Ranji Trophy 2023: Andhra beat Saurashtra, TN thump Assam
Spinner Lalith Mohan, who had a five-for in the first innings, grabbed a six-wicket haul (6/58) in the second essay as Andhra beat Saurashtra 150 runs. Brief Scores: Andhra 415 and 164 for 7 decl in 45 overs beat Saurashtra 237 and 192 in 56.2 overs (Cheteshwar Pujara 91; Lalith Mohan 6/58) 150 runs.
TN thump Assam
Tamil Nadu defeated Assam an innings 70 runs to reger their first outright win of the season. Brief Scores: Tamil Nadu 540 vs Assam 266 and 204 in 88.1 overs (Rishav Das 58; Ajith Ram 5/70)
Chandigarh grab three points
Chandigarh secured three points virtue of first-innings lead from a drawn game against Railways after a truncated final day.
Brief Scores: Railways 386 all out & 71 for 1 in 17 overs (Shivam Chaudhary 33 not out) drew with Chandigarh 485 for 8 declared in 149 overs (Manan Vohra 126, Gaurav Puri 102 not out, Kunal Mahajan 83; Himanshu Sangwan 3/64)Akash Deep bags ten-wicket haul
Bengal pacer Akash Deep returned with a career-best 10-wicket match haul as Bengal stormed into quarterfinals with am innings and 50-run victory over Haryana. Brief Scores: Bengal 419 and Haryana 163 and f/o 206 (Yuvraj Singh 78, Chaitanya Bishnoi 55; Akash Deep 5/51, Mukesh Kumar 3/62, Ishan Porel 2/42)
Karnataka-Kerala share points
Karnataka gained three points after its Ranji Trophy Group C match against Kerala petered out to a draw. Brief Scores: Kerala 342 all out & 96 for 4 (Sachin Ba 37 not out) drew Karnataka 485 for 9
Rajasthan drub Chhattisgarh
Rajasthan trounced Chhattisgarh 167 runs. Brief Scores: Rajasthan 360 all out and 268 for 3 declared Mahipal Lomror 130) beat Chhattisgarh 199 all out & 262 all out in 83.4 overs (AG Tiwary 51, Shanshank Singh 51, Sumit Ruikar 47, MJ Suthar 6/116)
Goa beat Services
Goa regered an impressive innings win over Services at Palam. Services, who were 139 for 2 overnight, saw opener Ravi Chauhan score a valiant ton but that could not prevent the team from going down an innings as they were dismissed for 304. Brief Scores: Services 175 all out in 59.2 overs and 304 all out in 91 overs lost to Goa 483 for 9 declared in 155.2 overs
Jharkhand win 10 wickets
Jharkhand eased to a 10-wicket win over Puducherry, knocking off the target of 70 in the 27th over. Brief Scores: Pondicherry 231 all out and 250 all out lost to Jharkhand 412 all out and 73 for no loss in 26.2 overs (Kumar Deobrat 38 not out).
