Ranji Trophy 2016-17: Round 5, Day 3 Review

The Day three of the fifth round of the Ranji Trophy 2016-17 witnessed teams getting bundled out for cheap scores at most of the venues. Assam, who folded up Saurashtra for just 153 the previous day, were restricted to just 171 runs by the end of the day in response. Jaydev Unadkat’s all-round show of 46* with the bat and a six-wicket haul was the only notable performance in the match apart from Arup Das’ 7 wicket haul on the day one.

Railways could manage only 160 on the scoreboard after ending the day on rather comfortable 78/3. Vijay Gohil was the standout performer with the ball, taking 5/64. Mumbai skipper Aditya tare then decided to make the railways bat again and follow on. The scenario in the second innings looks bit healthy for the batting side as they ended at 135/4. Railways really need to put up a sturdy batting show to save the match which looks completely in the favour of the defending champions right now.

Another poor team performance was witnessed at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, Hyderabad where Uttar Pradesh were shot out for just 95 runs in the second innings, courtesy Siddharth Kaul’s 6/27. The stunning show by Kaul meant Punjab set themselves in a match-winning position needing only a meager 112 runs to win. A win on the last day looks more than assured as they finished at 61/2, needing just 51 runs to win.

Brief Scores:

(Group A)

Mumbai v Railways, Mysore

Mumbai: 345 (Suryakumar Yadav 110, Karn Sharma 5/81)

Railways: 160 all out (ARB Singh 22; V Gohil 5/64) & 135/4 (Saurabh 39; T Deshpande 2/8)

Tamil Nadu v Baroda, Raipur

Baroda: 93 (Krishnamoorthy Vignesh 5/23, Aswin Crist 4/39) & 44/0 (Kedar Devdhar 33)

Tamil Nadu: 337 (Abhinav Mukund 100; Munaf Patel 4/91)

Punjab v Uttar Pradesh, Hyderabad

UP: 335/6 (Kuldeep Yadav 71*; Sandeep Sharma 5/85) & 95 all out (Rinku Singh 43; Siddharth Kaul 6/26)

Punjab: 319 (Yuvraj Singh 85; Saurabh Kumar 4/71) & 61/2 (Manan Vohra 36; Kuldeep Yadav 1/9)

(Group B)

Rajasthan v Odisha, Patiala

Rajasthan: 323 (SF Khan 110; Govind Poddar 3/59) & 244/2 (Subhransu Senapati 90; MK Lomror 1/23)

Odisha: 172 all out (Deepak Behera 67; AV Choudhary 4/46)

Delhi v Jharkhand, Thiruvananthapuram

Jharkhand: 493 (Ishan Kishan 273; Subodh Bhati 3/80) & 165/1 (Dhruv Shorey 63; Sunny Gupta 1/50)

Delhi: 334 (Rishabh Pant 117*; Sunny Gupta 3/62)

Vidarbha v Karnataka, Vadodara

Karnataka: 267 (Krishnappa Gowtham 60*, Lalit Yadav 5/67) & 108/3 (Samrth R 45; Lalit 2/60)

Vidarbha: 176 all out (JM Sharma 61; Shreayas Gopal 3/22)

Assam v Saurashtra, Kolkata

Saurashtra 153 (Jaydev Unadkat 42*; Arup Das 7/39) &

Assam 171 (A Karthick 57; Jaydev Unadkat 6/48)

(Group C)

Himachal Pradesh v Jammu & Kashmir, Ranchi

Jammu & Kashmir: 162 (Shubham Khajuria 48, Mayank Dagar 4/33) & 39/0 (Umar Nissar 17) & 337/4 (Ian Chauhan 99; BB Sharma 2/88)

Himachal Pradesh: 370 (PK Dogra 89; Aamir Aziz 4/56)

Andhra v Services, Indore

Services: 446 all out (Shamsher Yadav 136; Ravi Teja 3/25)

Andhra 177/1 (Prashanth 90; V Yadav 1/34)

Goa v Chhattisgarh, Cuttack

Chhattisgarh: 198 all out (Amandeep Khare 60; RR Singh 6/60)

Goa: 270 (Samar Dubhashi 97; Pankaj Rao 4/95)

Chhatisgarh: 95/2 (S Gupta 50; SS Bandekar 1/14)

Haryana v Kerala, Jaipur

Haryana: 303 (Rohit Parmod Sharma 92, Sandeep Warrier 5/80) & 6/0

Kerala: 404/9D Bhavin J Thakkar 79; Yuzvendra Chahal 4/119)