Mumbai, Maharashtra gain points
Former Mumbai skipper Aditya Tare scored his eighth first-class hundred on an inconsequential final day of their Ranji Trophy group A encounter against Railways here on Sunday.
Having ensured three points by virtue of 104-run first innings lead by the end of the third day, Mumbai decided against sporting declaration — reaching 321 for 5 when captains decided to call time.
Tare (100*, 187 balls) and allrounder Shivam Dube (69*, 99 balls) added 163 runs for the unbroken sixth wicket stand. Tare’s innings had 11 fours and two sixes and Shivam smashed eight fours and a couple of sixes.
The duo came together when Mumbai were 158 for 5 in their second innings but Tare-Dube didn’t feel much pressure as the overall lead had already swelled to 262 runs by then.
Left-arm spinner Harsh Tyagi (3/86 in 36 overs) was the most successful bowler for Railways.
Siddhesh Lad (76, 168 balls) also continued in rich vein of form having scored 99 in the first innings.
Lad will however rue the fact that he missed three-figure mark twice during the match and was dismissed by left-arm orthodox on both occasions.
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RAJASTHAN BEAT J&K
Rajasthan defeated a gritty Jammu and Kashmir by 75 runs in their Elite Group C game here on Sunday.
Rajasthan bowlers rose to the occasion even as a Jammu and Kashmir skipper Parvez Rasool (110*) played a defiant knock in the second outing, albeit which went in vain, at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium.
Chasing a daunting target of 395, Jammu and Kashmir, who began at overnight score of 34/0, were eventually bundled out for 319 in their second innings.
For the hosts leg spinner Rahul Chahar (4/89) and Nathu Singh (4-83) took four wickets
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each in the second innings, as they earned six crucial points.
Meanwhile, Baba Indrajith hit an unbeaten century as Tamil Nadu finished at 236/4 on the final day of the rain-curtailed Elite Group B match against Madhya Pradesh at Dindigul on Sunday.
The two teams finished with one point each as the first innings was incomplete.
In other Group B matches, Bengal and Andhra Pradesh secured three points each by gaining first innings lead against Himachal Pradesh and Punjab respectively.