Ranji Trophy: Abhimanyu Mithun fashions Karnataka victory, Harbhajan Singh leads Punjab to full points

Karnataka batsman Robin Uthappa had scored a 97 in the 2^nd innings

New Delhi, Dec 24: Karnataka pacers Abhimanyu Mithun(5-31) and Vinay Kumar (2-37) shared seven wickets among them to bowl out Railways for a paltry 114 in their 2nd innings to set up a 136-run victory for their team in a Ranji Trophy Group B match here.

Chasing 251 for victory, Railways were never in contention to chase the target, losing wickets at regular intervals to lose by the huge margin.

In another match here, seamer Navdeep Saini (4 for 48) and off-spinner Shivam Sharma (3 for 40) helped Delhi beat Rajasthan by an innings and seven runs. Opener Siddharth Saraf's valiant effort (88) wasn't enough to make Delhi bat for the second time as he didn't get the necessary support from his team-mates.

At Kanpur, Mumbai beat Uttar Pradesh by eight wickets owing to superb bowling spells from medium pacers Wilkin Mota (4/30) and Shardul Thakur (3/70). Their bowling efforts helped Mumbai dismiss U.P. for 161 in the second innings. Mumbai lost two wickets to reach the target of 98. Suryakumar Yadav (47 not out) led his team across the line.

At Pune, veteran Harbhajan Singh scored a quickfire half century (50 off 61 balls) to give Punjab a win over Maharastra by three wickets in a close contest.

Chasing 205, Punjab were in trouble at 68 for four but the experienced player Harbhajan Singh teamed up with Gurkeerat Singh (73 not out) to bail out Punjab.

Brief Scores

Karnataka vs Railways - Karnataka 1st innings 247 all out (Kunal Kapoor 53, CM Gautam 64; Krishnakant Upadhyay 7/98) Railways 1st innings 171 all out (Abhishek Kaushik 59; Sreenath Aravind 4/43, Abhimanyu Mithun 3/53) Karnataka 2nd innings 174 for five declared ( Robin Uthappa 97, Karun Nair 63; Anureet Singh 3/67) Railways 2nd innings 114 all out (Anustup Majumdar 26; Abhimanyu Mithun 5/31, Vinay Kumar 2/37)

Karnataka won by 136 runs

Rajasthan vs Delhi - Rajasthan 141 (Rajesh Bishnoi 57; Parvinder Awana 4/15) Delhi 10/1 (4.0 ov) Delhi 1st innings 380 for six declared (Unmukt Chand 146, Virender Sehwag 64; Aniket Choudhury 3/81) Rajasthan 2nd innings 232 all out ( Siddharth Saraf 88, Navdeep Saini 4/48, Shivam Sharma 3/40)

Delhi won by an innings and 7 runs

Vidarbha vs Haryana - Vidarbha 1st innings 154 all out (Faiz Fazal 46; Asish Hooda 3/40, Joginder Sharma 5/46) Haryana 1st innings 156 all out (Abhimanyu Khod 38; Ravikumar Thakur 4/38, Swapnil Bandiwar 3/65) Vidarbha 2nd innings 23 for 2.

Match Drawn

Hyderabad vs Kerala - Hyderabad 1st innings 270 all out (Hanumana Vihari 76, Ibrahim Khaleel 65; Perumparambath Anthaf 5/61) Kerala 1st innings 447 for seven (Sachin Baby 200, KS Monish 61;Ashish Reddy 3/76) Hydrebad 2nd innings 249 for one ( Tanmay Agarwal 110, Akshath Reddy 104)

Match Drawn

Madhya Pradesh vs Tamil Nadu - Madhya Pradesh 1st innings 432 (Jalaj S Saxena 144, Devendra Bundela 104; Malolan Rangarajan 7/81) Tamil Nadu 1st innings 248 all out ( R Prasanna 74; Ankit Sharma 5/103, Jalaj Saxena 4/74) Tamil Nadu 2nd innings following on 369 all out (Dinesh Karthik 129, Baba Indrajith 63; Sarash Jain 5/50, Jalaj Saxena 3/109) Madhya Pradesh second innings 112 for four ( Naman Ojha 59; Rahil Shah 3/32)

