Mohali: Varun Khanna returned with an astonishing figure of 8/97 to guide Punjab to a superb innings victory over Railways in their opening Group B Ranji Trophy match at IS Bindra PCA Stadium, here on Sunday. The win also gave Punjab bonus point.
Made to follow on, Railways' second innings folded for 282 runs in 68 overs with Varun scalping as many as eight wickets of the visitors. It is third occasion in the Ranji history of Punjab that any bowler took eight wickets in an innings. Earlier Umesh Kua took 8/37 by against Delhi at Delhi in 1974-75, while by Deepak Chopra had taken 8/38 against Services at Palam Ground in Delhi in 1986-87.
Railways ended Day Three at 125 for five last evening and need 283 runs more to save the innings defeat. However, they failed to make Punjab bat again.
Arindam Ghosh was the only Railways batsman to show some resistance as he remained unbeaten at 98.
Brief scores: Punjab 604/5 declared in 171.1 overs beat Railways: 196 & (following on) 282 all out in 68 overs (Arindam Ghosh 98 not out; Varun Khanna 8/97). Punjab: 7 points, Railways: 0.
Punjab v Railways (Ranji Elite “B” 2015-16): Played at I.S. Bindra PCA Stadium, Mohali
From 1st to 4th October 2015
Result : Punjab won by an Innings & 126 Runs
Points : Punjab = 7, Railways = 0
Man of the Match: Barinder Singh Sran (Punjab)
1st Innings of Punjab : 604 for 5 decl off 171. ovs in 722 mts
1st Innings of Railways : 196 all out off 56 ovs, 263 Mts.
2nd Innings of Railways (follow on)(o/n125/5(29) R M B 4 6
Saurabh Walkaskar c +Khera b Khanna 08 31 17 2 -
Ashish Singh c & b Khanna 23 64 40 4 -
Rohan Bhosle lbw b Khanna 18 43 31 1 1
Prashant Awasthi c + Khera b Khanna 44 67 36 8 -
Arindam Ghosh not out 98 255 152 14 2
*+Mahesh Rawat c +Khera b Khanna 00 01 01 - -
Karn Sharma c Uday Kaul b Khanna 18 49 38 3 -
Arnab Nandi c & b Khanna 33 53 46 4 -
Hitesh Kadam st +Khera b Yuvraj 08 36 18 2 -
K K Upadhyay b Khanna 16 39 25 4 -
Ranjeet Mali b Maninder 04 15 08 1 0
Extras (nb-4, b1, lb-7 ) 12
Total (fall out, 68 ovs, 331mts ) 282
Fow :1-22(Saurabh, 6.1), 2-45(Ashsh, 12.4), 3-54(Bhosle, 14.6),4-116(Awasthi,26.4),
5-116(Rawat,26.5), 6-145(Karn,38.1), 7-195(Nandi,48.6),8-229( Kadam,56.4),
9-269(Upadhyay, 64.6), 10-282(Mali, 67.6)
Bowling :
Siddharth Kaul 13 1 51 0 (nb-2)
Maninder Singh 15 1 69 1
Varun Khanna 28 4 97 8
Barinder Singh Sran 8 0 40 0 (nb-2)
Yuvraj Singh 4 0 17 1
