Thaindian News

New Delhi, Nov 29 (IANS) Baroda’s Rakesh Solanki, Haryana’s Rahul Dewan and Sunny Singh and Mumbai’s Kaustubh Pawar smashed hundreds to put their respective sides in good position on the first day of the fourth round of Ranji Trophy matches in the Elite Division Tuesday.

Solanki’s unbeaten 109 came after Delhi put Baroda in at the Ferozeshah Kotla here. The visitors lost their openers at the score of 31 but Solanki with the help of Ambati Rayudu (39) and skipper Pinal Shah (83 not out) did well to end the day at 273 for three in 85 overs. Ashish Nehra picked up a wicket but proved expensive, giving away 84 runs in 18 overs.

At Rohtak, Haryana, courtesy Dewan’s 115 and Singh’s 111, were 258 for five in the first innings against Bengal at the Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium. Dewan and Singh shared a 161-run stand for the second wicket to give Baroda a great foundation for a huge score but three quick wickets towards the end left the match nicely poised.

Pawar was standing tall at 122 at stumps in the match between Mumbai and Orissa at DRIEMS Ground in Cuttack. Mumbai ended at 311 for three with the in-form Abhishek Nayar making 71.

Madhya Pradesh’s medium pacer Ishwar Pandey wreaked havoc at the Emerald High School Ground in Indore, picking six wickets to bowl out Gujarat for 130 runs. Fast bowler T.P. Sudhindra also took three wickets. The hosts were 51 for two in reply with Mohnish Mishra and Devendra Bundela batting on 27 and 19.

Brief scores:
Elite Division –
Group A:
At Cuttack: Mumbai 311/3 in 90 overs (Kaustubh Pawar batting 122, Abhishek Nayar 71; Dhiraj Singh 1/52) vs Orissa

At Mohali: Punjab 212/3 in 90 overs (Uday Kaul batting 82, Mandeep Singh batting 61; Anureet Singh 1/57) vs Railways

At Jaipur: Uttar Pradesh 292/4 in 90 overs (Mohammad Kaif 67, Arish Alam batting 60; Deepak Chahar 2/75) vs Rajasthan

At Bangalore: Karnataka 107/1 in 24 overs (Robin Uthappa 70, KB Pawan batting 28; Jaydev Unadkat 1/37) vs Saurashtra

Group B:
At Delhi: Baroda 273/3 in 85 overs (Rakesh Solanki batting 109, Pinal Shah batting 83; Ashish Nehra 1/84) vs Delhi

At Rohtak: Haryana 258/5 in 90 overs (Rahul Dewan 115, Sunny Singh 111; Iresh Saxena 2/63) vs Bengal

At Indore: Gujarat 130 all out in 66.3 overs (Bhavik Thaker 38, Priyank Panchal 24; Ishwar Pandey 6/ 31, TP Sudhindra 3/33) vs Madhya Pradesh 51/2 in 20.4 overs (Mohnish Mishra batting 27, Devendra Bundela batting 19; Mehul Patel 1/9)

Plate Division –
Group A:
At Dharmasala: Himachal Pradesh 262/6 in 88 overs (Amit Kumar batting 76, Ajay Ratra 52; Nishan Singh 3/ 69, Irfan Khan 2/64) vs Services

At Kochi: Kerala 110/6 in 67 overs (Sachin Baby 36, Abhishek Hegde 19; Tekkami Atchuta Rao 3/31, Shankara Rao 2/10) vs Andhra

At Agartala: Tripura 246/7 in 90 overs (Rajib Saha 77, Vinayak Samant 50; Sandeep Singh 4/60) vs Vidarbha

Group B:
At Porvorim: Goa 147 all out in 60.2 overs (Abhishek Raut 41, Vaibhav Naik 23; Mohammad Khader 3/19, Anwar Ahmed 3/31, Pagadala Naidu 2/24, Pragyan Ojha 2/43) vs Hyderabad 61/2 in 27 overs (Akshath Reddy batting 41; Saurabh Bandekar 1/22)

At Dhanbad: Assam 234/3 in 87 overs (Dheeraj Jadhav 102, Amit Sinha batting 79; Samar Quadri 2/74) vs Jharkhand

At Ratnagiri: Jammu and Kashmir 302/8 in 90 overs (Adil Rishi 88, Manish Dogra 45; Akshya Darekar 4/60, Domnic Joseph 2/62, Samad Fallah 2/75) vs Maharashtra