New Delhi: Jiwanjot Singh struck his second ton of the Ranji Trophy season and helped Punjab gain the upper hand over Delhi on day two of their Group A match at the Roshanara Ground here Monday.
Jiwanjot (105 not out off 168 balls) took his team to 177 for three in the second innings after Punjab bowlers limited Delhi to 150 in their first innings. Punjab had a forgettable opening day when they were bundled out for 74 on what has proved to be a challenging surface for the batsmen.
Yuvraj Singh once again failed for Punjab, falling leg before wicket to Rajat Bhatia.
Earlier Monday, Virender Sehwag was run out after scoring 10 before Delhi innings ended in 45.1 overs.
In Bangalore, Group A toppers Karnataka and Mumbai were locked in a tense battle for first innings lead as the visitors, after restricting the hosts to 251, were 217 for seven at stumps.
Overnight 228 for seven, Karnataka stretched their innings with Lokesh Rahul adding a further 13 runs to finish with 133 while seamer Shardul Thakur came away with four for 65.
In reply, Mumbai were reduced to 99 for five after paceman HS Sharath grabbed three top order wickets. However, the visitors battled on as Hiken Shah contributed 44, before Siddhesh Lad (59 not out) and Javed Khan (33 not out) added 56 runs for the unfinished eighth wicket to bring Mumbai within sight of the Karnataka total.
Besides Sharath, young leg-spinner Shreyas Gopal took three wickets to keep Mumbai in check.
Brief scores:
Mumbai 217 for 7 (Lad 59 not out, Sharath 3-32) v Karnataka 251 (KL Rahul 133) in Bangalore.
Punjab 74 and 177 for 3 (Jiwanjot 105 not out, Yuvraj 4) v Delhi 150 (Sehwag 10, Unmukt 55) v in Delhi.
Odisha 111 for 1 (Nataraj 64 not out, Bumrah 1-34) v Gujarat 479 for 8 dec (Parthiv 109, Rao 177) in Ahmedabad.
Vidarbha 101 for 1 (Fazal 41 not out) v Jharkhand 332 (Nemat 85, Wakhare 5-82) in Jamshedpur.
Group B
Saurashtra 215 for 6 (Sheldon 74, Utkarsh 3-46) v Baroda 400 (Yusuf 68 not out) v in Rajkot.
Rajasthan 89 for 0 v TN 318 (Badrinath 50, Prasanna 73, Pankaj 5-54) in Chennai.
MP 4 for 0 v UP 250 (Raina 1, Dwivedi 80 not out, Datey 3-48) in Kanpur (No play possible).
Services 151 for 8 (Yashpal 67, Karn Sharma 3-25) v Railways 107 (Nishan 5-21) v in Delhi.
Group C
Goa 242 (Kamat 96, Niyas 6-82) v Kerala 273 and 0 for 0 in Porvorim.
Hyderabad 341 for 4 (Ravi Teja 153 not out, Vihari 109) v Jammu and Kashmir in Jammu.
Maharashtra 319 for 4 (Khadiwale 92, Bawne 76 not out) v Himachal 228 (Fallah 3-48) v in Pune.
Tripura 179 and 20 for 3 v Andhra 163 (Bodapati 55, Dutta 5-51) in Agartala.
