Ranji Trophy Quarter-Finals, Day 2 Round-up: Karnataka close in on semifinal spot; Gambhir fails with the bat for Delhi
Karnataka ended the second day against Mumbai firmly on top and are now favourites to reach the semifinals. Mayank Agarwal continued his sensational run of form with the bat. Unfortunately, he was unable to score a century as he was dismissed on 78.
He was supported extremely well by his other teammates with Kaunain Abbas, CM Gautam, and Shreyas Gopal all notching up half-centuries.
Gopal is currently not-out on 80 and is batting with R Vinay Kumar at the crease.
Apart from Shivam Dubey, who picked up five wickets, the Mumbai bowlers were not able to do much to trouble the Karnataka batsmen.
They will now look to build a huge lead and take the game out of Mumbai's hands.
Brief Score: Mumbai 173 vs Karnataka 395/6
Gautam Gambhir failed with the bat as he managed to score only two runs. However, Kunal Chandela and Dhruv Shorey revived Delhi's innings as they ended the day with 180 runs on the board for the loss of two wickets.
Earlier in the day, Madhya Pradesh, who began the day at 227-6 added another 111 runs to their total. Harpreet Singh led the way with a fantastic century.
Manan Sharma was the pick of the bowlers for Delhi as he picked up four wickets while Vikas Mishra picked up three.
Brief Score: Madhya Pradesh 338 vs Delhi 180/2
Beginning the day at 261-6, Bengal were eventually bowled out for 351 against defending champions Gujarat. Anustup Majumdar added to Abhimanyu Easwaran's century by scoring a valuable knock of 94. Ishwar Chaudhary was Gujarat's pick of the bowlers with five wickets to his name.
Unfortunately, Gujarat lost two quick wickets at the beginning of their innings. They managed to rebuild their innings only to crumble once again towards the end of the day.
Currently, at 180-6, they will find it hard to take the vital first-innings lead against Bengal.
Brief Score: Bengal 354 vs Gujarat 180/6
After almost no play on the first day, the rain Gods stayed away from the quarter-final between Kerala and Vidarbha. The latter, who batted first, managed to score only 246 runs with Akshay Wadkar being the only one to score a half-century.
KC Akshay picked up a five-wicket haul for Kerala while Jalaj Saxena chipped in with three wickets.
In reply to Vidarbha, Kerala lost two quick wickets and ended the day with 32 runs on the board for the loss of two wickets.
Brief score: Vidarbha 246 vs Kerala 32/2