Young pacer Tushar Deshpande recorded his career-best figures of six for 70 to help Mumbai earn a sizeable first innings lead against Railways on the third day of their Ranji Trophy Group A encounter in New Delhi on Saturday.
An unbeaten 92-run fourth wicket partnership between captain Mithun Manhas and and Ajay Jadeja helped Delhi out of trouble.
Opener Unmukt Chand struck 82 while Mohit Sharma and Mithun Manhas also made half-centuries to help Delhi finish the first day's play against Vidarbha at 254 for four in the final Ranji Trophy group league encounter in Nagpur.
Wasim Jaffer hit an unbeaten 117 and Vinayak Mane was unbeaten on 63 as Mumbai hit up the required 185 runs for victory in the Ranji Trophy match.\n\n
Mumbai, who were ensured two points after taking the first innings lead, did not force the follow-on in the Ranji Trophy match.
A brilliant 109 by skipper Ajay Jadeja and a supporting knock of 59 by Mithun Manhas helped Delhi to 78-run win over Jammu and Kashmir in a North Zone Ranji Trophy One-day match in Dharamsala on Sunday.
A summary of Wednesday play in the Ranji Trophy matches at various venues across the country.
Manoj Tiwary and Sudip Chatterjee scored centuries to lead Bengal's spirited comeback against Mumbai, while Gujarat put themselves in line for full seven points after enforcing the follow-on against Punjab. A round up of Day 3 of the Ranji Trophy matches.
The former India all-rounder scored a fluent century as Delhi amassed 491 for 9 in their first innings in the Ranji Trophy match against Karnataka.
Muralidharen Gautam smashed a brilliant double hundred to become the season's leading run scorer as Karnataka declared their first innings at a massive 572 for nine on the second day of their last Ranji Trophy group league match in Pune on Sunday.
Gautam Gambhir started his new season in the right earnest with a patient century as Delhi made a pedestrian Assam attack toil by reaching 269 for four at stumps on the second day of the Ranji Trophy Group A encounter in New Delhi on Saturday.
With nothing at stake and both Delhi and Rajasthan out of the race for the quarter-finals, the Ranji trophy Super League Group 'A' match ended in a draw at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Sunday.
Vidarbha inched closer to a maiden Ranji Trophy title by grabbing a commanding 233-run lead against a Delhi side that looked defeated for better part of the day, as little-known Akshay Wadkar chose first-class cricket's biggest stage to compile his maiden century, in Indore, on Sunday.
After bowling out Delhi for 256, Tamil Nadu closed the day on 88 for 4, an overall lead of 159, in the Ranji Trophy semi-final.\n\n
'There was one senior player who wanted to spoil my name.'
Delhi amassed 538 against Karnataka on the second day of the Ranji Trophy Super League Group A match.
Gautam Gambhir hit a quick-fire hundred to take Delhi to an eight-wicket win over hosts Bengal.
He and Salil Oberoi (80) placed Delhi in a strong position at 267 for 2 at stumps on day 1 of the Ranji Trophy match against UP.
Young and in-form Baba Aparajith smashed his second first-class double hundred while Ramaswamy Prasanna scored an unbeaten half-century to guide Tamil Nadu to a formidable position against Services at the end of second day's play in the Ranji Trophy Group B match in New Delhi on Monday.
Centuries from Rajat Bhatia and Vijay Dahiya ensured that Delhi responded to Tamil Nadu's 347 with a massive 491 for 7 before declaring in the Ranji Trophy match.
Hosts Delhi will bank heavily on their premier batsman Virat Kohli as they take on defending champions Mumbai in a do-or-die final Ranji Trophy group encounter at the Roshanara ground from Wednesday. After their shock defeat against Railways in the last game, the Mithun Manhas-led Delhi side will be keen to put aside the disappointment and aim for an outright win in order to qualify for the knock-out stages.
Kalra was in line to replace senior opener Shikhar Dhawan in the Ranji squad but as it now stands, he will not play any further.
Mumbai dashed Delhi's hopes of making it to the semi-finals by taking 206-run first innings lead as the match ended in a draw.
With hopes of qualifying for the semifinals already dashed, Delhi played slowly to reach 155-1 against Andhra on the day three of the Elite group 'A' Ranji Trophy match.
Mumbai, who scored 488 in the first innings, riding on captain Aditya Tare's 154, enforced the follow-on and the match was called off with Tamil Nadu 48 for one in 22 overs at the tea break.
Delhi thrashed Haryana by an innings and 18 runs to survive in the Ranji Trophy Super League.
India and Australia will play the second Test at the Ferozshah Kotla from Friday and it is to be seen if Iyer is able to join the team.
Rajneesh Gurbani's sensational bowling guided Vidarbha to their maiden Ranji Trophy final after they stunned defending champions Karnataka by five runs in a thrilling semi-final, in Kolkata, on Thursday.
Tamil Nadu moved in to the final of the Ranji Trophy with a convincing 132-run win against Delhi.
'He didn't want to be a stagnant cricketer, he always wanted to work hard.'
Ravindra Jadeja became one of the few Indian players to have scored two triple centuries in first-class cricket as his unbeaten innings of 303 against Gujarat helped Saurashtra earn three valuable points in the second round of the Ranji Trophy in Surat on Monday.
Rajat Bhatia slammed an unbeaten 157 as the Ranji Trophy match between Delhi and Railways ended in a drab draw.
They posted a huge score of 478 in their first innings in the Ranji Trophy Elite Group 'A' tie against Uttar Pradesh.
Former champions Delhi are on the verge of scoring an outright win over Tamil Nadu as they are 95 runs short with ten wickets in hand in the Group 'A' Ranji Trophy Super league match on Thursday.
Sachin Tendulkar failed to convert a good start as favourites Mumbai struggled to score runs on a difficult track against minnows Services in the Ranji Trophy semi-final in Delhi on Wednesday. The 39-time champions, having electing to bat, ended the first day's play on 198 for 6.
Former India leg-spinner Sairaj Bahatule, 39, announced retirement from all forms of first class cricket.
A round-up of Ranji matches played on Monday.
India captain Virat Kohli, on Wednesday, said that for the game cricket to sustain globally, Test cricket needs to be the premier format.
Delhi team will be bolstered by the presence of India internationals Ishant Sharma and veteran Gautam Gambhir against Karnataka in the Ranji Trophy match starting Thursday at Eden Gardens. Ishant was ruled out of New Zealand Test series due to chikungunya and Gambhir was busy on national duty. "Ishant and Gambhir will be playing in this match," chief coach KP Bhaskar told PTI on Tuesday.
A hard-hitting half century from fit-again Hardik Pandya went in vain as Mumbai grabbed a narrow 29-run first innings lead after tea on day three of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group A match.
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