Musheer Khan recorded a rare feat of scoring a century and taking a five-for as his all-round show gave Mumbai a massive 160-run first innings lead against Haryana in their Elite Group D Ranji Trophy match Tuesday. The 21-year-old took 6/85 while claiming first five wickets that fell in Haryana’s innings. Nishant Sindhu waged a lone battle with a fine 105 not out for the visitors. Musheer’s exploits with the ball helped Mumbai enforce a follow-on in their bid for a third consecutive victory with a bonus point, as Haryana, who made 270 in reply to the host’s 430, slipped to 73/2 at stumps on day three at the BKC Ground.
Musheer Khan recorded a rare feat of scoring a century and taking a five-for as his all-round show gave Mumbai a massive 160-run first innings lead against Haryana in their Elite Group D Ranji Trophy match Tuesday.
Ravi Shastri was the last to do it in the 1990-91 season. Haryana trail by another 87 runs in the second innings with eight wickets intact heading into the final day, braced for a pitch that is breaking down but has slowed down immensely. Sindhu, who was batting on 22 not out, too had a nervous moment when an attempted pull off D’Souza lobbed up in the air and dropped short of the fielder on the leg side. Yashvardhan Dalal was on 13 not out. The 22-year-old Sindhu faced 251 balls for his 105, hitting eight fours and a six while spending 333 minutes at the crease. He already has clocked 87 minutes in the second innings. TN took only a little over two overs into the day to get the final wicket after Railways resumed at 107 for nine, bowling them out for 108. However, there were some nerves in the TN camp chasing 128 to win. N Jagadeesan was cleaned up by Toufik Mondal (4/50) early on and Baba Indrajith was dismissed by the same bowler for 23. Andre Siddarth then dropped anchor to make 56 not from 128 ball to take TN over the line. Bengal on course for third outright win A formidable Bengal team was on course of completing a hat-trick of victories after reducing hosts Kerala to 53 for 4 in pursuit of a near-impossible 355-run target on a crumbling surface at the end of the third day of a Group C Ranji Trophy encounter. After veteran off-spinner Jalaj Saxena took his 38th five-wicket haul in his 21st First-Class season to bowl Bengal out for 198, Kerala were left with a mountain to climb as a target of 355 seems unachievable on a surface where there is turn and variable bounce. However, it was Bengal’s bowlers who did the star turn by bowling out Kerala for 141 in their first innings, thereby earning a huge 209-run lead. Pramanik was the pick of the bowlers in the first essay, getting 4 for 44. Veteran pacer Mohammed Shami also got 3 for 35 from 11 overs, and Shahbaz Ahmed, after his game-changing century, chipped in with two wickets. If Bengal win, they will consolidate their position at the top with 18 points from three games, having got full points against Delhi and Services respectively. Gujarat go into 4th day with 120-run lead Opener Aarya Desai struck an unbeaten 132 with the help of 14 boundaries and five sixes as Gujarat ended the third day’s play at 227 for 3 against Maharashtra at Pune. Gujarat now have an overall lead of 120 runs going into the final day, but will need a spectacular turnaround to offset Maharashtra’s sizeable first innings lead. Earlier, Maharashtra rode on a 60-run last-wicket stand between Tanay Sanghvi (31) and Pradeep Dadhe (32) to finish their first innings on 330, which gave them a sizeable lead of 107 runs. This was after Gujarat had managed only 223 in its first essay on the opening day. Delhi had declared at 515 for 5 riding on skipper Ayush Badoni’s second consecutive double hundred. On the opening day, Odisha were bowled out for 194 and then Services had reached 13 for no loss at stumps. After Baroda finished their first innings at 616 riding on triple ton by Priyanshu Moliya, Jammu and Kashmir managed 303 in their first essay on the third day. After being enforced follow-on, Jammu and Kashmir finished the third day’s play at 8 for 1. On the final day, J&K would require another 305 runs to avoid innings defeat. On the day, opener Qamran Iqbal scored 121 off 193 balls with 11 fours and five sixes but J&K were reduced to 204 for 9 before Nazir smashed 101 off 117 balls with eight fours and seven sixes in a 99-run stand for final wicket with Rohit Sharma (19). Medium pacer Atit Seth took for 4 for 60 and veteran left-arm spinner Bhargav Bhatt took 3 for 55. UP gain upper-hand against Puducherry At Puducherry, leg-spinner Zeeshan Ansari took 4 for 41 as Puducherry were bowled out for 172 after Uttar Pradesh scored 333 in their first innings. UP enforced follow-on and Puducherry reached 39 for no loss. Shorey puts Vidarbha on top Seasoned Dhruv Shorey scored 168 as Vidarbha took a huge first innings lead of 222 runs against Goa in third round encounter in Nagpur. After Goa were bowled out for 220 in their first innings, Vidarbha posted 442 for 8 with Shorey facing 291 balls. He hit 13 fours and a six. Danish Malewar scored 56 and Akshay Wadkar chipped in with 63. Resuming the day at 156 for four, Saurashtra went on to take the first innings lead against Assam by accumulating 387 in response to the latter’s 281 in the first essay in the Group B match. Bhut reduced Assam to 65 for seven at stumps on day three. Assam now trail by 41 runs. For Saurashtra, Hetvik Kotak top-scored with 80 off 255 balls while Prerak Mankad made 76 off 92 balls. Number 10 batter Arth Yadav frustrated Assam with 