Ranji Trophy 2019-20: Round 2, Day 1- Round-up

The second round of the ongoing 2019-20 Ranji Trophy kicked off across the length and breadth of the country today. After having endured a shellacking at the hands of Mumbai in the opening round, Baroda redeemed themselves a bit, on the first day of their Round 2 Elite Group A & B encounter against Madhya Pradesh.

An all-round bowling effort-led by Anureet Singh 3-24, Lukman Meriwala 3-43 and Soyeb Sopariya- Baroda ran through MP’s batting-unit, subjecting them to a 125 all-out in 43.3 overs. In reply, Baroda too stuttered as they lost their first three wickets for 52. Vishnu Solanki [27*] and skipper Krunal Pandya [22*] ensured no further damages were done as Baroda went into stumps at 3-86.

In the Plate group encounter between Nagaland and Manipur, Imliwati Lemtur was the star of the day for his side as his spell of 7-25 ensured that Manipur were bowled out for 116 in 50.1 overs. In reply, Nagaland got off to the worst possible start as both of their openers perished for a duck. But, Rongsen Jonathan [79] and Shrikant Mundhe [68*] ensured that slide was addressed, as Nagaland finished the day in a dominant position at 4-193.

Ashwin’s five-for leads the charge for Tamil Nadu; Faiz Fazal warms up with a hundred

It was the spin pair of Ravichandran Ashwin [5-65] and Ravishrinivasan Sai Kishore [3-22] who ensured that Himachal Pradesh was never able to break the shackles. Ashwin claimed a five-wicket haul while Sai Kishore claimed three as Himachal Pradesh were bowled out for 158 in 71.4 overs. In reply, Abhinav Mukund [6*] and K Mukunth [2*] safely negotiated the last three overs the day and ensured Tamil Nadu went to stumps unscathed.

Skipper Faiz Fazal’s 136 and a half-century from Wasim Jaffer [60] headlines what was a dominant batting display by the defending champions Vidarbha on the opening day of their Round 2 encounter against Rajasthan. In another Elite Group A& B fixture, Delhi was bowled for 215 against Andhra.

Skipper Nitish Rana [51] and Lalit Yadav [50] were the sole contributors in what was an appalling display of batting. KV Sasikanth [5-38] claimed a five-wicket haul and he was ably supported by Paidikalva Vijaykumar, who claimed 3-47. In reply, Andhra too find themselves in a spot of bother with both of their openers dismissed for 9 and 0 respectively.

Brief Scores

Elite Group A & B

Kerala vs Bengal

Kerala first innings: 7-237 in 83 overs [Sanju Samson 116, Robin Uthappa 50; Shahbaz Ahmed 2-55, Arnab Nandi 2-46]

Punjab vs Hyderabad

Hyderabad first innings: 242 all-out in 81 overs [Kolla Sumanth 79, Himalay Agarwal 68; Gurkeerat Singh Mann 4-34, Mayank Markande 3-65]

Vidarbha vs Rajasthan

Vidarbha first innings: 4-288 in 89 overs [Faiz Fazal 136, Wasim Jaffer 60, Ganesh Satish 43; Tanveer Ul-Haq 2-46, Khaleel Ahmed 1-47]

Andhra vs Delhi

Delhi first innings: 211 all-out in 70.5 overs [Nitish Rana 51, Lalit Yadav 50; KV Sasikanth 5-38, Paidikalva Vijaykumar 3-47]

Andhra first innings: 2-16 in 6 overs [CR Gnaneshwar 9, Manish Golamaru 3*; Navdeep Saini 1-8, Pawan Suyal 1-4] 

Karnataka vs Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh first innings: 5-232 in 90 overs [Aryan Juyal 109, Mohammad Saif 56; Abhimanyu Mithun 3-45, Roniy More 1-22]

Madhya Pradesh v Baroda

Madhya Pradesh first innings: 125 all-out in 43.3 overs [Yash Dubey 48, Himanshu Mantri 20; Anureet Singh 3-24, Lukman Meriwala 3-43, Soyeb Sopariya 3-38]

Baroda first innings: 3-86 in 25 overs [Vishnu Solanki 27*, Krunal Pandya 22*; Avesh Khan 2-18, Kuldeep Sen 1-47]

