B Sandeep’s maiden double-ton and Milind’s first first-class century power Hyderabad to a mountainous total in the first innings. Rajat Paliwal misses out on a double-ton by six runs as he boosts Haryana to solid total against Haryana.
Rituraj Singh claims seven wickets for Goa against Kerala after Rohan Prem puts team in advantageous position. Goa on the backfoot in the ongoing game in Mumbai after losing early wickets.
Captain GH Vihari helps Andhra to comfortable first innings lead, while the match between Himachal and Chhattisgarh is evenly poised.
Group C, Round 6 - Day 2:
Jammu and Kashmir vs Haryana in Cuttack: Haryana 1st inn 502/10 in 147.5 overs (R Paliwal 194, S Pahal 59, P Rasool 3/77, S Beigh 2/115); J & K 1st inn 84/1 in 24 overs (S Khajuria 48*, P Gupta 25*, S Pahal 1/30) Trail by 418 runs
Resuming on the overnight total of 295 for five, Haryana were propelled to 502 by Rajat Paliwal. After resuming his innings on 99 in the morning, the middle-order bat went on make 194. His marathon innings was ended by Amir Aziz leaving the team on 477 for nine. S Pahal who scored a half-century, was the last batsman to return to pavilion after taking the team to the massive total.
In reply, J & K were 84 for one at stumps with Shubham Khajuria and P Gupta in the middle.
Hyderabad vs Services at BKC in Mumbai: Hyd 1st inn 580/9 decl in 156.5 overs (B Sandeep 203*, CV Milind 136, R Raj 5/73); Services 1st inn 77/0 in 20 overs (N Verma 34*, R Chauhan 23*) Trail by 503 runs
B Sandeep anchored Hyderabad to a mammoth 580 for nine until declaring the innings with his maiden double century. The batsman was unbeaten on 203 when S Badrinath declared the innings later in the day. After resuming their innings on 303 for seven in the morning, the team had 277 runs to their overnight total. CV Milind lower down the order to registered his maiden century. During his 208-ball 136, he was involved in a 267-run partnership for the eight wicket with the middle-order bat which helped boost the team’s total.
In reply, services were 77 without loss at stumps. While captain and opener A Gupta has retired hurt for nine, N Verma and R Chauhan were at the crease when play ended for the day.
Kerala vs Goa at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai: Kerala 1st inn 342/10 in 105.4 overs (R Prem 130, R Singh 7/42); Goa 1st inn 169/6 in 60 overs (A Asnodkar 33, S Bandekar 22*, Vinod Kumar CV 3/33) Trail by 173 runs
Pacer Rituraj Singh wrecked the Kerala lineup on the second day. He finished with seven wickets in the bag as he helped bowl the side out for 342 on Day 2 after resuming on 290 in the morning. He accounted for Sanju Samson with the team on 301 and then continued to run through the rest of the lineup and wrap-up the innings for an addition of 52 runs to the overnight score.
The CV Vinod Kumar-led attack then struck at regular intervals to keep the Goa lineup in check. The bowler claimed three wickets while S Warrier and F Ahmed picked a wicket each as they left Goa struggling on 169 for six at stumps on Day 3.
Andhra vs Tripura in Valsad: Tripura 1st inn 171/10 (Bishal Ghosh 31, Bunti Roy 34; Vijay Kumar 4 for, Stephen 3/47 ); Andhra 1st inn 377/3 in 116 runs (GH Vihari 144*, DB Prasanth Kumar 129, G Singh 2/92) Lead by 206 runs
DB Prashant Kumar (129 off 235) and Hanuma Vihari (144* off 336) propelled Andhra to 277 for three until stumps on the second day. Having anchored the team to a first innings lead, the Andhra skipper was still at the crease at the end of day’s play with DB Ravi Teja.
Chhattisgarh vs Himachal in Kanpur: Chhattisgarh 1st inn 238/10 in 98.5 overs (A Mandal 19*, G Singh 3/61); Himachal 1st inn 210/6 in 79 overs (P Chopra 51, B Sharma 46*, S Ruikar 5/73) Trail by 28 runs.
After Chhattisgarh resumed their innings on 212 for seven in the morning, Gurvinder Singh claimed the remaining three wickets to bowl the side out for 238.
Ankush Bains and P Chopra then put together a 78-run opening stand until S Ruikar claimed the later. While the bowler finished the day with a five-wicket haul his exploits couldn’t hold back the opposition. While there was only one half-century during the day, useful contributions by the lineup has brought Himachal within sniffing distance of a first innings lead. With Bipul Sharma on 46 and S Verma on 19, they were 210 for six at stumps and are trailing by 28 runs.
