Ranji Trophy, Super league, 2007-08 [Ranji SS available]

[apocalypse]

Mumbai 39/2 tough chance

[kabira]

Kathiwaris will win this game outright...Mumbai is goner.

[Chandan]

and now Bengal are 10/2

Bengal is all out for 112 and Andhra has won comfortably. I'm really astonished at the result being attained in less than two and a half days. What sort of a minefield did they have at Kolkatta? And does this loss mean that Bengal are relegated? Scorecard

[Mr. Wicket]

Rahane and Muzumdar both into the 80s at stumps. Rahane looking seriously classy, a fine innings to watch from him. Hope they continue in the same vein tomorrow.

[Chandan]

ROUND VII, DAY THREE Bengal and Himachal relegated Cricinfo staff December 27, 2007 Chetanya Nanda celebrates after bowling K Vasudevadas, one of his five wickets © Cricinfo Ltd With one day of the league matches left, we finally know the teams that will be relegated: Bengal, for the first time since the introduction of the relegation system, and Himachal Pradesh, who were promoted last year. Although there are still chances otherwise, Delhi, Saurashtra and Uttar Pradesh seem likely to join Baroda in the semi-finals. Saurashtra have frustrated Mumbai for long enough to all but ensure the one point they needed to make it to the semi-finals. Delhi are 95 short of an outright win, which will take them clear of Mumbai who can at best draw against Saurashtra. UP need eight Hyderabad wickets on the final day to end as Group B leaders. If they can get only three points from the match, they will be tied with Andhra at 17 points, but their quotient is better than Andhra's. Delhi 338 and 10 for 0 (Gambhir 6*, Chopra 2*) need another 95 runs to beat Tamil Nadu 268 and 174 (Ramkumar 57, Nanda 5-47) Scorecard Delhi shot Tamil Nadu out for 174 to lay the foundation for what should be an easy win that should seal a semi-final place and most likely take them to the top of Group A. Chetanya Nanda took his third five-wicket haul to hasten the end for Tamil Nadu after Pradeep Sangwan and Rajat Bhatia had removed the openers. It was a quick half-century from No. 8 R Ramkumar that took Tamil Nadu beyond 100 as Ramkumar and H Gopinath, from 61 for 6, added 82 for the seventh wicket. Delhi were 10 for 0 at stumps, chasing 105. Hyderabad 193 and 55 for 2 (Manohar 28*, Shoaib 0*) need another 383 to beat Uttar Pradesh 336 and 294 for 3 dec (Kaif 100*, Ravikant Shukla 70) Scorecard Mohammad Kaif's unbeaten century and three other half-centuries helped Uttar Pradesh set Hyderabad an improbable target and UP took two wickets before stumps, leaving Hyderabad needing another 383 on the final day. UP started the day at 28 for 0 and the opening stand between the Srivastavas - Tanmay and Rohit Prakash - continued for another 72 runs. After both of them got out for half-centuries, Kaif and Ravikant Shukla took over, scoring at a strike-rate of over 60 to enable UP declare 16 overs before stumps. This was Kaif's second century of the season, making him UP's leading run-getter so far. When Hyderabad came out to bat, Praveen Kumar struck in the third over with Abhinav Kumar's wicket and in the last over Praveen Gupta accounted for Anoop Pai. Andhra 121 and 190 (Prasad 54, Bose 7-74) beat Bengal 98 and 112 (Gnaneshwara Rao 5-16, Vijay Kumar 5-56) by 101 runs Scorecard With their fourth loss in six matches which yielded only eight points, Bengal have been relegated to the Plate League for the 2008-09 season. Andhra's P Vijay Kumar and Y Gnaneshwara Rao took five wickets each to ensure a sixth successive batting failure for Bengal. Chasing 214 for a win that would have given them some chance of avoiding relegation, Bengal were shot out for 112, captain Laxmi Shukla being the top scorer with 39. Manoj Tiwary was the only other batsman to reach double figures; he scored 35. Resuming the day at 147 for 6, with a lead of 170, Andhra added 43 more, thanks to MSK Prasad who scored 54. Ranadeb Bose finished with 7 for 74. Rajasthan 218 and 185 for 1 (Saxena 101*, Bishnoi 63*) beat Himachal Pradesh 280 and 122 (Mathur 7-49, Gehlot 2-44) by 9 wickets Scorecard Rajasthan turned the tables on Himachal Pradesh as they bowled them out for 122 in the second innings, knocked off the 185-run target easily, and won the relegation face-off even after having conceded a 62-run first-innings lead. Sumit Mathur was the chief destructor for Rajasthan as he took 7 for 49 to wreck the Himachal innings after they were 56 for 0 at one stage. With a healthy opening stand, and a first-innings lead already in the bag, Himachal looked on their way to avoid relegation, but they lost seven wickets for 31 runs to be reduced to 87 for 7 in a characteristic collapse. The last three wickets showed some resistance, but could take them to 122 only. Rajasthan then batted with intent, and riding on Vineet Saxena's unbeaten century and Rajesh Bishnoi's unbeaten 63, they chased the target down in 41.5 overs. Maharashtra 276 and 18 for 3 (Vinay Kumar 3-3) need another 251 runs to avoid an innings defeat against Karnataka 545 for 9 dec Chipli 135*, Goud 122) Scorecard After Bharat Chipli and Yere Goud piled the runs on for Karnataka, R Vinay Kumar struck with a hat-trick to set up a depressing end to the season for Maharashtra after they led the Group A halfway into the Ranji Trophy. At the end of the third day, Maharashtra required 251 runs to make Karnataka bat again, with seven wickets in hand. Vinay Kumar's hat-trick was the fourth in the last three rounds of Ranji Trophy and second against Maharashtra after Delhi medium-pacer Parvinder Awana had demolished Maharashtra with one in the fifth round. Earlier Chipli and Goud feasted on an inexperienced attack to score centuries and take the lead to 269 before they declared with seven overs to go in the day. Goud scored 122, while Chipli stayed unbeaten on 135. Thilak Naidu chipped in with a a half-century. Mumbai 187 for 2 (Muzumdar 86*, Rahane 83*) v Saurashtra 484 (Kotak 168*, Mangela 5-105) Scorecard Saurashtra moved closer to a spot in the final four on a meandering third day at Wankhede Stadium as Mumbai, who have all but missed out on a semi-final spot, crawled along without any risks to close 297 behind their opposition. In the morning, Mun Munegala didn't take long to remove Sandeep Maniar for his fifth wicket of the innings and terminate Saurashtra's marathon effort at 484. Shitanshu Kotak was left unbeaten after 796 minutes at the crease and entered an elite list: only five men - Rajiv Nayyar (1015), Hanif Mohammad (970), Gary Kirsten (878) and Sanath Jayasuriya (799) have played more minutes in a first-class innings. But Kotak is unique in that he is the only player in that group who has not been dismissed. In their reply, Mumbai proceeded serenely, courtesy an unbroken 148-run partnership between Ajinkya Rahane and Amol Muzumdar after being in a spot of bother at 39 for 2. Sahil Kukreja was given out lbw after a Waghela delivery appeared to have struck him high while Vinit Indulkar nicked one from Sandeep Jobanputra. But Rahane and Muzumdar ensured there would be no more casualties. Mumbai had had their share of problems against the left-handed seamers this season - Delhi's Pradeep Sangwan and Maharashtra's Samad Fallah in particuklar - were successful earlier in the competition - in this season and Jobanputra, Saurashtra's leading bowler with 27 wickets at the start of the game, got the ball to bend in a touch to trouble the batsmen. However, he was guilty of being a tad short in his second spell and slowly, things eased out in the middle. Waghela, the right-arm medium-pacer, bowled a parsimonious opening spell of 11-7-8-1, with his first seven overs being maidens but the runs started to come slowly. Rahane cover drove repeatedly to set the tone and Muzumdar worked the ball around the rotate the strike. Muzumdar, playing in his 100th Ranji game, settled to play some forceful punches through the off side. He was reprieved once on 42 when he jumped out and edged a drive against Rakesh Dhruve but the 'keeper failed to hold on or complete a stumping chance. Rahane's was a chanceless innings and he used his feet well against the spinners to push the score along. However, with their position all but secured and the pitch flat, Saurashtra played well within their strengths all out. Delhi's securing a first-innings lead against Tamil Nadu - and thus having a higher quotient - means Mumbai can sneak in to the semi-finals only if Tamil Nadu pull off a minor miracle in Chennai tomorrow. Mumbai faithfuls will cling on to the fact that Delhi, chasing 105, were shot out under 100 once in this season against Himachal Pradesh. Baroda 255 and 120 for 3 (Gaekwad 58*) lead Orissa 294 (Das 114, Pawar 6-66) by 81 runs Scorecard Baroda took the last seven Orissa wickets for 81 runs, but could not prevent them from taking a first-innings lead. Three points from this game would have ensure Baroda the top position in Group B. In the second innings, Baroda had scored 120 for 3 by stumps, sending the game down the draw path unless there is a dramatic collapse on the final day. Rajesh Pawar took five of the Orissa wickets to fall today to finish his 10th five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.

