SAURASHTRA IN CONTROL AGAINST J&K
Rajkot, Oct. 15: Out-offavour Ravindra Jadeja struck a timely double century while slow leftarm spinner Dharmendra Jadeja picked up three wickets as Saurashtra reduced Jammu and Kashmir to 103/4 in their first innings in reply to 624/7 declared in a Ranji Trophy Group B match, here on Sunday.
Resuming at overnight score 428/4, Saurashtra added another 196 runs with the loss of three more wickets before declaring their innings. Both overnight batsmen Jadeja and Snell Patel added 51 and 53 runs respectively to their overnight score. Jadeja made 201 runs off 313 balls with the help of 23 fours and two sixes, while Patel faced 167 balls for his 94 that was studded with 14 hits to the fence.
Chirag Jani (21) and Dharmendra Jadeja (40) were two not out batsmen when skipper Cheteshwar Pujara declared the innings.
For Jammu and Kashmir Ahmed Bandey (25) and Shubham Khajuria (41) started cautiously, putting on 50 runs for the opening wicket. Hower Dharmendra Jadeja struck thrice, removing Bandey,
Meanwhile, pacers Mohammed Shami and Ashoke Dinda blew away the Chattisgarh top-order with incisive spells after Bengal scored a mammoth 529/7 in a Group D encounter.
Courtesy Sudeep Chatterjee’s (118), his second hundred in as many games, along with veteran Anushtup Majundar’s (70 off 88 balls), Bengal managed to surpass the 500run mark in their second successive game of the season.
With the cushion of a big score under their belt, Chattisgarh were reduced to 80/5 with Shami (2/33 in 9 overs) and Dinda (2/6 in 6 overs). Group A: At Delhi: Delhi 447 in 144.5 overs (Manan 136, Rana 89, Rawat 74, Narang 55, Anureet 4/92) vs Railways 58/5 (Shukla 29, Ishant 3/12). At Mysore: Assam 145 vs Karnataka 427/6 in 115 overs (Gowtham 147, Samarth 123, Binny 41, Gopal 38, Agarwal 31, Abbas 30, Purkayastha 3/80, Das 3/101).
B: At Nadiad: Kerala 208 vs Gujarat 307/9 in 106 overs (Gohel 69, Bhatt 44, Gaja 33, Gandhi 91*, Nidheesh 3/58, Jalaj 3/95). At Jaipur: Rajasthan 423 in 141.5 overs (Tajinder 134, Gautam 107, Menaria 50, Pankaj 35, Yagnik 34, Ashish 3/83, Sunny 3/76) vs Jharkhand 97/2 in 31 overs (Tiwary 56*, Virat 28*). At Rajkot: Saurashtra 624/7 decl. (Ravindra Jadeja 201, Jackson 181, SS Patel 94,Uthappa 37, DA Jadeja 40*, Waseem 3/164) vs J & K 103/4 in 46.5 overs (Khajuria 41, Bandy 25, DA Jadeja 3/36). GROUP C: At Vadodara: Baroda 373 (Devdhar 93, Swapnil 88, Sheth 70, Solanki 61, Ayyappa 4/69) vs Andhra 190/2 (Vihari 71*, Bhui 53, Bharat 40). At Indore: Madhya Pradesh 409 (Ojha 180, Ankit 67, Waseem 40, Kushwah 34, Hirwani 31, Parkar 4/70) vs Mumbai 130/1 in 33 overs (Bista 89*). At Chennai: Tripura 258 in 96.1 overs (Patel 99, Yashpal 96, K. Vignesh 4/41) vs Tamil Nadu 332/2 in 81 overs (Sundar 156*, Mukund 76, Indrajith 73*). Group D: At Raipur: Bengal 529/7 decl. in 147.3 overs (Chatterjee 118, Ghosh 114, Raman 94, Amit 50, Tiwar 36, Saha 27, Majumdar 70*, Shubham 4/162) vs Chhattisgarh 80/5 in 31 overs (Ashutosh 51*). At Dharamsala: Goa 255 vs Himachal Pradesh 356/4 in 92 overs (Dubhashi 39, Kamal 36, Misal 35, Pinto 26, RR Singh 55*, Jaiswal 4/59, Sumeet 3/33). At Chandigarh: Punjab 161 vs Vidarbha 419/5 in 130 overs (Sanjay 161, Karnewar 33, Wankhade 32, Ganesh 126*).