The fifth round of the 83rd edition of Ranji Trophy started today. On day 1, a total of 3 matches were scuppered due to nature’s call whereas in three of the matches the team bowling first was able to bowl out their opposition on day 1. Here is how all the teams fared on Day 1 pf Ranji Trophy 2016/17 –
Group A
The amount of smog, smoke, and pollution in Delhi can be adjudged by the fact that the first day of the Ranji Trophy game between Bengal and Gujarat was abandoned. No play was possible on the first day citing smoke and fog issues. Players present in the ground also complained about breathing problems in this condition, hence, the first day of the game was called off. Same was the case with Hyderabad and Tripura at Karnail Singh Stadium, Delhi.
Brief Scores:
Bengal vs Gujarat at Delhi: No play on day 1, play abandoned due to fog
Uttar Pradesh 300/6 (Kuldeep Yadav 62* Eklawaya Dwivedi 60, Shubek Gill 52/3 Sandeep Sharma 68/2) vs Punjab at Hyderabad
Baroda 93/10 (Kedar Devdhar 26 Dhiren Mistry 23, Krishnamoorthy Vignesh 23/5 39/4) vs Tamil Nadu 79/1 (Abhinav Mukund 40* Baba Indrajith 18*) at Raipur
Mumbai 244/5 (Akhil Herwadkar 96 Shreyas Iyer 70, Karn Sharma 56/3) vs Railways at Mysore
Group B
The former captain of India Under-19, Ishan Kishan, drew the main attention on the first day of the fifth round of Ranji Trophy 2016/17. Coming in at a difficult time when Jharkhand was 80/4, Ishan Kishan along with Ishank Jaggi and Kaushal Singh stitched few crucial partnerships standing tall against a polished bowling performance from Delhi. Jharkhand was at a score of 359/6 at the time of stumps.
Brief Scores:
Jharkhand 359/6 (Ishan Kishan 162* Kaushal Singh 55, Subodh Bhati 53/2 Varun Sood 48/2) vs Delhi at Thumba
Assam vs Saurashtra at Kolkata: First day abandoned due to rain
Karnataka 267/10 (Krishnappa Gowtham 60* Robin Uthappa 46, Lalit Yadav 67/5 Ravikumar Thakur 54/3) vs Vidarbha at Vadodara
Rajasthan 249/5 (SF Khan 65* Ashok Menaria 41, Alok Mangaraj 281/) vs Odisha at Patiala
Group C
The former Under 19 spinner Mayank Dagar came up with a brilliant bowling spell for Himachal Pradesh. Bowling against an experienced batting line-up of Jammu & Kashmir, Dagar grabbed a bunch of 4 wickets toppling the J&K batting line-up and forcing them to surrender at a score of just 162. In reply, Himachal Pradesh were 2 down with a score of 58.
Brief Scores:
Jammu and Kashmir 162/10 (Shubham Khajuria 48 Parvez Rasool 26, Mukul Dagar 33/4 Pankaj Jaiswal 37/3) vs Himachal Pradesh 58/2 (Ankit Kalsi 25* Prashant Chopra 17, Rohit Sharma 4/1 Harmeet Singh 16/1) at Ranchi
Services 170/3 (Anshul Gupta 72 Shamsher Yadav 60*, Cheepurapalli Stephen 35/2) vs Andhra Pradesh at Indore
Chhattisgarh 103/2 (Amandeep Khare 58* Sahil Gupta 29, Rituraj Singh 31/1) vs Goa at Cuttack
Haryana 227/8 (Rohit Sharma 51* Mohit Hooda 30, S Sandeep Warrier 59/4 Vinod Kumar 37/3) vs Kerala at Jaipur
Hyderabad vs Tripura at Delhi: No play, day 1 abandoned due to fog