Day 2 of the Ranji Trophy action saw marquee batting displays led by Gujarat’s Urvil Patel, who smashed an unbeaten 210 off 227 balls with 17 fours and six sixes. Assisted by Vishal Jayswal’s 77, Gujarat declared their first innings at 534/9.
Massive Totals for Punjab and Tamil Nadu
Punjab buried Andhra under a mountain of runs, declaring at 592/9. Sanvir Singh doubled his overnight score of 100* into a double ton, while Salil Arora scored 205 off 375 balls with 22 fours. Emanjot Singh Chahal hammered a 150-ball 122 containing 9 sixes, and Sukhdeep Singh Bajwa chipped in with 38* from No. 10. Punjab batter Sanvir Singh doubled his Day 1 score of 100* to help his side bury Andhra under a mountain of runs. Which included 7 fours and 9 sixes, punjab had a troika of centurions – Salil Arora got 144 while Emanjot Singh Chahal smashed a 150-ball 122.
Tamil Nadu reached 571/7 declared against their opposition as Pradosh Ranjal Paul completed his double hundred. Lower-order batter Ajith Ram provided strong support with a century from No. 7 before skipper Sai Kishore closed the innings. Saved Delhi the blushes with a measured 78, there wasn’t a third double century of the season for Ayush Badoni but his namesake – Ayush Doseja.
Fighting Batting Efforts Across Venues
Karnataka finished Day 2 on 496/5 to secure a 361-run lead over Assam. KV Aneesh posted an unbeaten 142*, while Aneshwar Gautam scored 83 and Manvanth Kumar remained undefeated on 53*.
Uttar Pradesh posted a solid response against Baroda’s 355, with openers Adarsh Singh (96*) and Madhav Kaushik (90*) batting through 55 overs. Vidarbha captain Akshay Wadkar revived his side from 56/4 in Nagpur, scoring a century before retiring hurt, while No. 8 Nachiket Bhute struck 97 off 111 balls to secure a first-innings lead. Rajasthan opener Rohan Rajbar (140) and Mahipal Lomror (97) restored some batting normalcy in a the wildly fast-paced encounter between Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh, where both teams were bundled out in their first inn.
Defending champions Jammu & Kashmir responded to Puducherry’s 385 with an unbeaten opening stand between Qamran Iqbal (68*) and Shubham Khajuria (80*). Uttarakhand’s Dega Nischal carried his bat for an unbeaten 148 off 376 balls, coming within five runs of Haryana’s entire team total in Dehradun. Having started the day with an overnight score of 261/6, defending champions Jammu & Kashmir were buoyed by openers Qamran Iqbal (68*) and Shubham Khajuria (80*) after their bowlers let Puducherry get to 385. Battling for 376 deliveries (62.4 overs), uttarakhand opener Dega Nischal was his team’s flagbearer with the bat as he fought on with an undefeated 148. His tally was only five runs short of what Haryana managed as a team in Dehradhun.
- Rajasthan pushed their lead over Himachal Pradesh to 222 runs thanks to Rohan Rajbar’s 140 and Mahipal Lomror’s 97.
- Delhi’s Ayush Doseja (78) and Sumit Mathur (80*) fought back after Services scored 266.
- Mumbai advanced from 247/6 overnight to 396 against Railways, aided by half-centuries from Akash Anand and Shams Mulani.
Spinners Dominate with the Ball
Tripura’s spin pair of left-arm orthodox Parvez Sultan (5/118) and off-spinner Sandip Sarkar (4 wickets) bowled out Saurashtra for 118 after Tripura posted 268. Tripura’s 23-year-old spin duo Parvez Sultan (left-arm orthodox) and Sandip Sarkar (right-arm offbreak) put the screws on Saurashtra after their batters posted 268 in the first innings.
Goa enforced the follow-on against Bihar after bundling them out for 107, powered by three wickets apiece from 19-year-old Yash Kasavankar and 34-year-old Vasuki Kaushik. In Hyderabad, Chhattisgarh folded for 279 after adding just 5 runs, but spinner Dharmendrasinh Jadeja took 5/84 to restrict Hyderabad to 275/9 at stumps. Dharmendrasinh Jadeja returned figures of 5 for 84 as Chhattisgarh kept Hyderabad on a leash in their home ground on Day 2.
