Ranji Trophy Round 3 Day 1 Live Score and Updates. (Express photo by Nirmal Harindran)Ranji Trophy 2022, Round 3, Day 1 Live Score Streaming and Updates: A buoyant Mumbai are eyeing an outright win, which is needed for the domestic heavyweights to stay in contention for the knockouts, as they square off against Odisha in their last Elite Group D Ranji Trophy game from Thursday. Currently, Mumbai top the group with nine points, having won their last match against Goa and taken the first-innings lead against Saurashtra.
If Mumbai beat Odisha, then they will get six points to take their aggregate to 15. In case they earn a bonus point, they will have 16 points. Saurashtra are placed second in the group with eight points and if they defeat Goa, they will have 14 points. If Mumbai secure a first-innings lead, and Saurashtra win, then the latter go through. So the Amol Muzumdar-coached side would be desperate to go all guns blazing for a win with a bonus point.
Skipper Prithvi Shaw would be keen to get some runs under his belt and ditto for experienced campaigner Ajinkya Rahane, who has been dropped from the national team for the two Tests against Sri Lanka. Young batter Sarfaraz Khan is also in prime form, and would be keen to continue his good run against Odisha.
Virat Singh knows a thing or two about switching into Zen mode. Coming from Jharkhand, it is a no brainer who his idol is. (File)
Baba Indrajith continues to enjoy his purple patch.
Shashank Singh brings up a fluent half-century for Chhatisgarh, leading a 100-run partnership for the fifth wicket. Shashank reaches his 50 in 82 balls. Chhattisgarh 252/4. Meanwhile, the excellent partnership for the third wicket between Padikkal and Siddharth continues and stretches to 175
Yet another century for Saurashtra's Chirag Jani. He is batting at 129 vs Goa. In the 2019-20 Ranji season when Saurashtra won the Ranji trophy and Jani had played a crucial role. He played the role of a complete all-arounder, amassing 544 runs and picking 17 wickets in the tournament. Elsewhere, Devdutt Padikkal also reaches the three-figure mark in 165 balls (15x4, 0x6) | Karnataka 190/2
A fine fifty for U19 star Nishant Sindhu raises the bat as he brings up 50 runs in 128 balls. He has hit six fours in his innings so far. Haryana 217/4. Meanwhile a brilliant partnership for the fourth wicket between Bawane and Shaikh 99 Runs. Bawane is on 63* while Shaikh is giving him company on 53.
Tamil Nadu 165/4 vs Jharkhand
Maharashtra 220/4 vs Uttar Pradesh
Haryana 212/4 vs Himachal Pradesh
Uttarakhand 161/5 vs Andhra Pradesh
Odisha 178/4 vs Mumbai
Saurashtra 211/3 vs Goa
Karnataka 204/2 vs Pondicherry
Madhya Pradesh 160/2 vs Kerala
Gujarat 188/3 vs Meghalaya
Jammu and Kashmir 220/7 vs Railways
After the middle-order collapsed, Henan Nazir and Auqib Nabi ensured no further damage is done. The duo have already put together unbeaten 46-run partnership. J&K: 220/7 after 69 overs
Since making his first-class debut for Punjab in the 2011-12 season, Baltej Singh Dhanda has played only 15 matches. Out of those, six came in the 2019-20 season. At 31, the second- most senior player in the side after Gurkeerat Singh Mann has finally found his second wind. In the first match of the ongoing season, the seamer bagged his maiden five-wicket haul against Himachal Pradesh and is hungry for more in the next few games. (READ MORE)
Abhimanyu Easwaran might consider himself a little unlucky after missing out on the South Africa tour. The Bengal opener was in fine form in India A’s recently-concluded shadow tour of South Africa, where he played in all three four-day games in Bloemfontein. He registered scores of 103, 0, 55, 28 and 19 in the five innings he batted. Instead, selectors picked fellow India A opener Priyank Panchal once India’s Test vice-captain Rohit Sharma was ruled out of the three-match Test series against South Africa after an old hamstring injury resurfaced during the team’s net session in Mumbai. (More)
Fifer for Karn Sharma as he traps Abid Mushtaq in front. Jammu and Kashmir 174/7 in 48 overs. Karn Sharma 5-56.
Liyan Khan 100 runs in 137 balls (12x4, 0x6) Sikkim 201/6
End Innings: Rajasthan - 92/10 in 45.2 overs (A V Choudhary 6 off 5, Mj Suthar 14 off 34)
Here we go! The first century of Round 3! A R Easwaran 103 runs in 130 balls (12x4, 0x6) Bengal 205/2
Easwaran (103* vs Chandigarh) scores his 15th century in First Class cricket. His last FC century was against South Africa A at Bloemfontein in November last year. This is his first Ranji Trophy century since his 201* against Punjab on 9/1/19 (palindrome)
Akhilesh Sahani 50 runs in 65 balls (5x4, 2x6) Arunachal Pradesh 149/6
Devdutt Padikkal 53 runs in 99 balls (9x4, 0x6) Karnataka 97/2
Fifty for Devdutt Padikkal - 53* from 99 balls including 7 fours in Ranji Trophy. Good Partnership for 3rd Wicket between Padikkal and Siddharth 63* Runs.
Jaweed Ali smashes 50 in just 70 balls against Baroda. He is trying to put a decent total on the scoreboard for Hyderabad. Currently, Hyderabad are batting at 142/7 in 40.2 overs.
An outstanding fifty for Anustup Majumdar. He hits 8 boundaries to get his half-century. Anustup and Easwaran are still there at the crease and are looking ahead to put a strong total.