Ranji: Chand fires Delhi on top against Rajasthan

New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) Unmukt Chand hit his fifth first-class century (146 runs) and half-centuries from Mithun Manhas (53) and Sumit Narwal (59) helped Delhi seize the initiative against Rajasthan on the third and penultimate day of their Ranji encounter at the Ferozeshah Kotla here Tuesday.

Delhi declared their innings at 380 for six, building up a first-innings lead of 239 before reducing Rajasthan to 78 for two, needing 161 more to avoid a final-day innings defeat.

In Rohtak, Vidarbha, after getting bowled out for 154 in the first innings, came back strongly to dismiss Haryana for 156 in their first innings. Left arm pacer Ravikumar Thakur took 4 for 38, while seamer Swapnil Bandiwar picked up 3 for 65. Vidarbha 2nd innings were 23 for 2. At stumps, Vidharbha were, however, reduced to 23 for two in their second innings, leading by just 21 runs and having eight wickets in hand.

In Wayanad, Sachin Baby scored a brilliant unbeaten double hundred (200 batting) to help Kerala post a formidable score of 447 for seven against Hyderabad after bowling them out for 270. Hyderabad were 4 for no loss in their second innings, trailing by 173 runs at stumps.

Brief Scores:

Rajasthan vs Delhi - Rajasthan 141 (Rajesh Bishnoi 57; Parvinder Awana 4/15) Delhi 10/1 (4.0 ov) Delhi 1st innings 380 for six declared (Unmukt Chand 146, Virender Sehwag 64; Aniket Choudhury 3/81) Rajasthan 2nd innings 78 for two ( Siddharth Saraf 42 not out)

Vidarbha vs Haryana - Vidarbha 1st innings 154 all out (Faiz Fazal 46; Asish Hooda 3/40, Joginder Sharma 5/46) Haryana 1st innings 156 all out (Abhimanyu Khod 38; Ravikumar Thakur 4/38, Swapnil Bandiwar 3/65) Vidarbha 2nd innings 23 for 2.

Hyderabad vs Kerala - Hyderabad 1st innings 270 all out (Hanumana Vihari 76, Ibrahim Khaleel 65; Perumparambath Anthaf 5/61) Kerala 1st innings 447 for seven (Sachin Baby 200, KS Monish 61;Ashish Reddy 3/76) Hydrebad 2nd innings 4 for no loss.

Madhya Pradesh vs Tamil Nadu - Madhya Pradesh 1st innings 432 (Jalaj S Saxena 144, Devendra Bundela 104; Malolan Rangarajan 7/81) Tamil Nadu 1st innings 248 all out ( R Prasanna 74; Ankit Sharma 5/103, Jalaj Saxena 4/74) Tamil Nadu 2nd innings following on 152 for three (Abhinav Mukund 48, Bharat Shankar 45; Ankit Sharma 2/73).

Jharkhand vs Tripura - Jharkhand 1st Innings: 142 all out in 54.5 overs (Kumar Deobrat 75; Rana Dutt 5/64); Tripura 1st Innings: 362 all out in (Rakesh Solanki 67, Bishal Ghosh 76; Shahbaz Nadeem 4/64, Samar Quadri 3/100) Jharkand 2nd innings 127 for five ( Kumar Deorat 45; Manisankar Murasingh 2/26).

Uttar Pradesh vs Mumbai - Uttar Pradesh 1st innings: 206 all out (Tanmay Srivastava 67, Prashant Gupta 41; Shardul Thakur 6/53, Kshemal Waingankar 2/64) Mumbai 1st innings 270 all out (Shardul Thakur 87, Shreyas Iyer 75; Amit Mishra 4/63, Praveen Kumar 3/77); Uttar Pradesh 2nd innings 7 for no loss.

Jammu & Kashmir vs Baroda - J&K 1st innings 497 all out (Parvez Rasool 136, Ram Dayal 124 not out; Swapnil Singh 6/152, Sagar Mangalorkar 3/89) Baroda 1st innings 370 for seven (Saurabh Wakaskar 172, Kedar Devdhar 58; Samiullah Beigh 2/66).

Goa vs Himachal Pradesh - Goa 1st innings 357 all out (Darshan Mishal 97, Robin D Souza 67; Vikramjeet Malik 2/55, Raghav Dhawan 2/55) Himachal Pradesh 1st innings 377 for nine (Ankit Kalsi 115, Rashmi Parida 88; Gauresh Gawas 3/73).

Maharashtra vs Punjab - Maharashtra 1st innings 210 (Rahul Tripathi 56; Siddharth Kaul 3/46); Punjab 1st innings 391 all out (Yuvraj Singh 136, Jiwanjot Singh 68; Anupam Sanklecha 3/88, Samad Fallah 3/78) Maharastra 2nd innings 259 for three (Kedar Jadhav 109, Harshad Khadiwale 61).

Karnataka vs Railways - Karnataka 1st innings 247 all out (Kunal Kapoor 53, CM Gautam 64; Krishnakant Upadhyay 7/98) Railways 1st innings 171 all out (Abhishek Kaushik 59; Sreenath Aravind 4/43, Abhimanyu Mithun 3/53).

Saurashtra vs Gujarat - Saurashtra 1st innings 207 all out (Sheldon Jackson 48; Axar Patel 4/72); Gujarat 1st innings 248 all out (Smit Patel 105; DA Jadeja 5/74) Saurashtra 280 for three (Sheldon Jackson 124, Arpit Vasavada 88; Akshar Patel 2/69).

Andhra vs Services - Andhra 1st innings 234 all out (Srikar Bharat 47, AG Pradeep 59; Deepak Punia 4/60, Roshan Raj 4/77) Services 1st innings 218 for four (Rajat Paliwal 72, Yashpal Singh 57; DP Vijaykumar 2/62).