Valsad: Left-arm spinner Saurabh Kumar finished with a 10-wicket haul in the match to help Uttar Pradesh post a 155-run win over Gujarat and earn six points from their Group B Ranji Trophy encounter, on Sunday.
Chasing 431 for victory, Gujarat’s one-down batsman Bhargav Merai chipped in with a crucial 54, while Manpreet Juneja (91 off 101 balls) and Akshar Patel (80 off 89) played gritty late-order knocks, adding 142 runs off 153 balls for the seventh wicket, but still failed to avoid defeat.
Saurabh, who claimed five for 37 in the first innings, once again wreaked havoc by taking five for 106 in the second essay to give the visitors an outright win.
Having already taken a 173-run first innings lead over Gujarat, UP resumed the day at 163 for seven in their second innings and went on to score 257 all out with overnight batsman Piyush Chawla (62 not out) hitting a solid half-century.
Summarised scores
Group A
In Bhubaneswar: Delhi 311 (M. Kumar 59; S Pradhan 4/119). Odisha 195/4 (A. Sarangi 76 batting).
In Jaipur: Karnataka 281 & 318/5 decl. (R. Uthappa 160). Rajasthan 242 & 42/3 (S. Aravind 2/20).
In Nagpur: Vidarbha 332 & 149 (A. Ubarande 47; A. Darekar 5/78). Maharashtra 237 & 3/1.
Group B
In New Delhi: Services 254 & 311/6 (R. Paliwal 103, Y. Singh 115 batting; S. Sanandiya 3/54). Saurashtra 264.
In Vadodara: Madhya Pradesh 269 & 113/2 (J. Saxena 39). Baroda 296 (A. Waghmode 68; M. Hirwani 5/60).
In Valsad: Uttar Pradesh 273 & 257 (P. Chawla 62n.o.). Gujarat 100 & 275 (M. Juneja 91, A. Patel 80; S. Kumar 5/106). UP won by 155 runs.
Group C
In Dharamsala: Tripura 285 & 88/3 (A. Bedi 3/37). Himachal Pradesh 561/5 decl. (P. Dogra 209 n.o., A. Bains 114, P. Chopra 101).
In Hyderabad: Jammu & Kashmir 460. Hyderabad 280 (R. Sharma 4/78, Z. Sofi 4/37) & 122/2 (D. Prince 56 batting).
In Jamshedpur: Goa 302 (S. Asnodkar 71; Samar Quadri 6/97). Jharkhand 159/4 (S. Kumar 51, Shadab Jakati 3/49).
In New Delhi: Tamil Nadu 328. Railways 164 & 200/4 (V. Cheluvaraj 80 batting).
All matches to continue unless otherwise mentioned.
(Agencies)
