Gujarat captain Panchal’s half-century after Gaja’s six wickets
Skipper Priyank Panchal (71 not out) struck a half-century after Chintan Gaja bundled out Madhya Pradesh for six for 49 as Gujarat posted 159 for four in their first innings on the second day of their Ranji Trophy Group D match here on Wednesday. . At the end of the day’s play, Manan Hingrajiya was supporting Panchal by scoring 43 runs. Both have added 91 runs for the fifth wicket. The Gujarat team is now behind by 153 runs with six wickets remaining. Madhya Pradesh started the day at 232 for three. Yesterday’s centurion Himanshu Mantri scored 159, taking his innings by 115 runs.
Madhya Pradesh added seven runs and lost their first wicket of the day when Gaja trapped opposition captain Aditya Srivastava (15) leg before. Gaja then sent Harsh Gawli (19) to the pavilion and then dismissed Saransh Jain in the next ball, which took the team’s score to 281 for six, after which the innings did not take much time to collapse. The minister faced 349 balls and hit 20 fours and a six. Sneh Patel also took three wickets for 89 runs for Gujarat.
Jammu and Kashmir have scored 176 for six against Punjab in Mohali. For Punjab, Siddharth Kaul took three wickets for 58 runs. In the match between Vidarbha and Chandigarh in Chandigarh, only four overs were played in which the visiting team scored 11 runs without losing a wicket. In Surat, Railways scored 337 in reply to Tripura’s 96 to take a 241-run lead. Tripura has scored 70 runs for one wicket in the second innings.
