Ranji Trophy Roundup: Jalaj Saxena shines in Kerala victory, Haryana three wickets away from victory
On the basis of Jalaj Saxena (7/51),
Jalaj Saxena Kerala compiled Punjab’s second innings for 124 runs and scored a thrilling 21-run win to score six points.
Punjab had set a target of 146 runs to win in the fourth innings, but no batsman could play before Jalaj Saxena spin and the entire team was dismissed for 124 runs in 46.1 overs.
Nidhish, who took seven wickets in the first innings, scored one while S.K. Joseph took two wickets.
Mayank Markandey scored the highest 23 runs for Punjab. Siddharth Kaul, who came to bat at number 10,
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contributed 22 runs. Earlier, Kerala started the day with 88 runs for five wickets in the second innings.
Gurkirat Singh returned to Punjab with four and Siddharth Kaul five wickets. Kerala, who had a nine-run lead in the first innings, were bowled out for 136 runs.
Salman Nazir from Kerala was the ‘man of the match, scoring 91 not out in the first innings and 28 not out in the second innings on the bowlers’ assisted pitch.
UP’s strong bowling
led by Saurabh’s bowling led by Saurabh Kumar (3/36), the Uttar Pradesh team is in the lead in the Ranji Trophy match against Baroda. On the third day,
against the hosts, who scored a big score of 431 with the help of the centuries of Saif and Upendra in the first innings,
the visiting team is forced to struggle for 179 runs at eight wickets. He is currently 252 runs behind with two wickets remaining.
In such a situation, Uttar Pradesh is looking to get three points based on the lead in the first innings.
Apart from Saurabh, Ankit Rajput took two wickets for 58 and Wajid Ali took two wickets for 45 runs.
Vishnu Saulanki scored 91 runs for Baroda but Saurabh bowled him nine runs before the century. Aditya Waghmore scored 49 runs.
Three wickets away from Haryana’s victory
The match between Haryana and Odisha has reached a turning point where the home team needs three wickets to win,
while the visiting team needs 32 runs. On the third day, 12 wickets fell on the pitch which is considered to be helpful to the fast bowlers.
Odisha medium-pacer Suryakant Pradhan took five wickets for 86 runs in the second innings and struck out one.
Haryana lost the last five wickets in 12 overs, leaving the team out for 248 in the second innings.
The Haryana team, who scored 90 runs in the first innings, started the day with 218 runs for five wickets but due to Pradhan’s superb bowling,
the team lost the last five wickets for 30 runs and gave Odisha a target of 179 runs to win.
Haryana’s medium-pacer Ajit Chahal put on a career-best in the second innings, taking six for 65 as Odisha struggled with 147 for seven at the end of the day’s play.
Jammu and Kashmir get a strong lead in New Delhi.
Jammu and Kashmir have taken a lead of 302 runs in the second innings against the Army with five wickets remaining.
After scoring 360 runs in the first innings, Jammu and Kashmir closed the army innings for 218 to take a lead of 142 runs.
For Jammu and Kashmir, SS Pundir is playing 90 runs in the second innings. At stumps, the team’s score was 184 for five wickets.
The threat of an innings on Uttarakhand is in danger
of an innings defeat against Uttarakhand against Tripura.
After dismissing Uttarakhand for 90 in the first innings, Tripura declared the innings by scoring 279 runs for five wickets.
Harmeet Singh scored 102 runs for the team. Uttarakhand lost one wicket for 21 runs in the second innings till the end of the day’s play. The team will have to score 168 runs to avoid an innings defeat.
