Ranji Trophy 2018/19 Round 5 Day 4: Jharkhand clinch thriller, Tamil Nadu registers first win

The final day of matches saw Jharkhand defeated Odisha by just 3 runs at Ranchi. Himachal Pradesh registered their first win of the tournament beating Punjab by an innings. Tamil Nadu defeated Kerala.

In Plate Group, Puducherry defeated Sikkim by an innings and 159 runs. Uttarakhand continued their superb form beating Meghalaya by 8 wickets.

Out of the 17 matches, only 4 ended in a draw. Railways registered 3 points with a first innings lead over Gujarat, Delhi got 3 points against Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra earned 3 points over Mumbai, Goa got 3 points over Services.

Elite Group A

Gujarat versus Railways ( Sardar Vallabhai Patel Stadium, Valsad)

The match between Gujarat and Railways ended in a draw. Starting the final day on 4 for 0, Gujarat ended the day on 191 for 7.

Gujarat 367 in 93.5 overs ( Piyush Chawla 130, CT Gaja 38, Panchal 69, Mishra 4/93, Avinash Yadav 2/69) and 191 for 7 in 92 overs ( Kathan Patel 50, Panchal 58, Harsh Tyagi 4/46) Railways 547 for 9 in 166 overs ( Rawat 119*, Nitin Bhille 116, Ghosh 93, HP Patel 3/134, Gaja 2/62)

Railways 3, Gujarat 1.

Maharashtra versus Mumbai (MCA Stadium, Pune)

The match between Maharashtra and Mumbai ended in a draw. Starting the final day on 112 for 5, Maharashtra were bowled out for 254. In their second innings, Mumbai ended on 135 for 5.

Maharashtra 352 in 109.4 overs ( Gugale 101, Chirag Khurana 71, Pande 74, Parkar 4/56, Dias 2/89 Shubham Ranjane 2/30) and 254 in 90.1 overs ( Rahul Tripathi 76, Bachhav 37, Chirag Khurana 38, Gugale 37, Shivam Dubey 3/25, Malhotra 3/41) Mumbai 273 in 80.5 overs ( Siddhesh Lad 93, Tare 63, Ranjane 54*, Palkar 4/62, Fallah 3/55) and 135 for 5 in 47 overs ( Tare 52*, Ranjane 35, Palkar 2/23)

Maharashtra 3, Mumbai 1.

Elite Group B

Delhi versus Andhra Pradesh ( Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, Delhi)

The match between Delhi and Andhra Pradesh ended in a draw. Starting the final day on 409 for 7, Delhi were bowled out for 433. In their second innings, Andhra Pradesh were bowled out for 130. Chasing the target of 88 runs to win, Delhi made 41 for 2 before the match was called off.

Delhi 433 in 157.4 overs ( Gambhir 112, Dalal 58, Shorey 98, Manish 3/129, Shoaib Md Khan 3/138, B Ayyappa 2/59) and 41 for 2 in 5 overs ( Rawat 23, Lalit Yadav 13*, Ayyappa 2/19) Andhra Pradesh 390 in 121 overs ( Ricky Bhui 187, G Manish 36, KV Sharma 31, Bhati 5/48, Vikas Mishra 2/79)and 130 in 59 overs ( Shoaib Md Khan 44, Bhui 27, Vashisht 5/49, Vikas Mishra 3/15)

Delhi 3, Andhra Pradesh 1.

Punjab versus Himachal Pradesh (PCA Stadium, Mohali)

Himachal Pradesh registered their first win of the tournament beating Punjab by an innings and 107 runs. Starting the 4th day on 195 for 8, Punjab lost last 2 wickets for just 4 runs.

Himachal Pradesh 390 in 145.1 overs ( Mayank Dagar 71, Rishi Dhawan 61, Gangta 58, Sanvir Singh 2/40, Sandeep Sharma 5/101) beat Punjab 84 in 35.1 overs ( VI Choudhury 24, Mayank Dagar 4/22) and 199 in 81.5 overs ( Abhijeet Garg 48, Shubek Gill 41, Gurvinder Singh 4/44, Guleria 2/36) by an innings and 107 runs.

Himachal Pradesh 7, Punjab 0.

Tamil Nadu versus Kerala ( Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai)

Tamil Nadu defeated Kerala by 151 runs to register their first win of the tournament. Starting the 4th day on 27 for 1, Kerala were bowled out for 217 runs.

Tamil Nadu 268 in 98 overs ( Baba Indrajith 87, M Shahrukh Khan 82*, Sandeep Warrier 5/52, Basil Thampi 4/62) and 252 for 7 d in 70.5 overs ( Baba Indrajith 92, KM Gandhi 59, S Joseph 4/51) beat Kerala 152 in 76.5 overs ( P Rahul 59, Joseph 29, RS Shah 4/32, T Natarajan 3/42) and 217 in 89 overs ( Samson 91, Joseph 55, Arun Karthik 33, Jalaj Saxena 12, Natarajan 5/41) by 151 runs.