Railways v Saurashtra

Railways first innings: 9-202 in 79.5 overs [Pratham Singh 98, Karn Sharma 52; Jaydev Unadkat 4-34, Prerak Mankad 2-33]

Tamil Nadu v Himachal Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh first innings: 158 all-out in 71.4 overs [Akash Vashist 35, Mayank Dagar 33; Ravichandran Ashwin 5-66, R Sai Kishore 3-22]

Tamil Nadu first innings: 0-8 in 3 overs [Abhinav Mukund 6*, K Mukunth 2*]

Elite Group C

Maharashtra vs Jammu and Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir first innings: 209 all out in 63.5 overs [Ahmed Banday 76, Abid Mushtaq 50; Anupam Sanklecha 4-56, Digvijay Deshmukh 2-15, Mukesh Choudhary 2-42]

Maharashtra first innings: 3-51 in 15.4 overs [Murtaza Trunkwala 31*, Ruturaj Gaikwad 10; Abid Mushtaq 2-14, Umar Nazir Mir 1-12]

Odhisa vs Services

Services first innings: 271 all-out in 66.1 overs [Rajat Paliwal 58, Gahlaut Rahul Singh 55, Nakul Harpal Verma 43; Basant Mohanty 6-69, Rajesh Mohanty 2-62]

Odhisa first innings: 0-43 in 16 overs [Anurag Sarangi 33*, Shantanu Mishra 10*]

Assam v Jharkhand

Assam first innings: 162 all-out in 56.5 overs [Riyan Parag 55, Sibsankar Roy 27; Anukul Roy 4-28, Ashish Kumar 3-25, Shahbaz Nadeem 3-55]

Haryana vs Tripura

Tripura first innings: 63 all-out in 19.4 overs [Tanmay Mishra 29, Manisankar Murasingh 12; Harshal Patel 7-29, Ashish Hooda 3-14]

Haryana first innings: 2-131 in 33 overs[ Chaitanya Bishnoi 63*, Shivam Chauhan 39*; Manisankar Murasingh 1-41, Rana Dutta 1-20]

Haryana first innings: 3-279/in 84 overs (Shubham Rohilla 117*, Shivam Chauhan 117; Samad Fallah 1-42, Anupam Sanklecha 1-58)

Chattisgarh vs Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand first innings: 120 all-out in 37.5 overs [Dikshanshu Negi 29, Saurabj Rawat 22; Ajay Jadav Mandal 3-17, Puneet Datey 3-42,Veer Pratap Singh 2-36]

Chattisgarh first innings: 5-109 in 35 overs [Amandeep Khare 33*, Harpreet Singh 28; Pradeep Chamoli 2-39, Gaurav Singh 2-22]

Plate Group

Chandigarh vs Bihar

Chandigarh first innings: 5-274 in 78 overs [Ankit Kaushik 106*, Bipul Sharma 63*, Arslan Khan 51; Ashutosh Aman 4-57, Shashi Shekhar 1-43]

Puducherry vs Sikkim

Puducherry first innings: 2-262 in 50 overs [Arun Karthik 105*, Paras Dogra 105*; Ishwar Chaudhary 2-89]

Goa vs Meghalaya

Meghalaya first innings: 203 all-out in 68.4 overs [Dwaraka Ravi Teja 81, Puneet Bisht 41; Darshan Misal 3-16, Amit Verma 2-9]

Goa first innings: 3-42 in 18 overs [Smit Patel 17, Amit Verma 14, Amulya Pandrekar 1*; Abhay Negi 2-22, Dippu Sangma 1-4]

Manipur vs Nagaland

Manipur first innings: 116 all out in 50.1 overs [Kangabam Singh 44, Rex Singh 19; Imliwati Lemtur 7-25, Stuart Binny 2-14]

Nagaland first innings: 4-193 in 38 overs [Rongsen Jonathan 79, Shrikant Mundhe 68*, Yogesh Takawale 21*; Rex Singh 2-36, Sultan Karim 1-38]

Arunachal Pradesh v Mizoram

Arunachal Pradesh first innings: 8-342 in 90 overs [Rahul Dalal 178*, Kamsha Yangfo 56, Neelam Obi 32; Bobby Zothansanga 3-61, Pratik Desai 3-107]