Ranji Trophy 2017-18, Round 3, Day 4 Review

Not every day India’s premier domestic league provides nine outright results out of 12 games. The round 3 of the Ranji Trophy turned out to be a thrilling affair. There were only three matches without any result and Odisha won’t mind that. Andhra had to be content with just three points after putting Odisha in a spot of bother. But at the end, Odisha just managed to stand their ground and denied a win to Hanuma Vihari’s side. Biplab Samantray’s unbeaten 62 came at the hour of crisis as Odisha lived to fight another day.

Kerala registered their second outright win as Jalax Saxena’s all-round show turned out to be too good for Rajasthan. A hundred, a fifty and 10 wickets in the game hardly had a match as Rajasthan were bowled out for 211 in the second innings, handing a 131 win to the hosts. Jharkhand gunned for glory in style after opener Ishan Kisan and Nazim Siddiqui chased down 81 in just 10.4 overs. Kisan continued his good form and followed up his 83 with an unbeaten 46 while his teammate and ‘FIFA rival’ Ishank Jaggi took home the man of the match award for his 135 in the first innings.

Suresh Raina’s poor form continues

Chasing 324 to win, UP’s chase was led by Rinku Singh, who played an impressive unbeaten knock of 136-ball 122 but his innings went in vain as UP lost the contest by 31 runs and in the process gave away six vital points to Maharashtra. UP skipper Suresh Raina once again failed to score with the bat and was dismissed by Chirag Khurana for just five runs in the second innings. Khurana was adjudged the man of the match for his 6/53 and 6/131 in respective innings.

Dead contest

The Mumbai v Tamil Nadu contest didn’t live up to the hype as both the teams shared the spoils after competing for four days. Tamil Nadu replied to Mumbai’s 374 with a solid 450, all credit to Baba Aparajith’s 152 and an entertaining hundred by Yo Mahesh. But Mumbai didn’t panic and play out 95 overs, scoring 371/5, with hundreds from consistent Shreyas Iyer and Akhil Herwadkar.

Gopal’s nine leaves Hyderabad in the dumps

Hyderabad’s resistance broke bad as Karnataka registered a 59-run win after the chasing team were bowled out for 320.Anchored by Karun Nair’s 134, Karnataka came hard at the opposition after being bowled out for 183 in the first innings, and managed to score 320 in the next attempt. Shreyas Gopal bagged 5/17 in the first innings and took figures of 4/91 in the second innings to seize the day for the hosts.

Brief Scores

Group A:

Maharashtra vs Uttar Pradesh

Maharashtra 312/10 & 282/7 (R Tripathi 91; Saurabh Kumar 4/105) won by 31 runs

UP 271 & 292/10 (Rinku Singh 122; Chirag Khurana 6/131)

Karnataka vs Hyderabad

Karnataka 183 & 332/10 ( Karun Nair 134; Mehdi Hasan  5/88) won by 59 runs

Hyderabad 136/10 & 320/10 (B Sandeep 80; Shreyas Gopal 4/91)

Assam vs Railways

Assam 244/10 & 55/10 ( K Saikia 16; Anureet Singh 5/22) lost by an innings and 184 runs to

Railways 483/7 dec ( A Ghosh 109; D Goswami 2/93)

Group B:

Kerala vs Rajasthan

Kerala 335/10 & 250/4 dec ( J Saxena 105; Tajinder Singh 2/38) drew

Rajasthan 243/10 & 211/10 ( Robin Bist 70; Sijomon Joseph 5/84)

Jammu and Kashmir vs Gujarat

Jammu and Kashmir 261/10 & 130 (R Dayal 29; H Patel 5/49) lost by an innings and 64 runs to

Gujarat 455/10 (M Juneja 131; Manik Gupta 5/143)

Haryana vs Jharkhand

Haryana 208/10 & 296/10 (R Paliwal 93; S Nadeem 6/93) drew

Jharkhand 425/9 (Ishank Jaggi 135, Ishan Kishan 83; A.Chahal 2/80)

Group C:

Mumbai vs Tamil Nadu

Mumbai 374/10 & 332/4 (S Iyer 138; R Shah 2/86) drew

Tamil Nadu 450 (B Indrajit 152; V Gohil 4/129)

Andhra vs Odisha

Andhra 584/5 dec (Hanuma Vihari 302*, DB Prashant Kumar 127) drew

Odisha 391 & 152/7 (B Samantray 62*; B.Bhatt 4/40)

Tripura vs Madhya Pradesh

Tripura 205/10 & 103/10 (R Banik 29; M Hirwani 5/22) lost by 10 wickets to

MP 260/10 & 52/0 (R Patidar 25*, H Singh 25*)

Group D:

Punjab vs Goa

Punjab 635/10 (Jiwanjot Singh 238, Shadab Jakati 5/165 ) won by an inings and 133 runs

Goa 246/10 & 256/10 (DW Misal 64*, RP Singh 51; V Choudhary 3/57

Himachal Pradesh vs Services

Himachal Pradesh 364/10 & 176/9 dec ( AK Vasisht 44;D Pathania 3/36) won by 97 runs

Services 215 and 228 (R Chauhan 97; G Singh 6/52)

Chattisgarh vs Vidarbha

Chhattisgarh 489/10 & 195/9 ( J Saxena 75; A Karnewar 3/43) drew

Vidarbha 435/10 ( F Fazal 125; S Ruikar 4/98)