Srinagar: Vidarbha's players and Jammu and Kashmir's players shake shands on day three after Vidarbha won a Ranji Trophy cricket match (PTI Photo)
After capitulating inside 40 overs in their first innings for 140 against Mumbai on Day One, Himachal’s batters finally showed some grit and gumption on Day Three of their Elite Group D Ranji Trophy match against Mumbai in Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh.Opener Innesh Mahajan (37, 91b, 5x4), skipper Pukhraj Mann (34*, 94b, 5x4) and wicketkeeper-batter Vaibhav Kalta (14*, 70b, 3x4) all did well to stonewall Mumbai and delay the visitors’ charge towards an innings win.At stumps, Himachal were 144/3 in 56 overs, still trailing by 244 runs.Earlier, Mumbai wicketkeeper-batter Akash Anand slammed a century (117*, 239b, 14x4), while Sarfaraz Khan made 154 (228b, 19x4) as Mumbai declared at 528/8.
At Chepauk, Tamil Nadu captain and left-arm spinner Sai Kishore took a hat-trick as his team crushed Uttarakhand by an innings and 66 runs inside three days. In the 43rd over, Sai Kishore bowled Lakshya Raichandani on the fourth ball, had Saurabh Rawat caught in the slips off the fifth, and then had Aditya Rawat caught behind as TN bowled out Uttarakhand for 113.
In Srinagar, Vidarbha overcame Jammu & Kashmir by three wickets in a low-scoring thriller.
Chasing a target of 79 in the final innings, Vidarbha collapsed to 26/6 and then 55/7 before Harsh Dubey (22*) and Nachiket Bhute (13*) took them home.
A brave century by middle-order batter Manan Hingrajia (108*, 274b, 12x4, 1x6), a half-century by Joymeet Patel (72, 119b, 9x4) and a useful contribution from skipper Chintan Gaja (41*, 105b, 3x4) helped Gujarat, who resumed at 98/2, reply strongly to Delhi’s 648/6.At stumps on Day Three, Gujarat were 363/5, still trailing by 285 runs. Hingrajia added 124 in 285 balls for the fifth wicket with Joymeet, then put on 86 in 178 balls in an unbeaten partnership for the sixth wicket with Gaja to leave Delhi’s bowlers frustrated.
GROUP A:In Vadodara: Bihar 166 & 251 (M Mahrour 138, B Bhatt 6/53, M Pithiya 3/40) lost to Baroda 416 & 4/0. Pts: Baroda 7, Bihar 0.In Puducherry: Puducherry 177 & 198/1 vs MP 302/5 (R Patidar 122, C Rathore 78; S Trivedi 4/44).In Srinagar: J&K 260 & 123 (N Bhute 5/48) lost to Vidarbha 305 & 81/7 (S Kumar 4/30). Pts: Vidarbha 6, J&K 0.In Kanpur: UP 202 & 197 (A Juyal 74, Y Kasvankar 5/69) beat Goa 164 & 167 (S Prabhudessai 72, K Tyagi 5/37). Pts: UP 6, Goa 0.GROUP B:In Mullanpur: Punjab 456 vs Chhattisgarh 206 (A Khare 91, H Brar 7/56) & 123/3 (A Pandey 59*).In Alur: Karnataka 342 & 99/2 vs Saurashtra 349 (S Gajjar 79, H Desai 77; V Kaverappa 4/57).In Guwahati: Assam 334 beat Tripura 62 & 307 (M Murasingh 161, S Sarkar 59, M Thakur 5/101).
Pts: Assam 6, Tripura 0.In Vijayawada: Hyderabad 275 & 306/7 decl (K Himateja 123, T Thyagarajan 53*; K Saiteja 4/40) vs Andhra 184 (S Rasheed 61, T Thyagarajan 5/63).GROUP C:In New Delhi: Bengal 184 & 146 beat Services 122 & 148 (P Pramanik 4/48, S Ahmed 3/44). Pts: Bengal 6, Services 0.
In New Delhi: Delhi 648/6 decl vs Gujarat 363/5 (M Hingrajia 108*, J Patel 72; H Shokeen 3/94).In Pune: Jharkhand 169 & 130/1 (S Mohan 74) vs Maharashtra 527/5 decl (A Bawne 169*, D Patil 148, R Gaikwad 101*).In Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala 404 vs Odisha 225 (G Choudhary 50, V Chandran 4/40, A Sarvate 3/56) & 102/4 (G Choudhary 53).GROUP D:In Bilaspur: Himachal 140 & 144/3 vs Mumbai 528/8 decl (M Khan 57, S Khan 154, A Anand 117; J Rana 4/108).In Chennai: TN 313 beat Uttarakhand 134 & 113 (R Sai Kishore 6/34, A Ram 4/33). Pts: Tamil Nadu 7, Uttarakhand 0.In Jaipur: Rajasthan 497 vs 305/6 (B Merai 73, E Goyal 64, R Singh 53).
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