Ranji Trophy 2019-20, Round 02, Day 04- Round-up

The second round of the ongoing 2019-20 edition of the Ranji Trophy finished on Friday and we got to see pulsating cricket across the length and breadth of the country. In the Elite C encounter between Chattisgarh and Uttarakhand, the former pulled off a sensational heist when they pulled of an innings & 65 run win in Raipur.

After having bowled Uttarakhand for 120 thanks to three-wicket hauls from Puneet Datey and Ajay Jadav Mandal, Chattisgarh too found themselves in a spot of bother after they were reduced to 6-121. But, a marathon 399-run stand between Amandeep Khare [192] and Ajay Jadhav Mandal, who scored an unbeaten 241, helped Chattisgarh to post 7-520 declared. Mandal was at it again with the bowl, whose five-wicket haul meant Uttarakhand were bowled our for 335 to hand Chattisgarh a win by an innings and 65 runs.

Defending champions Vidarbha continued with their imperious form in Round 02 against Rajasthan. After having posted 8-510 in the first innings thanks to hundreds from each of Faiz Fazal [136], Mohit Kale [138] and Akshay Wadkar [111], Vidarbha proceeded to bowl Rajasthan twice for 260 and 190 respectively to rack up victory by an innings and 60 runs.

Himachal Pradesh hand a shock defeat to Tamil Nadu

In what is already the upset of the season, Himachal Pradesh pulled off a sensational 71-run-win over Tamil Nadu. After Ravichandran Ashwin’s five-wicket-haul had restricted Himachal Pradesh to 158 all-out, the latter’s bowlers came to the party big time. Spearheaded by Vaibhav Arora’s three-wicket-haul, Himachal Pradesh proceeded to rout Tamil Nadu for a mere 96, to gain a vital 98-run lead.

They added another 154 runs to their lead of 98 and posted a target of 252 for Tamil Nadu. The southern heavyweights batted a bit better than they had done in the first innings, but it was clearly not enough as they were eventually bowled out for 145 in 67.5 overs.

Bengal swatted aside Kerala with disdain in their, Round 02 encounter in Thiruvananthapuram. After having posted 307 in reply to Kerala’s first-innings total of 239, the Bengal bowlers proceeded to bowl the home side out for 115 with Arnab Nandi and Shahbaz Ahmed claiming three wickets each. The target of 50 was never going to be a problem, and it didn’t as skipper Abhimanyu Easwaran steered Bengal past the finishing line.

Brief Scores

Elite Group A & B

Kerala vs Bengal

Kerala first innings: 239 all-out in 84.2 overs [Sanju Samson 116, Robin Uthappa 50; Shahbaz Ahmed 2-55, Ishan Porel 3-56]

Bengal first innings: 307 all-out in 111.2 overs [Abhishek Raman 110, Manoj Tiwary 51, Shahbaz Ahmed 50; Sudeshan Midhun 3-51, Basil Thampi 2-43]

Kerala first innings: 115 all-out in 39.2 overs [Robin Uthappa 33, Vishnu Vinod 33; Arnab Nandi 3-28, Shahbaz Ahmed 3-15]

Bengal second  innings: 2-50 in 10.5 overs [Kouahik Ghosh 19, Abhimanyu Easwaran 15*; Sandeep Warrier 2-23]

Result: Bengal won by eight wickets 

Punjab vs Hyderabad

Hyderabad first innings: 242 all-out in 81 overs [Kolla Sumanth 79, Himalay Agarwal 68; Gurkeerat Singh Mann 4-34, Mayank Markande 3-65]

Punjab first innings: dec. 6-443 in 108 overs [Mandeep Singh 204*, Anmol Malhotra 80; Mohammad Siraj 4-77]

Hyderabad second innings: 76 all-out in 43.4 overs [Saaketh Sairam 37, Himalay Agarwal 21; Mayank Markande 5-19, Akul Pandove 3-27]

Result: Punjab won by an innings & 125 runs

Vidarbha vs Rajasthan

Vidarbha first innings: dec. 8-510 in 153.1 overs [Mohit Kale 138,Faiz Fazal 136, Akhsay Wadkar 111, Wasim Jaffer 60, Ganesh Satish 43; Tanveer Ul-Haq 4-87 Khaleel Ahmed 2-71]

Rajasthan first innings: 260 all-out in 94.2 overs [Mahipal Lamror 97, Ravi Bishnoi 39; Umesh Yadav 5-45, Aditya Sarwate 3-72]

Rajasthan second innings: 190 all-out in 94.2 overs [Ravi Bishnoi 58, Ashok Maneria 49; Aditya Sarwate 4-35, Akshay Wakhare 3-87]

Result: Vidarbha won by an innings & 60 runs

Andhra vs Delhi

Delhi first innings: 215 all-out in 70.5 overs [Nitish Rana 51, Lalit Yadav 50; KV Sasikanth 5-38, Paidikalva Vijaykumar 3-47]

Andhra first innings: 368 all-out in 127 overs [Ricky Bhui 144*, Karan Shinde 48; Navdeep Saini 5-86, Pawan Suyal 1-86] 

