Tamil Nadu batsman Baba Aparajith scored 166 runs against Chhattisgarh.
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Ranji Trophy 2022 (Ranji Trophy 2022) The color of the season has gone up in full swing and the biggest tournament of Indian domestic cricket is witnessing tremendous matches. The second matches of the group stage started from Thursday 24 February, in which many teams are in a strong position. We will inform you about some special matches in today's Ranji round-up. The most important in this is Delhi and Jharkhand. (Delhi vs Jharkhand) Competition between. Delhi, which won the Ranji Trophy title many times (Delhi Cricket Team) The team of Jharkhand is not in a good position in front of Jharkhand and the team is in danger of being eliminated from the group stage itself. The team needs at least 29 runs on the third day to keep their hopes alive.
At the same time, last season's runner-up Bengal has taken a significant lead in the first innings against Hyderabad. Hyderabad's batsmen could not stand in front of the havoc of Bengal bowlers. Apart from this, the competition between Vidarbha and Maharashtra is also going on, where Ganesh Satish of Vidarbha scored a double century on the second day and the team scored 569 runs in the first innings.
Delhi vs Jharkhand
The current Ranji Trophy season for the Delhi cricket team may end in the group stage itself. Delhi team is struggling in the second match of their Group H against Jharkhand. At the end of the second day's play, Delhi scored 223 runs for the loss of 8 wickets and are still 29 runs away from taking the lead over Jharkhand in the first innings. Delhi's entire burden is on middle order batsman Jonty Sidhu, who continues to struggle after scoring 78 runs. Delhi had lost 7 wickets for only 146 runs, but then Jonty took over the innings. Jharkhand had scored 251 runs in the first innings. If Delhi has to stay in the tournament, then it has to get at least 3 points from this match and for that it is necessary to take the lead first. In the first match drawn against Tamil Nadu, Delhi's team was behind in the first innings and could get only 1 point.
Tamil Nadu vs Chhattisgarh
In another group match, Tamil Nadu declared on 470/9 in the first innings and then sent half the team of Chhattisgarh to the pavilion for 105 runs and consolidated their position in the match. Chhattisgarh still need 215 runs to save the follow-on with five wickets remaining. Earlier, Baba Aparajith scored 166 and Shahrukh Khan scored 69 runs to take Tamil Nadu to a big score.
Hyderabad vs Bengal
Captain Ravi Teja and tail-end batsman Tanay Thiagarajan scored 205 runs in their first innings as Hyderabad overcame tough conditions in reply to Bengal's 242 in a Ranji Trophy Group B match on Friday. Bengal, who took a 37-run lead in the first innings, lost one wicket for 16 runs in their second innings at the end of the second day's play. With this, the total lead of the team has gone up to 53 runs. Thiagarajan, who took five for 71 in Bengal's first innings, batted at the ninth order, scoring 52 off 103 balls while captain Teja remained unbeaten on 81 off 196 balls. Hyderabad's team was struggling after scoring 70 for seven at one time but Teja and Thiagarajan put on a 109-run partnership for the eighth wicket to stop Bengal from taking a big lead.
Andhra Pradesh vs Services
Former India Under-19 captain Ricky Bhui's 149 and Karan Shinde's 96 helped Andhra to score 389 in the first innings against Services on the second day of the Elite Group E match on Friday. Andhra started playing at 277 for three in the morning. Thanks to Bhui and Shinde, the team reached the score of 337 runs. Shinde missed the century by just four runs and became the victim of off-spinner Pulkit Narang. Both of them put on a partnership of 218 runs for the fourth wicket. The rest of the batsmen could not make any useful contribution. With the score of 350 runs for four wickets, the team was reduced to 389 runs. Narang took six wickets for 56 runs. Senna scored 75 runs for two wickets till the stumps.
Vidarbha vs Maharashtra
Ganesh Satish (275 runs) scored a double century as Vidarbha declared their first innings at 569 for five on day two of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group G match against Maharashtra here on Friday. Maharashtra team had scored 46 runs for the loss of one wicket till the stumps. This was Satish's best individual score and his second first-class double century. Earlier, his best performance was 237 against Andhra in the 2019-20 season. The right-handed batsman, who came out to bat at number four, made shots around the park at will against the Maharashtra attack. Satish faced 482 balls and hit 33 fours and five sixes.
Madhya Pradesh vs Meghalaya
A stroke-filled 111 from Shubham Sharma and a 100 by Akshat Raghuvanshi put Madhya Pradesh in a strong position against Meghalaya on the second day of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group A match here on Friday. After bundled out Meghalaya for just 61 runs, Madhya Pradesh declared the first innings on a mammoth score of 499 for six, with hundreds of in-form Shubham Sharma and Raghuvanshi contributing significantly. Experienced Rajat Patidar and Yash Dubey also contributed with 86 and 85 not out respectively. Meghalaya had scored 16 runs without losing a wicket in the second innings till the stumps.
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