Tamil Nadu 6, Kerala 0.

Elite Group C

Goa versus Services (Goa Cricket Association Academy Ground, Porvorim)

The match between Goa and Services ended in a draw. Starting the 4th day on 277 for 5, Services were bowled out for 332. Chasing 258 runs to win, Goa scored 67 for 2 in 54 overs.

Goa 259 for 9 in 100 overs ( Misal 101*, Garg 50, Pandey 4/59, Pathania 4/74) and 67 for 2 in 54 overs ( Amit Verma 23*, Amnokar 20*, Akash Sharma 2/20) Services 184 in 71.3 overs ( Ravi Chauhan 75, Prabhudesai 5/52) and 332 in 103.4 overs ( Paliwal 94, Rahul Singh 94,, Navneet Singh 67, Amit Verma 5/39, Prabhudesai 2/61, LA Garg 2/61)

Goa 3, Services 1.

Jharkhand versus Odisha ( JSCA Stadium, Ranchi)

Jharkhand defeated Odisha in a thrilling match. Starting the 4th day on 81 for 3, Despite Senapati's unbeaten 157, Odisha fell short of the target by just 3 runs.

Jharkhand 172 in 71.1 overs ( Ishank Jaggi 34, Basant Mohanty 5/44) and 288 in 94 overs ( Saurabh Tiwary 132*, Deobrat 37, Ishank Jaggi 35, Rajesh Mohanty 4/87, Dhiraj Singh 2/52) beat Odisha 201 in 55.4 overs ( Samantray 23, Sarangi 58, Pradhan 54, Varun Aaron 2/51, Rahul Shukla 2/40, Anukul Roy 2/35) and 257 in 101.3 overs (Senapati 157*, Sarangi 41, , Anukul Roy 4/52, R Shukla 2/43, ) by 3 runs.

Jharkhand 6, Odisha 0.

Tripura versus Haryana (Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium, Agartala)

Haryana also registered their first win of the tournament beating Tripura by 55 runs. Starting the 4th day on 104 for 7, Tripura added 5 runs and were bowled out for 109 runs.

Haryana 292 in 100.4 overs ( R Dagar 114, Bishnoi 82, HV Patel 34, MuraSingh 4/74, AS Sarkar 5/57) and 119 in 44.2 overs ( Rana 64, AS Sarkar 3/15, Harmeet Singh 3/45, Murasingh 2/16) beat Tripura 250 in 76.1 overs ( Pratyush Singh 76, Murasingh 44, Harshal Patel 4/49, P Mehta 2/35) and 106 in 32.3 overs ( Pratyush Singh 23, Rana 4/37, Kundu 3/19, HV Patel 2/18)

Haryana 6, Tripura 0.

Plate Group

Sikkim versus Puducherry ( Krishnagiri Stadium, Wayanad, Kerala)

Puducherry also registered a massive win beating Sikkim by an innings and 159 runs. Starting the 4th day on 105 for 3, Sikkim were bowled out for 241 runs.

Puducherry 647 for 8 declared in 157 overs ( Paras Dogra 253, Fabid Ahmed 99, Chotan 81, Nayar 30*, Marimuthu 78, Bipul Sharma 2/141, Rai 2/70) beat Sikkim 247 in 72.2 overs ( Milind Kumar 96, Bipul Sharma 47, Uddin 16, Pankaj Singh 3/21, D Rohit 3/67) and 241 in 76 overs ( Milind Kumar 77*, Ashish Thapa 52, Nilesh Lamichaney 42, Nayar 5/76, Pankaj Singh 3/40, D Rohit 1/54)by an innings and 159 runs.

Puducherry 7, Sikkim 0.

Uttarakhand versus Meghalaya (Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun)

Uttarakhand continued their brilliant form in the tournament beating Meghalaya by 8 wickets. Uttarakhand declared innings on the overnight score of 491 for 4. In their second innings, Meghalaya were bowled out for 230 and then chased down the target with 8 wickets to spare.

Uttarakhand 491 for 4 in 163 overs ( Vineet Saxena 202*, Rajat Bhatia 212*, Dipu Sangma 2/26, Gurinder Singh 1/147) and 53 for 2 in 6.1 overs ( Panwar 32*, Sangma 1/11) beat Meghalaya 311 in 95.5 overs ( Puneet Bisht 154, Yogesh Nagar 91, Deepak Dhapola 6/52, Sunny Rana 2/73, Dhanraj Sharma 2/81) and 230 in 66.2 overs ( Gurinder Singh 104, Yogesh Nagar 57, Deepak Dhopola 5/59, Dhanraj Singh 3/66) by 8 wickets.

After the 5th round of matches, Saurashtra is top of Pool A with 19 points, Madhya Pradesh top of Pool B with 18, Rajasthan with 28 points in Pool C and Uttarakhand with 27 points of Plate Group.

The 6th round matches will start from 14th December.