team is in trouble and it looks pretty much certain that Tripura will impose a win over them in this round as they still have 219 runs in hand and HP have 9 wickets to spare.

Akhil Hirwadkar continued his good run with the bat from the second day and remained unbeaten on 136 after the Mumbai top order completely failed against a strong Madhya Pradesh bowling attack led by Ishwar Pandey. Here is all the action that happened on day 3  of the Ranji Trophy round 3.

Brief Scores:

Punjab: 271

Bengal: 404, 182/5 (M Tiwary 61*; S Sharma 4/96) in 53.0 overs

Day 3: stumps – Bengal lead by 315 runs

Karnataka: 414

Delhi: 90, 164-all out (V Sood 41*; K Gowtham 5/35) in 43.0 overs

Karnataka won by an innings and 160 runs

Andhra: 255

Jammu & Kashmir: 334, 31/2 (Ian Dev Singh 15; B Bhatt 2/16) in 18.5 overs

Day 3: stumps – Jammu and Kashmir lead by 110 runs

Goa: 606/6 decl

Services: 267/7 (R Singh 83; S Jakati 3/47) in 103.0 overs

Day 3: stumps – Services trail by 339 runs

Tripura: 549

Himachal Pradesh: 311, 19/1 (A Bains 6*; M Murasingh 1/8) in 2.2 overs

Day 3: stumps – Himachal Pradesh trail by 219 runs

Haryana: 178, 289

Chhattisgarh: 189, 50/6 (A Chauhan 24*; M Sharma 3/10) in 22.0 overs

Day 3: stumps – Chhattisgarh need 229 runs

Kerala: 517/9 decl

Hyderabad: 231/7 (B Sandeep 53; J Saxena 2/48) in 87.0 overs

Day 3: stumps – Hyderabad trail by 286 runs

Jharkhand: 209, 277

Rajasthan: 207, 67/3 (P Yadav 37; S Nadeem 2/22) in 30.0 overs

Day 3: stumps – Rajasthan need 213 runs

Vidarbha: 416

Assam: 98/3 (P Das 37; A Wakhare 2/30 in 43.0 overs

Day 3: stumps – Assam trail by 318 runs

Saurashtra: 657/8 decl

Maharashtra: 182, 114/2 (M Trunkwala 58*; D Jadeja 1/18) in 37.0 overs

Day 3: stumps – Maharashtra trail by 361 runs

Uttar Pradesh: 524

Tamil Nadu: 398/6 (A Mukund 154; A Rajpoot 2/91) in 110.0 overs

Day 3: stumps – Tamil Nadu trail by 126 runs

Gujarat: 187, 437/7 decl

Railways: 124, 171/4 (M Rawat 52*; R Kalaria 2/26) in 61.0 overs

Day 3: stumps – Railways need 330 runs

Madhya Pradesh: 445

Mumbai: 290/5 (A Hirwadkar 136*; I Pandey 3/80) in 107.0 overs

Day 3: stumps – Mumbai trail by 155 runs