New Delhi, Dec 9 (IANS) Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Goa won their respective Ranji Trophy matches on the fourth and final day Monday.
Karnataka scraped past Haryana in their own backyard. Needing 97 for victory, Karnataka got home with only three wickets at the Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium in Lahli. Stuart Binny guided his team home with an unbeaten 31. Harshal Patel’s five wicket haul did not prove to be enough for the hosts.
Rajasthan defeated Madhya Pradesh by seven wickets in Gwalior. Robin Bist (63 not out) and Ashok Menaria (49 not out) ensured Rajasthan chased down the 148-run target with ease.
Tamil Nadu registered a nine wicket win over Baroda in Chennai. The home team’s bowlers dismissed the visitors for 129 in the second innings, leaving the batsmen only to get 59 runs. The job was done in 14.5 overs Abhinav Mukund (20) at the crease.
Brief scores:
Karnataka 256 (Rahul 98, Gautam 54, Harshal 5-46) and 97 for 7 (Binny 31 not out, Harshal 5-41) beat Haryana 247 (Saini 109, Binny 3-43) and 105 (Dewan 31, More 5-18) by three wickets.
Tamil Nadu 233 (Karthik 92, Yusuf 6-84) and 59 for 1 v Baroda 162 (Mistry 68) and 129 (Mistry 64, Yusuf 0, Rangarajan 6-46) Scorecard.
Goa 406 for 9 dec (Desai 97, Kamat 60) and 50 for 0 beat Assam 247 (Syed Mohammed 101 not out) and 208 (Syed Mohammed 67, Yadav 7-68) by 10 wickets.
Maharashtra 401 for 9 dec (Khadiwale 87, Motwani 84, Gujree 5-87) and 126 for 1 (Zol 26) v Jammu and Kashmir 85 (Fallah 4-32, Mundhe 3-21) and 439 (Haroon 94, Bandeep 79, Mundhe 5-102).
Rajasthan 282 (Bist 84 not out, I Pandey 4-92) and 150 for 3 (Bist 63 not out) beat Madhya Pradesh 115 (Pankaj 5-30, Rituraj 3-33) and 314 (N Ojha 137, Rituraj 4-74) by seven wickets.
Kerala 214 (Jagadeesh 56, Vinoop 71, Dhawan 2-59) and 155 beat Himachal 174 (Bipul 53, Prashanth 7-54) and 134 (Manoharan 5-43) by 61 runs.
Uttar Pradesh 369 (Dwivedi 131, Rawat 78) beat Services 164 (RP Singh 3-38, Chawla 3-62) and 191 (Paliwal 95) by an innings and 14 runs.
Delhi 442 (Bhatia 158 not out, Manhas 92, Gambhir 32, Sehwag 0) and Delhi 221 for 6 dec (Gambhir 5, Sehwag 44) drew with Odisha 379 (Natraj Behera 158, Awana 5-97) and 37 for 0.
Punjab 184 (Mandeep 56, Wagh 3-34) and 469 for 6 dec (Jiwanjot 200, U Kaul 133) drew with Vidarbha 360 (Jangid 104, Fazal 99) and 186 for 3.
Mumbai 265 (Aaron 4-42) and 115 for 5 (Jaffer 10, Aaron 2-29) drew with Jharkhand 351 (Tiwary 238, Javed 4-79, Dabholkar 4-81) and 278 for 7 dec (Jaggi 103 not out, Tiwary 38).
Railways 306 (Arindam Ghosh 88) and 193 for 2 v Bengal 270 (LR Shukla 95 not out).
Hyderabad 538 for 8 (PA Reddy 149, Ravi Teja 175, Vihari 55) v Tripura 650 for 8 dec (Takawale 212, Mora Singh 150, Abbas Ali 132 not out).
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