Match Drawn

Jharkhand vs Tripura - Jharkhand 1st Innings: 142 all out in 54.5 overs (Kumar Deobrat 75; Rana Dutt 5/64); Tripura 1st Innings: 362 all out in (Rakesh Solanki 67, Bishal Ghosh 76; Shahbaz Nadeem 4/64, Samar Quadri 3/100) Jharkand 2nd innings 409 for eight ( Ishank Jaggi 201, Kaushal Singh 71; Manisankar Murasingh 4/107) Tripura 2innings 12 for no loss.

Match Drawn

Uttar Pradesh vs Mumbai - Uttar Pradesh 1st innings: 206 all out (Tanmay Srivastava 67, Prashant Gupta 41; Shardul Thakur 6/53, Kshemal Waingankar 2/64) Mumbai 1st innings 270 all out (Shardul Thakur 87, Shreyas Iyer 75; Amit Mishra 4/63, Praveen Kumar 3/77); Uttar Pradesh 2nd innings 161 all out Umang Sharma 60, Praveen Kumar 47; Wilkin Mota 4/30, Shardul Thakur 3/70) Mumbai 2nd innings 98 for two ( Suryakumar Yadav 47; Ankit Rajpoot 2/34)

Mumbai won by 8 wickets

Jammu & Kashmir vs Baroda - J&K 1st innings 497 all out (Parvez Rasool 136, Ram Dayal 124 not out; Swapnil Singh 6/152, Sagar Mangalorkar 3/89) Baroda 1st innings 370 for seven (Saurabh Wakaskar 172, Kedar Devdhar 58; Samiullah Beigh 2/66) J&K 2nd innings 147 for nine ( Ram Dayal 39; Sagar Mangalorkar 6/46)

Match Drawn

Goa vs Himachal Pradesh - Goa 1st innings 357 all out (Darshan Mishal 97, Robin D Souza 67; Vikramjeet Malik 2/55, Raghav Dhawan 2/55) Himachal Pradesh 1st innings 381 all out(Ankit Kalsi 115, Rashmi Parida 88; Gauresh Gawas 3/75) Goa 2nd innings (Sagun Kamat 58, Darshan Mishal 51; Gurvinder Singh 3/46, Karanveer Singh 3/66)

Match Drawn

Maharashtra vs Punjab - Maharashtra 1st innings 210 (Rahul Tripathi 56; Siddharth Kaul 3/46); Punjab 1st innings 391 all out (Yuvraj Singh 136, Jiwanjot Singh 68; Anupam Sanklecha 3/88, Samad Fallah 3/78) Maharastra 2nd innings 384 all out (Kedar Jadhav 109, Rahul Tripathi 103; Siddarth Kaul 4/57, Sandeep Sharma 4/74) Punjab 2nd innings 205 for seven (Gurkeerat Singh 73, Harbhajan Singh 50;Samad Fallah 5/60)

Punjab won by three wickets

Saurashtra vs Gujarat - Saurashtra 1st innings 207 all out (Sheldon Jackson 48; Axar Patel 4/72); Gujarat 1st innings 248 all out (Smit Patel 105; DA Jadeja 5/74) Saurashtra 2nd innings 364 for five declared (Sheldon Jackson 156, Arpit Vasavada 88; Akshar Patel 2/101) Gujarat 2nd innings 130 for two ( Priyank Kirit Panchal 75 not out)

Match Drawn

Andhra vs Services - Andhra 1st innings 234 all out (Srikar Bharat 47, AG Pradeep 59; Deepak Punia 4/60, Roshan Raj 4/77) Services 1st innings 286 all out (Rajat Paliwal 72, Yashpal Singh 57; DP Vijaykumar 3/67, CV Stephen 3/62) Andhra 2nd innings 19 for 1.

Match Drawn