Ranji Trophy Day 1 Roundup: Ravindra Jadeja takes 6 wickets against Hyderabad, Shreyas Iyer scores patient 167
Mysuru recieved a special gift on the occasion of Dasara in the form of Virender Sehwag’s century. Barely two days after announcing his retirement from International cricket and IPL, Haryana’s Virender Sehwag came all guns blazing, smashing a 119-ball 100, against defending champions Karnataka in their Ranji Trophy tie. Sehwag finished at 136, putting Haryana in a commanding position on day one of the Ranji Trophy.
The 37-year old was his usual destructive self, smashing an array of boundaries along with 3 mighty hits to the fence. Earlier in the day, Haryana won the all-important toss and decided to bat first on a flat surface at the Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wodeyar Ground in Mysuru. The dashing opener was supported by Jayant Yadav, who also brought up his century.
However, Karnataka did well to come back to the game, dismissing Sehwag for 136, and soon after there were a flurry of wickets, as Haryana were trottling at 319-8. HS Sharath was the pick of the bowlers for Karnataka with figures of 4-47, which included a hat-trick.
Brief Scores: Haryana 319 for 8 (Sehwag 136, Jayant Yadav 100, Sharath 4-47) v Karnataka.
In yet another enthralling encounter between Saurashtra and Hyderabad in Rajkot, the hosts who won the toss and decided to bat, were in for a rude shock when they were cheaply bundled out for a mere 102 runs in their first innings. In reply, their bowlers came back strongly dismissing Hyderabad for 148, courtesy a brilliant 6-wicket haul from Ravindra Jadeja.
Saurashtra did conceed the first innings lead, but the batsman would be inspired to bat well in their second innings, thanks to Jadeja’s dream spell. In the second innings, Saurashtra were 10-0, still trailing Hyderabad by 36 runs.
Jadeja now has five 5-wicket hauls from as many innings, and a total of 30 wickets as of yet in this Ranji season – a phenomenal return
Brief Scores: Saurashtra 102 (Jogiyani 51, Pujara 0, R Jadeja 2, Mehdi 5-43) and 10 for 0; Hyderabad 148 (R Jadeja 6-75)
In Baroda, Mumbai had started strongly against hosts Baroda, notching up 317-3, thanks to a patient 167 by youngster Shreyas Iyer. In another match, Mohammed Kaif’s Andhra did well to dismiss his former side Uttar Pradesh to 170 in Ongole. Winning the toss and choosing to bowl first seemed to have worked well for the hosts, with the bowlers coming to the party. Andhra were 77-0 in reply, at stumps.
Brief Scores: Mumbai (toss) 317 for 3 (Iyer 167*, Herwadkar 67, Suryakumar 66*) v Baroda
Andhra (toss) 77 for 0 (Bharat 56*) v Uttar Pradesh 170 (Praveen 47, Siva Kumar 3-29, Stephen 3-41)
In a group C encounter in Dharamshala, Rishi Dhawan picked up 5 wickets for Himachal Pradesh, as they restricted Goa to 265-7 at stumps. In Agartala, Parvez Rasool scored a classy knock of 129* against Tripura, to guide Jammu & Kashmir to 303-4 at stumps.
Brief Scores: Goa 265 for 7 (Kamat 124*, Kauthankar 74, Rishi Dhawan 5-86) v Himachal Pradesh (toss).
Jammu & Kashmir (toss) 303 for 4 (Rasool 129*, Manhas 96) v Tripura.
Other Scores: Group A
Bengal 272 for 3 (Chatterjee 108*, Saha 67*, Tiwary 55) v Delhi (toss)
Rajasthan 258 for 5 (Menaria 84, Bhatia 59) v Maharashtra (toss)
Vidarbha 1 for 0 v Assam (toss) 206 (Syed Mohammed 69*, Verma 57, Wakhare 4-47, Umesh 4-49)
Group B
Madhya Pradesh (toss) 251 for 5 (Shrivastava 105*, Saxena 70) v Punjab
Gujarat 286 for 6 (Panchal 141, Parthiv 58) v Railways (toss)
Group C
Kerala (toss) 198 for 2 (Jagadeesh 59, Prem 79*) v Services