Ranji Trophy 2021-22 | Match-Day 1, Day 4 - Daily Roundup

The first round of the ongoing season of Ranji Trophy came to a close on Sunday. From Yash Dhull’s record-breaking century to Bengal gunning down 350-run target in the fourth innings, we were treated with many incredible moments.

Here's a look at memorable events from Day 4 of Ranji Trophy 2021/22:-

Cheteshwar Pujara's whirlwind 91 and Snell Patel's dodged 98 saves the day for Saurashtra.

A patient 155-ball 98 from opener Snell Patel and a whirlwind 93 off 83 deliveries from veteran Cheteshwar Pujara has helped defending champions Saurashtra escape with a draw against Mumbai.

Harvik Desai and Patel led the cornerstone with a 163-run opening stand before Pujara, who notched up a duck in the first innings, took matters in his own hands, smashing an excellent 91 with the help of 16 fours and 1 six.

But, post his dismissal, Mumbai knocked over the lower middle-order cheaply, reducing Saurashtra to 9-341 in the 99th over.

However, skipper Jayden Unadkat (32* off 72) and Chetan Sakariya (10* off 44) batted out close to 18 overs to enforce a draw.

For Mumbai, Shams Mulani was the spearhead with figures of 7/114.

Brief Scores: Mumbai 544/7 dec in 157 overs (Sarfaraz Khan 275, Ajinkya Rahane 129; Chirag Jani 2/83) drew with Saurashtra 220 in 64.3 overs (Sheldon Jackson 61; Mohit Avasthi (4/56), Shams Mulani (4/55)) & 372/9 (f/o) in 116 overs (Snell Patel 98, Cheteshwar Pujara 91; Shams Mulani 7/114)

Half-centuries from Skipper Abhimanyu Easwaran and Shahbaz Ahmed spearhead Bengal's epic run-chase over Baroda

Despite being dismissed for a poultry 88 in their first innings, Bengal scripted an incredible heist on Sunday as the gunned down the 4th innings target of 350.

Skipper Easwaran led from the front with an excellent 116-ball 79 and his efforts were brilliantly backed by the duo of Shahbaz Ahmed (71* off 100) and Abhishek Porel, who smashed an unbeaten 70-ball 53, to guide Bengal to an incredible win.

Abhimanyu Rajput was the pick of the bowlers for Baroda, claiming 3/73 in 17 overs.

Brief Scores: 

Baroda 181 all-out in 54.2 overs (Mithesh Patel 66; Ishan Porel 4/40, Mukesh Kumar 3/33) & 255 all-out in 85.1 overs (Mitesh Patel 57, Kedar Devdhar 41; Ishan Porel 2/50) lost to Bengal 88 in 34.3 overs (Abisek Porel 21; Atit Seth 5/44, Lukman Meriwala 3/15) & 360/6  in 91.3 overs (Abhimanyu Easwaran 79, Shahbaz Ahmed 71*Abhishek Porel 53*; Abhimanyu Rajput 3/77) by 4 wickets.

Half-centuries from Priyam Garg and Rinku Singh earn UP a draw against Vidarbha

Former U19 skipper Priyam Garg and Rinku Singh racked up half-centuries on the final day against Vidarbha to help UP escape with a draw.

Starting the day at 2/32, UP needed their middle-order to rise to the challenge and that is exactly what Garg and Singh did.

While Garg scored a patient 129-ball 56, Rinku racked up an unbeaten 128-ball 62 as UP finished at 280/6 in 94.5 overs

Brief Scores:

UP 301 in 96.5 overs (Akshdeep Nath 91, Rinku Singh 65, Dhruv Jurel 64; Aditya Sarwate (5/86), Aditya Thakare (2/43), Umesh Yadav 2/58) & 280/6 in 94.5 overs (Priyam Garg 56, Rinku Singh 62*;  Aditya Wakhare 3/70) drew with Vidarbha 548/6 dec in 151 overs (Faiz Fazal 192, Akshay Wadkar 102*, Sanjay Ragunath 96; Saurabh Kumar 3/160) 

Kumar Kartikeya’s 5/34 helps MP rout Gujarat

After Chintan Gaja (6/48) ran through MP’s middle-order- despite an unbeaten hundred from Shubham Sharma- to dismiss them for 251 (they were 202/4 at one stage), Gujarat would have thought that they are within a chance to claim a win.

However, left-arm orthodox Kumar Kartikeya had other plans as he walked all over Gujarat’s batting to knock them over for a mere 88 under 38 overs.  Kartikeya finished with figures of 5/34 in 18.5 overs as MP registered a commanding 106-run win.

