Ishan Kishan continued his fine form to hit a second century in the second match as Jharkhand staged a comeback against Kerala in their Ranji Trophy Group C match here on Thursday but could not prevent the visitors from taking a crucial first innings lead. Less than a week after scoring the fastest ODI double century against Bangladesh, Kishan hit 132 off 195 balls with nine fours as Jharkhand recovered from 114 for four to post 340. doing. Saurabh Tiwary played well with Kishan and scored 97 runs before being bowled by Jalaj Saxena.
Both shared a 202-run partnership for the fifth wicket. Kerala, who scored 475 runs in the first innings, took a lead of 135 runs. For the team, Saxena took five for 75, Basil Thampi three for 55 while Vaishakh Chandran took two for 81. Kerala took their total lead to 195 runs by scoring 60 runs in one wicket in the second innings. Arjun, who equaled his batting great father Sachin Tendulkar by scoring a century on his debut in Porvorim, took two wickets for 77 runs against Rajasthan on the third day.
Arjun dismissed Mahipal Lomror (63) and Salman Khan (40). Mohit Redkar also took three wickets for 46 runs. The Rajasthan team has lost six wickets for 245 runs in the first innings and the team is still behind Goa by 302 runs. Goa had declared the first innings by scoring 547 runs for nine wickets. Karnataka took a crucial first innings lead against Services in Bengaluru.
In reply to Karnataka’s 304, Services could only manage 261 runs despite centuries from Rajat Paliwal (124) and Ravi Chauhan (56), giving the hosts a 43-run lead. For Karnataka, V Kaverappa took four for 64 while Ronit More took three for 54. Karnataka took their total lead to 133 runs in the second innings by scoring 90 runs without a wicket. Mayank Agarwal is playing 47 while Ravikumar Samarth is scoring 40 runs.
