Ranji Trophy 2019-20: Round 6, Day 2- Round-up

The sixth round of the ongoing 2019-20 Ranji Trophy kicked off across the length and breadth of the country yesterday. On the second day, Rajasthan cruised to the victory on the second day itself after dismantling Kerala’s batting line-up in both the innings. After restricting Kerala to a meagre total of 90 runs in the first innings, Rajasthan’s bowlers continued their lethal spells in the second innings too. Rajasthan’s SK Sharma wreaked havoc on Kerala batsmen in both the innings as he picked up 11 wickets in the match. After winning by an innings and 96 runs, Rajasthan have amassed seven points to their tally.

Tamil Nadu also cruised to the victory by an innings and 164 runs after the collapse of Railways in both the innings. After Manimaran Siddharth-Ravichandran Ashwin‘s lethal spell in the first innings, R Sai Kishore stepped up in the second innings as he scalped five wickets to guide Tamil Nadu to the triumph. Tamil Nadu’s batting stalwart Abhinav Mukund also hammered a century in the first innings.

In the encounter between Vidarbha and Delhi, the former’s bowlers delivered impressive spells on the second day to restrict Vidarbha to a total of 163 runs. Aditya Thakare steamrolled Delhi’s batting force by scalping seven wickets. Meghalaya also wrecked Manipur batsmen after curbing them to a total of 92 runs in the second innings. Sanjay Yadav and Aditya Singhania, who scalped five and four wickets respectively to steer Meghalaya to the victory.

Meanwhile, Bengal batsmen were in sublime form against Hyderabad as the gathered a massive total of 635 runs on the scoreboard. Manoj Tiwary grabbed the headlines by smashing a triple ton. He scored 303 runs to steer Bengal into a driving position in the match. He was assisted by Shreevats Goswami (95) and Arnab Nandi (65). Saurashtra’s Sheldon Jackson also hogged the limelight by playing a brilliant knock of 186 runs.

Brief Scores:

Meghalaya vs Manipur, Plate
MGLY 1st innings: 235/10 (Dwaraka Ravi Teja 90; Homendro Meitei 3/29)
MNP 1st innings: 27/10 (Chingangbam Singh 7; Sanjay Yadav 6/12)
MNP 2nd innings: 92/10 (Rex Singh 23; Sanjay Yadav 5/35)
Meghalaya won by an innings and 116 runs

Nagaland vs Bihar, Plate
NGL 1st innings: 166/10 (Imliwati Lemtur 41; Abhijeet Saket 3/19)
BIH 1st innings: 244/5 (Babul Kumar 95; Shrikant Mundhe 2/42)

Sikkim vs Mizoram, Plate
MIZ 1st innings: 201/10 (Taruwar Kohli 113; Iqbal Abdulla 5/78)
SKM 1st innings: 139/10 (Yashpal Singh 44; G Lalbiakvela 8/56)
MIZ 2nd innings: 179/10 (Taruwar Kohli 55; Ishwar Chaudhary 5/70)
SKM 2nd innings: 112/5 (Iqbal Abdulla 34; Taruwar Kohli 3/43)

Bengal vs Hyderabad, Elite Group A and B
BEN 1st innings: 635/7 (Manoj Tiwary 303; Ravi Kiran 3/74)
HYD 1st innings: 83/5 (Jaweed Ali 19; Akash Deep 3/46)

Goa vs Chandigarh, Plate
GOA 1st innings: 251/10 (Suyash Prabhudessai 90; Jagjit Singh 5/64)
CDG 1st innings: 310/3 (Shivam Bhambri 148; Suyash Prabhudessai 1/2)

Puducherry vs Arunachal Pradesh, Plate
PDC 1st innings: 209/10 (Sagar Trivedi 79; Nabam Tempol 5/61)
ARNP 1st innings: 192/10 (Samarth Seth 67; Vinay Kumar 6/51)
PDC 2nd innings: 264/7 (Paras Dogra 61; Nabam Tempol 5/75)

