Ranji Trophy; Shubman Gill out-on-duck, Jadeja departs for 7:Easwaran run out due to drinks break; Sarfaraz Khan slams 17th ton

The sixth round matches of the Ranji Trophy started today. Indian Test captain Shubman Gill was out for zero and all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja for just 7 runs. Both their teams are facing each other in Rajkot. Here, 23 wickets fell on the first day of the match. All-rounder Jalaj Saxena, playing for Maharashtra, completed his 500 wickets in first-class cricket. Meanwhile, Mumbai’s Sarfaraz Khan scored his 17th first-class century. Abhimanyu Easwaran, on the other hand, was run out due to a drinks break. Easwaran run out due to drinks break There was a controversy over Bengal captain Abhimanyu Easwaran’s wicket. Aditya Kumar bowled the last ball of the 41st over. Sudip Chatterjee pushed the ball towards the bowler. Easwaran thought the over was finished and it was drinks. So he stepped out of the crease and started walking towards the pavilion for drinks. Easwaran did not want to take a run, but the ball hit the bowler’s hand and then the stumps. Easwaran was out of the crease at this time. Services appealed for a run-out, and the field umpire signaled for a TV replay. The third umpire watched the replay and gave him out. Easwaran admitted his mistake at the end of the day and supported the umpire’s decision. He was out after scoring 81 runs. Group-A: Vidarbha’s Yash Rathod’s century Powered by Yash Rathod’s century, Vidarbha’s team reached a score of 250/7 from 45/4. The team is clashing against Andhra Pradesh in Anantapur. Against Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand scored 269 runs for the loss of 1 wicket on the first day. Shikhar Mohan was out after scoring 78 runs, he made an opening partnership of 148 runs with Sharandeep Singh. The latter returned unbeaten with 121 runs. Tamil Nadu, who are out of the knockout race, scored 281 runs for the loss of 7 wickets against Odisha. Pradosh Ranjan Paul (78), Andre Siddharth (56) and Nidish Rajagopal (54*) scored fifties for the team. After bowling out Nagaland for 206 runs, Baroda scored 129 runs for the loss of 1 wicket. Jyotsnil Singh was out after scoring 55 runs. Shivalik Sharma returned unbeaten with 80 runs. Group-B: Shubman Gill out for a duck A match is being played between Punjab and Saurashtra at Rajkot’s Niranjan Shah Stadium. Here, 23 wickets fell on the first day on a spin track. Indian Test captain Shubman Gill, playing for Punjab, could not even score a run. Meanwhile, Ravindra Jadeja, playing for Saurashtra, could only score 7 runs, though he did take 2 wickets while bowling. While batting first, Saurashtra scored 172 runs. In response, Punjab was bowled out for just 139 runs. Saurashtra lost 3 wickets for just 24 runs in their second innings. The team is 57 runs ahead. Out of 23 wickets on the day, 21 were taken by spinners. Harpreet Brar has taken 8 wickets in the match. Parth Bhut took 5 wickets for Saurashtra. In Alur, Madhya Pradesh scored 244 runs losing 5 wickets against Karnataka. Venkatesh Iyer scored the highest 87 runs. The remaining 4 players in the top-5 played innings of 29 plus runs. Both teams need a win to reach the knockout stage. Last season’s runner-up, Kerala, was bowled out for 139 runs against Chandigarh. Chandigarh also took a 3-run lead by the end of the day’s play. Arjun Azad returned not out with 78 runs and Manan Vohra with 51 runs. Playing for Maharashtra, spin all-rounder Jalaj Saxena completed his 500 wickets in first-class cricket. He took 6 wickets for 79 runs against Goa. Due to this, Goa was bowled out for 209 runs. Maharashtra scored 19 runs without losing a wicket. Group-C: Bengal in a strong position Bengal scored 340 runs for the loss of 4 wickets against Services. Sudip Chatterjee returned unbeaten on 140 runs, while Abhimanyu Easwaran was out after scoring 81 runs. After bundling out Gujarat for 175 runs, Railways also scored 77 runs for the loss of 2 wickets. Former Gujarat all-rounder Bhargav Merai took 3 wickets playing for Railways. Assam lost 6 wickets for 187 runs against Haryana. Meanwhile, Tripura scored 266 runs against Uttarakhand. Swapnil Singh scored 60 runs for the team. Group-D: Sarfaraz’s first century this season Mumbai’s Sarfaraz Khan scored his first century of this Ranji Trophy season, which was the 17th century of his first-class career. Playing against Hyderabad, his team scored 342 runs for the loss of 4 wickets. Sarfaraz returned unbeaten on 142. Siddhesh Lad scored 104 runs. Puducherry bowled out Jammu and Kashmir for 233 runs. Yudhvir Singh Charak took 3 wickets. Delhi was bowled out for 216 runs against Chhattisgarh. Even in this, a 97-run partnership was made for the last wicket. Chhattisgarh also scored 52 runs without losing a wicket. Himachal Pradesh scored 314 runs for the loss of 4 wickets against Rajasthan. Pukhraj Mann returned unbeaten from the team after scoring a century.