Ranji Trophy 2016-17: Round 8, Day 2 Review

If bowlers enjoyed a good day on day 1 of the 8th round of Ranji Trophy 2016-17, they caused mayhem on day 2. In the 13 games played today, more than 130 wickets fell across the country. In the Krishnagiri Stadium of Kerala, Maharashtra were dismissed twice today by Odisha who won the game on only the second day of the match by the margin of an innings and 118 runs.

Assam, Kerala, Chhattisgarh and Goa were the other teams who lost 10 wickets in a single day’s play today. Chhattisgarh was the only team among these who did not concede a first innings lead. Many teams that were left behind in the game after the first day made a comeback on the basis of their strong bowling performance while some tightened their grip further.

Both Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh along with Tripura earned a handy first innings lead after a mediocre first innings batting performance on the first day. Similarly, Jharkhand, having collapsed in the morning session today with the bat came back strongly with the ball bowling out Assam to gain a first innings lead of 190 runs.

Delhi looked like following the same path of a batting collapse but were saved by an unbeaten 82* from their number 8 batsman Manan Sharma making sure that Delhi doesn’t end up trailing in the first innings

Bengal were dismissed for an embarrassing 99 in the first innings but came back nicely with both bat and ball today. They didn’t allow any Mumbai batsman to flourish dismissing them in the morning session and put up a much stronger batting performance to come over the deficit ending the day with a lead of 68 runs with 7 wickets still in hand.  

20 wickets fell in Dhanbad on day 1 followed by 13 on the second. The pitch played much better today and Goa posted 276 in their second innings but Andhra, with the help of an important first innings lead, are in a much stronger position to win the game tomorrow chasing 233.

On a day where bowlers had their say, one batsman who took the honors was Gujarat’s Priyank Panchal. Resuming his innings from his overnight score of 134, he completed  a triple century today which helped Gujarat take full control of the game against Punjab as they declared their first innings for a massive score of 624/6 in the twilight period of the day. With Punjab 1 wicket down already, they will certainly miss their star batsman Yuvraj Singh who tied the knot today.

Brief Scores:

(Group A)

Bengal v Mumbai, Nagpur

Bengal 99 all out (Shardul Thakur 6/31)

Mumbai 229 all out (Kaustubh Pawar 78, Ashok Dinda 5/88)

Bengal  198/3 (Manoj Tiwary 85*, Sudip Chatterjee 67*)

Bengal lead by 68 runs

Baroda v Madhya Pradesh, Dharamsala

MP 217 all out (Babashafi Pathan 5/48)

Baroda  164 all out (Deepak Hooda 61, Ishwar Pandey 5/29)

MP 126/5 (Naman Ojha 57, Atit Seth 3/43)

MP lead by 179 runs

Gujarat v Punjab, Belagavi

Gujarat 624/6d (Priyank Panchal 314*, Bhargav Merai 65)

Punjab 16/1

Punjab trail by 608 runs

Uttar Pradesh v Railways, Rajkot

UP 259 all out (Suresh Raina 91, Karn Sharma 4/48)

Railways 213 all out (Saurabh Wakaskar 74, Imtiaz Ahmed 5/74)

UP 64/2 (Shivam Chaudhary 36*)

UP lead by 110 runs

(Group B)

Saurashtra v Karnataka, Patiala

Karnataka  200 all out (Manish Pandey 75, JM Chauhan 3/52)

Saurashtra 297/6 (Prerak Mankad 100*, Vinay Kumar 4/43)

Saurashtra lead by 97 runs

Delhi v Vidarbha, Chennai

Vidarbha 183 all out (Shalabh Srivastava 65, Sumit Narwal 4/38)

Delhi 250/8 (Manan Sharma 82*, Rajneesh Gurbani 4/76)

Delhi lead by 67 runs

Odisha v Maharashtra, Kerala

Odisha 319 all out (Biplab Samantray 89, Anupam Sanklecha 4/75)

Maharashtra 94 all out (Suryakant Pradhan 4/34)

Maharashtra 107 all out (Biplab Samantray 4/34)

Odisha won by an innings and 118 runs

Jharkhand v Assam, Vizianagaram

Jharkhand 316 all out (Ishank Jaggi 93, Krishna Das 4/65))

Assam 126 all out (Rahul Shukla 4/48)

Jharkhand lead by 190 runs

(Group C)

Himachal Pradesh v Haryana, Valsad

Haryana 402 all out (Guntashveer Singh 120, Kanwar Singh 6/84)

HP 101/3

HP trail by 301 runs

Chhattisgarh v Services, Mumbai

Services 225 all out (Nakul Verma 54, Sumit Ruikar 5/73)

Chhattisgarh 281 all out (Manoj Singh 67, Diwesh Pathania 6/78)

Chhattisgarh lead by 56 runs

Hyderabad v Jammu and Kashmir, Vadodara

Hyderabad 328 all out (Tanmay Agarwal 119, Parvez Zargar 4/63)

J&K 126/7 (Parvez Zargar 70, Ravi Kiran 4/31)

J&K trail by 172 runs

Andhra v Goa, Dhanbad

Goa 115 all out (Bhargav Bhatt 6/36, Bukkapatnam Siddharth 4/52)

Andhra 159 all out (Srikar Bharat 68, Shadab Jakati 8/53)

Goa 276 all out (Saurabh Bandekar 75, Hanuma vihari 3/17)

Andhra 99/3

Andhra need 134 runs to win

Kerala v Tripura, Cuttack

Tripura 213 all out (Yashpal Singh 50, Sandeep Warrier 3/34)

Kerala 193 all out (Sanjay Majumder 4/43, Manisankar Murasingh 4/52)

Tripura 17/0

Tripura lead by 37 runs