Ranji Trophy 2017-18, Round 1, Day 2: As it happened

Himachal Pradesh opener Prashant Chopra cracked an unbeaten 271 to help the hill state reach a mammoth 459/2 against Punjab on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy 2017-18 Group D match at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala on Friday.

Hello and welcome to our Live updates from Day 2 of Ranji Trophy 2017-18, Round 1

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5 pm IST

Stumps: Andhra 231/7 in 93 overs (B Sumanth 72, Shoaib Mohammed Khan 14) in reply to Tamil Nadu's 176

Stumps: Punjab - 110/1 in 30 overs (Uday Kaul 2, Jiwanjot Singh 34). Himachal Pradesh 729/8 declared

Stumps: Services 103/1 in 39 overs (NK Singh 44, Amit Pachhara 2). Bengal 552/9 declared

Stumps: Baroda 36/2 in 13 overs (Kedar Devdhar 20, PR Shah) in reply to Madhya Pradesh's 551/8 declared

Stumps: Railways second innings 27/3 in 14 overs (Arindam Ghosh 9, Vidyadhar Kamath) after 182 in first. Uttar Pradesh 250.

Stumps: J&K 150/1 in 58 overs (Pranav Gupta 17, Ahmad Omar Banday 72). Rajasthan 330.

Stumps: Kerala 250/8 in 86 overs (Jalaj Saxena 47, Nidheesh MD 7) after Jharkhand's 202.  

Stumps: Goa 28/0 in 10 overs (Sumiran Amonkar 13, Swapnil Asnodkar). Chhattisgarh 458.

Stumps: Delhi 269/4 in 80 overs (Gautam Gambhir 136, Pulkit Narang 3). Assam 258

Stumps: Haryana second innings 93/6 in 30 overs (RK Tewatia 12, CK Bishnoi 53) after 107 in the first. Saurashtra 278. 

04:14 pm IST

Nitish Rana 100 runs in 150 balls  (16x4, 0x6) Delhi 239/2

Sunny Gupta 5 WICKETS! (27.2-6-69-5), Kerala 204/7 

Chhattisgarh 452/9 in 159.2 Overs

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03:56 pm IST

B Sumanth 50 runs in 144 balls  (1x4, 0x6) Andhra 199/7

End Innings: Madhya Pradesh - 551/8 dec in 163.6 overs  (Puneet Datey 33 off 55, Mihir Hirwani 0 off 5)

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03:50 pm IST

Uttar Pradesh 250/8 in 84.4 Overs

Punjab 50/0 in 12.4 Overs

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03:14 pm IST

Gautam Gambhir 101 runs in 170 balls  (17x4, 0x6) Delhi 185/2

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03:01 pm IST

Tea break: Services - 39/1 in 14.6 overs  (Ravi Chauhan 16 off 25, N K Singh 16 off 46)

Tea break: Madhya Pradesh - 490/6 in 154.6 overs  (Puneet Datey 13 off 30, Ankit Sharma 97 off 187)

Tea break: Delhi - 176/2 in 51.6 overs  (Nitish Rana 72 off 102, Gautam Gambhir 92 off 161)

Tea break: Uttar Pradesh - 226/5 in 76.6 overs  (Akshdeep Nath 73 off 151, Rinku Singh 42 off 56)

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02:45 pm IST

Tea break: Andhra - 180/5 in 66.6 overs  (Ashwin Hebbar 64 off 135, B Sumanth 44 off 124)

Tea break: J & K - 61/0 in 27.6 overs  (Ahmad Omar Banday 36 off 82, Shubham Khajuria 21 off 86)

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02:43 pm IST

Tea break: Haryana - 107/10 in 42.3 overs  (A H Hooda 6 off 5, Mohit Sharma 10 off 16) 

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02:30 pm IST

End Innings: Himachal - 729/8 dec in 147.6 overs  (G K Singh 5 off 13, A P Vashisht 26 off 62)

Uttar Pradesh 200/5 in 69.1 Overs

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02:15 pm IST

End Of Over 50 - Kerala 152/6, Trail By 50 Runs, Akshay Chandran 0(4) Jalaj Saxena 8(27) 

End Of Over 40 - Haryana 91/8, Trail By 187 Runs, Mohit Sharma 0(7) Deepak Punia 18(62)

