Ranji Trophy: Shardul Thakur's six-for floors UP, Yuvraj Singh's 136 lifts Punjab to 370/8

Yuvraj Singh

New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) Medium pacer Shardul Thakur took six wickets to help Mumbai bowl out Uttar Pradesh for 206 in their first innings on the second day of the Ranji Trophy match at the Green Park stadium in Kanpur on Monday while Yuvraj Singh's 136 lifted Punjab to 370 for eight against Maharashtra in Pune.

Uttar Pradesh had Sunday scored 115 for one but managed to add only 91 runs as right-armer Shardul demolished the hosts' top-order. He made most of the early morning conditions and removed overnight batsman Prashant Gupta (41) in the first delivery of the day. He continued his assault and dismissed Umnag Sharma (0) and other overnight batsman Tanmay Srivastava (67) as the batsmen guided moving deliveries to wicketkeeper Aditya Tare.

Kshemal Waigankar supported Shardul well, picking up two wickets of Piyush Chawla (11) and Praveen Kumar (4). At the stumps, Mumbai also were in a spot of bother as medium pacer Amit Mishra removed openers Sushant Marathe (3) and Braviush Shettry (7) early before Ankit Rajpoot dealt another blow to the visitors by dismissing seasoned Abhishek Nayar (9). Mumbai are trailing by 164 runs.

At the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune, veteran all-rounder Yuvraj hit 25 fours and a six to put Punjab in a commanding position. After his team was reeling at 54/3, he forged a 112-run partnership for the fourth wicket with opener Jiwanjot Singh (68) and later stitched another 112-run stand with Gurkeerat Singh (57). Gitansh Khera (37) and skipper Harbhajan Singh (31) also came up with useful contributions.

At the Ferozeshah Kotla here, Delhi rode on good scores by Unmukt Chand (batting 87) and Virender Sehwag (64) to reach 201 for three against Rajasthan. At the close of play, Unmukt and Mithun Manhas (batting 34) were at the crease.

Brief Scores:

Jharkhand vs Tripura - Jharkhand 1st Innings: 142 all out in 54.5 overs (Kumar Deobrat 75; Rana Dutt 5/64); Tripura 1st Innings: 227 for six in 107 overs (Rakesh Solanki 67, Bishal Ghosh 76; Kaushal Singh 2/37, Samar Quadri 2/57).

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 12 for two (Amit Mishra 2/4).

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 116 for no loss (Saurabh Wakaskar 60 not out, Kedar Devdhar 54 not out).

Rajasthan vs Delhi - Rajasthan 141 (Rajesh Bishnoi 57; Parvinder Awana 4/15) Delhi 10/1 (4.0 ov) Delhi 1st innings 201 for three (Unmukt Chand 87, Virender Sehwag 64; Aniket Choudhury 2/32).

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 172 for three (Ankit Kalsi 66, Rashmi Parida 55 not out; Gauresh Gawas 2/37).

Vidarbha vs Haryana - Vidarbha 1st innings 154 all out (Faiz Fazal 46; Asish Hooda 3/40, Joginder Sharma 5/46) Haryana 1st innings 60 for two (Sunny Singh 30).

Hyderabad vs Kerala - Hyderabad 1st innings 270 all out (Hanumana Vihari 76, Ibrahim Khaleel 65; Perumparambath Anthaf 5/61) Kerala 1st innings 179 for six (KB Pawan 50; Ashish Reddy 2/42).

Maharashtra vs Punjab - Maharashtra 1st innings 210 (Rahul Tripathi 56; Siddharth Kaul 3/46); Punjab 1st innings 370 for 8 (Yuvraj Singh 136, Jiwanjot Singh 68; Anupam Sanklecha 3/75).

Karnataka vs Railways - Karnataka 1st innings 247 all out (Kunal Kapoor 53, CM Gautam 64; Krishnakant Upadhyay 7/98) Railways 1st innings 63 for one (Abhishek Kaushik 44).

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).

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 53 for one.

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 112 for four (Baba Indrajith 39; Ankit Sharma 4/60).