Punjab had secured a 51-run first-innings lead on Wednesday after bowling out Hyderabad for 380 after having made 431.
Hyderabad:Prabhsimran Singh scored his second half-century of the match as Punjab drew their Ranji Trophy Group ‘B’ third match against Hyderabad at the Gymkhana Ground on Thursday.
Prabhsimran followed up his 81 in the first innings with 68 in the second as Punjab declared their second innings at 240/6. Captain Uday Saharan remained unbea-ten on 55 while opener Vihaan Malhotra made 53.
Punjab had secured a 51-run first-innings lead on Wednesday after bowling out Hyderabad for 380 after having made 431.
In Mangalapuram (Kera-lam), spinner Pradipta Pramanik grabbed his maiden 10-wicket match haul to complement Shahbaz Ahmed’s all-round show as Bengal thrashed Kerala by 287 runs in a Group ‘C’ match.
Resuming at 53/4 while chasing a daunting target of 408, Kerala were bowled out for 120 in 38.4 overs to hand Bengal their third consecutive victory of the season.
Pramanik, playing his 19th first-class match, finished with figures of 6/51 in the second innings after claiming 4/44 in the first, returning a match haul of 10/95.
Veteran pacer Moham-med Shami tightened Bengal’s grip by dismissing Aditya Sarwate and Vaisakh Chandran as Kerala slumped to 70/8.
No play was possible for the second successive day due to rain caused by Cyclone Arnab over the Bay of Bengal, forcing Delhi and Jharkhand to settle for a draw with one point each in Ranchi.
The match ended without further play on the third and fourth days. captain Ayush Badoni’s second successive double century was the standout performance of the contest.
Tanush Kotian returned career-best figures of 8/81 as a rampant Mumbai cruised to a third consecutive bonus-point victory, crushing Haryana by 10 wickets in their Elite Group ‘D’ match in Mumbai. Chasing a target of 97, openers Angkrish Raghuvanshi (67 not out) & Divyaansh Saxena (30 not out) knocked off the required runs in a mere 10.4 overs to give Mumbai a total of seven points from the game. Mumbai had earlier outplayed Chandigarh (home) and Himachal Pradesh (away), securing bonus-point wins in first two rounds.
Brief Scores: Punjab 431 in 124.5 overs & 240/6 decl in 78 overs (Vihaan Malhotra 53, Prabhsimran Singh 68, Uday Saharan 55 n.o) overs drew with Hyderabad 380 in 119.5 overs. Result: Punjab took first innings lead.
At Mumbai: Mumbai 430 & 97/0 in 10.4 overs (Angkrish Raghuvanshi 67 not out) beat Haryana 270 256/2 (f/o) in 85.5 overs (Himanshu Rana 46, Nishant Sindhu 44, Tanush Kotian 8/81, Musheer Khan 2/75).
At Mangalapuram: Bengal 350 & 198 beat Kerala 141 and 120 in 38.4 overs (MD Nidheesh 33, Mohammed Azharuddeen 26, Pradipta Pramanik 6/51, Shahbaz Ahmed 2/19).
At Pune: Gujarat 223 & 446/5 decl. (Aarya Desai 151, Jaymeet Patel 119 not out, Urvil Patel 96) drew with Maharashtra 330 & 141/4 in 47 overs (Digvijay Patil 55 not out, Sachin Dhas 26, Siddharth Desai 2/37).
At Ranchi: Delhi 515/5 decl drew with Jharkhand 131/4.