Brief Scores: 

MP 274 in 96.3 overs (Shubham Shyamsunder Sharma 92, Rajat Patidar 54; Arzan Nagwaswalla 5/59, Roosh Kalaria 2/52) & 251 all-out in 78 overs (Shubham Sharma 103*, Rajat Patidar 53; Chintan Gaja 6/48) beat Gujarat 331 in 94.2 overs (Het Patel 72, Karan Patel 54, Manprit Juneja 53; Ishwar Pandey 5/72, Gaurav Yadav 4/89) & 88 all-out in 37.5 overs (Karan Patel 27; Kumar Kartikeya 5/34, Shubham Sharma 2/7) by 106 runs.

Hundreds from Akash Vasisht and Praveen Thakur help HP eke out a draw against Punjab

Himachal Pradesh pulled off a sensational heist on Sunday as they recovered from 151/5 to end with 402/8, denying Punjab what looked like an easy win at the start of the 4th day.

The comeback was engineered by the duo of Akash Vasisht and wicketkeeper Praveen Thakur. The duo came together when the score was 172/6. They proceeded to bat 17 overs, during which they accumulated 162 runs for the 7th wicket. Vasisht was eventually run-out for 140 but Thakur (103) ensured he stayed till the end.

Brief Scores:

HP 354 in 96 overs (Ankit Kalsi 88, Akash Vasisht 87; Baltej Singh 5/61) & 402/8 in 115.4 overs (Akash Vasisht 140, Praveen Thakur 103*; Mayank Markande 3/103) drew with Punjab 526 all-out in 116.2 overs (Prabhsimran Singh 123, Abhishek Sharma 98, Mandeep Singh 84; Arpit Guleria 4/111)

Yash Dhull smashed his 2nd hundred of the game as Delhi-TN fixture ends in a high-scoring draw

U19 World Cup-winning captain Yash Dhull’s dream run continued on Sunday as he smashed his second hundred of the match (113*) to become just the third cricketer in Ranji Trophy history to rack up twin tons on debut.

Dhull racked up a patient 202-ball 113- an innings studded with14 fours and 1 six- and he was well backed by opening partner Dhurv Shorey, who scored an unbeaten 107 off 165 deliveries.

The duo added 228 runs for the 1st wicket as the match meandered towards a high-scoring draw.

Brief Scores:

Delhi 452 in 141.2 overs (Lalit Yadav 177, Yash Dhull 113; M Mohammed 4/75) & 228/0 in 60.5 overs (Yash Dhull 113*, Dhruv Shorey 107*) drew with Tamil Nadu 494 in 107.5 overs (Shahrukh Khan 194, Baba Indrajith 117; Vikas Mishra 6/108)

J&K hammer Puducherry by 8 wickets following a six-for by Parvez Rasool

Parvez Rasool picked up from where he had left on day 03 as he claimed his sixth-wicket to end up with figures of 6/29 in 19.5 overs.

The target of 45 was never going to bother J&K, and it didn’t as they completed the formalities, albeit after losing 2 wickets.

Brief Scores:

Puducherry 343 all-out in 104.3 overs (P Dogra 108, S Karthik 63; Parvez Rasool 4/56, Umran Malik 3/89) & 124/10 in 45.5 overs (Sagar Trivedi 37; Parvez Rasool 6/29) lost to J&K 426 all-out in 114.1 overs (Abdul Samad 103, Qamran Iqbal 96; Sagar Trivedi 5/74) & 45/2 in 12.4 overs (Shubham Pundir 21*; Sagar Udeshi 2/18) by 8 wickets

Hanuma Vihari's 100 & Ravi Teja’s six-for guides Hyderabad to a thumping win over Chandigarh

Rakshann Readdi and Ravi Teja continued their stellar work on day 04 as they claimed nine wickets between them to set-up a commanding 217-run win for Hyderabad.

While Readdi claimed 3/62, Ravi Teja backed it up with a six-wicket haul in 17 overs. Readdi finished with 8 wickets in the game while his partner, Ravi, ended up with 9 scalps. Arslan Khan (68), Manan Vohra (22), Ankit Kaushik (32) got starts but failed to convert it into a big knock.

Seam b0wling all-rounder Raj Bawa had a brilliant game though. Besides claiming six wickets in the match, he also scored 44 and an unbeaten 35 in two innings.

Brief Scores:

Hyderabad 347 all-out in 108.4 overs (Hanuma Vihari 59; Jagjit Singh 4/80) & 269/8 dec in 62 overs (Hanuma Vihari 106, Tilak Verma 63; Gaurav Gambhir 4/61, Raj Bawa 4/79) beat Chandigarh 216 all-out in 72 overs (Manan Vohra 110, Rakshann Readdi 5/61, Ravi Teja 3/53) & 183 all-out in 50.5 overs (Arslan Khan 68, Raj Bawa 35*; Rakshann Readdi 3/62, Ravi Teja 6/41) by 217 runs