Irani Cup: Vidarbha eye their second double against star-studded Rest of India
Cricket | February 11, 2019 19:17 ISTVidarbha will aim be to do an encore of the 2017-18 season where they won both Ranji Trophy and Irani Cup.
Vidarbha will aim be to do an encore of the 2017-18 season where they won both Ranji Trophy and Irani Cup.
While records tumbled this season, leading from the front was Wasim Jaffer, who won his tenth Ranji title, becoming the fifth player in the history of the tournament to do so.
Resuming at a precarious 158 for five, Saurashtra's lower order batsmen showed remarkable gumption and grit to take the first innings to 307, just five short of hosts' first innings total.
The home team was in desperate need of a solid partnership and that was provided by skipper Manish Pandey and Shreyas Gopal, who shared 106 runs for the fifth wicket on a wicket that wasn't doing much.
At the close of play, Vidarbha reached 260/1 in the first innings, in response to Uttarakhand's 355, with Ramaswamy (112 not out) and Jaffer (111 not out) holding fort.
Former Goa Ranji cricketer Rajesh Ghodge collapsed on a cricket ground while playing a local tournament in Margao town in South Goa.
Uttar Pradesh took the first innings lead in their drawn affair against Assam to snatch three crucial points, while the visitors had to be content with a lone point.
Bengal mentor Arun Lal and Punjab skipper Mandeep Singh both termed the format flawed.
Bihar spinner surpassed the great Bishan Singh Bedi as the highest wicket-taker in a Ranji Trophy season after claiming his 65th scalp.
Shubman Gill has been in sensational form for Punjab in the Ranji Trophy this season and he said that he is learning a lot by seeing Cheteshwar Pujara.
Anmolpreet Singh slammed an unbeaten 124 off 288 balls to help Punjab take a 170-run lead at the end of day two against Bengal in the Group B fixture.
The hopes of 41-time Ranji champions to secure a quarter-final berth are now dashed and they are out of reckoning to make the last eight.
The hosts needed to score just 29 runs without losing wicket to claim the win with a bonus point but lost opener Kunal Chandela (6) two runs short of the target to settle for six points.
Mumbai, for a change, need to win the game outright for the first time this season but it will be a tough task against Saurashtra who are flying high.
Pandya could soon join the Indian team in Australia before the 3rd Test of the ongoing series.
The record was earlier held by former Mumbai stalwart Amol Mazumdar, who had hit 260 versus Haryana at Faridabad in 1994.
Gautam Gambhir scored 112 off 185 balls, hitting 10 fours versus Andhra Pradesh in the Ranji Trophy.
On the second day of the Ranji Trophy encounter against Andhra, Delhi were placed well in reply to the visitors' first-innings score of 390.
Bhui's seventh first-class hundred was scored in critical circumstances after Andhra were reeling at 48 for 4 as medium pacer Bhati (5/35 in 21 overs) made a successful comeback in the longer format.
One of the biggest names to ever don the Delhi jersey, Gambhir will be retiring from his spiritual home.
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