Ranji Trophy 2017 News
The Vidarbha pacer's 6/59 in Delhi's first-innings total of 295 included a hat-trick, which made him only the second bowler to achieve the feat in a Ranji Trophy final.
Wasim Jaffer brought into play his years of experience as he guided Vidarbha to 206/4 with an unbeaten half-century after seamer Rajneesh Gurbani scythed through Delhi's lower-order for a rare hat-trick in a Ranji Trophy final here on Saturday.
Vidarbha medium-pacer Rajneesh Gurbani repeated rare history in a Ranji Trophy final by becoming only the second bowler to take a hat-trick in the summit clash of the premier domestic first-class tournament, as the feat helped his side bowl out Delhi for 295 in their first innings on Saturday.
Soon after his decimation of Bengal in the Ranji Trophy semifinal on Tuesday, Delhi pacer Navdeep Saini said he owes his "life and success" to former India opener Gautam Gambhir.
"We were caught in a traffic jam resulting in the delay," a team official told reporters as Vidarbha players checked in at Eden Gardens 8:45 a.m. and rushed through their warm-ups before the toss took place at 9:15 a.m.
The Delhi captain reportedly sustained an ankle niggle during the final Test against Sri Lanka in the capital earlier this month and doesn't want to risk himself before the Test tour of South Africa.
"Since there aren't any practice games in South Africa, it is only fair that they play Ranji Trophy," a senior BCCI official said on Wednesday.
The group stage of the ongoing Ranji Trophy season ended on Tuesday, with most of the bigwigs barring Tamil Nadu making to the last-eight state of India's premier first-class tournament.
For Hyderabad, opener Tanmay Agarwal (63) was the highest run-getter at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.
Mumbai's second innings started off on a positive note as opener Prithvi Shaw found great rhythm in his fluent 56, but lost three wickets for 15 runs towards the end of the day to finish on 102/4.
Hello and welcome to the coverage from day two of the fifth round of matches in the 2017 Ranji Trophy season. We are here to bring you live score updates from matches across India.
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It's a historic day in Ranji Trophy as Mumbai, the tournament's most successful team with 41 titles, play their 500th match in the tournament.
Delhi overcame the disappointment of a draw against Assam with a comprehensive win over Railways at the Karnail Singh Stadium.
Jharkhand rode on brilliant unbeaten knocks from openers Ishan Kishan (46 not out) and Nazim Siddiqui (24 not out) to chase down a narrow target of 81 runs against Haryana, helping their side clinch victory by 10-wickets.
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