Ranji Trophy Day 4 Round-Up: Karnataka earn bonus-point win; Gujarat, Assam and Bengal notch up easy wins

Binny picked up four wickets for Karnataka

Karnataka all-rounder Stuart Binny starred with the ball picking up 4 wickets to set up a bonus-point win for his team in the Group A encounter in Mysuru. The hosts won their second match of this season after they bowled out Odisha for 104 in their second innings.

By virtue of this clinical win, the defending champions jumped to the second spot in the points table, only behind leaders Delhi. Starting the day at 0/1 and staring at a huge deficit, the Odisha batsmen never really troubled the hosts, as they were quickly dismissed and lost by an innings and 64 runs.

Karnataka 400/9 dec (Uthappa 148, Agarwal 78, Nair 73, Basant Mohanty 2-58) beat Odisha 232 (Podder 153, Gopal 4-75) and 104 (Binny 4-34) by an innings and 64 runs.

Despite Irfan Pathan’s heroics, Baroda conceded an innings defeat against Gujarat in their Group B match in Valsad. The visitors who were made to follow on repeated their poor showing with the bat as they were dismissed for 207 runs in their second innings. Indian star Axar Patel was adjudged man of the match for his 7-wicket haul in the match. Gujarat 505 (Panchal 128, Axar 81, Irfan Pathan 6-47, Munaf 1-52) beat Baroda 252 (Irfan Pathan 58, Waghmode 38, Axar 3-38) and 207 (Rayudu 43, Axar 4-71) by an innings and 46 runs.

Haryana surely missed the services of their skipper Virender Sehwag, as they lost to Assam at home in their Group A encounter. Despite gaining a first-innings lead, the hosts couldn’t capitalise on their first-innings bowling performance, as Assam chased down the target of 160 in their second outing with ease. Assam 120 (Harshal Patel 3-36) and 160/4 (Amit Verma 51*, Arun Karthick 48, Ashish Hooda 2-62) beat Haryana 168 and 111 (Arup Das 6-39) by six wickets. Bengal brought up their first win of this season as they comprehensively beat Vidarbha by 105 runs in the Group A match in Kolkata. Pragyan Ojha was the star of the match as he picked up his maiden 10-wicket haul, finishing with a wonderful spell of 11/118, as the former Indian spinner looks to make a comeback to the test team. Bengal 334 (Chatterjee 116, Easwaran 58, Wakhare 4-71) and 164 (Wakhare 5-61, Wagh 3-27) beat Vidarbha 202 (Satish 36, Pragyan Ojha 7-58) and 191 (Satish 88, Ojha 4-60) by 106 runs. Meanwhile in Mumbai, a dull draw saw the hosts snatch 3 points on account of their first innings lead against Uttar Pradesh in Group B. Young batting star Shreyas Iyer was awarded the man of the match for his epic 137 in the first innings. UP 440 (Asnora 92, Piyush Chawla 84, Dwivedi 66, Raina 9, Nayar 4-63) and 140/1 drew with Mumbai 610/9 dec (Iyer 135 Rohit 113, Herwadkar 58, Bhuvneshwar 2-99). Other Results at the end of Day four: J&K 309 Manhas 98, Nadeem 4-107) and 239/3 (Ian Dev Singh 126) drew with Jharkhand 551/8 dec (Anand Singh 124, Kishan 109, Kaushal Singh 81). Saurashtra 258 (Jackson 38, Vasavada 38, RR Singh 3-46) and 223/5 (Barot 93, Jackson 55, Amit Yadav 3-52) drew with Goa 239 and 299/7 d (Asnodkar 104, Makwana 3-85). Services 448/8 vs Himachal Pradesh 531 (Dogra 226 Gangta 98, Pathania 3-108) (Points Shared)Tripura 236 (Warrier 6-69) and 52/0 drew with Kerala 347 (Rohan Prem 118, Sachin Baby 70, Rana Dutta 5-50) and 117/3 d (Rohan Prem 72*). Andhra 203 (toss) (AG Pradeep 78, KS Bharath 56, Bhui 35, Chandrasekhar 4-41, Rangarajan 3-72) vs Tamil Nadu 164/7. (Points Shared)

Ooh how I love the Mysuru crowd. Urging their players to sledge :-) And backing them unconditionally... The best of this team on display

— Manuja (@manujaveerappa) November 10, 2015