Ranji Wrap: Saurashtra in complete control against Mumbai

Saurashtra piled up a huge 580 for nine declared in their first innings before reducing Mumbai to 19 for two to gain an upper hand on the second day of their Group A match in Rajkot. Riding on a solid batting effort, that includes opener Bhushan Chauhan’s career-best 157, Saurashtra added another 336 runs to their overnight score of 244 for two to post a mammoth first innings total. [caption id=“attachment_150405” align=“alignleft” width=“380” caption=“Abhishek Nayar. PTI”]  [/caption] In reply, Mumbai lost opener Sushant Marathe (0) and one down batsman Abhishek Nayar (6) early to find themselves in deep trouble at stumps. Kaustubh Pawar was unbeaten at the crease on eight. Left-arm pacer Jaydev Unadkat and Sandip Maniar shared two Mumbai wickets between them, giving away 13 and four runs, respectively. Brief Scores: Saurashtra 1st innings (Overnight 244 for 2): 580 for nine decl in 170 overs (Bhushan Chauhan 157, Jaydev Shah 78, Shitanshu Kotak 59; Romesh Powar 4-176, Zaheer Khan  3-82). Mumbai 1st innings: 19 for two in 5.4 overs (Kaustubh Pawar batting 8; Sandip Maniar 1-4). Manhas leads Delhi from the front Delhi captain Mithun Manhas  led from the front with a knock of 97 on a dodgy track as Delhi took an overall lead of 240 against Madhya Pradesh, in an Elite Group B match at the Enerald Heights High School ground in Indore. The encounter that is turning out to be a low-scoring affair saw the visitors take a slender two-run first innings lead as they bowled out Madhya Pradesh for 156 in only 37.1 overs. Ashish Nehra (3-72) and Parvinder Awana (3-51) got three of the four wickets that fell today while one batsman was run-out. Brief Scores: Delhi 158 & 238-7 (Mithun Manhas 97, Yogesh Nagar 35 batting, TP Sudhindra 3-35). MP 156 (Naman Ojha 39, Jalaj Saxena 31, Ashish Nehra 3-72, Parvinder Awana 3-51). Orissa trail Karnataka by 67 runs Stuart Binny led a disciplined Karnataka bowling attack to reduce Orissa to 211 for seven in reply to the visitors’ 278 all out on the second day of their Group A match in Bhubaneswar. Binny took three for 44 while his pace team-mates Santhebennur Akshay and Sreenath Aravind chipped in with two and one wicket respectively. Left-arm spinner K P Appanna also accounted for one Orissa batsmen. Brief Scores: Karnataka 1st Innings: 278 all out in 101.1 overs (CM Gautam 63; Biplab Samantray 3-22, Basant Mohanty 3-54). Orissa 1st Innings: 211 for 7 in 76 overs (Basant Samantray 65; Stuart Binny 3-44). Vohra, Bhaja help strong comeback for Baroda A brilliant spell of seam bowling by Sankalp Vohra and Firdaush Bhaja helped Baroda bundle out Gujarat for 169 before the hosts ended the second day of their Group B match with an overall lead of 43 runs in Vadodara. Gujarat, in their response to Baroda’s 203 all out in the first innings, were put on the back-foot with Bhaja removing Avi Barot and skipper Neeraj Patel to leave the visitors at 29 for two. Brief scores: Baroda 1st inning: 203 all out (Rakesh Solanki 69; Ishwar Chaudhary 5-69) and 9 for no loss in seven overs. Gujarat 1st inning: 169 all out (Pratharesh Parmar not out 45; Sankalp Vohra 4-24, Firdaush Bhaja 3-72). Vasudevadas century helps Tamil Nadu score 391 against Bengal Taking full advantage of poor fielding by Bengal, Kuthethurshri Vasudevada hit a century to help Tamil Nadu post a challenging 391 in their first innings of their Group B match in Kolkata. Bengal still need 307 runs with Shreevats Goswami batting on 33 and Writam Porel on 4 at the stumps on day two. Brief scores: TN 1st innings: 391 all out in 129 overs (Kuthethurshri Vasudevadas 106, Ramaswamy Prasanna 67; Lakshmipathy Balaji not out 49; Ashok Dinda 4-87, Shami Ahmed 3-81). Bengal 1st innings: 84 for two in 35 overs (Shreevats Goswami batting 33; R Aushik Srinivas 1-15). PTI