Skipper Saurabh Tiwary struck a match-winning 93 whereas Kumar Kushagra made 50 to information Jharkhand to the knockout stage of the Ranji Trophy with a two-wicket win over heavyweights Tamil Nadu of their final elite group H match right here on Sunday.
Jharkhand wanted simply 104 runs on the ultimate day with six wickets in hand to dislodge Chhattisgarh from the highest of the group they usually rode on beneficial knocks from skipper Tiwary and Kushagra to achieve their goal in 80.4 overs with two wickets in hand.
Chasing 212 for an outright win, Jharkhand had been 102 for 4 in 39 overs on the shut of play on Saturday with Tiwary batting on 41 and Kushagra giving him firm on 25.
The duo resumed their innings in assured vogue on Sunday and added 90 runs for the fifth wicket to take Jharkhand near the goal earlier than the latter was dismissed on 50.
Kushagra scored his half-century off 121 balls with the assistance of simply 5 boundaries.
Tiwary, alternatively, regarded strong and regarded decided to take his facet over the road however departed simply two runs quick off the goal after making a well-deserved 93. His runs got here off 193 balls throughout which he hit six boundaries and one six.
Rahul Shukla (14 not out) accomplished the formalities for Jharkhand as they secured full six factors from the match to leap to the highest of the desk.
The trio of Baba Aparajith (2/27), Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore (2/47) and Manimaran Siddharth (2/48) collectively scalped six wickets for Tamil Nadu.
Dhull hits maiden double ton as Delhi disappoint Chhattisgarh
In the opposite Group H match, rising batting star Yash Dhull struck his maiden firstclass double century whereas Dhruv Shorey hit 100 as Delhi, who had been already out of the knockout race, shattered Chhattisgarh’s hopes to put up 396 for 2 declared in 89.3 overs of their second innings after following on.
India’s latest U-19 World Cup-winning crew skipper Dhull, enjoying his first Ranji season, as soon as once more shone shiny with the bat with an 261-ball 200 not out to show his credentials.
He struck 26 boundaries throughout his knock and along with Shorey (100 off 208 balls, 13x4s) shared 246 runs for the opening stand to take the match away from Chhattisgarh.
Delhi batters gave a superb account of themselves within the second innings with Nitish Rana (56 not out off 36 balls, 3x4s, 5x6s) and Kshitiz Sharma (26) additionally getting a superb knocks.
Jharkhand completed on high of group H with 12 factors from three video games — two wins and one loss, whereas Chhattisgarh ended on the second spot with 10 factors. Tamil Nadu had been third with six factors forward of bottom-placed Delhi, who managed to garner simply two factors from what has been a disappointing marketing campaign for them.
Brief Scores:
Tamil Nadu: 285 & 152 all out in 54.2 overs (Baba Indrajith 52; Rahul Shukla 5/29) vs Jharkhand: 226 & 214 for 80.4 overs (Saurabh Tiwary 93, Kumar Kushagra 50; Baba Aparajith 2/27).
Chhattisgarh: 482 for 9 declared in 145 overs (Amandeep Khare 156 not out, Shashank Singh 122, Ajay Mandal 63; Vikas Mishra 6/124) vs Delhi: 295 all out & 396 for two declared in 89.3 overs (Yash Dhull 200 not out, Dhruv Shorey 100; Sumit Ruikar 1/56).
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