Suryakumar Yadav made an 80-ball 90 in his first Ranji Trophy match in nearly three years as skipper Ajinkya Rahane and Yashasvi Jaiswal hit fine hundreds to take Mumbai to 457 for three against Hyderabad on the first day of the Group B match here. Surya, who has been arguably the best batsman in white-ball cricket for the past 12 months, approached the red-ball game with the same aggressive intent he is known for in the shorter formats. His knock consisted of 15 fours and a six.
The classy batsman has time and again expressed his desire to play Test cricket for India. He last played a first-class game way back in February 2020.
Jaiswal continued his rich form with a superb 162 off 195 balls while Rahane hit stumps on 139.
Prithvi Shaw was out for 19 after Hyderabad opted to play at the BKC ground.
Shorey hits 8th first class ton
Opener Dhruv Shorey hit his eighth first-class hundred to send Delhi to 271 for seven on the first day of their match against Assam. Assam removed Shorey’s partner Anuj Rawat early after opting to go to field first. Shorey remained unbeaten on 139 off 216 balls before bad light forced an early stump with 81 overs bowled on the day.
Delhi’s young captain Yash Dhull made 22 from 56 balls while Vaibhav Rawal came up with a valuable 43 from 71 balls. Senior batter Nitish Rana was first pitch out.
Delhi, who lost their tournament opener to Maharashtra, fielded a depleted unit in the absence of injured pacemakers Ishant Sharma and Mayank Yadav. They were forced to field three debutants in Harshit Rana, Pranshu Vijayran and spinner Hrithik Shokeen.
Senior pacer Navdeep Saini, who suffered an abdominal strain while part of the Indian team in Bangladesh, is unlikely to be fit in time for Delhi’s next game.
Short Scores: In Mumbai: Mumbai 457/3 in 90 overs (Yashasvi Jaiswal 162, Suryakumar Yadav 90, Ajinkya Rahane 139 no, Sarfaraz Khan 40 no) v Hyderabad.
In Guwahati: Delhi 271/7 in 81 overs (Dhruv Shorey 139 at bat, Mrinmoy Dutta 2/50) against Assam.
In Coimbatore: Andhra 277/5 in 90 overs (Abhishek Reddy 85, Ricky Bhui 68, Karan Shinde 55 no; R. Sai Kishore 2/73) v Tamil Nadu.
At Rajkot: Maharashtra 253/2 in 89 overs (Ruturaj Gaikwad 65, Nashad Shaikh 93 no, Ankit Bawne 61 no against Saurashtra.
Patidar, Raghuwanshi help recover MP
Sandeep Sharma broke five wickets but Rajat Patidar and Akshat Raghuwanshi hit fifty twice as defending champions Madhya Pradesh recovered to 289 for 7 against Chandigarh on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group ‘D’ match on Tuesday. Yash Dubey (44, 50 balls, 6 fours) and Himanshu Mantri (12) opted to bat and put Madhya Pradesh off to a solid start, taking 63 runs for the first wicket.
However, Sandeep shocked the MP innings, picking up Mantri and Dubey’s wickets in quick succession.
Shubham Sharma (1) could not last long as he fell to Hartejassvi Kapoor with a score of 75 while Sandeep took on Aditya Shrivastava (7) as MP was soon reduced to 94 for four.
Patidar (88, 116 balls, 16 fours), one of the stars of MP’s first Ranji triumph, stabilized the innings in the company of Raghuwanshi (65 not out, 167 balls, 5 fours, 1 six), with 94 runs for the fifth wicket.
The duo kept the Chandigarh bowlers at bay in a stand that lasted 154 deliveries even as Sandeep continued to pin.
Sandeep, who has played for the country in two T20 Internationals, then struck a vital blow by clearing Patidar.
Raghuwanshi then came together with Anubhav Agarwal (25) to add 67 runs for the seventh wicket before the final LBW fell to Sandeep on the last ball of the day.
In another match in the group, Punjab hit back after being bowled out for 162 in 48.1 overs to reduce Railways to 77 for 7 at stumps at New Delhi’s Karnail Singh Stadium.
Short Scores: At Motera: Gujarat 267 for 6 in 90 overs (SD Chauhan 73, Kathan D Patel 54, Priyank Panchal 52; Abid Mushtaq 3/88) vs J & K.
At Nagpur: Vidarbha 264 all out in 88.3 overs (Atharva Taide 53, AV Wankhade 47, AV Wadkar 43; AS Sarkar 6/74) vs Tripura 3 for no loss in 2 overs.
In Indore: Madhya Pradesh 289 for 7 in 88 overs (Rajat Patidar 88, Akshat Raghuwanshi 65 not out; Sandeep Sharma 5 for 81) vs Chandigarh.
In New Delhi: Punjab 162 all out in 48.1 overs (Abhishek Sharma 36, Prabhsimran Singh 33; Adarsh Singh 5/65) vs Railways 77 for 7 in 30 overs (Yuvraj Singh 26 not out; Baltej Singh 4/29)
Karnataka gets the upper hand
Eight-time champions Karnataka made an all-around effort to bundle Puducherry for 170 and then reached 111 for one on the opening day to gain a slight upper hand in their Ranji Trophy Group C match here on Tuesday.
Karnataka bowlers took to the field and were right on the money as the right arm pace trio of Vidwath Kaverappa (4/52), Vijaykumar Vyshak (3/39) and Ronit More (2/34) shared nine wickets to cross the battle line of Puducherry to dismantle. up.
Leg spinner Shreay Gopal (1/5) was responsible for the other wicket.
Puducherry was never in control of their innings after being sent to bat, losing wickets at regular intervals and failing to make substantial partnerships that would have helped them put up a decent first innings total.
Skipper Damodaran Rohit (44) scored the highest for Puducherry, while Kothandapani Aravind (20) and Sridhar Ashwath (20) also got some runs before being knocked out in 54 overs.
In reply, opener Ravikumar Samarth remained unbeaten on 59, while skipper Mayank Agarwal made 51 as Karanataka ended the day at 111 for 1.
Night watchman More has yet to open his account.
Karnataka still trail Puducherry with 59 runs in their first innings with nine wickets in hand.
In another Group C match in Jaipur, Indian international Deepak Hooda hit 133 off 187 balls, while Salman Khan (62 not out) and Yash Kothari (58) also contributed with the bat as Rajasthan posted 310 for five in 87 on the opening day overs. against Kerala.
For Kerala, Jalaj Saxena took two wickets for 74 runs.
Short Scores: In Bengaluru: Puducherry 170 all out in 54 overs (Damodaran Rohit 44; Vidwath Kaverappa 4/52) vs Karnataka 111 for 1 in 32 overs (Ravikumar Samarth 59 not out, Mayank Agarwak 51; Ankit Sharma 1/8) .
In Jaipur: Rajsathan 310 for 5 in 87 overs (Deepak Hooda 133, Salman Khan 62 not out, Yash Kothari 58; Jalaj Saxena 2/74) vs Kerala.
At Jamshedpur: Jharkhand 280 for 4 in 90 overs (Saurabh Tiwary 65 not out, Kumar Kushagra 60 not out; Darshan Misal 2/59) vs Goa.
In New Delhi: Services 213 all out in 60.1 overs (Anshul Gupta 71, Devender Lochab 53; Ravi Kiran 5/44) vs Chhattisgarh 9 for no loss in 3 overs.
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