46 not out off 77 balls. In response, only Sibsankar Roy (32 batting) was able to show some resistance against the Saurashtra attack led by Bhut. He made 21 runs in the first innings. Brief scores: In Mumbai: Mumbai 430 lead Haryana 270 in 107.5 overs (Nishant Sindhu 105 not out; Musheer Khan 6/85) & 73/2 (f/o) in 21 overs (Nishant Sindhu 22 not out; Musheer Khan 1/6) by 87 runs. In Chennai: Railways 184 & 108 in 52.3 overs (Sahab Singh 42; R Sai Kishore 4/39, J Hemchudeshan 3/21, Ajith Ram 2/26) lost to Tamil Nadu 165 & 130/5 in 59.1 overs (Andre Siddarth 56 not out; Toufik Mondal 4/50) by 5 wickets. Points: Tamil Nadu 6, Railways 0. In Chandigarh: Chandigarh 685/5 declared lead Himachal Pradesh 340/3 in 104 overs (Innesh Mahajan 121, Shubham Arora 96, Pukhraj Mann 50 not out) by 345 runs. In Dehradun: Rajasthan 272 & 290/5 dec in 101.4 overs (Sachin Yadav 53, Karan Lamba 100 not out, Kunal Rathore 77; Mayank Mishra 3/115) lead Uttarakhand 194 & 38/0 in 9 overs (Tejasvi Jaiswal 31 not out) by 331 runs. At Mangalapuram: Bengal 350 and 2nd Innings 198 in 46 overs (Abhimanyu Easwaran 47, Jalaj Saxena 5/70, Aditya Sarwate 3/72). Kerala 1st Innings 141 in 51.3 overs (Pradipta Pramanik 4/44, Mohammed Shami 3/35) and 2nd innings (target 355) 53/4 in 20 overs (Pradipta Pramanik 4/21). At Pune: Gujarat 223 and 2nd Innings 227/3 in 67 overs (Aarya Desai 132 batting). Maharashtra 1st Innings 330 in 120.3 overs (Saurabh Nawale 95, Harshal Kate 84). Baroda 1st Innings 616. J&K 1st Innings 303 (Qamran Iqbal 121, Umar Nazir 101, Atit Seth 4/60) and (follow-on) 8/1. Uttar Pradesh 1st Innings 333. Puducherry 1st Innings 172 (Zeeshan Ansari 4/41) and (follow on) 39/0. Goa 220 and 41/1. Vidarbha 1st Innings 442/8 in 134.2 overs (Dhruv Shorey 168, Akshay Wadkar 63). At Rajkot: Assam 281 and 65/7 in 26 overs (Sibsankar Roy 32 batting; Parth Bhut 6/7) vs Saurashtra 387 all out in 131.4 overs (Hetvik Kotak 80 batting, Ravindra Jadeja 21; Mohit Thakur 4/126). At Mysuru: Tripura 194 and 98/3 in 38 overs vs Karnataka 490/9 decl (Karun Nair 63, Rohan Patil 72, KV Aneesh 68; Abhijit Sarkar 3/59). At Secunderabad: Punjab 431 all out and 57/0 in 24 overs vs Hyderabad 380 in 119.5 overs (Abhirath Reddy 97, Rahul Radesh 86; Emanjot Chahal 2/86, Vihaan Malhotra 4/15).
Jharkhand were in a spot of bother at 131 for 4 at stumps on the second day, and due to a downpour, there was no play possible on the third day.
Our spinners are trying to hit those spots where the ball is bouncing more, turn is available,” Musheer told reporters. Sindhu, who has been in the Chennai Super Kings and Gujarat Titans camps in the IPL, said batting on turning wickets at home in Lahli helped him prepare for this game. So having played there, it felt easier to play here,” Sindhu said after the close of play. But speaking with them (MS Dhoni and others), I have learnt to play for the team according to the situation,” he said of his experience in the IPL.
Musheer became the first Mumbai player in the 21st century to score a century and take a five-wicket haul in the same game. “The wicket has slowed down tremendously. Haryana’s troubles compounded when opener Himanshu Rana copped a blow to his helmet off Sylvester D’Souza and retired hurt, after skipper Ankit Kumar was dismissed by Tanush Kotian. D’Souza latter grabbed a spectacular catch at backward square leg to get rid of Dheeru Singh off Musheer. “For a long time it has been spinning more as compared to seam over there. “The demand was to bat long, the wicket was not completely flat. “When you are young, you tend to think that this is my game and I will play it that way. Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu completed a nervy five-wicket victory over Railways at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. It was left-arm spinner Pradipta Pramanik, who took all four wickets in Kerala’s second innings, including the wickets of two batters identically named Abhishek Nair. Both were dismissed for ducks. If inclement weather doesn’t play spoil sport, Bengal are set to win by a big margin as it is becoming increasingly difficult to bat on this surface. Rain set to deny Delhi chance of outright win against Jharkhand At Ranchi, not a single ball was bowled on the third day of Delhi’s third round encounter against Jharkhand, which has effectively ended the visiting team’s chances of earning an outright win. If the weather permits, Delhi will have to go for three points by virtue of the first-innings lead, or else both teams will end up with a solitary point each since the first innings of Jharkhand couldn’t be completed. No play for second successive day between Odisha and Services At Bhubaneswar, the third day’s play in the match between Services and Odisha was completely washed out. If no play is possible on the final day, then the teams will split points. Veteran India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja took a wicket. Saurashtra had fetched three points from each of their first two games on the basis of first innings lead.
The wicket will deteriorate further so I will have to bat with more focus tomorrow. Jammu and Kashmir stare at defeat Defending champions Jammu and Kashmir were staring at an innings defeat against Baroda at the end of third day’s play in a group A Ranji Trophy match on Wednesday. Bhut puts Saurashtra on course for big win Left-arm spinner Parth Bhut took six wickets for seven runs against Assam to put Saurashtra on course for their first outright win of the Ranji Trophy season on Wednesday.
