After waiting nearly three years for a first-class hundred, Iyer's form has surged; his century in October broke that dry spell, and now he's added two more in quick succession.
Baroda secured three points by virtue of their first innings lead after their Ranji Trophy Group B match against Karnataka ended in a tame draw on the fourth and final day in Vadodara on Monday.
A round-up of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Saturday.
Delhi's 18-year-old speedster Ishan Sharma took five for 35 as Baroda were shot out for 244 in the first innings.
Baroda were 129 runs for loss of three wickets in their first innings in reply to Bengal's first innings total of 370 runs still needing 241 runs to surpass Bengal's total at the Motibagh ground on the second day of the Elite group Ranji Trophy match on Friday.
A round-up of Ranji matches played on Thursday.
Baroda were 219 for 4 after conceding a 111-run first innings lead to Mumbai on the penultimate day of the Ranji Trophy match.
Shreyas Iyer continued with his red-hot form, smashing a stroke-filled 233 to lead Mumbai to a massive 602/4 declared in their Ranji Trophy Elite Group A match against Odisha.
A 215-run stand for the eighth-wicket helped Baroda to a draw against Orissa and set the stage for a clash with Delhi in the Super League semi-final of the Ranji Trophy.
Cheteshwar Pujara made 49 and 43 in his two innings as Saurashtra lost to Haryana by four wickets.
Opener Kedar Devdhar hit a stroke-filled 145 as Baroda took a sizeable lead of 303 runs, despite narrowly falling short of Mumbai's first innings total, on the third day of their Ranji Trophy Group A match.
Mumbai were ahead by 257 runs in the first innings after Musheer Khan struck an unbeaten 203, with Baroda reaching 127/2 in reply by the close of play on day two
Suresh Lokeshwar (52) and Pradosh Ranjan Paul (65) struck half-centuries to help Tamil Nadu complete the formalities and win their Ranji Trophy Group C match against Goa by seven wickets, in Porvorim on Monday.
His maiden century enabled Baroda post 196 for 4 on the second day of the Elite Ranji Trophy match against Kerala.
Delhi were reeling at 49 for three in their first innings after bundling out Baroda for a paltry 199 on the first day of five-day Ranji Elite group semifinals at Usha Raje Cricket grounds in Indore on Saturday.
Dharmendrasinh Jadeja took 7/32 as Saurashtra thrashed Rajasthan by 218 runs.
He century gave Baroda gain a vital first innings lead of 74 runs at the end of third day of the four-day Ranji Trophy tie against Assam.
Left-arm seamer Gagandeep Singh reca five-wicket haul as Baroda dismissed Karnataka for 284 in their first innings and then reached 115-4 to take an overall lead of 237 on the penultimate day of their Ranji Trophy encounter.
Ruturaj Gaikwad's whirlwind 148 not out powered Maharashtra to a nine-wicket win over Services
Baroda were 73 for five at stumps on day two in reply to Railways' first innings score of 353.
The Punjab spearhead cleaned up skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad (5) with a ripper before inducing an edge from Siddhesh Veer (0) to the wicketkeeper in the very next over.
Baroda humiliated Odisha by 10 wickets, with a day to spare, and pocketed seven points, including bonus, from their Ranji Trophy Group B match, in Vadodara, on Monday. The hosts added just 11 runs to their overnight total before being dismissed for 301 in their first innings, in reply to Odisha's 181.
Mumbai will have to beat Meghalaya by a big margin to win with a bonus point in their last league match while also needing other results to go their way.
Pace duo of Shrikant Mundhe and Samad Fallah shared seven wickets between them as Baroda stumbled from a good position to be bowled out for 362 in their first innings against Maharashtra on day two of a Ranji Trophy Group B match in Pune on Sunday.
Mohammed Shami rarely operated at his best and it had a cascading effect on Bengal as they went down by 41 runs against Baroda in the quarterfinals of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
Roundup of matches across the country in the ongoing BCCI Ranji Trophy
A round-up of the Ranji Trophy quarter-final matches played on Monday.
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Jharkhand, however, could not make the knockouts from the group as Gujarat topped it with Haryana being the second team to progress. Jharkhand finished third.
Vishnu Solanki helped Baroda pull off a last-over heist against Haryana with a sensational 71, which included a six off the final ball of the match, to fire his team into the semi-finals of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, in Ahmedabad, on Wednesday.
A five-wicket haul by leg-spinner Bhargav Bhatt (5 for 103) helped Baroda restrict Rajasthan to 394 before scoring 73 for 1 by stumps in their first innings on the second day of the Ranji Trophy Super League final in Vadodara on Wednesday.
Punjab piled up 496 for eight in their first innings on the second day of their Ranji Super League Group B match.
Seamers Shivam Dube (4/10) and Royston Dias (3/35) powered Mumbai's outright win over Bihar by an innings and 51 runs in their Ranji Trophy 2023-24 season opener in Patna on Monday.
Mumbai will play Tamil Nadu at home while Vidarbha will host Madhya Pradesh in Nagpur in the Ranji Trophy semifinals, starting from Saturday.
Himachal Pradesh, who were bowled out for 130 in their first innings, were 79 for one at stumps on day three needing another 393 runs for an improbable win.
Vaibhav Rawal scored a fine century before pacer Divij Mehra's dismantled Mumbai with a five-wicket haul to power Delhi to an emphatic eight-wicket victory in the Ranji Trophy Group B match.
A round-up of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Monday.
A round-up of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Saturday.
Maharashtra, trailing Baroda by 118 runs, batted cautiously to ensure a competitive position on the last day.
With more than a 100 runs still to get, it would be an uphill task for Maharashtra to turn the match around on Day 3.