Assam vs Maharashtra, Elite Group C
MAH 1st innings: 175/10 (Ankit Bawne 75; Ranjit Mali 4/55)
ASM 1st innings: 244/10 (Rishav Das 94; Satyajeet Bachhav 4/44)
MAH 2nd innings: 106/2 (Jay Pande 52; Arup Das 1/22)

Services vs Haryana, Elite Group C
HAR 1st innings: 176/10 (Rohit Parmod Sharma 57; Diwesh Pathania 5/65)
SER 1st innings: 97/10 (Gahlaut Rahul Singh 24; Harshal Patel 6/52)
HAR 2nd innings: 126/9 (Ankit Kumar 35; Sachidanand Pandey 4/53)

Odisha vs Jammu and Kashmir, Elite Group C
ODSA 1st innings: 161/10 (Subhranshu Senapati 42; Aquib Nabi 5/39)
JK 1st innings: 124/10 (Shubham Khajuria 40; Basant Mohanty 4/42)
ODSA 2nd innings: 136/7 (Anurag Sarangi 26; Aquib Nabi 2/40)

Jharkhand vs Uttarakhand, Elite Group C
UTK 1st innings: 227/10 (Saurabh Rawat 66; Ajay Yadav 6/55)
JHKD 1st innings: 298/10 (Kumar Deobrat 85; Mayank Mishra 5/100)
UTK 2nd innings: 4/0 (Harshit Bisht 2; Ashish Kumar 0/2)

Chhattisgarh vs Tripura, Elite Group C
TRI 1st innings: 53/10 (Rajat Dey 20; Pankaj Kumar Rao 5/11)
CG 1st innings: 225/10 (Shashank Chandraker 73; Abhijit Sarkar 3/57)
TRI 2nd innings: 144/10 (Pallab Das 76; Veer Pratap Singh 5/53)
Chhattisgarh won by an innings and 28 runs

Delhi vs Vidarbha, Elite Group A and B
VID 1st innings: 179/10 (Wasim Jaffer 83; Simarjeet Singh 4/39)
DEL 1st innings: 163/10 (Anuj Rawat 37; Aditya Thakare 7/55)
VID 2nd innings: 35/0 (Faiz Fazal 22; Ishant Sharma 0/8)

Gujarat vs Punjab, Elite Group A and B
GUJ 1st innings: 281/10 (Bhargav Merai 130; Siddarth Kaul 5/58)
PUN 1st innings: 229/10 (Anmol Malhotra 119; Arzan Nagwaswalla 5/64)
GUJ 2nd innings: 23/0 (Priyank Panchal 14; Siddarth Kaul 0/4)

Kerala vs Rajasthan, Elite Group A and B
KER 1st innings: 90/10 (Rohan Prem 18; SK Sharma 5/41)
RAJ 1st innings: 268/10 (Yash Kothari 92; Jalaj Saxena 7/77)
KER 2nd innings: 82/10 (Sachin Baby 18; SK Sharma 6/48)
Rajasthan won by an innings and 96 runs

Himachal Pradesh vs Baroda, Elite Group A and B
HP 1st innings: 496/10 (Akash Vashist 86; Swapnil Singh 3/80)
BRD 1st innings: 150/2 (Vishnu Solanki 85; Vaibhav Arora 1/42)

Madhya Pradesh vs Saurashtra, Elite Group A and B
SAUR 1st innings: 344/10 (Sheldon Jackson 186; Gaurav Yadav 5/105)
MP 1st innings: 183/5 (Yash Dubey 50; Unadkat 2/27)

Mumbai vs Uttar Pradesh, Elite Group A and B
UP 1st innings: 625/8 (Akshdeep Nath 115; Royston Dias 3/103)
MUM 1st innings: 20/2 (Shashank Attarde 9; Ankit Rajpoot 2/15)

Tamil Nadu vs Railways, Elite Group A and B
RLYS 1st innings: 76/10 (Saurabh Singh 22; Ravichandran Ashwin 4/26)
TN 1st innings: 330/10 (Abhinav Mukund 100; Harsh Tyagi 5/98)
RLYS 2nd innings: 90/10 (Arindam Ghosh 22; Sai Kishore 5/16)
Tamil Nadu won by an innings and 164 runs