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01:15 pm IST

Madhya Pradesh 400/5 in 128.6 Overs

End Of Over 50 - Uttar Pradesh 122/4, Trail By 60 Runs, Akshdeep Nath 30(64) Eklavya Dwivedi 0(18)

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01:05 pm IST

End Of Over 130 - Himachal 651/6 R R Dhawan 28(30) A P Vashisht 2(6) 

End Of Over 130 - Bengal 476/9 Mohammed Shami 2(5) Ashoke Dinda 0(0)

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12:55 pm IST

Shubham Sharma 150 runs in 325 balls  (19x4, 0x6) Madhya Pradesh 375/5 

Sunny Gupta 4 WICKETS! (12.0-2-28-4), Kerala 77/4

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12:05 pm IST

Lunch break: Himachal - 631/5 in 123.6 overs  (R R Dhawan 19 off 20, A K Bains 71 off 94)

Lunch break: Andhra - 95/5 in 39.6 overs  (Ashwin Hebbar 20 off 54, B Sumanth 7 off 43)

Lunch break: Bengal - 464/7 in 124.6 overs  (Aamir Gani 46 off 72, Kanishk Seth 26 off 44)

Lunch break: Uttar Pradesh - 115/4 in 43.5 overs  (Shivam Chaudhary 44 off 135, Akshdeep Nath 25 off 45)

Lunch break: Delhi - 66/2 in 21.6 overs  (Gautam Gambhir 51 off 73, Nitish Rana 8 off 10) 

Lunch break: Chhattisgarh - 292/6 in 111.6 overs  (Manoj Singh 75 off 211, Jatin Sahay Saxena 44 off 53)

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11:56 am IST

End Of Over 20 - Delhi 55/2, Trail By 203 Runs, Nitish Rana 2(7) Gautam Gambhir 46(64)

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11:45 am IST

WICKET! Over: 118.2 P S Chopra 338(363) ct & b Pargat Singh, Himachal 602/5

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11:22 am IST

P S Chopra 300 runs in 318 balls  (40x4, 1x6) Himachal 535/4

Congrats! Prashant Chopra on maiden triple century in first-class cricket @paytm #RanjiTrophy

— BCCI Domestic (@BCCIdomestic) October 7, 2017

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11:20 am IST

End Of Over 110 - Madhya Pradesh 343/5 Ankit Sharma 36(66) Shubham Sharma 125(270)

End Of Over 110 - Team Rajasthan 317/8 Pankaj Singh 0(2) R K Bishnoi Sr 37(47)

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10:45 am IST

Team Rajasthan 300/6 in 103.1 Overs

WICKET! Over: 91.6 Kaif 61(173) st Samar Dubhashi b Darshan Misal, Chhattisgarh 216/6

WICKET! Over: 25.3 Umang Sharma 25(44) lbw Ashish Yadav, Uttar Pradesh 66/2

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10:14 am IST

Ishant Sharma 5 WICKETS! (20.0-7-38-5), Assam 258/10

WICKET! Over: 94.6 Krishna Das 11(14) ct Unmukt Chand b Ishant Sharma, Assam 258/10

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10:10 am IST

Shubham Sharma 100 runs in 229 balls  (11x4, 0x6) Madhya Pradesh 288/5

Chhattisgarh 200/5 in 83.3 Overs

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10:00 am IST

End Innings: Saurashtra - 278/10 in 90.3 overs  (Shaurya M Sanandia 2 off 12, K D Patel 2 off 7)

Ishant Sharma 4 WICKETS! (18.2-6-34-4), Assam 239/9

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09:35 am IST

WICKET! Over: 90.3 P K Dogra 99(127) b Sandeep Sharma, Himachal 459/3

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New Delhi: Himachal Pradesh opener Prashant Chopra cracked an unbeaten 271 while veteran Paras Dogra remained undefeated on 99 to help the hill state reach a mammoth 459/2 against Punjab on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy 2017-18 Group D match at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala on Friday.

Chopra blasted 37 boundaries besides hitting a sixer in his 289-ball effort as Himachal also rode on skipper Sumeet Verma's 120-ball 79 to decimate Punjab on a pitch that assisted the pace bowlers earlier in the day.

Meanwhile, in Group A, India pacer Ishant Sharma shone with the ball to help Delhi restrict Assam to 224/7 on the opening day of their Ranji clash at the Feroz Shah Kotla.

Ishant returned with figures of (3/31) after Delhi opted to field after winning the toss.

