Ranji Trophy 2022: Prasidh Krishna stars with 6/35 for Karnataka; Mumbai concede 164-run first innings lead

Chennai/Ahmedabad/Sultanpur (Haryana)/Rajkot/New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram: Pacer Prasidh Krishna starred with a six-wicket haul to demolish Jammu and Kashmir in their first innings and help Karnataka seize control of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group C match on Friday.

Karnataka extending the overall lead to 337 runs after dismissing the opposition for 93 on the second day of the four-day match.

Fast rising Krishna (6/35), fresh from his stint with the Indian ODI team, blew away Jammu and Kashmir batting line-up, bundling the opposition out in 29.5 overs.

Earlier, resuming at the overnight score of 268 for eight, Karun Nair (batting on 152) moved to 175 and helped Karanataka post 302 all out in their first innings.

Nair’s superb effort ended when experienced off-spinner Parvez Rasool (4/60) trapped him LBW.

In reply, Jammu and Kashmir openers — Qamran Iqbal (35) and Jatin Wadhwan (25) began well, putting on 55 runs for the first wicket before Krishna produced an impressive spell and took six of the first seven wickets of his rival side.

Krishna removed Iqbal first and then dismissed Shubham Singh Pundir (5) and Wadhawan in quick succession before Shreyas Gopal got into the act by scalping Jammu and Kashmir captain Ian Dev Singh for a duck.

Jammu and Kashmir were reeling at 75 for seven when Prasidh Krishna had Abdul Samad (3) caught behind by B R Sharath.

Jammu and Kashmir innings folded quickly as Vidhyadhar Patil (2/10) and K Gowtham (1/5) picked up the last three wickets.

Batting a second time, Karnataka got off to a bright start with R Samarth (62) and Devdutt Padikkal (49) putting on a century stand in 31 overs before the latter fell to Abid Mushtaq.

Samarth fell close to stumps after a well compiled fifty as Karnataka extended the overall lead to 337 runs reaching 128 for two in their second innings.

With two days to go, Manish Pandey & Co hold all the aces in the four-day game.

In the other match of the group, Railways replied strongly to Pondicherry’s first innings score of 342, built on Paras Dogra’s 107, ending the day at 205 for three.

Opener Vivek Singh hit 92 (189 balls, 11x4s, 1x6) and led the Railways’ reply. He was involved in a half-century stand with Shivam Chaudhary (51).

Mumbai concede 164-run first innings lead 

Goa have ensured three points against Mumbai with a huge 164-run first innings lead as skipper Prithvi Shaw once again frittered away a good start on the second day of the group D Ranji Trophy match on Friday.

After Mumbai were all out for 163 on the first day, Goa batted well enough to score 327 in their first innings riding on 96-run eighth wicket stand between Eknath Kerkar (71) and seamer Lakshay Garg (59).

For Mumbai, left-arm spinner Shams Mulani got 6 for 107.

Once they had taken the lead past 150-run mark, Mumbai came back to score 57 for one in the second innings with Shaw smashing 44 off 47 balls with six fours and a six.

However left-arm spinner Darshan Mishal got one to go straight and had the Mumbai skipper leg before with Akarshit Gomel (13) and veteran Dhawal Kulkarni at the crease.

Mumbai, who got three points against Saurashtra in the first game, would now like to score big on the third day and try for an outright win by posting a chaseable target for Goa to get full points from this fixture.

With only one team from each group qualifying for the next stage, even losing or dropping points in one game can prove to be costly.

Chirag’s 235 propels Saurashtra past 500, Odisha in trouble

All-rounder Chirag Jani’s 235 off 373 balls with 33 fours and four sixes took Saurashtra to a mammoth 501 in their first innings and by stumps on the second day, they reduced Odisha to 52 for 3 with their skipper and new CSK recruit Subhranshu Senapati at the crease.

Saurashtra need an outright win from this game as they got only one point from their first game and now require six to stay in contention and beat Mumbai to finish on top of group D.

Ganesh Satish double ton floors Maharashtra

Ganesh Satish pummeled the Maharashtra attack into submission as his elegant 275 put Vidarbha in a commanding position on the second day of their Elite Group G Ranji Trophy game on Friday.

Satish, who registered his highest individual score and his second first class double hundred, took the Maharashtra attack to task as Vidarbha posted a mammoth 569 for 5 declared in their first essay. His previous best was 237 against Andhra in the 2019-20 season.

The right-handed batter, who walked in number four, played shots at will and round the park as he tore into a pedestrian Maharashtra attack.

He and wicket-keeper batter Akshay Wadkar (145 not out off 283 balls), who also notched up his seventh first class hundred, added a staggering 288 runs for the fourth wicket.

Wadkar, who notched up his second hundred of the season, played the perfect second fiddle, hammering 17 fours in his 283-ball knock.

Satish struck 33 fours and five maximums in his 482-ball knock before being cleaned up by experienced Maharashtra left-arm spinner Satyajeet Bachhav (2/134), but till then the damage had been done at the Gurgaon cricket ground.

Akshay Karnewar (39) also played his part well. Wadkar remained unbeaten on 145 as skipper Faiz Fazal decided to declare the innings.

In reply, Maharashtra lost opener Yash Nahar (22).

Last match’s hero Pawan Shah, who made a double hundred on debut, was unbeaten on 24, when stumps were drawn, with Maharashtra at 46 for 1.

Maharashtra has a mountain to climb, as they trail by 523 runs.

Sharma, Raghuwanshi put MP in driver’s seat against Meghalaya

Shubham Sharma’s stroke-filled 111 coupled with Akshat Raghuwanshi’s 100 firmly put Madhya Pradesh in a commanding position against Meghalaya on the second day of their Elite Group A Ranji Trophy game on Friday.

After bundling out Meghalaya for a meagre 61, MP posted a mammoth 499 for 6 declared in their first essay, courtesy hundreds by inform Shubham Sharma, Raghuwanshi at the Saurashtra Cricket Association stadium ground ‘C’.

Experienced campaigner Rajat Patidar and Yash Dubey also chipped in by scoring 86 and unbeaten 85 respectively.

MP resumed from their overnight score of 141 for 2 and Sharma, who played a vital role in the team’s win over Gujarat in the lung-opener, hammered a listless Meghalaya attack, striking 15 boundaries in his 169-ball knock.

Patidar played perfect second fiddle, even as he struck 12 boundaries and forged a 131-run stand for the third wicket.

But then Aryan dismissed Sharma to peg back MP.

Patidar also missed a deserving hundred, as he was removed by Akash Kumar, leaving MP at 297 for 4.

Skipper Aditya Srivastava (42; 4x4) also played his part to perfection.

But there was more agony in store for Meghalaya as then Raghuwanshi and Yash Dubey joined forces and took on the opposition attack with gusto.

While Raghuwanshi hit 12 fours and a maximum, Dubey in his unbeaten knock struck 10 boundaries and two sixes.

The duo conjured a staggering 160-run stand for the sixth wicket.

After Raghuwanshi departed, the MP skipper declared the innings, as the central team had a sizable first innings lead.

In the second essay, Meghalaya was 16 for 0 when stumps were drawn and the north eastern side now has a tough task at hand of saving the game or even settling for a draw.

Rana, Sharma lead Haryana fightback vs Punjab

Skipper Himanshu Rana led from the front with his fourth first-class century as Haryana reached 204/3 in a strong reply to Punjab’s mammoth 444 on the second day of their Ranji Trophy Group F fixture on Friday.

Rana slammed 16 fours en route to his unbeaten 113 from 177 balls, while Yashu Sharma, who scored his maiden first-class century against Tripura in the last match, gave him good support at the other end with 69 not out.

Haryana were trailing Punjab by 240 runs at the end of day two’s play.

Haryana had a jittery start and were 4/2 after losing both the openers Subham Rohilla (4) and Mayank Shandilya (0) inside the second over before the skipper rebuilt their innings.

Rana got a 50-plus stand with Shivam Chauhan and looked to carry on the momentum but Siddharth Kaul (2/49) Punjab gave another breakthrough.

Kaul cleaned up Chauhan (18) with the team’s score at 65/3 and Haryana looked to slip again before Rana resisted the collapse, building a fine partnership with the in-form Yashu Sharma.

