Ranji Trophy 2019-20: Round 9, Day 4- Round-Up

The fourth day in the eighth round of Ranji Trophy 2019-20 culminated with many teams cruising to the victory. Most teams had registered a victory on Day 3 itself and the remaining teams accomplished the task on Day 4.

Maharashtra grabbed a 67-run victory against Uttarakhand after decimating the latter’s batting line-up in the second innings. Uttarakhand could manage to gather only 202 runs on the board in the second innings as Maharashtra’s bowling trio of Ashay Palkar, Satyajeet Bachhav and Mukesh Choudhary wreaked havoc on the final day. No other batsman apart from Kamal Singh– who scored a gritty half-century at the top– could stay in the middle for a prolonged period.

The encounter between Saurashtra and Tamil Nadu resulted in a draw after both the sides exhibited robust batting heroics. After Tamil Nadu gathered a mammoth total of 424 in their first innings, Saurashtra retaliated and posted 481 runs on the board until the culmination of the match. Stellar centuries from Arpit Vasavada and Chirag Jani propelled Saurashtra to post a massive total on the board. Saurashtra’s Jaydev Unadkat was adjudged Man of the Match for his brilliant six-wicket haul in the match.

The encounter between Assam and Tripura also resulted in a draw after the former fought back and stuck to the crease on the final day. A resilient 31-run knock from Saahil Jain ensured that Assam don’t suffer a batting collapse on the final day of the match. Riyan Parag also steadied Assam’s ship by staying in the middle and gathering a 43-run knock before his departure. The scoreboard reflected 180/5 at the stumps as Assam successfully managed to get hold of a draw.

Mumbai and Madhya Pradesh also had to settle for a draw after the latter’s batting force fought back on the final day of the encounter. An unbeaten 130-run knock from Aditya Shrivastava saved Madhya Pradesh from collapsing against a formidable Mumbai bowling attack. Shrivastava was also assisted by Venkatesh Iyer’s 59-run knock. Sarfaraz Khan, who has been in sublime form lately with his bat, was adjudged Man of the Match for his brilliant ton in the first innings.

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: 222/10 (Samarth Seth 82; Sanjay Yadav 3/61)

AP 2nd innings: 106/10 (Samarth Seth 67; Sanjay Yadav 4/24)

Meghalaya won by an innings and 248 runs

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: 204/10 (B Siraj Rahman 97; Jagjit Singh 7/52)

Chandigarh won by an innings and 405 runs

Assam vs Tripura, Round 9, Elite Group C

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

ASM 1st innings: 283/10 (Rishav Das 132; Harmeet Singh 6/110)

TRI 2nd innings: 166/7 (Milind Kumar 69; Mukhtar Hussain 3/69)

ASM 2nd innings: 180/5 (Riyan Parag 43; Manisankar Murasingh 3/63)

Match Drawn

Odisha vs Jharkhand, Round 9, Elite Group C

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

JHKD 1st innings: 356/10 (Kumar Suraj 107; Suryakant Pradhan 3/86)

ODSA 2nd innings: 187/1 (Subhranshu Senapati 100; Ashish Kumar 1/40)

Match Drawn

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)

BIH 2nd innings: 2417/8 (Babul Kumar 195; Lee Yong Lepcha 3/93)

SKM 2nd innings: 69/1 (Chitiz Tamang 32; Ashutosh Aman 1/24)

Match Drawn

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: 333/10 (Faiz Fazal 151; Aniketh Reddy 4/61)

HYD 2nd innings: 244/10 (Kolla Sumanth 65; Aditya Sarwate 7/121)

VID 2nd innings: 116/3 (Ganesh Satish 47; Chama V Milind 1/22)

Match Drawn

Puducherry vs Nagaland, Round 9, Plate

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

PDC 1st innings: 625/8 (Paras Dogra 175; Shrikant Mundhe 3/86)

NGL 2nd innings: 254/10 (Rongsen Jonathan 93; Santha Moorthy 5/79)

Puducherry won by an innings and 195 runs

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: 313/10 (Satyajeet Bachhav 67; Sunny Rana 7/43)

UTK 2nd innings: 202/10 (Kamal Singh 57; Ashay Palkar 3/44)

Maharashtra won by 67 runs

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)

JK 2nd innings: 174/10 (Suryansh Raina 38; Jayant Yadav 7/58)

HAR 2nd innings: 227/8 (Rohit Parmod Sharma 75; Parvez Rasool 5/72)

Haryana won by 2 wkts

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: 586/3 (Jiwanjot Singh 236; Sachidanand Pandey 1/78)

Match Drawn

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: 299/10 (Ashok Menaria 119; Simarjeet Singh 4/46)

RAJ 2nd innings: 345/6 (Mahipal Lomror 118; Shivam Sharma 3/117)

Match Drawn

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: 406/10 (Chirag Gandhi 93; Shoaib Md Khan 4/80)

AP 2nd innings: 258/10 (Karan Shinde 64; Axar Patel 7/92)

GUJ 2nd innings: 31/2 (Samit Gohel 20; Mohammad Rafi 2/9)

Gujarat won by 8 wkts

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: 202/10 (Manoj Tiwary 65; Krishan Alang 6/53)

PUN 2nd innings: 141/10 (Ramandeep Singh 69; Shahbaz Ahmed 4/44)

Bengal won by 48 runs

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: 296/10 (Ahmadnoor Pathan 90; Prasidh Krishna 4/45)

KAR 2nd innings: 150/2 (Karun Nair 71; Bhargav Bhatt 2/62)

Karnataka won by 8 wkts

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: 258/10 (Venkatesh Iyer 93; Ankush Jaiswal 4/58)

MP 2nd innings: 314/6 (Aditya Shrivastava 130; Deepak Shetty 2/46)

Match drawn

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: 481/9 (Arpit Vasavada 132; Krishnamoorthy Vignesh 3/78)

Match drawn

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: 433/7 (Akash Vashist 141; Saurabh Kumar 5/121)

UP 2nd innings: 148/10 (Aryan Juyal 56; Vaibhav Arora 5/41)

Himachal Pradesh won by 386 runs

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