Left-arm spinner Ninad Rathva got here up with career-best match figures as Baroda crushed Meghalaya by an innings and 261 runs in below two days to earn a bonus level of their Ranji Trophy Group A match Thursday. If day one belonged to off-spinner Mahesh Pithiya, who grabbed 6/25 to dismiss the opponents for simply 103 runs, Rathva wreaked havoc within the second innings, returning figures of 6/28 because the opponents have been bundled out for 78 in simply 17.5 overs. Rathva, 25, recorded match figures of seven/59, his finest within the 14 first-class recreation he has performed up to now, whereas Mahesh added three extra wickets to his first-innings haul of six to additionally end along with his career-best match haul of 9/71.
On a wicket that assisted flip, Baroda pressed the 2 spinners into service instantly after finishing their innings at 442 early on day two. With a large first-innings lead of 339 runs, Baroda went for the kill and, to their delight, noticed the rival batters falling like ninepins.
A complete of 4 Meghalaya batters went for duck, whereas 5 had single-digit figures with the injured final batter unable to take the sector.
Former Baroda participant Arpit Bhatewara, who now performs for Meghalaya, fought a lonely battle earlier than he was lastly dismissed by Rathva for 46 off 48 balls.
Earlier, Baroda, commencing at their in a single day rating of 308 for six, flayed the feeble Meghalaya assault earlier than being dismissed for 442 in 71.3 overs.
Overnight batter Shashwat Rawat, who was batting on 90, accomplished his century earlier than he was dismissed for 121 off simply 128 balls as Baroda crossed the 400-run mark. Rathva performed an unbeaten cameo of 33 (19 balls) because the hosts made a mockery of the Meghalaya assault.
Kumar Kushagra’s brisk ton takes Jharkhand to 356/9 vs Delhi
Promising wicketkeeper-batter Kumar Kushagra struck a breezy unbeaten 133 to steer Jharkhand to 356 for 9 on the second day of their Ranji Trophy Group D match towards Delhi right here on Thursday.
The 20-year-old Kushagra, who was purchased by Delhi Capitals for Rs 7.2 crores however launched early this month after taking part in simply 4 matches in 2024 IPL, hit 14 boundaries and 5 sixes throughout his strokeful 166-ball unbeaten innings.
Courtesy Kushagra’s aggressive ton, Jharkhand added 220 runs for the lack of six wickets from 70 overs performed on Day 2 on the Arun Jaitley Stadium. The guests had begun the day at 136 for 3.
Sharandeep Singh added simply two runs to his in a single day 64 to be the primary Jharkhand batter to get out.
Coming out to bat on the fall of Sharandeep, Kushagra stitched 93 runs for the fifth wicket with captain Virat Singh (56 off 125 balls) to swell the visiting facet’s complete. He then shared one other 59 runs with Manishi (14) for the eighth wicket to finally take Jharkhand previous the 350-run mark.
With simply two days left within the match, Jharkhand have positioned themselves in a robust place within the match.
For Delhi, Simarjeet Singh, Money Grewal and Sumit Mathur have up to now taken two wickets apiece, whereas Siddhant Sharma and Ayush Badoni bought a wicket every.
On Day 1 on Wednesday, Sharandeep scored a dogged half-century as Jharkhand batters have been painstakingly gradual of their method.
They improved their run charge a bit on Thursday — above three per over.
Having misplaced to Chattisgarh within the final recreation, Delhi, of their remaining house recreation of the season, made wholesale modifications below new skipper Ayush Badoni.
Brief Scores:
In Vadodara: Meghalaya 103 and 78 in 17.5 overs (Arpit Bhatewara 46; Mahesh Pithiya 3/46, Ninad Rathva 6/28) misplaced to Baroda 442 in 71.3 overs (Jyotsnil Singh 121, Shivalik Sharma 42, Mitesh Patel 51, Shashwat Rawat 121; Bijon Dey 3/123, Dippu Sangma 3/53) by an innings and 261 runs.
In Delhi: Jharkhand 1st Innings 356 for 9 in 125 overs (Sharandeep Singh 64, Kumar Kushagra 133 not out; Simarjeet Singh 2/43, Money Grewal 2/65, Sumit Mathur 2/52) vs Delhi.
In Cuttack: Maharashtra 162 and 78 for 3 in 27 overs (Sachin Dhas 38) vs Odisha 200 in 82.2 overs overs (Swastik Samal 116; Sandeep Pattnaik 41; Rajneesh Gurbani 3/38, Ramakrishna Ghosh 3/50). Maharashtra lead by 40 runs.
In Jammu: Tripura 165 and 170 for 7 in 46 overs (Jiwanjot Singh 45,Srinivas Sharath batting 39; Auqib Nabi 3/35) vs Jammu & Kashmir 175 in 57.4 overs (Shubham Khajuria 57; Manisankar Murasingh 5/68, Abhijit Sarkar 3/42). Tripura lead by 160 runs.
In Delhi: Services 240 in 81 overs (Mohit Ahlawat 76, Shubham Rohilla 56; Shardul Thakur 4/46, Mohit Avasthi 2/44) vs Mumbai 253 for 8 in 63 overs (Ayush Mhatre 116, Shreyas Iyer 47; Pulkit Narang 3/47). Muymbai lead by 13 runs.
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