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Jharkhand spinner Samar Quadri polished off Goa's tail, grabbing last four wickets quickly, to bundle out the hosts for 215 in their first innings and enforce a follow-on on the third and penultimate day of their Group C Ranji Trophy cricket match on Saturday.
Following on, Goa reached 161 for five in their second innings, trailing Jharkhand, who had scored 385 in their first essay, by nine runs with five wickets remaining.
Resuming on 106 for five in their first innings, Goa added 109 runs to their overnight total, losing five wickets in the process.
Tripura forced to follow on against Himachal
Brilliant bowling by Rishi Dhawan (7/93) negated Bishal Ghosh's century as Tripura failed to avoid the follow-on, getting all out for 346 in their first innings in reply to Himachal Pradesh's 535 for five declared, on the third and penultimate day of their Ranji Trophy Group C cricket match on Saturday.
At the close of play, Tripura were 20 for two in their second innings with Ghosh unbeaten on nine and Samrat Singha on six.
The hosts still trail Himachal by 169 runs with 10 wickets in hand.
Brief Scores:
Himachal Pradesh: 535 for five decl.
Tripura: 346 all out in 112.3 overs (Bishal Ghosh 100, Rakesh Solanki 58, Rana Dutta 43 not out; Rishi Dhawan 7/93) & 20 for no loss in 17 overs.
Kerala eye win against Services
Despite a not-so-impressive bowling show for most part, Kerala's spinners exploited the variable bounce on the pitch to pick up 13 wickets on day three in their Ranji Trophy match against Services and leave their side eyeing their first win of the season on Saturday.
A counterattacking 157 from Rajat Paliwal and his 197-run fourth-wicket stand with Yashpal Singh notwithstanding, Services were unable to avoid the follow-on.
Sent in again, they slipped to 122 for 6 by stumps at Conor Vayal Stadium at Tellicherry.
They were 53 for 6 at one stage, before Nakul Verma (25 batting) and the aggressive Saurabh Kumar (41 batting) dragged the score into three figures and the match into the final day.
Akshay Chandran, the debutant left-arm spinner, took plenty of punishment from Paliwal and Yashpal in the first innings but came back with five wickets in no time in the second.
Leg-spinner Amit Verma took two wickets on the second evening and three at the end of Services' first-innings to claim his second five-for on the bounce, after his 5 for 61 against Tripura.
Kolkata: Inability of the spin troika to dismiss the Railways' last wicket pair of Anureet Singh and Avinash Yadav cost hosts Bengal three points in a crucial group league encounter of the Ranji Trophy on Saturday.
At stumps, Bengal were 187 for five in their second essay after Railways scored 302 to get a vital first innings lead of 34 runs. Bengal currently have a lead of 154 runs with a day left but not enough runs to force an outright victory on a partially responsive Eden Gardens track.
Veteran opener Arindam Das with another slow-paced innings of 38 off 114 balls was responsible for Bengal losing the momentum. The hosts crawled at a run-rate of less than three per over with little or no intent of trying to force an outright win after conceding the first innings lead.
Earlier, in the day, Bengal's spinners failed to dismiss the final pair of Anureet (26) and Avinash Yadav (12 no), who came together at the fall of ninth wicket at 265. Skipper Mahesh Rawat top-scored with 71 which had seven fours and was bowled by left-arm spinner Amit Banerjee.
Ankit, Saxena spun J&K to a crushing defeat
Left-arm spinner Ankit Sharma returned with career best match and innings bowling figures as Madhya Pradesh handed Jammu and Kashmir a crushing innings and 97-run defeat in under three days in their Ranji match.
23-year-old Ankit returned with innings figures of 5/35 while off-spinner Jalaj Saxena also claimed an identical five wickets for 35 as the duo spun J&K out for just 97 in 36.3 overs in their second innings after being asked to follow on at Holkar Cricket Stadium.
Ankit had taken four wickets for 49 runs in Jammu and Kashmir's first innings 177 all out to come up with a career-best match figures of 9/84.
MP, who got seven points from today's win, remained in the hunt for a knock-out round berth while J&K ended their campaign.
Mumbai in strong position against Baroda
Shreyas Iyer and Nikhil Patil struck half centuries as Mumbai declared at 304 for 9 to put themselves in a strong position on the third and penultimate day of their Ranji Trophy cricket match against Baroda here on Saturday.
Iyer stroked his way to 90 from just 92 balls with 12 fours and two sixes while Patil remained not out on 50 from 78 deliveries from which he hit four boundaries and one six as Mumbai declared their second innings at 304 for 9 to set an unlikely target of 408 for Baroda for a win.
Mumbai scored at a brisk pace at 4.53 run per over, hitting the 304 runs in just 67 overs. The highlight of Mumbai innings was the 114-run stand for the fifth wicket between Iyer and Siddhesh Lad (48) as the duo revived the visiting side innings after they were reduced to 84 for 4 at one stage.
Yusuf Pathan claimed five wickets with his off-spin but that proved to be not enough to stop Mumbai from crossing the 300-run mark. Baroda, who were shot out for 184 in just 54.3 overs in their first innings yesterday, were 67 for 2 from 20 overs in their second essay at the draw of stumps.
Baroda still require another 341 runs with 8 second innings wickets in hand with one day left in the Group A match at the Moti Bagh Stadium.