Delhi second innings: 169 all-out in 72.2 overs  [Lalit Yadav 55, V Mishra 36; KV Sasikanth 5-41, C Stephen 5-91]

Andhra second innings: 1-20 in 2.3 overs [Manish Golamaru 15; Simarjeet Singh 1-12]

Result: Andhra won by nine wickets 

Karnataka vs Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh first innings: 281 all-out in 111.2 overs [Aryan Juyal 109, Mohammad Saif 80; Abhimanyu Mithun 6-60, Ronit More 2-41]

Karnataka first innings: 321 all-out in 135.5 overs [Devdutt Padikkal 74, Sheyas Gopal 58; Saurabh Kumar 6-116, Mohit Jangra 2-83]

Uttar Pradesh second innings: 3-204 in 69.1 overs [Almas Shaukat 103*, Madhav Kaushik 45; David Mathias 1-27, Ronit More 1-52]

Result: Match Drawn

Madhya Pradesh v Baroda

Madhya Pradesh first innings: 125 all-out in 43.3 overs [Yash Dubey 48, Himanshu Mantri 20; Anureet Singh 3-24, Lukman Meriwala 3-43, Soyeb Sopariya 3-38]

Baroda first innings: 222 all-out in 55.1 overs [Yusuf Pathan 76, Krunal Pandya 64; Avesh Khan 4-69, Mihir Hirwani 4-21]

Madhya Pradesh second innings: 270 all-out in 99.1 overs [Ajay Rohera 64, Ankush Bains 45; Lukman Meriwala 3-59, Abhimanyu Rajput 2-26]

Baroda second innings: 9-174 in 53.3 overs [Kedar Devdhar 48, Abhimanyu Rajput 27*; Avesh Khan 4-54, Kuldeep Sen 3-28]

Result: Baroda won by one wicket 

Railways v Saurashtra

Railways first innings: 9-202 in 79.5 overs [Pratham Singh 98, Karn Sharma 52; Jaydev Unadkat 4-34, Prerak Mankad 2-33]

Saurashtra first innings: dec. 9-479 in 136 overs [Vasvada 134*, Cheteshwar Pujara 69, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja 66; Karn Sharma 4-105, Pradeep T 2-73]

Railways second innings: 141 all-out in 54.4 overs [Avinash Yadav 38, Pradeep T 20*, Jaydev Unadkat 6-23, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja 2-18]

Result: Saurashtra won by an innings & 90 runs

Tamil Nadu v Himachal Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh first innings: 158 all-out in 71.4 overs [Akash Vashist 35, Mayank Dagar 33; Ravichandran Ashwin 5-66, R Sai Kishore 3-22]

Tamil Nadu first innings: 96 all-out in 39 overs [Ravichandran Ashwin 24, J Kousik 21;  Vaibhav Arora 3-21, Mayank Dagar 2-17]

Himachal Pradesh second innings: 154 all-out in 52.2 overs [Sumit Verma 36, Rishi Dhawan 35, Mayank Dagar 33; Ravichandran Ashwin 4-55, R Sai Kishore 2-23]

Tamil Nadu second innings: 145 all-out in 67.5 overs [K Mukunth 48, Baba Aparajith 43; Akash Vashisht 7-33]

Result: Himachal Pradesh won by 71 runs

Elite Group C

Maharashtra vs Jammu and Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir first innings: 209 all out in 63.5 overs [Ahmed Banday 76, Abid Mushtaq 50; Anupam Sanklecha 4-56, Digvijay Deshmukh 2-15, Mukesh Choudhary 2-42]

Maharashtra first innings: 109 all-out in 41.1 overs [Murtaza Trunkwala 31, Ankeet Bawne 13, Ruturaj Gaikwad 10; Abid Mushtaq 2-23 Umar Nazir Mir 5-30]

Jammu and Kashmir second innings: 263 all out in 71.3 overs [Suryansh Raina 83, Abdul Samad 78; Digvijay Deshmukh 4-46, Anupam Sanklecha 2-55]

Maharashtra second innings: 309 all-out in 86.1 overs [Digvijay Deshmukh 83, Ruturaj Gaikwad 71, Murtaza Trunkwala Umar Nazir Mir 4-86, Mohammad Mudhasir 4-84]

Result: Jammu and Kashmir won by 54 runs

Odisha vs Services

Services first innings: 271 all-out in 66.1 overs [Rajat Paliwal 58, Gahlaut Rahul Singh 55, Nakul Harpal Verma 43; Basant Mohanty 6-69, Rajesh Mohanty 2-62]

Odisha first innings: 540 all-out in 160.2 overs [Debasish Samantray 195, Samantray 73; Arun Bamal 4-116, S Nazar 2-81]

Services second innings: 238 all-out in 81.1 overs [Vikas Hathwala 71, Arun Bamal 40; Rajesh Mohanty 3-44, Abhishek Raut 3-47]

Result- Odisha won by an innings & 31 runs

Assam v Jharkhand

Assam first innings: 162 all-out in 56.5 overs [Riyan Parag 55, Sibsankar Roy 27; Anukul Roy 4-28, Ashish Kumar 3-25, Shahbaz Nadeem 3-55]

