Ranji Trophy: Delhi dominate hosts on Day-2

Hyderabad: After loosening grip on Day 1, Hyderabad bowlers put up a good show in the bowling department and bowled out Delhi for 415. However, the home side’s batting unit surrendered in front of the opposition’s attack and were tottering at 194 for 8 when the stumps were drawn on the second day of their Ranji Trophy Group ‘A’ match being played here at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.

Delhi lost their last five wickets in quick succession as Ravi Kiran and Mehdi Hassan shared six wickets equally for Hyderabad. Later, in their first innings, Hyderabad batsmen fell like a pack of cards without troubling the scorers. However, opener Tanmay Agarwal was the lone man who showed some resistance by scoring a 159-ball 63 that included six boundaries. Saaketh (21 batting) and Pragyan Ojha (6 batting) were at the crease when the day’s play ended.

Meanwhile in Vadodara, Tamil Nadu was made to work hard in its response of Baroda’s first innings score of 309 by reaching 226 for 5 in 79 overs at stumps on day two of the Ranji Trophy Group “C” match on Sunday. Half-centuries by Baba Aparajith (59 batting, 139 balls) and Baba Indrajith 58 (120 balls, five fours, one six) helped steady the ship for Tamil Nadu after it had slipped to 74 for 3.

Skipper Abhinav Mukund, from whom a lot was expected, failed in the crunch game, falling to Dhruv Patel for just six. The other opener N Jagadeesan had been dismissed earlier, caught by Deepak Hooda off Lukman Meriwala’s bowling for 7. M Kaushik Gandhi, who was recalled to the playing XI after missing the games against Odisha and Madhya Pradesh, played with some positive intent and made 35 before falling to a catch by substitute A A Pathan. Aparajith and Indrajith came together to put on 73 runs as the visitors attempted to rebuild after the top-order failed.

Brief scores
Group A
At Hyderabad: Delhi 415 in 107.4 overs (Lalit Yadav 62, Manan Sharma 36, M. Ravi Kiran 3/83, Mehdi Hasan 3/103, Saaketh 1/5, Akash Bhandari 1/62, K. Rohith Rayudu 1/28) vs Hyderabad 194/8 in 65 overs (Tanmay Agarwal 63, Saket Sai Ram 21 batting, Pragyan Ojha 6 batting , V. Tokas 1/38, Akash Sudan 1/31, Kulwant Khejroliya 3/44, Vikas Mishra 3/36).
At Pune: Assam 279 vs Maharashtra 253 in 68.2 overs (Ruturaj 126, Bhati 31, Shrikant 27, Rahul 4/63). 
At Delhi: Karnataka 434 in 111 overs (Mayank 173, Manish 108, Shreyas 44, Mithun 31, Gautam 25, Karan 3/91, Manish 3/96) vs Railways 241/4 in 65 overs (Mahesh 86*, Arindam 70*, Singh 35, Shivakant 28).
Group B
At Ranchi: Gujarat 411 in 130.5 overs (Bhatt 145*, Juneja 67, Gohil 64, Panchal 33, Parthiv 33, Ashish 4/118, Shahbaz 3/106) vs Jharkhand 98 in 34 overs (Siddiqui 52, Jaggi 27*). 
At Jaipur: Saurashtra 534 in 143.4 overs (Barot 130, Jackson 94, Unadkat 88, Jadeja 79, Uthappa 59, Chahat 3/110, Haq 3/112). 
At Lahli: Haryana 208 in 81.3 overs (Paliwal 46, Singh 40, Rohilla 36, Mishra 32, Warrier 4/50) vs Kerala 203/3 in 85 overs (Jalaj Saxena 91, Rohan 79).
Group C
At Baroda: Baroda 309 in 98.1 overs (Swapnil 144, Kakade 42, Vignesh 3/52) vs Tamil Nadu 226/5 in 79 overs (Aparajith 59*, Indrajith 58, Kousik 37*, Gandhi 35). 
At Mumbai: Tripura 195 vs Mumbai 421/8 in 111 overs (Bista 123, Lad 123, Tare 67, Kulkarni 50*, Surya 30, Mura Singh 5/71). 
At Indore: Odisha 147 & 18 for no loss in 10 overs vs MP 388 in 115 overs (Rajat Patidar 123, Bundela 62, Datey 56, Hirwani 49, Bhatia 36, Poddar 7/102). 
Group D
At Kolkata: Bengal 379 in 99.3 overs (Goswami 139, Majumdar 119, Eswaran 46, Writtick 28, Garg 4/89) vs Goa 191/5 in 62 overs (Amogh 53*, Keenan 40*, Snehal 39, Swapnil 37, Dinda 3/41). 
At Amritsar: Punjab 645/6 decl. in 138 overs (Anmolpreet 252*, Shubman 129, Gurkeerat 70, Jiwanjot 64, Abhishek 60, Taruwar 38) vs Services 130/4 in 33 overs (Gahlaut 44*, Nakul 38). 
At Nagpur: HP 353 in 107.3 overs (Dhawan 71, Vashisht 69, Verma 66, Chopra 41, Bains 35, Gurbani 6/113) vs Vidarbha 237 in 67 overs (Fazal 125*, Ramaswamy 104*).