Ranji Trophy 2019-20: Round 9, Day 2- Round-Up

Many stalwart batting performances were recorded on Day 2 in the ninth round of the ongoing Ranji Trophy 2019-20. After witnessing many individual batting performances on the first day, Day 2 also witnessed many batsmen continuing their run-scoring spree. Meghalaya declared their innings against Arunachal Pradesh after amassing a mammoth total of 576/9 on the scoreboard.

Puneet Bisht’s brilliant knock coupled with Ravi Teja’s 130-run innings has put their side on the driving seat. Post a robust batting performance, Meghalaya’s bowling unit also scalped early wickets to leave Arunachal Pradesh 115/5 at the stumps on Day 2.

After posting a massive total of 672 runs on the boar, Chandigarh‘s bowling force wreaked havoc on Manipur by decimating their side at a meagre total of 63 runs in the first innings. After Chandigarh enforced the follow on, Manipur amassed 33 runs on the board without the loss of any wicket at stumps on Day 2.

In the encounter between Delhi and Rajasthan, the former’s batting unit exhibited strong batting performance after their three players– Hiten Dalal, Kshitiz Sharma and Kunwar Bidhuri smashed centuries. In reply, Rajasthan’s batting force had no answers to Delhi’s brilliant display as they lost their four wickets at 92 runs at the stumps.

Meanwhile, Goa registered victory against Mizoram on Day 2 itself after thumping the latter in both the innings. After gathering 490 runs on the board in their first innings, Goa were successful in curbing Mizoram to the totals of 109 and 170 in their first and second innings respectively. Smit Patel garnered all the attention in the match by smashing a double ton to propel Goa to a mammoth total. However, the Man of the Match was awarded to the Goa skipper– Amit Verma for his all-round performance.

Puducherry also exhibited a brilliant batting performance against Nagaland as they posted 517 runs on the board at the stumps. Arun Karthik (98) and Paras Dogra (125) emerged as the top performers for Puducherry along with Sagar Udeshi (79) and Fabid Ahmed (70).

After facing a debacle in the first innings, Baroda retaliated and posted a total of 208/5 against Karnataka at the culmination of Day 2. Ahmadnoor Pathan (90) and Deepak Hooda (50) stuck in the middle to stabilize Baroda’s batting force. Abhimanyu Rajput also played a gritty knock of 31*.

Brief Scores:

Arunachal Pradesh vs Meghalaya, Round 9, Plate

MGLY 1st innings: 576/9 (Puneet Bisht 250; Kengo Goken Bam 3/97)

AP 1st innings: 115/5 (Song Tacho 34; Sanjay Yadav 2/25)

Mizoram vs Goa, Round 9, Plate

GOA 1st innings: 490/4 (Smit Patel 236; G Lalbiakvela 3/91)

MIZ 1st innings: 109/10 (Taruwar Kohli 50; Amulya Pandrekar 3/17)

MIZ 2nd innings: 170/10 (KB Pawan 110; Amit Verma 5/39)

Goa won by an innings and 211 runs

Manipur vs Chandigarh, Round 9, Plate

CDG 1st innings: 672/8 (Gurinder Singh 200*; Sheiteendra Singh 4/69)

MNP 1st innings: 63/10 (Gemson Singh 18; Gurinder Singh 5/19)

MNP 2nd innings: 33/0 (Kshetrimayum Narisingh 15; Arpit Pannu 0/5)

Assam vs Tripura, Round 9, Elite Group C

TRI 1st innings: 497/10 (Manisankar Murasingh 118; Ranjit Mali 5/114)

ASM 1st innings: 162/1 (Rishav Das 88; Harmeet Singh 1/53)

Odisha vs Jharkhand, Round 9, Elite Group C

ODSA 1st innings: 436/10 (Debasish Samantray 156; Ashish Kumar 6/79)

JHKD 1st innings: 71/2 (Kumar Suraj 42; Basant Mohanty 1/19)

Sikkim vs Bihar, Round 9, Plate

BIH 1st innings: 305/10 (Shasheem Rathour 103; Iqbal Abdulla 4/67)

