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Mumbai crushes Orissa; seven-wkt win for Gujarat
A JOB WELL DONE: Mohammed Kaif (left) and Tanmay Srivastava ensured that Uttar Pradesh was still in with a shot at the first-innings lead against Karnataka.
CHENNAI: Mumbai clinched a 315-run victory on the third day of its Ranji Trophy super league cricket match against Orissa at Cuttack on Sunday, bowling the home side out for 118 after setting it a target of 434.
Ajinkya Rahane starred with the bat for Mumbai, scoring 201 off just 244 balls to set up a declaration at 361 for five. Rahane put on 173 for the fourth-wicket with skipper Wasim Jaffer, who made 66.
Gujarat claimed a seven-wicket win over Rajasthan at Jaipur after medium-pacer Amit Singh claimed his maiden first class five-wicket haul, a destructive seven for 31 to help dismiss Rajasthan for 186 in its second innings, and set his side a target of just 96.
At Ratnagiri, Railways declared its second innings closed at 334 for six to set Maharashtra, which had taken the first innings lead on day two, a target of 303.
For Railways, first innings half-centurions Yere Goud and Sanjib Sanyal made 89 and 82 respectively, while Murali Kartik chipped in with a 49-ball 56. Maharashtra went in at stumps at 34 with both openers batting.
Uttar Pradesh lost just one wicket on day three against Karnataka at Bangalore as Tanmay Srivastava and Mohammad Kaif went in at close with unbeaten centuries, having put on an unbroken 242-run partnership for the third-wicket.
Uttar Pradesh goes into the final day still 216 behind Karnataka’s first innings total of 511, with eight wickets in hand.
The scores: Super league: At Cuttack: Mumbai 180 & 361 for five decl. in 98.5 overs (S. Kukreja 53, A. Rahane 201, W. Jaffer 66) bt Orissa 108 & 118 in 33.1 overs (P. Jayachandra 72); Points: Mumbai 5, Orissa 0.
At Jaipur: Rajasthan 136 & 186 in 66 overs (V. Chanwaria 88, Amit Singh seven for 31) lost to Gujarat 227 & 99 for three in 34.3 overs (P.K. Panchal 44); Gujarat 5, Rajasthan 0.
At Hyderabad: Hyderabad 335 & 68 for two in 32 overs vs. Punjab 291 in 121 overs (K. Goel 44, U. Kaul 106, M. Sidhana 41).
At Ratnagiri: Railways 212 & 334 for six decl. in 100 overs (Y. Goud 89, S. Sanyal 82, M. Kartik 56) vs. Maharashtra 244 and 34 for no loss in eight overs.
At Bangalore: Karnataka 511 vs. Uttar Pradesh 295 for two in 108 overs (Tanmay Srivastava 154 batting, M. Kaif 103 batting).
At Rajkot: Saurashtra 241 & 46 for two in 25 overs vs. Delhi 384 in 140.3 overs (A. Chopra 58, S. Dhawan 93, V. Kohli 69, C. Nanda 47).
Plate: At Dharmsala: Himachal Pradesh 218 & 108 lost to Goa 134 & 196 for four in 63 overs (S. Asnodkar 84); Goa 5, Himachal Pradesh 0.
At Rohtak: Jammu and Kashmir 314 & 40 for two in 13 overs vs. Haryana 285 in 124.3 overs (Sumeet Sharma 49, Manav Sharma 98, S. Beigh six for 89).
At Jamshedpur: Jharkhand 301 & 144 for seven in 42 overs vs. Kerala 376 in 121.1 overs (R.M. Fernandez 124, Rohan Prem 109, Vinan Nair 45).
At Delhi: Services 244 & 266 for nine in 111 overs (S. Chatarjee 71) vs. Assam 178.
At Agartala: Madhya Pradesh 453 for seven decl. & zero for one in one over vs. Tripura 305 in 96.3 overs (Nishit Shetty 118, Rana Dutta 43, Sanjay Pandey four for 60).
At Nagpur: Vidarbha 403 vs. Bengal 371 for six in 123 overs (W. Saha 159, Dibyendu Chakrabarty 56, Avik Chowdhury 42 batting).
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