Bihar stare at innings defeat

Bihar (1st innings overnight 114-2): Niklesh Ranjan c Joshi b Ganesh 2, Zishan-ul Yaquin c Sujith b Ganesh 36, Rajiv Kumar c A Vijay b Mansoor 80, Tariq-ur Rehman c Ganesh b Mansoor 11, Sunil Kumar c Joshi b Yalvigi 22, Syed Arafi c Arun Kumar b Joshi 17, CM Jha c & b Yalvigi 15, Sumit Panda c Thilak Naidu b Yalvigi 0, Vikas Kumar c Shiraguppi b Yalvigi 6,Dheeraj Kumar (not out) 12, Sarfraz Ahmed c Akhil b Yalvigi 12. Extras (b4, lb2, nb8) 14. Total (all out in 81.4 overs) 227.

Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-85, 3-130, 4-148, 5-170, 6-196, 7-196, 8-196, 9-209.

Bowling:Ganesh 23-5-82-2, Mansoor 16-6-27-2, Joshi 27-9-64-1, Yalvigi 13.4-5-41-5, Bharadwaj 2-0-7-0.

Bihar (2nd innings): Nikilesh Ranjan lbw Joshi 2, Zishan-ul Yaquin c Shiraguppi b Ganesh 26, Rajiv Kumar (run out) 34, Tariq-ur Rehman lbw Joshi 11, Sunil Kumar (run out) 31, Syed Arafi (batting) 4, CM Jha lbw Ganesh 1, Sumit Panda (batting) 7. Extras (b2, nb2) 4.Total (for six wickets in 46 overs, 185 mins) 120.

Fall of wickets:1-29, 2-29, 3-53, 4-105, 5-108, 6-109.

Bowling:Ganesh 15-1-53-2, Mansoor 3-0-13-0, Joshi 19-11-25-2, Yalvigi 6-1-23-0, Vijay Bharadwaj 3-0-4-0.

MP in command

INDORE: Madhya Pradesh reached a sound position by pegging Saurashtra’s second innings at 215-7 on the penultimate day of the four-day Super League tie.

Brief scores: Saurashtra 249 & 215-7 (P Bhatt batting56, Manoj Parmar 42) vs MP 370.

Delhi sight outright win

NEW DELHI: Delhi’s aspirations of gaining an outright victory over Railways received a boost when their bowlers had the visitors struggling at 106 for five, after their batsmen had given them a 127-run first innings lead on the penultimate day of the Group B match at Kotla.

Akash Malhotra completed his eighth century (111: 351m, 11×4) century, and put on 149 for the third wicket with captain Ajay Sharma.

Railways (1st innings): 246

Delhi (1st innings, overnight 227-2): A Dani b Rao 57, V Dahiya b Karthik 14, Akash Malhotra c Yere Goud b Mishra 111, Ajay Sharma c Balaji b Husain 65, V Sehwag c Parida b Karthik 55, Pankaj Joshi c Zufri b Balaji 11, N Chopra lbw Kartik 9, R Sanghvi c Zufri b Kartik 9, A Bhandari not out 7, Robin Singh b Kartik 0, A Nehra b Balaji 6. Extras (b9, lb9, nb 8, w3): 29. Total (all out) 373.

Fall of wickets: 1-50, 2-105, 3-254, 4-296, 5-340, 6-344, 7-351, 8-360, 9-360.

Bowling: Husain 20-4-73-1, Mishra9-0-45-1, Bangar 24-2-60-0, Karthik 29-8-55-5, Rao 24.5-1-82-3, Parida 8-2-25-0, D Singh 3-0-15-0.

Railways (2nd innings): Zakaria Zufri b Nehra 13, Sanjay Bangar c A Sharma b Sanghvi 23, Abhay Sharma b Nehra 1, Yere Goud c Dahiya b Chopra 13, Vishal Sharma batting 31, Devender Singh c and b Chopra 1, M Karthik batting 1. Extras (b8, lb10, nb3, w2): 23. Total (for 5 wkts): 106.

Fall of wickets: 1-35, 2-43, 3-52, 4-89, 5-103.

Bowling: Bhandari 1-0-3-0, R Singh 7-0-20-0, Nehra 11-2-22-2, Chopra 12-6-17-2, Sanghvi 12-5-18-1, Sehwag 4-0-8-0.

Hyderabad take lead

HYDERABAD: Hyderabad bundled out Rajashtan for 272 in their first innings to claim a 52-run lead and made 120 for three wickets in the second innings on the third day of the four-day Super League match.

Hyderabad (1st innings): 324 Rajasthan (1st innings, overnight 182-4): Anshu Jain lbw NP Singh 0, Gagan Khoda lbw NP Singh 21, Rahul Kanwat lbw Raju 66, Ashish Kapoor c Kishore b NP Singh 61, P Krishna Kumar c Kishore b K Singh 36, AnilSingh Parmar lbw NP Singh 5, Vijesh Bhatnagar b Raju 44, Manish Singh c Manohar b NP Singh 23, Anup Dave b NP Singh 0 Shamsheer Singh lbw Raju 3, Jaikumar Sharma not out 1. Extras (lb3, b4, nb4, w1): 12. Total (all out in 113.4 overs) 272.

Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-34, 3-157, 4-167, 5-210, 6-210,7-258, 8-259, 9-270.

Bowling: NP Singh 33-9-82-6, Manohar 5-1-21-0, Raju 40.4-13-78-3, K Singh 31-11-69-1, Laxman 3-0-11-0, Pratap 1-0-4-0.

Hyderabad (2nd innings): Arvind Shetty c Jain b K Kumar 12, Nanda Kishore lbw K Kumar 12, Daniel Manohar b Sharma 25, VVS Laxman (batting) 47, Vanka Pratap (batting) 19. Extras (lb4, w1) 5. Total (for 3 wickets in 36 overs) 120.

Fall of wickets: 1-17, 2-26, 3-83

Bowling: S Singh 11-2-32-0, K Kumar 9-2-21-2, Kapoor 9-2-30-0, Sharma 7-0-33-1.

Vadodara struggle

VADODARA: An unbeaten 70 by opener Connor Williams, after Vadodara were forced to follow-on, took them within sight of avoiding an innings defeat against Punjab in a Group A Super League match at IPCLground.

Vadodara’s Jacob Martin joined Raman Lamba, Ajay Sharma, WV Raman, Rusi Modi and Vijay Bharadwaj in the select club of batsmen who have all scored more than 1000 runs in one season in the Ranji Trophy (see box). Punjab (1st innings): 372

Vadodara (1st innings, overnight 146-6): Connor Williams c Mongia b Chandar 19, R Swaroop c Rathore b N Singh 8, Satyajit Parab c Bhushan b Harry 23, Jacob Martin lbw N Singh 88, Tushar Arothe c Rathore b Chandar 4, Himanshu Jadhav c A Sharma b Chandar 0, Moinuddin Kadri c A Sharma b Chandar 0, Darshan Mulherkar c Rathore b N Singh 19, Bobby Badola not out 5, L Sivaramakrishnan c A Sharma b Chandar 0, Arjun Chawda c Dharmani b Chandar 0. Extras (b1, lb1, nb8): 10. Total (all out in 94.3 overs): 176.

Fall of wickets: 1-12, 2-42, 3-63, 4-77, 5-77, 6-77, 7-149, 8-173, 9-176.

Bowling: Bhushan 5-2-8-0, S Sharma 10-3-12-0, Chandar 39.3-11-97-6, N Singh 32-15-33-3, Harry 4-2-8-1, A Sharma 4-0-16-0.

Vadodara (2nd innings): Connor Williams batting 70, R Swaroop bChandar 23, Satyajit Parab c A Sharma b N Singh 4, Jacob Martin c Jugnu b Chandar 19, Himanshu Jadhav batting 38. Extras (lb 3, nb 5): 8.

Total (for three wickets in 64 overs): 162.

Fall of wickets: 1-47, 2-52, 3-81.

Bowling: Bhushan 3-0-8-0, S Sharma 4-1-13-0, N Singh 25-5-51-1, Chandar 25-3-75-2, A Sharma 7-1-12-0.

Tamil Nadu on top

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu pushed Orissa to brink, to move closer to forcing an outright win reducing them to 187-4 at stumps on the third day of the four-day Group B Super League match.

Orissa (1st innings): 194

Tamil Nadu (1st innings, overnight 422-7): Anand George c Raul b Shaheed 62, W V Raman c Paul b Mohanty 0, Hemang Badani c Das b Satpathy 122, D Vasu c Parida b Mohanty 20, S Sharath lbw b Barik 2, J Madanagopal run out 51, Reuban Paul (not out) 100, Robin Singh lbw Mohanty 12, S Mahesh (not out) 70. Extras (b14, lb7, nb17, w6) 44

Total (for 7 wickets decl in 129 overs) 483

Bowling: Ajay Barik 31-7-123-1, Jayachandra 3-0-18-0, Mallick 13-3-43-0,Satpathy 26-3-92-1, Shaheed 18-3-71-1, Raul 2-0-9-0, Das 3-0-15-0. Orissa (2nd innings): SS Das c Paul b Kumaran 23, P Jayachandra c Badani b Kumaran 0, P Mullick c Madanagopal b Kumaran 83, RR Parida c George b Vasu 16, Pradeep Das batting 24, Sanjay Raul batting 27. Extras (b3, lb8, nb3) 14Total (for 4 wickets in 82 overs, 362 minutes) 187

Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-53, 3-115, 4-147

Bowling: Devanand 16-5-26-0, Kumaran 21-7-48-3, Mahesh 14-4-45-0, Robin 17-8-27-0, Vasu 14-7-30-1.

Martin crosses 1000-run mark in Ranji season

Vadodara’s Jacob Martin became the fifth batsman in Ranji Trophy history to reach 1000 runs in a season. He achieved the feat in the course of his second innings against Punjab at Vadodara on Saturday.

Martin now has scored 1018 runs and needs just 17 runs to surpass the record of late Raman Lamba of 1034 runs in 1996-97 season. Baroda has still one more match to play against Hyderabad in the Super League.

Martin’s scores in the 1998-99 Ranji season

vs Saurashtra 108;vs Maharashtra 103*; vs Mumbai 43 & 82; vs Gujarat 27 & 177*; vs Bengal 242; vs Rajasthan 29 & 100*; vs Punjab 88 & 19