For Assam, skipper Gokul Sharma (51) and Swarupam Purkayastha (57 not out) were the main contributors as the top order comprising the likes of Pallavkumar Das (18), Rishav Das (14) and Sibsankar Roy (11) failed to capitalise on their starts.

At stumps, pacer Abu Nechim Ahmed was unbeaten on a 28-ball 27 along with Purkayastha.

Delhi skipper Ishant was complemented well by his new ball partner Navdeep Saini (1/39), pacer Kulwant Khejroliya (1/46) and the off-spin duo of Pulkit Narang (1/39) and Nitish Rana (1/23).

In other Group A matches, the Railways were bundled out for a paltry 182 before Uttar Pradesh ended the day on 9/0 at the Ekana International Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.

Electing to bat, Ashish Yadav top-scored for the Railways with a patient 53 before the UP bowlers led by Ankit Rajpoot (3/30), Zeeshan Ansari (3/78) broke the backbone of the visitors' line-up. Skipper Suresh Raina also contributed with two wickets with his gentle off-spin.

In the third match of the group, rains forced abandonment of the first day's play between Hyderabad and Maharashtra at the Gymkhana Ground in Hyderabad.

In Group B, half centuries from Prerak Mankad (68) and wicketkeeper-bat Sheldon Jackson (51) lifted Saurashtra to 271/7 at the end of the first day's play against Haryana.

Pacer Ashish Hooda (4/59) shone with the cherry for the hosts at the Chaudhary Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium at Lahli.

In another Group B tie, Kerala off-spinner Jalaj Saxena (6/50) decimated Jharkhand`s batting to restrict them to 200/9 at the stumps on the opening day at the Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram.

Wicket-keeper Ishan Kishan provided some resistance with the willow, scoring a 100-ball 45 for the visitors.

In the other match of the group, Robin Bist`s (105) brilliant century provided the momentum for Rajasthan to score 249/4 against Jammu and Kashmir at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.

For the hosts, Ashok Menaria (69) and opener Amitkumar Gautam (51) also contributed with classy half tons.

In Group C, skipper Devendra Bundela missed his 27th first class ton by just one run but helped Madhya Pradesh to a comfortable 268/5 at stumps against Baroda at the Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore.

Shubham Sharma (88 not out) was at the crease when the bails were dislodged for the day.

The first day's play of the Group C match between Odisha and Tripura was washed out without a single ball being bowled at the Vikas Cricket Ground in Cuttack.

In another Group C tie at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, the star-studded Tamil Nadu side folded for a paltry 176 against Andhra Pradesh before the visitors reached 8/0 at stumps.

Baba Aparajith was the top scorer for the hosts with a valiant 137-ball 51 as Andhra's duo fo Bhargav Bhatt (4/52) and Prithvi Raj (3/39) ripped apart the Tamil Nadu batting.

In Group D, skipper Mohammed Kaif's patient 129-ball unbeaten 49 helped Chhattisgarh reach 189/5 at stumps on day 1 against Goa at Porvorim. Wicket-keeper Manoj Singh was unbeaten on 31 when the bails were removed for the day.

In another Group D tie, Bengal rode on Sudip Chatterjee's unbeaten 114 to score a healthy 341/3 at stumps against the Services at the Palam A Stadium.

For the tourists, the opening duo of Abhimanyu Easwaran (65) and Abhishek Raman (40) gave a flying start before Chatterjee and skipper Manoj Tiwary (69) stamped their authority in the match.

At stumps, India Test keeper Wriddhiman Saha (32 not out) was at the crease with Chatterjee.

Oct 06 - Oct 09

Rajasthan vs Jammu and Kashmir, Group B
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur

Odisha vs Tripura, Group C
Vikas Cricket Ground, Bhubaneswar

Delhi vs Assam, Group A
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

Uttar Pradesh vs Railways, Group A
Ekana International Cricket Stadium, Lucknow

Hyderabad vs Maharashtra, Group A
Gymkhana Ground, Hyderabad

Haryana vs Saurashtra, Group B
Ch Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak

Kerala vs Jharkhand, Group B
Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram

Madhya Pradesh vs Baroda, Group C
Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore

Tamil Nadu vs Andhra, Group C
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

Services vs Bengal, Group D
Palam A Stadium, Delhi

Goa vs Chhattisgarh, Group D
Goa Cricket Association Academy Ground, Porvorim

Himachal Pradesh vs Punjab, Group D
Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala