Ranji Trophy Round 6, Day 2 Round up: Delhi thrash Maharashtra; Irfan Pathan takes 6

Pathan was getting the ball swing in both directions

Delhi wrapped up Maharastra on the second day itself with some brilliant bowling performance to win their third consecutive match in a row. After 14 wickets going down on the first day, 17 wickets fell on the second day as Delhi chased down a target of only 27.

Delhi 230 & 30/1 (14.0 overs) v Maharashtra 80 & 176. Delhi won by 9 wickets.

Almost every player scored for the Mumbai team as they posted a mammoth total of 610 runs first innings total in front of Uttar Pradesh. Shreyas Iyer (137) and Rohit Sharma (113) were the highest scorers in Mumbai’s line-up. Akhil Herwadkar, Suryakumar Yadav, Siddhesh Lad and Shardul Thakur were the respective half-centurions in Mumbai’s batting line-up.

UP’s bowlers had to sweat a lot at the humid Wankhede Stadium. Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled a total of 23 overs for his two wickets, Piyush Chawla bowled 33 overs and Kuldeep Yadav was hammered for 165 runs in only 31 overs. Praveen Kumar had the best bowling figures for UP as he was successful in keeping it tight for Mumbai with his spell of 30-13-69-1.

In reply, UP’s openers Tanmay Srivastava and Himanshu Asnora gave their team a solid start and at the end of day 2, they were unbeaten on 31 and 20 runs respectively.

Uttar Pradesh 51/0 (27.0 overs) v Mumbai 610/9d. Uttar Pradesh trail by 559 runs with 10 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

Bengal is dominating the proceedings against Vidarbha after making a solid 334 in the first innings. Vidarbha lost 7 wickets on the second day with just 141 on the board. Wasim Jaffer became the first batsman to reach the milestone of 10,000 runs in the Ranji Trophy during his knock for Vidarbha.

Vidarbha 141/7 (52.0 overs) v Bengal 334. Vidarbha trail by 193 runs with 3 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

Irfan Pathan’s 6 wickets helped Baroda bowl out Gujarat on 505 runs in the first innings. The Indian bowler was getting help from the Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium pitch which troubled the Gujarat’s batsmen in the second day.

In reply, Baroda had a shaky start where they lost three quick wickets before stumps and had 82 runs on the board.

Baroda 82/3 (31.0 overs) v Gujarat 505. Baroda trail by 423 runs with 7 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

Day Two round-up of other matches in the Ranji Trophy Round Six:

Haryana 168 & 15/3 (13.0 overs) v Assam 120. Haryana lead by 63 runs with 7 wickets remaining

Services 105/0 (39.0 overs) v Himachal Pradesh 531. Services trail by 426 runs with 10 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

Jammu & Kashmir 17/1 (7.3 overs) v Jharkhand 551/8d. Jammu & Kashmir trail by 534 runs with 9 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

Karnataka 255/3 (97.0 overs) v Odisha 232. Karnataka lead by 23 runs with 7 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

Tripura 119/2 (42.0 overs) v Kerala 347. Tripura trail by 228 runs with 8 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

Railways 256 & 34/1 (16.0 overs) v Madhya Pradesh 276. Railways lead by 14 runs with 9 wickets remaining

Saurashtra 224/8 (88.0 overs) v Goa 239. Saurashtra trail by 15 runs with 2 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

Tamil Nadu 0/0 (1.0 overs) v Andhra 203. Tamil Nadu trail by 203 runs with 10 wickets remaining in the 1st innings