A round-up of Ranji Trophy matches played across India on Tuesday
Prasad Reddy scored an unbeaten 103 as Andhra Pradesh ended their second innings at 213 for 5 and drew their Ranji Trophy Super League match against Uttar Pradesh in Anantpur on Sunday. Facing a target of 270 runs, Andhra lost the early wicket of Hemal Watekar, who made five. Reddy, who scored 132 runs in the first innings, showed his great form and hit another ton in 156-balls, with the help of 16 boundaries.
Resuming at their overnight score of 201 for 2, Andhra added 125 runs with Reddy adding 44 runs to his yesterday's score of 88.
A summary of the second day's play in Ranji Trophy matches across the country.
A round-up of the Ranji Trophy matches played across the country on Saturday
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.
Chasing a target of 219 in 50 overs, Madhya Pradesh were all out for 185 in 41.1 overs in a central zone Ranji Trophy one-day match.
Baroda held the upper hand on the second day of the Elite group 'B' Super League Ranji Trophy match against Uttar Pradesh by taking a vital 125 runs first innings lead
Kedar Jadhav's sizzling century and a cracking innings of 91 from young Vijay Zol helped Maharashtra stun defending champions Mumbai by eight wickets, to storm into the semi-finals of the Ranji Trophy, in Mumbai on Saturday.
Courtesy Jadeja's knock, Saurashtra lead Railways by 144 runs after they ended the Day 2 at 344/8.
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.
Thanks to Arish Alam's unbeaten century and Mohammad Kaif's 83-run knock, Uttar Pradesh took the first innings lead over Baroda on the second day of their Group B Ranji Trophy match in Kanpur on Sunday.
Karun Nair returned to form with a patient hundred as Karnataka set a stiff target of 380 for Hyderabad on the third day of their Group 'A' Ranji Trophy encounter.
India opener Virender Sehwag is seemed to have found his lost touch having scored a century against Uttar Pradesh in a Ranji Trophy tie. The veteran hoped to carry on the good form in the upcoming four-match Test series against England.
Domestic giants Mumbai on Thursday broke the world record for highest margin of victory in the history of first-class cricket as they crushed minnows Uttarakhand by a staggering 725 runs on the fourth day of their Ranji Trophy quarter-final.
Replying to UP's first innings score of 267, Andhra were at 112 for 5 in their first innings on the second day of the Ranji Trophy match.
Abhinav Mukund feasted on Uttar Pradesh's pedestrian attack and slammed his fourth century of the season as Tamil Nadu cruised to 296 for two wickets on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy semi-final match in Nagpur on Sunday. Dinesh Karthik's decision to bat first stood vindicated as Mukund (100) and Murali Vijay (69) added 167 runs for the opening stand before both fell in the span of seven overs.
After being bowled out for 208 in the first innings, Andhra Pradesh batted to 292 for nine following on against Uttar Pradesh.
Although Ojha's international career never took off, the Ujjain-born player has played 146 first-class games notching up 9,753 runs
Delhi outclassed Rajasthan by an innings and seven runs to gain a bonus point in the Group B match of the Ranji Trophy in New Delhi, on Wednesday.
Defending champions Uttar Pradesh earned two points on account of their first innings lead as their Ranji Trophy Super League match against Saurashtra ended in a draw.
Young Manish Pandey cracked an unbeaten 194 and Rahul Dravid (97) showed he was in great touch before the Sri Lanka series as Karnataka piled up 372 for five against Uttar Pradesh on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy Super League Group B match in Meerut on Tuesday.
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.
Uttar Pradesh, once considered minnows, are in a different league now with three players in the Indian team and the next crop even more promising.
Uttar Pradesh gained a first innings lead of 143 runs after reaching 28 for no loss in their second innings on the second day of the Ranji Trophy Super League Group B match against Hyderabad on Wednesday.
Piyush Chawala (82) and TM Srivastava (81) helped Uttar Pradesh score an impressive 293 for six wickets on the first day of the four-day Ranji Trophy Super League - Group B match against Hyderabad on Tuesday.
Dinesh Mongia hit 175 not out to help Punjab draw the game against Uttar Pradesh
The visiting Baroda team on Tuesday thrashed host Uttar Pradesh's team by 48 runs on the final day of the super league Elite group 'B' Ranji Trophy match.
Baroda amassed 318 runs for the loss of nine wickets in their first innings on Day One of the Ranji Trophy match against Uttar Pradesh in Lucknow on Saturday.
Ravindra Jadeja, who was ignored for the ODI series against New Zealand, made a statement with an unbeaten 150 for Saurashtra on the first day of their Group B match against Jammu and Kashmir in the Ranji Trophy.
Sachin Tendulkar on Friday described it as special feeling to be a part of the team which created history.
India's batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar on Friday said he was not in favour of playing matches at neutral venues as it takes away much of the charm.
The defending champions beat Andhra by an innings and 103 runs on the third day of their seventh and last Ranji Trophy match.
Uttar Pradesh were in sight of a sensational win after reducing Andhra Pradesh 65 for six in the second innings.
The UP skipper scored 91 to help his team reach a respectable 249 for eight on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy match against Karnataka.
The former India opener was unbeaten on 128 as Delhi ended Day 1 of their Ranji Trophy match against Uttar Pradesh on 257 for 6.
Uttar Pradesh were 259 for 4 in reply to Saurashtra's first innings total of 342, on day 2 of the Ranji Trophy match.
Youngster Shreyas Iyer slammed his third ton of the season, a strokeful 137, while senior batsman Rohit Sharma hit an unbeaten 110 as Mumbai made an imposing 407 for four on day one of their Group B Ranji Trophy match against Uttar Pradesh, in Mumbai, on Saturday.
The two India Test players have been named in the Delhi squad for the Ranji Trophy match against Mumbai.
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