Summary
Maharashtra scored 298 for 4 on day one of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group G League match against UP in an unbeaten 114 by Ankit Bawane.
The 5000th match was played in the history of Ranji Trophy, India’s domestic tournament. This history was made as soon as the teams of Jammu and Kashmir and Railways landed in Chennai. Ranji Trophy was started in the year 1934. The first match was also held in Chennai.
In the Elite Group C match, the Jammu and Kashmir team was all out for 259 runs. Kamran scored 83 runs and Aaqib 44 runs for Jammu and Kashmir. On the other hand, Karn Sharma was the most successful bowler from the Railways. He took 6 wickets for 76 runs. Haryana consolidated their position against Himachal Pradesh in the Elite Group F match in New Delhi. Haryana scored 269 runs for the loss of 4 wickets at the end of the day’s play, thanks to captain Himanshu Rana’s unbeaten 129. At the same time, Nishant Sindhu is frozen on the crease after scoring 69 runs with him.
In the Ranji match of Elite Group F in New Delhi, there was a thrilling match between Tripura and Punjab. Around 17 wickets fell on the first day itself. The entire team of Tripura was first all out for 127 runs.
For the team, Pawan could only play an innings of 59 runs. The rest of the batsmen did not play. At the same time, Baltej Singh was the most successful bowler from Punjab, he took 5 wickets for 33 runs. Vinay and Siddharth got 2 wickets each.
Baltej Singh
After this, the start of Punjab, who came to bat, was also not good and by the end of the day’s play, the team lost 7 wickets for 79 runs. Tripura bowler Mani Shankar took 5 wickets for 25 runs. For Punjab, only Anmol Singh could play an innings of 29 runs. At the crease, Malhotra is playing after scoring 12 runs. Almost out of the race for the quarterfinals in Guwahati, Delhi continued their disappointing run in the Ranji Trophy as Chhattisgarh posted 290 for four on the opening day of their Group H elite match on Thursday.
Chhattisgarh scored a big total in 90 overs with the help of fifties from Ajay Mandal (63 runs in 90 balls), Amandeep Khare (68 not out, 170) and Shashank Singh (75 not out). Vikas Mishra (2/65) was successful from Delhi’s side. In Thiruvananthapuram, fast bowlers Bandaru Ayappa and Prithvi Raj took seven wickets amongst themselves to bowl Uttarakhand out for 194 runs in an Elite Group E match. Electing to bat after winning the toss, Uttarakhand lost wickets at regular intervals. Ayyappa (4/37) and Prithvi (3/27). For Uttarakhand, Kamal Singh (42) and Kunal Chandela (52) handled the innings for some time. Captain Ankit Bawane’s unbeaten 114 at Sultanpur helped Maharashtra score 298 for 4 on day one of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group G League match against UP here. Maharashtra quickly lost the wickets of Pawan Shah (19) and Avadhoot Dandekar (20).
After this, Rahul Tripathi (56) played a half-century innings. After this, Bavane and Azim Qazi made an unbroken partnership of 88 runs. Rajput, Shivam Sharma, Dhankhar and Karan Sharma took one wicket each for UP.
Ankit Bawane
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The 5000th match was played in the history of Ranji Trophy, India’s domestic tournament. This history was made as soon as the teams of Jammu and Kashmir and Railways landed in Chennai. Ranji Trophy was started in the year 1934. The first match was also held in Chennai.
In the Elite Group C match, the Jammu and Kashmir team was all out for 259 runs. Kamran scored 83 runs and Aaqib 44 runs for Jammu and Kashmir. On the other hand, Karn Sharma was the most successful bowler from the Railways. He took 6 wickets for 76 runs.