Shreyas Iyer continued together with his red-hot kind, smashing a stroke-filled 233 to guide Mumbai to an enormous 602 for 4 declared of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group A match towards Odisha in Mumbai on Thursday. Iyer’s second consecutive ton in Ranji Trophy additionally turned out to be his highest rating in first-class cricket because the right-hander hammered Odisha throughout the park at a strike charge of almost 103. Iyer’s knock was effectively complimented by comeback man Siddhesh Lad’s 169 not out, who hit 17 fours in his 337-ball innings.
Mumbai added one other 217 runs to their in a single day rating of 385 for 3 with Iyer and Lad placing on an general 354 runs for the fourth wicket – now a file for the 42-time winners within the Ranji Trophy.
Dwelling spinners Shams Mulani (2/52) and Himanshu Singh (2/22) then offered essential breakthroughs to cut back the guests to 146 for 5.
Odisha are nonetheless trailing by one other 456 runs within the first essay and have Sandeep Pattanaik (73 not out) and Debabrata Pradhan (7) on the crease.
Shardul Thakur offered an early breakthrough when he cleaned up the Odisha opener Swastik Samal for a seven-ball duck.
Odisha recovered strongly as Anurag Sarangi and Pattanaik placed on 107 for the second wicket till the previous was cleaned up by lanky spinner Himanshu Singh.
Quickly after, Mulani had Odisha skipper Govinda Poddar (0) caught behind and Himanshu had Biplab Samantaray (0) caught by Ajinkya Rahane at first slip.
In Pune, Maharashtra slipped to 185 all-out towards Providers’ 293 within the first innings because the guests took a giant 108-run lead within the first innings on the MCA Stadium.
Providers have been 15/0 in second essay, with an general lead of 123 runs.
After Hitesh Walunj’s 5 for 103 helped Maharashtra prohibit Providers, Amit Shukla returned 7/65 because the hosts have been bowled out for 185 regardless of skipper Ankit Bawane’s 73.
At Shillong, guests Jammu and Kashmir have been 16 for one and wanted one other 59 runs to win after hosts Meghalaya folded for an additional low rating of 195 within the second innings, setting a goal of 75 to win.
J&Okay, who had shot Meghalaya out for a mere 73 within the first innings, made 194 in reply to take a 121-run lead.
At Agartala, hosts Tripura have been positioned strongly at 192 for one in reply to Baroda’s 235 within the first innings.
Bikram Kumar Das (97) fell wanting his century however Jiwanjot Singh (58 not out) and Tejasvi Jaiswal (34 not out) took them to 192 for one, trailing by one other 43 runs.
Shorey’s hundred places Vidarbha in command towards Himachal
Opener Dhruv Shorey compiled a neat century as former champions Vidarbha responded strongly to succeed in 283 for 2 at stumps after bowling out Himachal Pradesh for 307 on day two of their Ranji Trophy match in Nagpur on Thursday.
Shorey, who switched to Vidarbha forward of the 2023-24 season after enjoying for 10 years for his native state Delhi, led the best way for Vidarbha and was batting on 108 at shut of play.
Karun Nair, who parted methods with Karnataka to hitch Vidarbha final season, was unbeaten on 76.
The duo of Shorey and Nair added 142 runs for the third wicket to place Vidarbha in a commanding place as they now path Himachal by simply 24 runs.
Vidarbha started on a strong observe with Shorey and Atharva Taide (33) placing on 50 runs for earlier than Mukul Negi gave Himachal their first breakthrough by having the latter trapped in entrance of the wicket.
Shorey discovered an ready ally in Danish Malewar as the 2 added 91 runs for the second wicket to put a powerful basis for Vidarbha.
Medium pacer Vaibhav Arora introduced some cheer for Himachal as he dismissed Malewar for a 72-ball 59, throughout which the batter struck 10 boundaries.
Nonetheless, Himachal’s pleasure was short-lived as Shorey and Nair dealt with the Himachal bowlers with out a lot problem to elevate their crew to a place of power by the top of day’s play.
Shorey, who confronted 192 balls for his knock, hit solely six fours and ran loads of singles and twos throughout his keep within the center.
Malewar however, discovered the fence 10 occasions throughout his 72-ball knock. Shorey’s two partnerships, with Nair and Malewar, went a great distance in serving to Vidarbha take the higher hand within the Elite Group B sport.
Earlier, resuming the day on 263 for six, Himachal added 44 runs to their in a single day whole earlier than being bowled out of their first innings.
In a single day batting on 47, captain Rishi Dhawan was the chief contributor with the bat for Himachal as he top-scored with a 73-run knock that got here off 135 balls.
Mukul Negi, the opposite in a single day batter, fell for 38 whereas the final three males couldn’t contribute something with the bat for Himachal Pradesh.
Left-arm spinner Harsh Dubey was probably the most profitable bowler for Vidarbha, returning figures of 5/71 in 34 overs, whereas there have been two wickets apiece for Praful Hinge (2/57) and Akshay Wakhare (2/42).
Group C: Manohar”s unbeaten fifty retains Karnataka afloat towards Bengal
Abhinav Manohar made a decided unbeaten fifty to rescue Karnataka after a top-order collapse, taking the hosts to 155 for 5 towards Bengal after second day’s play of their Ranji Trophy Group C match in Bengaluru on Thursday.
Manohar made 50 off 73 balls (6×4, 1×6) and added 58 runs for the unbroken sixth wicket stand with Shreyas Gopal (23 batting) as Karnataka recovered from a wobbly 97 for 5.
Karnataka nonetheless path by 146 runs.
Bengal, resuming from in a single day 249 for 5, couldn’t progress a lot and acquired bowled out for 301.
Pacer Vasuki Koushik (5/38) and leg-spinner Shreyas (3/87) mixed to pluck the remaining 5 Bengal wickets for 52 runs.
However that pleasure was short-lived as Bengal bowlers Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal (2/53) and R Vivek (2/44) rocked the Karnataka top-order with common strikes.
The truth is, the house facet misplaced their most skilled batters – captain Mayank Agarwal (17) and Manish Pandey (0) – within the house of six balls.
Agarwal was cleaned up by Jaiswal whereas Pandey’s two-ball innings was snapped by Vivek.
Nonetheless, Karnataka discovered some combat via Manohar, a white ball specialist, and Shreyas, who returned to the state facet after spending final season with Kerala, as they negated 18 overs to maintain their facet afloat.
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