Vihari slams triple ton; Jiwanjot, Khare on top
Hyderabad, Oct. 25: Andhra captain G. Hanuma Vihari’s pyrotechnics proved to be huge as he hammered a triple ton along with Ricky Bhui who slammed a ton as Andhra declared at 584/5 in the Ranji Trophy Day 2 of the Group C match against Odisha being played at Vizianagaram.
Jittery Odisha bowlers bowed down before Vihari belligerent innings as they couldn’t trap him. Vihari’s unbeaten 302 came in 456 balls which includes 29 boundaries and two maximums.
The in-form captain grew in confidence in company of Bhui as he also contributed a century in 144 balls with nine times ball racing to the boundary and five maximums.
Vihari and Bhui’s stand of 208 runs took a toll on Odisha bowlers.
Pradhan picked up two wickets for Odisha while Poddar, Dhiraj Singh and Mohanty took a wicket apiece.
In reply, Odisha started their first innings after Andhra declared a long innings at 584/4. S.P. Pattnaik and Natraj Behra came in as openers but in the fourth over Natraj had to return back to the pavilion as Bhatt trapped him with a leg before. At stumps, Odisha were 32/1 in 12 overs.
Meanwhile in another Group C match, B. Indrajith scored an unbeaten ton to lead Tamil Nadu’s fightback as the team finished at 239/5 in response to Mumbai’s 374 at the Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy BKC.
Indrajith who was batting on 105 and young all-rounder M.S. Washington Sundar who scored 69 rescued Tamil Nadu from a rather precarious 69/4 after stitching a brilliant partnership of 157 runs.
Earlier, resuming at the overnight score of 314/7, the home side added 60 more to their total with the Akash Parkar (33 not out) and Aditya S. Dhumal (13) putting on 35 crucial runs for the 10th wicket stand.
Group A At Guwahati: Assam 244 in 93.2 overs (Tarjinder Singh 43, D. Goswami 41, Deepak Bansal 4/61, Amit Mishra 3/56) vs Railways 224/2 in 81 overs (Saurabh Wakaskar 80, Shivkanth Shukhla 86). At Lucknow: Maharashtra 312 in 106.1 overs (Ruturaj Gaikwad 63, Ankit Bawane 119, R. Motwani 62, Saurabh Kumar 7/110) vs Uttar Pradesh 232/7 in 68 overs (Almas Shaukat 63, S. Chaudhary 54, E. Dwivedi 40, Khurana 3/38). At Shimoga: Karnataka 183 & 127/4 in 29 overs (Karun Nair 37*, Hassan 4/54) vs Hyderabad 136 in 64.4 overs (K. Sumanth 68*, K. Gowtham 3/56, S. Gopal 5.17).
Group B At Ranchi: Haryana 208 vs Jharkhand 311/6 in 91 overs (I. Jaggi 127*, Ishan Kishan 83, A. Hooda 2/69 A. Chahal 2/68). At Surat: J&K 261 vs Gujarat 276/4 in 100 overs (P. Panchal 61, M. Juneja 66*, R. Bhatt 38, M. Gupta 2/68). At Trivandrum: Kerala 335 in 118.2 overs (Jalaj Saxena 79, Rohan Prem 86, Sachin Baby 78, Lomror 4/51) vs Rajasthan 134/6 in 56.3 overs (D. Yagnik 62, Jalaj S. Saxena 6/46).
Group C At Agartala: Tripura 205 in 64.2 overs overs (B. Ghosh 65, Gurinder Singh 57, Ishwar Pandey 3/40, Ankit Sharma 3/61) vs Madhya Pradesh 200/7 in 66 overs (R. Patidar 79, Harpreet Singh 69, Murasingh 2/14, Gurinder Singh 2/70, Rana Dutta 2/25). At Vizianagram: Andhra Pradesh 584/5 declared in 166 overs (G. Hanuma Vihari n.o. 302 — 456b, 29x4, 2x6, Ricky Bhui 100 — 144b, 9x4, 5x6) vs Odisha 32/1 in 12 overs. At Mumbai: Mumbai 374 in 103.1 overs (Prithvi Shaw 123, Shreyas Iyer 57, Aditya Tare 53, Vijay Shankar 4/52, Ashwin 3/78) vs Tamil Nadu 239/5 in 65 overs (Indrajith 105, Washington Sundar 69, Gohil 2/58).
Group D At Porvorim: Punjab 635 in 148.5 overs (Jiwanjot Singh 238, Anmolpreet Singh 113, Gurkeerat Singh 114) vs Goa 94/1 in 29 overs (S. Kamat 32). At New Delhi: Himachal 364 in 116.3 overs (Prashanth Chopra 55, NR Gangta 130, AK Bains 68, VU Yadav 5/91, Rahul Singh 3/56) vs Services 153/6 in 61 overs (Navneet Singh 49, Ravi Chauhan 38, A.P. Vashsht 4/48). At Nagpur: Chhattisgarh 489 in 163.2 overs (Ashutosh Singh 113, A.N Khare 210, Jatin S. Saxena 62, Umesh Yadav 3/87, Karnewar 3/99) vs Vidarbha 31/1 in 13 overs.