Jadeja’s all-round show fires Saurashtra to big win over J&K
Rajkot, Oct. 16: Ravindra Jadeja bagged nine wickets after scoring a double-hundred to guide Saurashtra to an innings and 212-run victory over Jammu and Kashmir on Day Three of the Ranji Trophy Group B match.
As many as 16 wickets fell on day three after Jammu and Kashmir started the day at 103/4. Jadeja, after completing a double hundred on day two, took four wickets in the first innings while the remaining were picked up by another leftarm spinner, Dharmendersinh Jadeja.
The visitors were all out for 156 in the first innings and were asked to follow on.
Jammu and Kashmir batted better in the second innings but they still looked nowhere near getting close to Saurashtra’s mammoth first innings of 624/7 declared. While the two Jadejas run riot in the first innings, Saurashtra offie Vandit Jivrajani ran through the opposition batting in the second essay.
Eventually, Jammu and Kashmir were bowled for 256 in their second innings with Puneet Bisht and Ram Dayal scoring half centuries.
In New Delhi, keen to make amends for missing out on an outright win in their lung opener against Assam, Delhi’s spinners put their best foot forward taking the team towards a comprehensive innings victory against Railways at the end of the third day.
Having scored 447 in their first innings, Delhi bundled out Railways for 136 in the first innings and the home team fared no better ending the day at 157/6 after being followed on. GROUP A: At Delhi: Delhi 447 vs Railways 136 in 59.4 overs (Shukla 29, Ishant 3/20, Manan Sharma 4/50, Vikas Mishra 3/37) & 157/6 in 61 overs (Nitin Bhille 51*, Vikash Mishra 2/27) At Mysore: Assam 145 & 169/6 in 63 overs (Gokul Sharma 62*, Sibsankar Roy 44, K. Gowtham 3/39) vs Karnataka 469/7 decl in 126.4 overs (Gowtham 149, Samarth 123, Shreyas Gopal 50, Purkayastha 3/80, Arup Das 4/113). GROUP B: At Nadiad: Kerala 208 & 203 in 76.3 overs (Arun Karthick 69, Sachin Baby 59, Desai 6/80, Chawla 3/66) vs Gujarat 307 in 106.3 overs (Gohil 69, Bhatt 44, Gandhi 91, Nidheesh 3/58, Jalaj 3/95) & 22/1 in 13 overs. At Jaipur: Rajasthan 423 vs Jharkhand 265 in 97.3 overs (Tiwary 83, Virat Singh 47, Ishan Kishan 50, Kaushal Singh 42, Pankaj Singh 4/48) & 102/1 in 27 overs (Nazim Siddiqui 71*). At Rajkot: Saurashtra 624/7 decl bt J&K 156 in 60.5 overs (Khajuria 41, DA Jadeja 6/68, R. Jadeja 4/40) & 256 in 84.1 overs (Ram Dayal 56, Punit Bisht 55, VM Jivrajani 6/79, R. Jadeja 3/69). GROUP C: At Vadodara: Baroda 373 vs Andhra 505/9 in 139.4 overs (Vihari 150, Bhui 145, Sumanth 45, Sheth 5/77). At Indore: Madhya Pradesh 409 vs Mumbai 415/8 in 123 overs (Bista 135, Lad 82, Surya Kumar Yadav 91, Mihir Hirwani 2/95). At Chennai: Tripura 258 in 96.1 overs vs Tamil Nadu 357/4 in 88 overs (Washington Sundar 159, Mukund 76, Indrajith 89, A. Sarkar 2/43). GROUP D: At Raipur: Bengal 529/7 decl. vs Chhattisgarh 110 in 39.5 overs (Ashutosh 53, Ashoke Dinda 7/21) & 229/5 in 71 overs (Abhimanyu Chauhan 115, Ashutosh Singh 71, Shami 4/65). At Dharamsala: Goa 255 & 131 in 32 overs (Sumiran Amonkar 67*, Swapnil Asnodkar 51*) vs Himachal Pradesh 625/7 decl in 144 overs (PS Khanduri 117, AK Bains 143, NR Gangta 127*, AR Kumar 97, PS Jaswal 63*) At Chandigarh: Punjab 161 & 226 in 72.1 overs (Manan Vohra 51, Abishek Sharma 49, Karnewar 6/47, Wakhare 4/82) vs Vidarbha 505 in 153.2 overs (Sanjay Ramaswamy 161, Ganesh Satish 164, Abishek Sharma 4/136).