The duo saw through the day putting up an unbroken fourth wicket stand of 139 runs.

Earlier, resuming the day at 368/5 Punjab lost their remaining five wickets for 76 runs in 23 overs as Haryana staged a spirited fightback riding on rookie off-spinner Aman Kumar’s fine 4/88.

The 22-year-old ran through the lower-order after seamer Ajit Chahal (3/74) gave the first breakthrough in the first hour’s play.

Punjab senior batter Mandeep Singh was stranded on 159 as wickets kept falling around him, eventually folding in 111 overs.

Tripura all out for 202 against HP

In another match Group F match, Tripura were all out for 202 in reply to Himachal Pradesh 365.

K B Pawan top-scored for Tripura with 34, while Bishal Ghosh and Rajat Dey chipped in with 30-run knocks each but the rest of the team collapsed as left-arm spinner Mayank Dagar snared five wickets in 21.2 overs, conceding just 55 runs.

Earlier, Himachal, who were 304/6 overnight, folded for 365.

Skipper Ankit Kalsi was the star of that innings with a 271-ball 147.

Ton-up Bhui, Shinde (96) power Andhra to 389 vs Services

Former India U19 skipper Ricky Bhui’s 149 and Karan Shinde’s 96-run knock helped Andhra post 389 in the first innings against Services in the Ranji Trophy Elite Group E match on Friday.

Resuming at the overnight 277 for 3, Andhra continued to add runs as Bhui and Shinde took the score to 337 before the latter fell to off-spinner Pulkit Narang for four short of a well-deserved hundred.

The 218-run fourth wicket partnership between Bhui and Shinde was the cornerstone of the Andhra innings as the rest of the batters did not make substantial contributions. From 350 for 4, Andhra slipped to 389 all out with Narang finishing with 6 for 56.

Services lost the wickets of Anshul Guta (14) and Rahul Singh (9) to C V Stephen and K V Shashikanth and finished the day at 75 for 2, 314 runs in arrears.

In the other match of the group, Swapnil Singh’s 97 and Kunal Chandela (89) helped Uttarakhand post a score of 337 in the first innings.

Left-arm spinner Mayank Mishra then got into the act and picked up four wicket to put Rajasthan in trouble at 117 for 5 at close of play. His victims included Manender Singh (52), skipper Ashok Menaria (5), Aditya Garhwal (3) and Yash Kothari (26).

Jonty fights on as Delhi stare at group league exit

Dogged southpaw Jonty Sidhu stood between Delhi and elimination as the multiple-time champions were reduced to 223 for eight, still 28 runs behind Jharkhand’s 251 on the second day of the group H Ranji Trophy match in New Delhi on Friday.

Having already conceded first innings lead against Tamil Nadu, if Delhi fails to get three points from this game, they have to go for an outright win as another one point would ensure sure-shot exit from group stage.

Jonty, who had also scored a half-century against Tamil Nadu in the opening game, was batting on 78 off 176 balls with six fours and two sixes to his credit.

He shared a 77-run eighth wicket partnership with Vikas Mishra (21, 117 balls), who was trapped leg before by a Shahbaz Nadeem (23.1-6-58-3) arm ball before stumps were drawn on Day 2 proceedings.

Delhi managed only 195 runs through the day but at one point were reduced to 146 for seven before Jonty and Mishra held forte.

Primarily, an on-side player, Jonty’s best shot was a crunchy square drive off left-arm seamer Sushant Mishra, bisecting the deep third man and deep point, who were there to save a single.

He also was severe on spinners with two huge sixes over long-on as Mishra also gave him support.

On the third day morning, it will be up to Jonty to take Delhi to 252 and then take it from there on after ensuring three points.

TN take control over Chattisgarh

Baba Aparajith’s 166 and Shahrukh Khan’s 69 took Tamil Nadu to a commanding 470 and then reduced Chattisgarh to 105 for five with spinners M Siddharth and Ravi Srinivasan Sai Kishore getting two wickets each.

They still need 215 runs to avoid follow-on .

