Rajkot: Cheteshwar Pujara (204) warmed up nicely for the upcoming Sri Lanka Test series with a record 12th first-class double hundred ensuring a huge first innings total of 553 for nine for Saurashtra against Jharkhand in a Group B encounter of the Ranji Trophy.
En route his double hundred, Pujara surpassed Vijay Merchant's record as the Indian with most double hundreds in first-class cricket -- a record that stood for almost 70 years. At stumps on the second day, Jharkhand were 52 for two with Jaydev Unadkat removing both openers Shasheem Rathour and Nazim Siddiqui.
SUMMARISED SCORES
Group A
In New Delhi (Palam): UP 291 (U. Yadav 67 n.o.). Delhi 228/6 (G. Gambhir 86; Saurabh Kumar 3/74).
• In New Delhi (Karnail Singh Stadium): Hyderabad 474/9 decl (A. Rayudu 112, BP Sandeep 82; M. Rao 3/76, K. Thakur 3/96). Railways 35/1.
• In Pune: Maharashtra 245. Karnataka 461/2 (M. Agarwal batting 219, R. Samarth 129).
GROUP B
In Rajkot: Saurashtra 553/9 (C. Pujara 204, C. Jani 108, P. Mankad 85). Jharkhand 52/2 (J. Unadkat 2/13).
• In Thumba: Kerala 219 & 45/1. J&K 173 (KC Akshay 4/37).
• In Valsad: Gujarat 236 & 110/2 (Priyank Panchal batting 61). Haryana 157 (RP Sharma 65, P. Chawla 4/48).
Group C
In Bhubaneshwar: Mumbai 289 & 58/3 (Prithvi Shaw 46) vs Odisha 145 (B. Samantaray 72 n.o., V. Gohil 3/26, A. Nayar 3/27).
• In Vadodara: Baroda 521 (A. Sheth 95 n.o., A. Karambelkar 86, AS Sarkar 3/88) vs Tripura 63/1 (SM Singha 41).
• In Vizianagaram: MP 321 (PR Yarra 4/6) vs Andhra 177/ 5 (G Hanuma Vihari 77, B Sumanth 57, M. Hirwani 2/33).
Group D
In Nagpur: Vidarbha 385 (F. Fazal 136, G. Satish 78, SR Ramaswamy 55). Services 141/4
• In Raipur: Chhattisgarh 238. Punjab 481/6 (A. Singh batting 171, Gurkeerat Singh 111). Agencies
