Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 22: A collective good bowling effort gave Jammu and Kashmir team a good chance to gain first innings lead against Andhra Pradesh on day two of their Group C Ranji Trophy match, here today.
J&K reduced Andhra Pradesh to 191 for eight after ending their first innings at 225.
Earlier, J&K resumed at 173 for six and added 52 runs before being bowled out. Number 10 batsman Waseem Raza played a crucial role with his unbeaten 27-run knock.
Ram Dayal, Mohammed Mudhasir, Owais Shah and Parvez Rasool took 2 wickets each to help J&K reach a position from where they can take a first innings lead.
Andhra opener Srikar Bharat top scored for the side with his 39 before being caught behind off Shah. Their hopes to overhaul J&K score rest on Kakani Harish, who was unbeaten on 21 and giving him company was Marripuri Suresh (17).
Brief Scores:
Jammu & Kashmir 1st innings: 225 all out in 108.3 overs (Bandeep Singh 69, M Dar 35; DP Vijaykumar 3/63).
Andhra 1st innings: 191 for 8 in 69 overs.(K Bharath 39; Kakani Harish 21; P Rasool 2/22).
Bengal get 1st innings lead despite Pujara ton
Kolkata, Nov 22:
Test specialist Cheteshwar Pujara started his preparations for the South Africa Test series in right earnest with a century but failed to take Saurashtra past Bengal’s first innings score of 303 as the hosts gained a crucial 78-run first innings lead in a Ranji Trophy group league encounter at Eden Gardens, here.
Pujara scored a well-made 102 but Saurashtra were all-out for 225 with India discard Ashoke Dinda claiming four for 65. Skipper Laxmi Ratan Shukla showed his all-round abilities chipping in with a couple of wickets for 36 runs.
Punjab takes first innings lead over Gujarat
Mohali, Nov 22
Punjab produced an inspired bowling display to bowl out Gujarat for a paltry 127 and take the vital innings lead on the second day of a Ranji Trophy Group A match, here today.
Pace trio of Sandeep Sharma (4/59), Siddarth Kaul (2/31) and Manpreet Gony (2/26) effectively used the pace and bounce of the Mohali wicket to take a crucial 45-run first innings lead.
Khadiwale’s 262 powers Maharashtra to 635 against Goa
Pune, Nov 22:
Maharashtra rode on opener Harshad Khadiwale’s double ton and his twin century partnerships with Ankit Bawne and Shrikant Mundhe to find themselves in a commanding position at the end of second day’s play in their Ranji Trophy Group ‘C’ match against Goa, here today.
Khadiwale notched up his highest score in first-class cricket as he converted his overnight century into a monumental 262 to power Maharashtra to 635 all out in their first innings at the Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium.
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