Brief Scores:

Karnataka 302 all out in 103.1 overs (Karun Nair 175, R Samarth 45; Mujtaba Yousuf 2/52, Parvez Rasool 4/60, Umran Malik 2/35) and 128 for 2 in 42 overs (R Samarth 62, Devdutt Padikkal 49) vs Jammu and Kashmir 93 all out in 29.5 overs (Prasidh Krishna 6/35).

Andhra 389 all out in 137.1 overs (Ricky Bhui 149, Karan Shinde 96, U M S Girinath 54, Pulkit Narang 6 for 56) vs Services 75 for 2 in 36 overs (Ravi Chauhan 38).

Mumbai 163 and 57/1 (Prithvi Shaw 44) vs Goa 327 (Eknath Kerkar 71, Lakshay Garg 59; Shamas Mulani 6/107).

Saurashtra 501 (Chirag Jani 235, Sheldon Jackson 75, Arpit Vasavada 61; Jayanta Behera 4/148) vs Odisha 52/3 (Debasish Samantray 20).

Uttarakhand 337 all out in 130.3 overs (Swapnil Singh 97, Kunal Chandela 89, Dikshanshu Negi 61, A V Choudhary 3 for 44, Tanveer Ul-Haq 3 for 57, Kamlesh Nagarkoti 2 for 58) vs Rajasthan 117 for 5 in 47 overs (Manender Singh 52, Yash Kothari 26, Mayank Mishra 4 for 41).

Pondicherry 342 all out in 107.1 overs (Paras Dogra 107, Neyan Shyam Kangayan 49, D Rohit 41; Yuvraj Singh 3/67, Rahul Sharma 3/74, Amit Mishra 3/76) vs Railways 205 for 3 in 65.5 overs (Vivek Singh 92, Shivam Chaudhary 51, Arindam Ghosh 32 batting, Pavan Despande 1/15).

Vidarbha 569/5 declared (Ganesh Satish 275, Akshay Wadkar 145 not out, Mukesh Choudhary 3/101, Satyajeet Bachhav 2/134) versus Maharashtra 46/1. Maharashtra trail by 523 runs.

Assam 265 (Riyan Parag 91, Subham Mandal 56, Karan Sharma 3/31, Aaqib Khan 3/39) and 5/1 versus Uttar Pradesh 274 (Samarth Singh 70; Dhruv Jurel 55; Mukhtar Hussain 3/51). Assam trail by 4 runs.

Meghalaya 61 all out (W Nongkhlaw 19, Kishan Lyngdoh 11; Gaurav Yadav 5/11, Kumar Kartikeya 2/6) and 16/0 versus Madhya Pradesh 499/6 declared (Shubham Sharma 111, Akshat Raghuwanshi 100, Rajat Patidar 86, Akash Kumar 2/77, Aryan Bora 2/124). Meghalaya trail by 422 runs.

Gujarat 388 (Het Patel 185, Karan Patel 120; Nidheesh MD 5/54, Basil Thampi 4/118) versus Kerala 277/4 (Rohan Kunnummal 129, Sachin Baby 53; Siddharth Desai 2/86, Roosh Kalaria 1/42). Kerala trail by 111 runs.

Punjab 444; 111 overs (Mandeep Singh 159 not out, Anmol Malhotra 100; Aman Kumar 4/88, Ajit Chahal 3/74). Haryana 204/3; 57 overs (Himanshu Rana 113 batting, Yashu Sharma 69 batting). Match to continue.

Himachal Pradesh 365; 108.4 overs (Ankit Kalsi 147, Raghav Dhawan 68, Akash Vasisht 43; Rahil Shah 3/50, Amit Ali 2/65). Tripura 202; 68.5 overs (KB Pawan 34, Bishal Ghosh 30; Mayank Dagar 5/55, Rishi Dhawan 2/46, Akash Vasisht 2/32). Match to continue.

Jharkhand 1st Innings 251 vs Delhi 223/8 (Jonty Sidhu 78 batting, Shahbaz Nadeem 3/58).

Tamil Nadu 1st Innings 470 (Baba Aparajith 166, Baba Indrajith 101, Shahrukh Khan 69) vs Chattisgarh 105/5 (Harpreet Singh Bhatia 47, M Siddharth 2/47, R Sai Kishore 2/20).

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