Gujarat thrash Goa, in Ranji semis

VALSAD: Left-arm spinner Siddharth Desai grabbed a fifer as Gujarat thrashed Goa by a whopping 464 runs to storm into the Ranji Trophy semi-finals on Sunday. Set a daunting target of 629 for an improbable win, Goa were bundled out for 164 in second innings on the fourth day of the Ranji Trophy quarter-finals at the Sardar Patel Stadium.

Brief Scores: Gujarat 602/8 D and 199/6 D (Samit Gohel 72; Lakshay Garg 4/30) beat Goa 173 and 164 (Suyash Prabhudessai 66; Siddharth Desai 5-81) by 464 runs

SAURASHTRA CRUISE

ONGOLE: Saurashtra batted Andhra out of their quarter-final by extending their overall lead to a mammoth 658 runs. By stumps on the fourth day, Saurashtra had made 375 for nine.

Brief scores: Saurashtra 419 and 375/9 dec (P Mankad 85, D Jadeja 60, A Barot 54; JS Krishna 4/47, Md Rafi 3/92) vs

Andhra 136 all out (CR Gnaneshwar 43; J Unadkat 4/42, D Jadeja 3/27).

KARNATAKA TAKE LEAD

JAMMU: Karnataka took the crucial first-innings lead after bowling out Jammu and Kashmir for 192 on the fourth day of their quarter-final. Resuming the day on 88 for two in reply to Karnataka’s 206, Jammu and Kashmir let the advantage slip by losing wickets at regular intervals to be bundled out in 62.4 overs.

Brief scores: Karnataka 206 all out and 254 for 4 in 67 overs (R Samarth 74, KV Siddharth 75*; P Rasool 2/53) vs J&K 192 all out (SP Khajuria 62, Abdul Samad 43; M Prasidh Krishna 4/42)

BENGAL IN COMMAND

TANGI: Bengal put up a strong batting display in their second innings to virtually seal a semi-final berth with a massive 443-run lead over Odisha.

Brief scores: Bengal 332 and 361/7 (Shreevats Goswami 78, Abhishek Raman 67, Arnab Nandi 45, Shahbaz Ahmed 52*) vs Odisha 250.