Ishant among wickets for Delhi vs Assam
NEW DELHI: Skipper Ishant Sharmatookthreewicketswhile debutant Kulwant Khejroliya impressedwithhispaceasDelhi restricted Assam to 224 for 7 on DayOneofaRanjiTrophyGroup A matchon Friday. Ishant(3/31) marshalledhisresourceswellon a benign Kotla track.
Anotherimpressiveperformance came from left-arm pacer Khejroliya (1/46),who produced decent pace with a 70-plus-over oldSGTestball.Itwassheerpace that sent Assam skipper Gokul Sharma’s(51off172balls)stumps cartwheeling. Kulwant was hitting the deck hard and getting deliveries to rise awkwardly.
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NEW DELHI: Left-hander Sudeep Chatterjee struck a patient unbeaten hundred as Bengal cruised to 341 for 3 against Services on a placid track on the first day of their Group D Ranji Trophy encounter. Vice-captain Chatterjee was unbeaten on 114 and added 153 runs for the third wicket with skipper Manoj Tiwary(69)andanother63forthe unbroken fourth wicket stand with Wriddhiman Saha (32 batting). Brief scores: Group A -- Assam 224/7 (Gokul Sharma 51, Sarupam Purkayastha 57*; Ishant Sharma 3/31) vs Delhi. Railways: 182 all out in 76 overs (Ashish Yadav 53, Nitin Bhille 42; Ankit Rajpoot 3/30, Zeeshan Ansari 3/78). Hyderabad vs Maharashtra: No play due to rain. GroupB Saurashtra 271/7 in 83.4 overs (Prerak Mankad 68, Sheldon Jackson 51; Ashish Hooda 4/59) vs Haryana Jharkhand 200/9 in 71 overs (Ishan Kishan 45; Jalaj S Saxena 6/50) vs Kerala Rajasthan: 249/4 in 88 overs (Robin Bist 105, Ashok Menaria 69; Mohammed Mudhasir 3/66) vs J&K GroupD Bengal 341/3 (Sudeep Chatterjee 114, Manoj Tiwary 65*, Wriddhiman Saha 32*) vs Services Himachal Pradesh 459/2 (Prashant Chopra 271*, Paras Dogra 99*) vs Punjab. Chattisgarh 189/5 (Mohd Kaif 49*, Darshan Misal 2/15) vs Goa.