Ranji Trophy: Ravindra Jadeja slams 201, Ishant puts Delhi on top

Ravindra Jadeja slammed a double century to put Saurashtra on top while Ishant Sharma and Manan Sharma put Delhi on top against Railways in the second round of the 2017/18 Ranji Trophy.

Ravindra Jadeja smashed 201 as Saurashtra amassed 624/7 against hapless Jammu and Kashmir in a Group B match. The India all-rounder hit 23 fours and two sixes after raising a 281-run partnership with Sheldon Jackson (180) for the fourth wicket and 199 for the fifth with Snell Patel (94).

Ravindra Jadeja slammed a double century to put Saurashtra in the driver’s seat against Jammu and Kashmir in the Ranji Trophy. (REUTERS)

The visitors were reeling at 103/4 in reply at stumps, left-arm spinners Dharmendra Singh Jadeja (3) and Ravindra Jadeja accounting for the wickets.

Delhi on top

Delhi all-rounder Manan Sharma and skipper Ishant Sharma combined to put the former champions on top against Railways on the second day of their Group A Ranji Trophy game on Sunday.

South paw Manan Sharma hit his maiden century (136 - 216 b, 17x4) and raised 117 runs for the seventh wicket with Pulkit Narang (55) to lift Delhi to 447 all out and then took two wickets bowling left-arm spin to reduce Railways to 58 for five at the Karnail stadium.

India pacer Ishant Sharma grabbed three for 12 in his 11 overs and Manan Sharma 2/18 as Delhi, who drew their first game of the season against Assam, pushed for victory.

Group A

Delhi 447 (M Sharma 136, N Rana 89, A Rawat 74, P Narang 55, Anureet 4/92); Railways 58/5 (I Sharma 3/12, M Sharma 2/18).

At Hyderabad: Hyderabad vs Uttar Pradesh. No play on Day 2.

At Mysore: Assam 144 (G Sharma 55; S Gopal 3/43); Karnataka 404/6 (K Gowtham 129no, R Samarth 123; S Purkayastha 3/80).

Group B

At Rajkot: Saurashtra 624/7 decl (S Jackson 181, R Jadeja 201, S Patel 94); Jammu & Kashmir 103/4, D Jadeja 3/36).

At Nadiad: Kerala 208; Gujarat 307/9 (C Gandhi 91no)

At Jaipur: Rajasthan 423 (AV Gautam 107, Tajinder 134; S Gupta 3/76); Jharkhand 97/2.

Group C

At Chennai: Tripura 258 (S Patel 99, Y Singh 96; K Vignesh 4/41) vs Tamil Nadu 332/2 (W Sundar 156*, A Mukund 76, B Indrajith 73*).

At Indore: Madhya Pradesh 409 (N Ojha 180, Ankit Sharma 67; A Parkar 4/70) vs Mumbai 130/1 (J Bista 89*)

At Vadodara: Baroda 373 (K Devdhar 93; Ayyappa 4/69) vs Andhra 190/2 (G Vihari 71*, RK Bhui 53*).

Group D

At Raipur: Bengal 529/7 decl. (K Ghosh 114, A Raman 94, S Chatterjee 118, Shubham Singh 4/162) vs Chhattisgarh 80/5 (Ashutosh Singh 51*; A Dinda 2/6).

Dharamsala: Goa 255 v Himachal Pradesh 356/4 in 92 ovs (P Khanduri 117, A Bains 143; Alemao 2/83)

Mohali: Punjab 161 v Vidarbha 419/5 in 130 ovs (R Sanjay 161, G Satish 126*; Abhishek Sharma 2/110 )