SKM 1st innings: 272/10 (Yashpal Singh 140; Ashutosh Aman 5/77)

Hyderabad vs Vidarbha, Round 9, Elite Group A and B

HYD 1st innings: 272/10 (Prateek Reddy 83; Yash Thakur 4/55)

VID 1st innings: 242/4 (Faiz Fazal 126; Ravi Kiran 2/19)

Puducherry vs Nagaland, Round 9, Plate

NGL 1st innings: 176/10 (Stuart Binny 59; Sagar Trivedi 3/48)

PDC 1st innings: 517/7 (Paras Dogra 125; Shrikant Mundhe 3/74)

Maharashtra vs Uttarakhand, Round 9, Elite Group C

MAH 1st innings: 207/10 (Ashay Palkar 60; Agrim Tiwari 3/49)

UTK 1st innings: 251/10 (Kamal Singh 101; Satyajeet Bachhav 4/71)

MAH 2nd innings: 140/2 (Ankit Bawne 50; Sunny Rana 2/14)

Jammu and Kashmir vs Haryana, Round 9, Elite Group C

JK 1st innings: 340/10 (Rajjakuddin Ahmed 35; Rahul Tewatia 7/98)

HAR 1st innings: 291/10 (Pramod Chandila 119; Mujtaba Yousuf 6/49)

Chhattisgarh vs Services, Round 9, Elite Group C

CG 1st innings: 179/10 (Amandeep Khare 97; Raushan Raj 4/53)

SER 1st innings: 398/10 (Gahlaut Rahul Singh 115; Puneet Datey 5/60)

CG 2nd innings: 17/0 (Anuj Tiwary 10; Shadab Nazar 0/2)

Delhi vs Rajasthan, Round 9, Elite Group A and B

DEL 1st innings: 623/10 (Kunwar Bidhuri 111; Tanveer Ul-Haq 2/122)

RAJ 1st innings: 115/4 (Ashok Menaria 38; Simarjeet Singh 1/14)

Gujarat vs Andhra, Round 9, Elite Group A and B

AP 1st innings: 177/10 (Karan Shinde 49; Arzan Nagwaswalla 4/18)

GUJ 1st innings: 354/6 (Axar Patel 89; Shoaib Md Khan 3/78)

Punjab vs Bengal, Round 9, Elite Group A and B

BEN 1st innings: 138/10 (Manoj Tiwary 73; Baltej Singh 3/16)

PUN 1st innings: 151/10 (Rohan Marwaha 48; Shahbaz Ahmed 7/57)

BEN 2nd innings: 199/9 (Manoj Tiwary 65; Krishan Alang 5/53)

Karnataka vs Baroda, Round 9, Elite Group A and B

BRD 1st innings: 85/10 (Ahmadnoor Pathan 45; Krishnappa Gowtham 3/25)

KAR 1st innings: 233/10 (Karun Nair 47; Soyeb Sopariya 3/40)

BRD 2nd innings: 208/5 (Ahmadnoor Pathan 90; Prasidh Krishna 2/29)

Mumbai vs Madhya Pradesh, Round 9, Elite Group A and B

MUM 1st innings: 427/10 (Sarfaraz Khan 177; Gaurav Yadav 4/101)

MP 1st innings: 200/7 (Venkatesh Iyer 87; Royston Dias 2/38)

Saurashtra vs Tamil Nadu, Round 9, Elite Group A and B

TN 1st innings: 424/10 (N Jagadeesan 183; Jaydev Unadkat 6/73)

SAUR 1st innings: 107/3 (Avi Barot 38; Manimaran Siddharth 1/9)

Uttar Pradesh vs Himachal Pradesh, Round 9, Elite Group A and B

HP 1st innings: 220/10 (Nikhil Gangta 49; Aquib Khan 5/42)

UP 1st innings: 119/10 (Akshdeep Nath 46; Rishi Dhawan 5/32)

HP 2nd innings: 182/3 (RI Thakur 73; Saurabh Kumar 2/48)

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