All India Buchi Babu Invitational Cricket tournament – Round 2, Day 1

The day one of the 2nd rounds of the Buchi Babu tournament witnessed the likes of Mumbai and Saurashtra bundled for low totals while Kerala and Baroda post 300+ totals. Tomorrow, Suresh Raina will be coming out to bat for probably the last time in the tournament as he is set to join India Blue team for the Duleep Trophy which kicks off from September 7th.

Mumbai vs Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association at SRMC:

Mumbai got bowled out for just 235 runs despite a good start from their top three batsmen after electing to bat first. Opener Hardik Tamore scored a 118-ball 72 with ten fours and a six while Jay Bista scored 39 off 65. Ashaysar Desai scored an unbeaten 59 off 125 and witnessed his side losing their last five wickets for just 10 runs. The final four batsmen in the Mumbai innings bagged ducks as UP leg-spinner Zeeshan Ansari picked up a 5-wicket haul. The Suresh Raina-led UP side ended the day at 43/1 with another 193 runs needed for a win.

Mumbai: 235/10 in 70.3 overs (Hardik Tamore 72, Ashaysar Desai 59*; Zeeshan Ansari 5/78)

UPCA: 43/1 in 17 overs (Mohd Saif 28*; Anjdeep Lad 1/19).

Saurashtra vs Haryana at IC Gurunanak:

Haryana bowled out Saurashtra for only 236 runs despite a huge 189-run stand between Sheldon Jackson and Snell Patel. The Saurashtra side, who elected to bat first, were reduced to 2/2 before a 189-run partnership for the 3rd wicket in 208 balls rescued them.

Jackson scored a quickfire 120-run knock, which came off just 106 balls with the help of 10 fours and seven sixes while Snell Patel scored 69 off 113 balls which included nine fours. Chaitanya Bishnoi’s 5-wicket haul forced the batting side to collapse from 191/2 to 236/10. Haryana ended the day at 101/4 with another 136 runs needed for a win.

Saurashtra: 236/10 in 52 overs (Sheldon Jackson 120, Snell Patel 69; Chaitanya Bishnoi 5/26)

Haryana: 101/4 in 38 overs (GV Singh 28*, Rohit Sharma 25*; Jaydev Unadkat 1/13).

Kerala vs Assam at CPT-IP:

Kerala posted 380 against Assam after electing to bat first with the help of centuries from Vishnu Vinod and P Rahul. Sanju Samson, who scored just four runs in the previous game, bagged another failure, scoring 23 runs in this game. Vinod scored 138 off 132 balls with 11 fours and nine sixes while Rahul scored a 211-ball 102 with ten fours. No other major contributions from the batsmen meant that Kerala were bowled out for 380 runs with the 15-year-old India U19 player, Riyan Parag picking three wickets.

Kerala: 380/10 in 87.4 overs (Vishnu Vinod 138, P Rahul 102; Riyan Parag 3/73).

Baroda vs Hyderabad at MRF Pachaiyappa:

Abhijit Karambelkar’s century powered Baroda to a 300-run total in their innings after his side elected to bat first. Opener Prabhav Thakar scored 79 off 184 balls while Abhijit hit 100 in 152 balls with eight fours. Hyderabad’s Mehdi Hasan bagged a 4-wicket haul.

Baroda: 308/8 in 90 overs (Abhijit Karambelkar 100, Prabhav Thakar 79; Mehdi Hasan 4/117).