Skipper Arpit Vasavada struck a double century as Saurashtra took a crucial 120-run first innings lead against Karnataka in the Ranji Trophy final in Bengaluru on Saturday. Resuming on his night’s score of 112, Vasavada hit 202 off 406 balls while Chirag Jani scored 72 to help Saurashtra finish their first innings at 527 in reply to Karnataka’s 407. Pacer Vidwath Kaverappa (5/83) took five wickets for the home side. Team. If the match ends in a draw, Saurashtra will qualify for the final on the basis of first innings lead.
Karnataka end fourth day with skipper at 123 for four Mayank AgarwalDouble centurion in first essay, scoring 55 off 64 balls before falling Dharmendrasinh Jadeja,
Ravikumar Samarth, Devdutt Padikkal And Manish Pandey Karnataka had other wickets to fall on the day.
At stumps, Nikin Jose was holding the fort for Karnataka. He remained unbeaten on 54 off 74 balls with the help of six fours.
Chetan Sakaria (2/24) went for runs but picked up two crucial wickets in Karnataka’s second innings of Samarth and Padikkal, while Jadeja (1/27) and Parth Bhut (1/41) claimed one each.
Saurashtra won the Ranji Trophy 2019-20 season by defeating Bengal, but before that they had qualified for the title clash thrice.
Bengal on the threshold of second Ranji final in three seasons
Bengal have booked their place in the Ranji Trophy final for the second time in three seasons by taking a massive 547-run lead against defending champions Madhya Pradesh.
Bengal, who had a massive first innings lead of 268, decided not to declare their second essay and ended the final day at 279 for nine.
Even if the semi-final match ends in a draw on Sunday, the fifth day, Bengal will qualify for the final on the basis of first innings lead.
first innings century Anustup Mazumdarwho was on 9 on the night, was dismissed for 80 when he was dismissed by the left-arm spinner Kumar Kartikeya In a dubious LBW decision.
Majumdar was once again the top scorer for Bengal, scoring 120 in the first innings. After Majumdar’s departure, Bengal left-arm spinner Pradipta Pramanik came in at number 8 and showed depth in the team’s batting with an unbeaten 60 off 101 balls.
Pramanik has so far hit three fours and five sixes in 101 balls.
pair of authentic and Ishan Porel (1 not out off 22 balls) kept the Madhya Pradesh attack frustrated as Tiwary was in a mood to give his batsmen some much-needed practice ahead of the summit clash.
Majumdar and the first-innings centurion pair began the fourth day at 59 for two. Sudeep Gharami Continued to pile up the runs.
Off-spinner Saransh Jain finally broke the partnership, trapping Gharami on a delivery that didn’t turn much. Both added 85 crucial runs for the third wicket.
Majumdar again paired with the captain Manoj Tiwari (15) in another useful partnership which scored 39 runs.
Jain (6/103) and Kartikeya (3/63) did the hard work for MP, bowling 88 overs between them. But due to the movement of his tail, Bengal moved here and there.
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