Ranji Trophy: Gujarat pinch 3 points from Mumbai

HUBBALL: With Mumbai putting up a stiff resistance on the pentultimate day of their Ranji Trophy encounter against Gujarat here, the only realistic outcome in this match was a draw, and that's how things panned out at the KSCA Stadium on Thursday.
Gujarat, however, walked away with three crucial points by virtue of edging past their opponents to the first innings lead.Requiring 109 runs to surpass Gujarat's total of 437, Mumbai managed to reach 422, thereby falling short by 15 runs. Parthiv Patel's side reached 820 in 45 overs when stumps were drawn, with opener Priyank Panchal hitting an unbeaten 56 and Samit Gohel contributing 18 not out.
Resuming on 3286 Mumbai were banking on the firepower of Shreyas Iyer, who was unbeaten on 191 overnight, but the young right-hander could not do much, adding only three runs to his tally before being caught by Gohel off medium Rush Kalaria for 194.
At this stage, Mumbai were still 104 runs adrift of their target and it was always going to be tough for the remaining lower or der batsmen to put up a resistance. Nevertheless, Shardul Thakur dug his heels in and struck 56 off 89 balls, before he was the last man out to Jasprit Bumrah, who had him caught by Manpreet Juneja.
Thakur's knock was laced with six boundaries and two hits over the fence. Spinners Aditya Dhumal (8 runs) and Vishal Dabholkar (12) tried to assist Thakur, but their efforts proved insufficient. Bumrah, meanwhile, was the most successful bowler, taking 6-71 for his best First Class figures.
As things stand, Mumbai still lead Group A with 26 points in six games while Gujarat have accumulated 21points off five outings and are firmly in contention for a quarterfinals berth. "The wicket was on the slower side and I tried and bowled reverse swing to get wickets and also restrict the batsmen," Bumrah said after the match.
RANJI TROPY: ROUND 7; DAY 4
GROUP A: At Hubballi: Gujarat 437 &82/0 in 45 ovs (P Panchal 56*). Mumbai 422 in 143 ovs (Shreyas Iyer 194, S Thakur 56; J Bumrah 6/71). Match Drawn (Gujarat 3 pts, Mumbai 1) At Delhi (Kotla): Railways 371& 150/1 in 41ovs (S Wakaskar 71*, S Shukla 57). MP 510/8 decl in 164 ovs (D Bundela 188, SSharma 119, A Sharma 46). Match drawn (MP 3 pts, Rlys 1) At Nagpur (VCA ground): Punjab 284 & 375/5 decl in 79 ovs (U Kaul 65, Mandeep Singh 128, Gurkeerat Singh 55, MS Gony 66*). TN 354 & 103/1in 37 ovs (A Mukund 67*). Match drawn (TN 3 pts, Punjab 1point)
Points tally: Mumbai 26 pts (6 matches), TN 23 (7), Gujarat 21(5), Punjab 17 (6), Bengal 16 (5), MP 13 (6), Rlys 10 (7), Baroda 9 (6), UP 4 (6)
GROUP B: At Chennai (IIT Chemplast ground): Maharashtra 542. Assam 256 & 234 in 73 ovs (Arun Karthik 87, S Purkayastha 69; A Sanklecha 4/71, M Sayyed 4/47). Maharashtra won by an innings and 52 runs (Maharashtra 7 pts, Assam 0) At Wayanad: Rajasthan 238 & 221in 85.4 ovs. Delhi 307 & 156/8 in 41.4 ovs (S Dhawan 49). Delhi won by 2 wkst (Delhi 2pts, Rajasthan 0) At Delhi (Palam A ground): Karnataka 179 & 393 in 121.2 ovs (CM Gautam 95, Vinay Kumar 41, S Gopal 77, KGowtham 46; Dhiraj Singh 5/98). Odisha 342 & 63/0 in 32 ovs. Match drawn (Odisha 3 pts, Karnataka 1) At Delhi (Karnail Singh Stadium): Saurashtra 301& 189 in 80 ovs (S Patel 62). Vidarbha 347 & 146/2 in 35 ovs (R Sanjay 51, Ganesh Satish 56). Vidarbha won by 8 wkts (Vidarbha 6 pts, Saurashtra 0)
Points tally: Karnataka 30 pts (6 matches), Jharkhand 26 (6), Maharashtra 21(6), Delhi 18 (6), Odisha 15 (6), Vidarbha 13 (6), Rajasthan 12 (7), Assam 8 (7), Saurashtra 6 (6)
GROUP C: At Guwahati (Barsapara): Kerala 219 & 302/6 in 71 ovs (B Thakkar 56, PR Prem 89, Sachin Baby 60*). Andhra 226 & 193/4 in 80 ovs (K Bharat 73, H Vihari 53*, RK Bhui 44). Match drawn (Andhra 3 pts, Kerala 1) At Valsad: Hyderabad 351& 122 in 48.2 ovs (Pankaj Rao 5/44, A Tamrakar 4/19). Chhattisgarh 188 & 241in 84.1ovs (A Khare 44, Ashutosh Singh 67; Ravi Kiran 4/60, A Bhandari 3/25). Hyderabad won by 44 runs (Hyderabad 6, Chhattisgarh 0) At Ghaziabad: Goa 413 & 143/5 in 58 ovs (S Amonkar 57). Haryana 568 in 160.2 ovs (N Saini 227, S Rohilla 41, C Bishnoi 90, S Pahal 58, H Patel 43). Match drawn (Haryana 3 pts, Goa 1) At Surat: Services 401& 295/9 dec in 84.1ovs (Rahul Singh 58; M Dagar 4/61). Himachal 296 & 145/2 in 45 ovs (P Chopra 66, R Bist 41*) Match drawn (Services 3 pts, Himachal 1) At Mumbai (Bandra Kurla Complex): J&K 315 & 318/4 decl in 90 ovs (ID Singh 129*, P Rasool 67, AP Singh 51*). Tripura 297 & 168/8 in 59 ovs (Rajat Dey 53*; S Beigh 3/30). Match drawn (J&K 3 pts, Tripura 1)
Points tally: Andhra 25 pts (7 matches), Hyderabad 23 (6), Haryana 22 (7), Himachal 19 (7), J&K 14 (7), Tripura 13 (6), Goa 12 (7), Chhattisgarh 11(7), Services 9 (7)