[kabira]

looks like Delhi will win outright and thats curtains for Mumbai.

[Guest Hiten.]

:((Mumbai. Not to worry. We have won Ranji 37 times, we're Aus of Indian Domestic Cricket aren't we :P

[guju24]

Rahane and Muzumdar both into the 80s at stumps. Rahane looking seriously classy' date=' a fine innings to watch from him. Hope they continue in the same vein tomorrow.[/quote'] but then it will be just for record since bombay will not make it to semis....

[guju24]

thx for the update chandan...looks like delhi or saurashtra has good chance this time...

[Mr. Wicket]

Saurashtra playing as negatively as possible - bowling 2-3 feet wide of the stumps. Only one wide has been called, even though a few have been landing not far from the edge of the pitch. Pathetic, disgracefully defensive cricket from them here even when their semis place is set.

[apocalypse]

Salil: Delhi won by 8 wickets :D

[Mr. Wicket]

*jumps off cliff* Mumbai 305/2 at least. Rahane 129, Amol 152.

[apocalypse]

*jumps off cliff* Mumbai 305/2 at least. Rahane 129, Amol 152.

too late

[varun]

Woohooo Delhi win !!!! :eyedance:Into the semis baby.. I feel sorry for Mumbai.. :D

[Cricketics]

DELHI KI HO GAYI WAAH BHAI WAH.. DELHI KI HO GAYI WAH BHAI WAH.. semi finalz, here we come..

[Dravid]

hahahahaha mumbai lost watch blue bri come in here and ***** about the past now :hahaha:

[apocalypse]

UP will win also. 4 more wickets to get

[apocalypse]

hahahahaha mumbai lost watch blue bri come in here and ***** about the past now :hahaha:

abe mumbai dint lose...they just failed to qualify for semis

[Guest Hiten.]

hahahahaha mumbai lost watch blue bri come in here and ***** about the past now :hahaha:

baroda and guj not going any further too dude. And just as 'reminder' we won Ranji 37 times :D:finger:

[Mr. Wicket]

ey blue, there's always the Ranji ODs ahead... got a title to defend there as well. for the big one though - looks like we gotta wait till next year. still, nice to see amol and rahane ending this season on a high. 149 for rahane (partnership of 299)... amol still going strong on 186 (mumbai 369/3)