Jharkhand first innings: dec. 9-415 in 99.2 overs [Nazim Siddiqui 173, Utkarsh Singh 58; Mukhtar Hussain 2-48, Arup Das 2-59]

Assam second innings: 186 all-out in 62.4 overs [K Saikia 48, PP Das 32; Anukul Roy 4-28, Utkarsh Singh 4-55, Shahbaz Nadeem 4-53]

Result: Jharkhand won by an innings & 67 runs

Haryana vs Tripura

Tripura first innings: 68 all-out in 19.4 overs [Tanmay Mishra 29, Manisankar Murasingh 12; Harshal Patel 7-29, Ashish Hooda 3-14]

Haryana first innings: 242 all-out in 63.2 overs [ Chaitanya Bishnoi 67, Shivam Chauhan 56*; Manisankar Murasingh 5-64, Rana Dutta 2-48]

Tripura second innings: 49 all-out in 16.3 overs [Saurabh Das 10; Harshal Patel 5-24, Ashish Hooda 5-21]

Result: Haryana won by an innings & 125 runs

Chattisgarh vs Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand first innings: 120 all-out in 37.5 overs [Dikshanshu Negi 29, Saurabh Rawat 22; Ajay Jadav Mandal 3-17, Puneet Datey 3-42, Veer Pratap Singh 2-36]

Chattisgarh first innings: dec. 7-520 in 135.2 overs [Ajay Mandal 241*, Amandeep Khare 192; Pradeep Chamoli 4-95, Gaurav Singh 2-82]

Uttarakhand second innings: 335 all-out in 132.4 overs [Dikshanshu Negi 69, Saurabh Rawat 61; Ajay Jadav Mandal 3-17, Puneet Datey 5-60, Omkar Verma 3-40]

Result: Chattisgarh won by an innings & 65 runs

Plate Group

Chandigarh vs Bihar

Chandigarh first innings: 420 all-out in 116.5 overs [Ankit Kaushik 117, Gurinder Singh 67, Bipul Sharma 65; Ashutosh Aman 5-71, Vivek Kumar 2-104]

Bihar first innings: 115 all-out in 49.3 overs [Babul Kumar 67; Gurinder Singh 6-24, Anirudh Kumar 2-20].

Bihar second innings: 6-175 in 71 overs [Nishant Kumar 70, Indrajit Kumar 44; Gurinder Singh 3-68, Jaskaran Singh 2-27]

Result: Match drawn

Puducherry vs Sikkim

Puducherry first innings: dec 8-446 in 88.4 overs [Arun Karthik 105*, Paras Dogra 117; Ishwar Chaudhary 5-145, Plazar Tamang 2-86]

Sikkim first innings: 65 all-out in 31.3 overs [Bibek Diyali 22, Mandup Bhutia 12; Sagar Trivedi 5-20, Vinay Kumar 4-25]

Sikkim second innings: 112 all-out in 43 overs [Bibek Diyali 24, Iqbal Abdullah 22, Ashish Thapa 20; Sagar Udeshi 4-21, Sagar Trivedi 3-25]

Result: Puducherry won by an innings & 269 runs

Goa vs Meghalaya

Meghalaya first innings: 203 all-out in 68.4 overs [Dwaraka Ravi Teja 81, Puneet Bisht 41; Darshan Misal 3-16, Amit Verma 2-9]

Goa first innings: 463 all-out in 143.5 overs [Sumiran Amonkar 129, Snehal Kauthankar 179; Abhay Negi 5-90, Dippu Sangma 2-47]

Meghalaya second innings: 252 all-out in 81.0 overs [Puneet Bisht 51, Abhay Negi 50; Amit Verma 6-72, Felix Alemao 2-61]

Result: Goa won by an innings & 8 runs

Manipur vs Nagaland

Manipur first innings: 116 all out in 50.1 overs [Kangabam Singh 44, Rex Singh 19; Imliwati Lemtur 7-25, Stuart Binny 2-14]

Nagaland first innings: 400 all-out in 95.2 overs [Rongsen Jonathan 79, Shrikant Mundhe 148, Sultan Karim 3-87, Lamabam Singh 2-69]

Manipur second innings: 216 all out in 79.2 overs [Kshetrimayum Narisingh 85, Rex Singh 42; Stuart Binny 4-64, Rongsen Jonathan 2-37]

Result: Nagaland won by an innings & 68 runs

Arunachal Pradesh v Mizoram

Arunachal Pradesh first innings: 343 all-out in 92 overs [Rahul Dalal 178*, Kamsha Yangfo 56, Neelam Obi 32; Bobby Zothansanga 4-62, Pratik Desai 3-107]

Mizoram first innings: dec. 9-620 in 142 overs [Taruwar Kohli 307*, Lalhruaizela 124; Akhilesh Sahani 4-175, Licha Tehi 2-111]

Arunachal Pradesh second innings: 5-417  in 103.5 overs [Rahul Dalal 205*, Techi Neri 50*; Pratik Desai 2-111, Lalhruai Ralte 1-34]

Result: Match Drawn