Karnataka in strong position against UP
Karnataka closed in on a big win as their bowlers complemented the batsmen's strong showing by bundling out Uttar Pradesh for 220, giving the hosts a massive first-innings lead of 499 runs in their Group A Ranji match.
At stumps on the third day, Karnataka, after surprisingly choosing to bat the second time despite enforcing follow-on on the visitors, were eight for no loss at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. However, it must be noted that Karnataka had already booked a berth in the quarter-finals.
The hosts swelled their overall lead to 507 runs with a day to spare. Karnataka had declared their first innings after posting a mammoth 719 for nine yesterday evening. The hosts then bowled out Uttar Pradesh in 87.4 overs, with Shreyas Gopal (4/51) and Sreenath Aravind (3/48) sharing the spoils.
When the stumps were drawn on the penultimate day, Robin Uthappa was batting on eight with Ravikumar Samarth yet to open his account.
Hosts Vidarbha bowled with clinical precision to outclass table toppers Delhi by an innings and 93 runs in a group league encounter of Ranji Trophy on Saturday.
Having won the match in less than two and half days, Vidarbha with seven points including a bonus from this match climbed upto second spot in the league table with 24 points from seven games.
Delhi, who have not done well in the last two matches stay at the top with 30 points and are already through to quarterfinals of the national championship.
On the third day, Vidarbha took exactly 41 overs to demolish Delhi taking 12 wickets as their seamers and spinners shared the spoils in equal measure.
After getting all-out for 154 in the first innings thereby conceding a huge first innings lead of 216, Gautam Gambhir and co were asked to bat again and they fared even worse in the second essay as they were bundled out for 123 in 34 overs.
It was Sehwag, who was running high temperature, top-scored with 41 with the help of two boundaries and two sixes but it was more of a cameo than a match-saving effort.
Skipper Gautam Gambhir (16), Unmukt Chand (4) and veteran Mithun Manhas (1) all failed to contribute as left-arm seamer Shrikant Wagh (3/44), part-time seamer Faiz Fazal (2/21), off-spinner Akshay Wakhare (2/32) and left-arm arm spinner Rakesh Dhruv (3/17) shared the wickets amongst themselves.
The match would be a wake-up call for Delhi after their brilliant streak at home where they won all their matches outright with couple of bonus points.
Brief Scores: Vidarbha 370. Delhi 154 & 123 in 34 overs (Virender Sehwag 41, Shrikant Wagh 3/44). Vidarbha won by an innings and 93.
Points: Vidarbha 7; Delhi 0.
Basant Mohanty takes 10 wickets as Odisha shock Punjab
Mohali: Seamer Basant Mohanty's incisive bowling with brilliant match haul of 10 for 85 enabled Odisha to shock a fancied Punjab team by six wickets to take giant leap towards avoiding the relegation in Ranji Trophy on Saturday.
Mohanty, who had taken 4 for 43 in the first essay again tormented the Punjab batsmen as his 6 for 42 was primarily responsible for the hosts being shot out for 141 in their second innings.
He was ably supported by another right-arm seamer Deepak Behera (3 for 44), who also had an impressive match-figures of 7 for 91 as Odisha now climbed to eighth spot with 14 points and four clear of bottom-placed Saurashtra.
Only Yuvraj Singh with a gritty 56 off 113 balls with 10 fours and Gurkeerat Singh Mann with a 45-ball 43 tried to beef up the total with other batsmen having no clue about the swinging deliveries from Mohanty-Behera combination.
Requiring 126 to win, Odisha batsmen kept their composure as Govinda Poddar anchored the chase to perfection with a well-compiled unbeaten 60 off 137 balls with seven fours and a six to show for his efforts.
Left-handed opener Paresh Patel (29) also gave Odisha the start that they needed despite losing other opener Girija Rout cheaply.
With this loss, Punjab are now in a spot of bother with 19 points from seven games and dropped to fourth place as last year runners-up Maharashtra, who are likely to get a point against Gujarat are now in third place.
Punjab will now have to win their last match against Delhi at home in order to assure themselves of a quarter-final berth.
Brief Scores: Punjab 167 and 141 (Yuvraj Singh 56, Basant Mohanty 6/42). Odisha 183 and 127/4 (Govinda Poddar 60 no).
Odisha won by 6 wickets.
Points: Odisha 6; Punjab 0.
First-innings lead for Gujarat against Maharashtra
Valsad: Maharashtra put up a much-improved batting display in their second innings after being enforced to follow on by Gujarat in their Group B Ranji Trophy match on Saturday.
At stumps on the third day, Maharashtra were 131 for no loss in 29 overs after being bowled out for 262 in the first innings to concede a 167-run lead to the hosts.
Swapnil Gugale and Harshad Khadiwale were batting on 77 and 52, respectively, at the close of play on the penultimate day. Gugale hit eight fours and two sixes in his 90-ball fluent knock, while Khadiwale found the fence seven times facing 84 deliveries.
Gujarat were all out for 429 in their first innings, following which the visitors finished the second day at 86 for two at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium.
Maharashtra trailed the hosts by 36 runs with 10 wickets remaining.
Earlier, Rahul Tripathi (65) top-scored for Gujarat while Khadiwale (56) and Ankit Bawne (54) also made useful contributions in Maharashtra's first essay.
The experienced Ramesh Powar was the best bowler for Gujarat, returning figures of 4 for 34 to prevent the visitors from taking the crucial first-innings lead.
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