Cheteshwar Pujara confirmed his insatiable starvation for runs along with his seventeenth double hundred in first-class cricket earlier than Prerak Mankad’s all-round present put Saurashtra answerable for their Ranji Trophy opener towards Jharkhand on day three in Rajkot on Sunday. Pujrara, unbeaten on 157 in a single day, ended with 243 not out off 356 balls as Saurashtra declared their first innings at 578 for 4 in response to Jharkhand’s 142 all within the first innings, gaining a large lead of 436 runs. The declaration got here after Mankad (104 not out off 176) accomplished his second first-class hundred.
Jharkhand openers Kumar Deobrat (74 not out off 130) and Nazim Siddique (45 off 51) batted with much more function within the second innings however twin strikes from medium pacer Mankad left them at 140 for 2 at stumps on day three.
Jharkhand nonetheless path Saurashtra by 296 runs.
Pujara, the 103-Take a look at veteran who was dropped from the Indian group following the WTC remaining in June final 12 months, hardly put a foot unsuitable in his marathon effort comprising 30 fours. His nimble foot work towards the spinners stood out.
It was Pujara’s eighth double hundred in Ranji Trophy and seventeenth first-class double ton. It ties him up with Herbert Sutcliffe and Mark Ramprakash. He’s now behind solely the nice Don Bradman (37), Wally Haymond (36) and Patsy Hendren (22). The 35-year-old additionally has three triple a whole lot in first-class cricket.
India’s dependable quantity three for greater than a decade might be desperate to make most of his outings in Ranji Trophy earlier than the squad is introduced for the house Take a look at collection towards England, beginning January 25.
His unconquered 256-run stand with Mankad has put his group in a domination place.
After making an influence, Mankad removed Jharkhand opener Siddique and quantity three Aditya Chandresh Singh (0). On a flat deck, Mankad persistently bowled within the off-stump channel and was rewarded with two wickets.
Deobrat nonetheless pissed off the Saurashtra bowlers with a stable effort together with 9 fours. Temporary scores: At Rajkot: Jharkhand 142 in 49 overs and 140/2 in 45 overs (Kumar Deobrat 74 batting; Prerak Mankad 2/12) vs Saurashtra 578/4 decl in 156 overs (Harvik Desai 85, Sheldon Jackson 54, Cheteshwar Pujara 243 not out, Prerak Mankad 104 not out).
At Solapur: Manipur 137 in 54.1 overs & 114 all out in 55.2 overs (Hitesh Walunj 3/11, Siddhesh Veer 4/10) vs Maharashtra 320 in 81.2 overs. Maharashtra gained by innings and 69 runs.
At Nagpur: Providers 241 and 155 all out vs Vidarbha 219 and 45/0 in 14 overs (Faiz Fazal batting 20, Sanjay Raghunath batting 25).
At Rohtak: Haryana 100/6 in 52 overs (Rohit Pramod Sharma batting 38; Aniket Choudhary 2/15, Manav Suthar 2/23). Rajasthan (dangerous mild impacted play once more).
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