With Delhi losing to Saurashtra, Jharkhand and Odisha will join Karnataka in the quarter-finals from Group B. However, their order in the points table will be based on the result of the match between Jharkhand and Odisha to be played from 15th to 18 December, 2016.
In the last round of the Ranji Trophy 2016-17 league phase, Vidarbha beat Team Rajasthan by six wickets.
Group B Round 9 – Day 4 Round-up:
Maharashtra vs Karnataka in Mohali: Maha 1st inn 163/10 in 56 overs (R Motwani 32, Vinay Kumar 5/46, S Arvind 2/32, S Binny 2/40); Kar 1st inn 345/10 in 110 overs (V Kumar 56*, C Khurana 2/41); Maha 2nd inn 218/10 in 47.3 overs (K Jadhav 85, D Mathias 3/37, A Mithun 2/44); Kar 2nd inn 39/0 in 10 overs (R Samarth 25*, K Abbas 14*) Karnataka won by 10 wickets
Saurashtra vs Delhi in Vadodara: Sau 1st inn 92/10 in 33.2 overs (P Mankad 33, P Sangwan 4/25, S Narwal 4/27); Delhi 1st inn 237/10 in 58.3 overs (P Sangwan 75, K Patel 5/72); Sau 2nd inn 420/10 in 127.4 overs (K Parmar 149, A Vasavada 89, J Unadkat 80, AN Saini 3/122); Delhi 2nd inn 271/10 in 78.1 overs (Milind 55, M Sharma 46, S Sanandia 5/93, K Patel 4/83) Saurashtra won by 4 runs
With a narrow 4-run win, Saurashtra squashed Delhi’s hopes of staying in the race for a place in the knockouts on the last day of the last round of the league phase.
After Delhi resumed their 276-run chase on 102 for four, the Gautam Gambhir-led side were bowled out for 271 by the Saurashtra pace duo – Shaurya Sanandia (five wickets) and K Patel (four wickets). In the morning, Rishabh Pant was the first to be sent back for 29 by Sanandia ending the partnership for the fifth wicket for 64. Manan Sharma then joined Milind in an effort to keep the team in the chase and the pair added 77-run to the total until the pacer struck again. He ended Milind’s patient knock for 55 (off 165 balls). Six runs later, Jaydev Unadkat accounted for Manan to reduce Delhi to 226 for seven. Patel then claimed the last three batsmen to bowl Saurashtra to victory and knock Delhi out of the tournament.
Vidarbha vs Team Rajasthan in Noida: Team Raj 1st inn 140/10 in 41.1 overs (MN Singh 27, A Sarvate 3/22, S Wagh 2/23, Lalit 2/46, R Gurbani 2/46); Vid 1st inn 116/10 in 41.3 overs (SK Wath 50, TM Ul Haq 6/21, P Singh 3/52); Team Raj 2nd inn 163/10 in 54.5 overs (A Gautam 51, S Dobal 34, Lalit 6/60, S Wagh 2/32); Vid 2nd inn 191/4 in 31.2 overs (S Wath 64, G Satish 63*, P Singh 2/96) Vidarbha won by 6 wickets
SR Ramaswamy and Faiz Fazal began Vidarbha’s 188-run chase in the morning. While both openers were sent back early in the innings with the team on 22 for two, G Satish (63* off 69) anchored the team to a comprehensive win. Coming to the crease at 12 for one, the No 3 bat helped the team finish the season with a win. His 103-run stand with S Wath (64 off 65) helped set up the platform to attain the total. He was then involved in a 53-run partnership for the fourth wicket with J Sharma and then took the team to the finish line with S Shrivastava.
