Rajkot: Saurashtra were bowled out for 303 in the first innings in their Ranji Trophy quarter-final against Punjab. Saurashtra won the toss and batted first in the match which started yesterday at the SCA Stadium. Aussie Star players Pujara, Jadeja and Unathkat are missing from the Saurashtra squad as they have to prepare for the Test series. Both Harvik Desai and Snell Patel opened the innings. Snell Patel played with determination at one end…Harvick 0, Vishwaraj 28, Sheldon 18, Captain Arbid 0, Chirag Jani 8, Prerak 5, Dharmendra Jadeja 12 runs out.
Snell’s 70 (131 balls, 11 boundaries) was a clean bolt off the bowling of Vlasi Markande as Saurashtra were bowled out for 147 in 45.1 overs. In this situation, Parth Bhatt – Chetan Zakaria pair played responsible for the 9th wicket and added 61 runs. Zakaria returned to the pavilion with 22 off 49 balls. Yuvrajsingh Dodia who came next to give company for the last wicket, Barth Bhatt who played tremendously scored a century. The pair added 95 runs for the 10th wicket. Saurashtra were all out for 303 in the first innings (87 overs) after Dodia was dismissed for 17 off 50 balls. Parth Bhatt remained unbeaten on 111 (155 balls, 11 fours, 4 sixes).
Markande 4, Baltej 3, Siddharth Kaul 2, Naman Dhir 1 wicket in Punjab bowling. Punjab, who entered the field next, scored 3 runs without losing a wicket at the end of the first day. Jharkhand reeling: In the quarter-final against Bengal at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens yesterday, Jharkhand were bowled out for just 173 runs in the first innings (66.2 overs). Kumar Suraj scored 89*, Pankaj Kumar 21, Nadeem 10, the rest of the players got out with few runs. Akash Deep 4, Mukesh Kumar 3, Borel and Khattak took 1 wicket each in Bengal bowling. On the 2nd day today, Bengal starts the first innings.
Uttarakhand 116: Uttarakhand were bowled out for 116 in 55.4 overs against Karnataka at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Kunal 31, Avneesh 17, Aditya Tare and Akhil Rawat scored 14 runs each. On the Karnataka side, M. Venkatesh took 5 wickets, Gautham, Kaverappa 2 wickets each and Vijayakumar 1 wicket. Karnataka, who came next, scored 123 runs without losing a wicket at the end of the first day (26 overs). Samarth has 54 runs and Mayank Agarwal is in the field with 65 runs.
Andhra 262/2: In the quarter-final against Madhya Pradesh in Indore, Andhra ended the first day at 262 for 2 (88 overs). Gnaneshwar 24, Abhishek Reddy 22 runs out. Skipper Hanuma Vihari scored 16 runs in Bevli’s return due to injury. Ricky Phui is unbeaten on 115 and Karan Shinde is unbeaten on 83.