Ranji Trophy 2018-19, Round 8, Day 1 - Round Up

Wasim Jaffer and his incandescent love affair with the Ranji Trophy continued for yet another round as the 40-year-old registered a scintillating hundred on Day 1 of round 8. Defending champions Vidarbha, banking on Jaffer’s 196-ball 178, went on to pile up a massive 389 runs on board losing four wickets on an opening day against Mumbai.

Another big knock on the day came from Krunal Pandya, who steered Baroda into a commanding position with his 160-run knock. His knock included 21 boundaries and was well supported by Mitesh Patel, who remained unbeaten on 55 at stumps. Baroda head into Day 2 at 289/6.

Karnataka took the pole position against Chhattisgarh in their Group A game after Dega Nischal and Krishnamurthy Siddharth scored centuries. Nischal remained unbeaten on 107 whilst Siddarth registered 105, to help their side amass 273 runs for the loss of four scalps at stumps.

Siddarth Kaul blows Kerala away

Punjab had a walk in the park after they were made to field first against Kerala. With fast bowler Siddarth Kaul running riot, the south Indian side had no answer and could register only 121 runs in their first innings. Kaul picked up six wickets in his spell. Punjab, at stumps, were at 135/2 with Jiwanjot Singh getting a fifty.

The battle of the Telugu speaking states began on a competitive note as both Andhra and Hyderabad fought it out hard on Day 1. Hyderabad registered 226 runs at stumps losing seven wickets courtesy half-centuries from skipper Akshath Reddy and Himalay Agarwal. KV Sasikanth picked up three wickets for Andhra.

Here are the scores from the other Ranji games happening across the country.

Brief Scores

Elite Group A

Karnataka vs Chhattisgarh

Karnataka first innings: 273/4 in 90 overs (Dega Nischal 107*, Kirshnamurthy Siddharth 105)

Maharashtra vs Gujarat

Maharashtra first innings: 230 all out in 67.1 overs (Ruturaj Gaikwad 70, Rahul Tripathi 62; Chintan Gaja 5/57)

Gujarat first innings: 41/0 in 8 overs

Railways vs Baroda

Baroda first innings: 289/6 in 88 overs (Krunal Pandya 160, Mitesh Patel 55*; ACP Mishra 4/65)

Vidarbha vs Mumbai

Vidarbha first innings: 389/4 in 90 overs (Wasim Jaffer 178, Atharwa Taide 95, Ganesh Satish 77*)

Elite Group B

Punjab vs Kerala

Kerala first innings: 121 all out in 37 overs (Siddarth Kaul 6/55)

Punjab first innings: 135/2 in 40 overs (Jiwanjyot Singh 67*)

Bengal vs Delhi

Delhi first innings: 240 all out in 83.3 overs (Jonty Sandhu 85; Ashok Dinda 4/62)

Andhra vs Hyderabad

Hydeabad first innings: 26/7 in 81.4 overs (Akshath Reddy 57, Himalay Agarwal 59; KV Sasikanth 3/49)

Madhya Pradesh vs Himachal Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh first innings: 235/5 in 89 overs (Rajat Patidar 47)

Elite Group C

Goa vs Rajasthan

Goa first innings: 244 all out in 80 overs (Snehal Kauthankar 48; Rahul Chahar 4/86)

Rajasthan first innings: 20/0 in 10 overs

Haryana vs Uttar Pradesh

Haryana first innings: 110 all out in 43 overs (Saurabh Kumar 7/33)

Uttar Pradesh first innings: 133 all out in 37.2 overs (Rinku Singh 43; Ajit Chahal 5/16)

Haryana second innings: 10/0 in 5 overs

Services vs Odisha

Odisha first innings: 177 all out in 86.2 overs (Abhishek Raut 56; Arun Bamal 4/61)

Services first innings: 1/0 in 1 over

Jharkhand vs Tripura

Tripura first innings: 247/8 in 88 overs (Udiyan Bose 44; Rahul Shukla 3/38)

Assam vs Jammu & Kashmir

Assam first innings: 128 all out in 36.1 overs (Mrinmoy Dutta 35*; Umar Nazir 3/31)

JK first innings: 144 all out in 43.4 overs (Qamran Iqbal 64; Mukhtar Hussain 5/39)

Assam second innings: 6/0 in 1 over

Plate

Nagaland vs Arunachal Pradesh

Arunachal Pradesh first innings: 135 all out in 54.3 overs (Pawan Suyal 4/28)

Nagaland first innings: 152/0 in 33 overs (Paras Sehrawat 87*, Sedezhalie Rupero 62*)

Bihar vs Mizoram

Bihar first innings: 389/7 in 90 overs (MD Rahmatullah 99, Ashutosh Aman 108*, Vivek Kumar 94; HM Ralte 4/88)

Sikkim vs Meghalaya

Sikkim first innings: 219 all out in 63 overs (Milind Kumar 117; Gurinder Singh 3/71)

Meghalaya first innings: 101/2 in 27 overs (Raj Biswa 48*)

Puducherry vs Manipur

Manipur first innings: 132 all out in 39.2 overs (Yashpal Singh 50; Pankaj Singh 4/32, Raiphi Gomez 4/58)

Puducherry first innings: 150/2 in 47 overs (Sai Karthik 55, Saiju Titus 42)