Mumbai thrashed Uttarakhand by a huge margin of 725 runs on the fourth day of the Ranji Trophy quarter-finals at Alur on Thursday, June 9, 2022. With this, he set a world record for the biggest margin of victory in first-class cricket. Mumbai broke New South Wales’ 92-year-old Sheffield Shield record. New South Wales then beat Queensland by 685 runs. Bengal had the previous record for the biggest win in terms of runs in the Ranji Trophy. He defeated Odisha by 540 runs in 1953-54.
Mumbai now has to face Uttar Pradesh in the semi-finals. On the other hand, a day before Mumbai’s world record, Bengal set the record for most nine batsmen scoring 50 or more runs in an innings against Jharkhand in another quarter-final. The Bengal team is also on the way to the semi-finals. Bengal had taken a lead of 551 runs against Jharkhand by the time of the end of the game on the fourth day i.e. June 9, 2022.
It is almost impossible for Jharkhand to score so many runs on the last day. In such a situation, the first innings lead will prove to be helpful in taking Bengal to the semi-finals. On the other hand, the bowling of Kumar Karthikeya helped Madhya Pradesh win by 10 wickets against Punjab and ensured a place in the semi-finals. Bengal team can face Madhya Pradesh in the first semi-final of Ranji Trophy 2021-22.
Jharkhand won the toss and elected to bowl on the first day of the match at the Just Cricket Academy Ground in Bengaluru. Bengal scored 773 for 7 in 218.4 overs in the first innings. All 9 batsmen who came out to bat for him scored half-centuries. Jharkhand team was all out for 298 runs in 96 overs in the first innings. By the end of the fourth day’s play, Bengal had scored 76 for 3 in 31 overs in the second innings.
41-time Ranji champions Mumbai, who dominated the match against Uttarakhand from day one, declared the second innings at 261 for three. In this way Uttarakhand got the target of 794 runs. However, Uttarakhand team were all out for 114 in the first innings and were bundled out for 69 runs in the second innings. For Mumbai, experienced fast bowler Dhawal Kulkarni took 3 wickets for 11 runs.
Left-spinner Shams Mulani (3 for 15) and off-spinner Tanush Kotian (3 for 13) also played important roles. For Uttarakhand, only Shivam Khurana (25 not out) and Kunal Chandela (21) could reach double digits. 5 batsmen of Uttarakhand could not even open the account. Mumbai declared the first innings at 647 for 8 on the back of a double century by debutant Suved Parkar (252). Suved was adjudged the player of the match.
In the match played at KSCA Cricket Ground 3 in Alur, Punjab won the toss and elected to bat. His first innings was all out for 219 runs in 71.3 overs. Madhya Pradesh scored 397 runs for 10 wickets in 154.5 overs in the first innings. Punjab’s team was all out for 203 runs in 68.4 overs in the second innings. In this way, Madhya Pradesh got a target of 26 runs to win, which they achieved without losing a wicket in 5.1 overs.
Uttar Pradesh had made it to the semi-finals on June 8, 2022 after defeating Karnataka by 5 wickets. After a fine performance by the bowlers, Captain Karan Sharma’s unbeaten half-century helped Uttar Pradesh register their first win against Karnataka in the history of Ranji Trophy. Karnataka had taken a 98-run lead against Uttar Pradesh in the first innings.
However, in the second innings, Karnataka were bundled out for 114 runs in front of the sharp bowling of Saurabh Kumar (3 for 36), Ankit Rajput (2 for 15) and Yash Dayal (2 for 35). Uttar Pradesh thus got the target of 213 runs. He achieved 213 runs in 65.2 overs for five wickets.
The Uttar Pradesh team was also in trouble after losing five wickets for 114 runs, but captain Karan (93 not out) and Prince Yadav (33 not out) shared an unbroken 99-run partnership for the sixth wicket to reach the target. Gave. Karan hit 13 fours and a six in 163 balls. Priyam Garg played a fine innings of 52 runs in 60 balls. Priyam Garg hit six fours and two sixes in his innings. Karnataka had scored 253 runs in the first innings. Uttar Pradesh could only manage 155 runs in the first innings.