Mohali: Punjab piled on miseries of Saurashtra as the hosts bowled out the visitors for a paltry 90 runs in 27.1 overs in the Ranji Trophy Group A encounter at Mohali on Saturday. Sandeep Sharma was the wrecker-in-chief who scalped seven wickets for just 25 runs while Sidharth Kaul took two wickets.
Sagar Jogiyani (41) was the highest scorer for Saurashtra while Bhushan Chauhan contributed 29 runs to his team’s total.
In reply Punjab were 125 for five.
In another match, skipper Rohit Sharma and Hiken Shah made merry on day one of their Ranji Trophy Group A tie against Hyderabad as they scored unbeaten centuries to propel Mumbai to 325 for two on Saturday. Hiken was not out on 154 while Rohit was batting on 102.
Earlier, Mumbai didn’t get to a good start as they lost Kaustubh Pawar inside the first four overs. Thereafter Hiken and wicket-keeper Aditya Tare steered the visitors to safety with a 121-run second wicket partnership. And after Tare's fall, Rohit joined Hiken to plunder the Hyderabad attack to notch up the unbroken 203-run third wicket stand.
Brief Scores:
Group A:
In Hyderabad: Mumbai 325 for two in 90 overs (Hiken Shah batting 154, Rohit Sharma batting 102, Aditya Tare 62) vs Hyderabad
In Indore: Madhya Pradesh 322 for five in 90 overs (Naman Ojha 99, Devendra Bundela 61, Udit Birla 50; Shami Ahmed 2-68, Abhishek Jhunjhunwala 1-33) vs Bengal
In Mohali: Saurashtra 90 all out in 27.1 overs (Sagar Jogiyani 41, Bhushan Chauhan 29; Sandeep Sharma 7-25, Siddharth Kaul 2-18) vs Punjab 125 for five in 52 (Jiwanjot Singh 61, Karan Goel 26; Sandip Maniar 2-8, Siddharth Trivedi 2-37)
In Bhubaneswar: Gujarat 117 all out in 48.5 overs (Parthiv Patel 55; Sanjay Bangar 5-12, Hardik Rathod 3-47, Krishnakant Upadhyay 2-31) vs Railways 145 for two in 38 overs (Amit Paunikar 85)
Group B:
In Delhi: Delhi 287 for one in 80 overs (Unmukt Chand batting 134, Shikhar Dhawan 104) vs Tamil Nadu
In Rohtak: Haryana 221 for five in 97 overs (Rahul Dalal batting 64, Rahul Dewan 48, Sachin Rana; Murtuja Vahora 2-46, Utkarsh Patel 2-54) vs Baroda
In Bangalore: Odisha 202 in 79.3 overs (Niranjan Behera 61, Subhrajit Sahoo 45; HS Sharath 2-47, SL Akshay 4-40) vs Karnataka 16 for none in 6 overs
In Nagpur: Maharashtra 227 for three in 90 overs (Virag Awate batting 111, Sangram Dilip Atitkar 45; Sairaj Bahutule 2-55) vs Vidarbha
Group C:
In Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir 153 all out in 50.5 overs (Manish Dogra 30, Rahil Sambyal 31; Syed Sahabuddin 5-53, Rajesh Pawar 2-24) vs Andhra 118 for four in 30 overs (Amol Muzumdar batting 61, Bodapati Sumanth 41; Ram Dayal 2-3)
In Ranchi: Jharkhand 176 for five in 90 overs (Saurabh Tiwary batting 65, Sunny Gupta batting 58; Vikramjeet Malik 2-28, Rishi Dhawan 3-32) vs Himachal Pradesh
In Malappuram: Goa 281 for four in 85 overs (Sagun Kamat 107, Manvinder Bisla 74, Ravikant Shukla batting 44; Rohan Prem 1-29) vs Kerala
In Delhi: Assam 182 all out in 78.3 overs (Tarjinder Singh 29, Rajdeep Das 26; Suraj Yadav 4-58, Nishan Singh 2-34) vs Services 11 for none in 5 overs.
By Indian Sports News Network
