Ranji Trophy: Mukesh Kumar, Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal Shine With Ball To Hand Bengal Big Win Over Bihar

India pacer Mukesh Kumar returned with an impressive match haul of 10 for 50 while Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal too shone bright with the ball to power Bengal to a massive innings and 204 runs win over Bihar in a Ranji Trophy Group B match in Kolkata on Sunday. Resuming their second innings at 32 for 1, Bihar crumbled like pack of cards in front of Mukesh (6/32) and Jaiswal (4/34) to be bundled out for 112. Mukesh (4/18) and Jaiswal (4/47) had earlier picked up four wickets each to bundle our Bihar for 95 in their first innings.

In reply, Bengal piled up a mammoth score of 411 for 5 declared, riding on Abhimanyu Easwaran's unbeaten 200 and Abhishek Porel's 56.

Bihar were never in the game in the second innings as they found the pair of Mukesh and Jaiswal hard to tackle from the word go.

Sakibul Gani top-scored for Bihar with a 25-ball 28.

The win gave Bengal seven points from the game, including a bonus point for the innings victory.

In another Group B match in Lucknow, Chhattishgarh find themselves in a strong position, having taken the all-important first innings lead against Uttar Pradesh.

Resuming at the overnight score of 124 for 5, Uttar Pradesh were bowled out for 238 in 67.5 overs in reply to Chhattishgarh's 414.

Saurabh Kumar (55), Yash Dayal (55) and skipper Nitish Rana (54) scored half-centuries for Uttar Pradesh.

Ravi Kiran (3/59) and Jivesh Butte (3/66) shared six wickets between them, while Ashish Chouhan (2/62) scalped two.

At stumps on the third day's play, Chhattisgarh reached 124 for 5 in 37 overs, extending their overall lead to 300 runs.

Ashutosh Singh (43) and Shashank Chandrakar (42) were the main contributors with the bat.

For UP, Sivam Sharma (3/14) scalped three wickets.

Vysakh, Srinivas hundreds power Karnataka to command over Chandigarh

Sharath Srinivas and Vysakh Vijaykumar notched up stroke-filled unbeaten hundreds as Karnataka placed themselves in a prime position to push for an outright win against Chandigarh on the third day of their Ranji Trophy Group C match in Hubli on Sunday.

Wicketkeeper batter Srinivas (100, 160b, 11x4) and Vysakh (103, 141b, 10x4, 2x6) stitched together 198 runs for the sixth wicket stand as Karnataka declared their first innings at 563 for five.

It gave the home side a lead of 296 runs and at close Chandigarh have reached 61 for no loss.

Karnataka started the day at 268 for three, ahead by just one run with veteran batter Manish Pandey, overnight 102, having young Hardik Raj (49) for company.

They batted with purpose as Pandey motored to 148 and Hardik reached 82.

But their 239-run association for the fourth wicket ended when Hardik succumbed to left-arm spinner Karan Kalia, the most successful Chandigarh bowler (3/143).

Karnataka were 354 for 4 then.

Kalia trapped Pandey leg before 11 runs later but the hosts found two more willing soldiers in Srinivas and Vysakh as both of them went on to make their maiden First-Class hundreds.

Karnataka are now second in Group C with 24 points behind Gujarat (25 points) and they will be looking for an outright win to top the group.

As things stand now, Karnataka can finish the group engagements with 27 points by virtue of their first innings lead. But an outright win, if it is by innings, will swell their tally to 31.

At Salem, Tamil Nadu are battling for a quarterfinals berth against Punjab. TN have 22 points and they have taken the first-innings lead over Punjab.

If the match ends in a draw TN will have 25 points, same as Gujarat, but they can go through to knockouts after logging a better Net Run Rate of 1.78 as against the Western side's 1.11.

But if they manage a win, then Tamil Nadu can have 28 points.

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