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Player of the Match
Player of the Match

Kerala storm into contention after sensational win

Sanju Samson's 207 lifted Kerala to a first-innings score of 483 Ranjith Peralam

Spinners Jalaj Saxena, Sijomon Joseph and KC Akshay skittled Saurashtra for 95 as Kerala won by 309 runs in Thiruvananthapuram. Sanju Samson's 175 had assisted Kerala's comeback to seize control and stretch their lead to 411, handing Saurashtra 404 to chase on the last day.

Joseph prompted Saurashtra's slide as they resumed from their overnight score of 30 for 1, dismissing Robin Uthappa and Snell Patel early. The rest of the line-up, save Sheldon Jackson - failed to fire. Saxena and Akshay struck back-to-back, removing four batsmen for ducks, as Saurashtra lost five wickets in six overs. The win vaulted Kerala to second in the points table with one game to play.

Siddharth Desai's stunning debut season continued to get better. His five for along with and Piyush Chawla's three-for spun Gujarat to a bonus-point win. Rajasthan were bowled out for 341 on the last day in Surat.

Resuming on 183 for 4, Rajasthan lost their overnight batsman AR Gupta early on the day, but a 72-run sixth-wicket stand between Mahipal Lomror (60 off 98 balls) and Rajesh Bishnoi resurrected them, taking them to 265 for 5. With Rajasthan still needing 183 runs to erase the deficit, Bishnoi struck to end the stand, following which wickets fell successively. Chawla cleared the tail, and Rajasthan surrendered ten overs after tea, as Gujarat kept their top spot on the Group B table intact.

Ajit Chahal's five-for wrecked Jammu & Kashmir as Haryana won by 39 runs in Lahli. This was their first win of the season.

Haryana added just six runs to their overnight score of 161 for 9, handing J&K 176 to chase. After losing their opener Ahmed Bandy in the fourth ball of their innings, Shubham Khajuria and Bandeep Singh added 47 runs for the second-wicket. Chahal triggered the collapse, removing Khajuria and Puneet Bisht in the 15th over and coming back in the 17th over to remove Bandeep Singh.

The resistance for J&K came in the form of Owais Shah and captain Parvez Rasool in the middle-order. They added 54 runs to the sixth-wicket. Following their wickets in subsequent overs, Chahal and Ashish Hooda struck back-to-back to bowl J&K out for 157. Chahal finished with match figures of 8 for 117.

Rajasthan 3rd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st9CD BistAV Gautam
2nd115R BistCD Bist
3rd57R BistAR Gupta
4th1AR GuptaShubham Sharma
5th11AR GuptaMK Lomror
6th72R BishnoiMK Lomror
7th17MK LomrorSS Dobal
8th54SS DobalTajinder Singh
9th5Pankaj SinghTajinder Singh
10th0TM Ul-HaqTajinder Singh

Ranji Trophy

Group A
TeamMWLDPTNRR
KNTKA6402320.479
DELHI6303270.333
MAHA6221160.084
HYD621116-0.156
RLYS623114-0.312
UP603250.508
ASSAM60422-0.977
Group B
TeamMWLDPTNRR
GUJ6501340.097
KER6510310.636
SAU6312260.245
J + K61419-0.077
HRYNA61419-0.506
JHK61418-0.049
RAJ60246-0.294
Group C
TeamMWLDPTNRR
MP631221-0.116
MUM6204210.228
AP6105190.326
BRODA6114160.508
TN601511-0.112
ODSA60246-0.648
TPURA60244-0.426
Group D
TeamMWLDPTNRR
VIDAR6402310.358
BENG6213230.367
PNJB6222180.609
HP6114140.3
CGR613213-0.514
SVCS612310-0.273
GOA60246-0.7