Ranji Trophy 2016/17 Round-Up, Round 6, Day 3

Day 3 cleared the air on many games of Round 6 of Ranji Trophy 2016/17. While Jharkhand and Maharashtra completed massive victories by the margin of an innings, Andhra, Karnataka and Railways have put them into a great position to take full points from the game on the final day. Some games might be heading towards tame draws but some a few also ensures an intriguing final day’s play.

Talking about the wins first, Vidarbha looked like making a strong comeback on day 2 but Ankit Sanklecha was back to haunt Vidarbha’s batsmen by taking his second 7-wicket haul. After 7/25 in the first innings, he took 7/69 today as Vidharbha fell shot 3 runs short of Maharashtra’s first innings total after both their innings. In Agartala, Saurashtra didn’t allow Jharkhand’s tail to whack but their batting was all over the place again as they bundled out within 49 overs to lose the game by an innings and 46 runs.

Games in Mysore, Vodadara and Cuttack are heading towards interesting curves. While Jammu and Kashmir will be looking to bat out the day against Haryana to draw the test, UP need 252 more to win with 9 wickets in hand on a challenging batting track in Mysore. After 99 in the first innings, Suryakumar Yadav missed out on a century again getting out for 90. Gujarat are 278 runs ahead of Madhya Pradesh in Vadodara and will be looking to set MP a daunting target on day 4. In Mumbai, Kerala is in a similar situation as of Gujarat and will be pressing for a win against Goa.

Railways are just 23 runs away from an outright win against Baroda. Baroda needed a strong batting performance today to make up for their first innings debacle but could manage 239 even after Deepak Hooda’s impressive 98. On the other hand, Karnataka is also just 4 wickets away from anther victory after setting Rajasthan a target of 525. They might have secured a victory today if light had not faded to delay the inevitable. Like Maharashtra and Jharkhand, Andhra also stands a chance to attain an innings victory as Tripura are still 188 behind with 7 wickets in hand.

The game in Rajkot might end up in a draw but it remains to be seen which team will win the first innings points. Tamil Nadu is left with a solitary wicket left and is still 6 runs behind Bengal’s first innings score which gives the game a significance of its own.

Brief Scores:

(Group A)

Uttar Pradesh v Mumbai, Mysore

Mumbai: 233 all out (Suryakumar Yadav 99, Kuldeep Yadav 4/46)

UP: 225 all out (Rinku Singh 70, Tushar Deshpande 3/66)

Mumbai: 286 all out (Suryakumar Yadav 90,Saurabh Kumar 3/48)

UP: 43/1

UP need 252 more to win

Railways v Baroda, Nagpur

Baroda: 183 all out (Dhiren Mistry 50, Avinash Yadav 5/55)

Railways: 310 all out (Saurabh Wakaskar 104, Atit Sheth 4/54)

Baroda: 239 all out (Deepak Hooda 98, Avinash Yadav 3/50)

Railways: 90/2

Railways need 23 more to win

Gujarat v Madhya Pradesh, Vadodara

Gujarat: 302 all out (Manpreet Juneja 79, Chandrakant Sakure 4/65)

MP: 252 all out (Rajat Patidar 71, Rush Kalaria 4/72)

Gujarat 228/2 (Samit Gohel 93*, Parthiv Patel 80*)

Gujarat lead by 278 runs

Bengal v Tamil Nadu, Rajkot

Bengal: 337 all out (Sudip Chatterjee 100, Krishnamoorthy Vignesh 4/70)

TN: 331/9 (Dinesh Karthik 80)

TN trail by 6 runs

(Group B)

Saurashtra v Jharkhand, Agartala

Saurashtra: 277 all out (Prerak Mankad 96, Ashish Kumar 4/52)

Jharkhand: 467 all out (Ishank Jaggi 173, Ishan Kishan 136, Khushang Patel 5/95)

Saurashtra: 144 all out (Samar Quadri 4/46)

Jharkhand won by an innings and 46 runs

Odisha v Assam, Hyderabad

Assam: 301 all out (Kunal Saika 135, Basant Mohanty 3/18)

Odisha: 459/7 (Govinda Poddar 25, Biplab Samantray 103

Odisha lead by 158 runs

Maharashtra v Vidarbha, Kolkata

Vidarbha: 59 all out (Anupam Sanklecha 7/25)

Maharashtra: 332 all out (Naushad Shaikh 127, Ankit Bawne 111, Lalit Yadav 5/81)

Vidarbha: 270 all out (Shrikanth Wagh 69*, Anupam Sanklecha 7/69)

Maharashtra won by an innings and 3 runs

Karnataka v Rajasthan, Vizianagaram

Karnataka: 374 all out (Mayank Agarwal 81, Tanveer-Ul-Haq 5/82)

Rajasthan : 148 all out (Vinay Kumar 4/28, Sreenath Aravind 4/36)

Karnataka: 298/6d (KL Rahul 106, Rajesh Bishnoi 4/87)

Rajasthan 118/6 (Vinay Kumar 3/45)

Rajasthan need 407 more to win

(Group C)

Hyderabad v Services, Mumbai

Hyderabad: 580/9d (Bavanaka Sandeep 203*, Chama Milind 136, Raushan Raj 5/73)

Services:360/9 (Shamsher Yadav 104, Nakul Verma 90, Ravi Kiran 3/68)

Services trail by 220 runs

Kerala v Goa, Mumbai

Kerala: 342 all out (Rohan Prem 130, Bhavin Thakkar 117, Rituraj Rajeev Singh 7/42)

Goa: 286 all out (shadab Jakati 85, Vinod Kumar 4/68)

Kerala: 154/4 (Rohan Prem 60*)

Kerala lead by 210 runs

Jammu and Kashmir v Haryana, Cuttack

Haryana: 502 all out (Rajat Paliwal 194, Nitin Saini 90)

Jammu and Kashmir: 262 all out (Pranav Gupta 94, Sanjay Pahal 4/66)

Jammu and Kashmir: 38/0

Jammu and Kashmir trail by 202 runs

Andhra v Tripura, Valsad

Tripura: 171 all out (Paidikalva Vijaykumar 4/56)

Andhra: 524/6d (Hanuma Vihari 233*, Prasanth Kumar 129)

Tripura 165/3

Tripura trail by 188 runs

Chhattisgarh v Himachal Pradesh, Kanpur

Chhattisgarh: 238 all out (Amandeep Khare 85, Bipul Sharma 3/61)

Himachal Pradesh: 314 all out (Bipul Sharma 86, Sumit Sureshrao Ruikar 7/112)

Chhattisgarh 175/4 (Abhimanyu Chauhan 69*)

Chhattisgarh lead by 99 runs