JHA 105/6 | Live Cricket Score, Jharkhand vs Goa, Ranji Trophy 2015-16, Group C match, Day 4 at Jamshedpur: Match drawn; Goa takes three points

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Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live coverage of Day 4 of the Group B game of the 2015-16 Ranji Trophy between Jharkhand and Goa , live from Jamshedpur. Jharkhand leg-spinner Samar Quadri’s brilliant six wickets for 97 runs restricted Goa to 302 in their first innings on the third and penultimate day of their Ranji Trophy Group C cricket match. Goa, however, clawed their way back with four wickets, leaving the home side at a shaky 159 for 4 in their battle for first-innings points going into the fourth day. Jharkhand now trail by 143 runs. Complete coverage of Ranji Trophy 2015-16

Goa lost overnight batsman Swapnil Asnodkar and Snehal Kauthankar early on the third morning before being revived by a 58-run partnership for the fifth wicket between Rituraj Singh and Darshan Misal. Jharkhand’s Sumit Kumar and Shiv Gautam shared a 64-run partnership for the second wicket after opener Prakash Munda was dismissed for only 2. Shadab Jakati, however, struck with three quick wickets to push Jharkhand from 60 for 1 to 106 for 4.

Live cricket scores Jharkhand 105/6 | Target 196 | Overs 34 | Batting: Kumar Deobrat 25(48), Sunny Gupta 0(5): SP Gautam is out for 41, he is caught by Darshan Misal off Amogh Desai’s delivery. Jharkhand adds five more runs and the umpire calls for end of day’s play. Match is drawn but since Goa took first innings lead, they get three points while Jharkhand takes one point. 20-25 more overs and the match would had certainly fetched a result. OUT! SP Gautam c Darshan Misal b Amogh Desai 41(97)   

Live cricket scores Jharkhand 99/5 | Target 196 | Overs 31 | Batting: SP Gautam 40(93), Kumar Deobrat 20(39): Jharkhand’s sixth wicket partnership between SP Gautam and Kumar Deobrat is now worth 37 runs. Jharkhand now needs 97 runs to win. SP Gautam is nearing his half century. In his 40-run knock so far he has struck six beautifully timed fours. Kumar Deobrat is batting along with him on 20 at the other end. Match is getting interesting.

Live cricket scores Jharkhand 67/5 | Target 196 | Overs 23 | Batting: SP Gautam 32(71), Kumar Deobrat 4(13): Jharkhand are losing wickets in a heap. They are five down on a paltry score of 67. Amit Yadav is bowling very well. At present, SP Gautam and Kumar Deobrat are at the crease batting on 32 and four respectively. Jharkhand needs 129 more runs to win from here on. Shahbaz Nadeem is next in batting order if a wicket falls. Momentum of the match has shifted to Goa.  OUT! Sumit Kumar c Darshan Misal b Shadab Jakati 14(34), OUT! Anand Singh b Amit Yadav 2(7), OUT! Saurabh Tiwary c Sagun Kamat b Amit Yadav 0(3), Ishank Jaggi c Rahul Keni b Amit Yadav 0(3)

Live cricket scores Jharkhand 31/1 | Target 196 | Overs 8.3 | Batting: SP Gautam 11(26), Sumit Kumar 13(18): Jharkhand lose their first wicket Prakash Munda for two runs. Prakash was caught by Rahul Keni off the bowling of Prasanth Parameswaran. SP Gautam and Sumit Kumar are at the crease batting on 11 and 13 respectively. They now need 165 runs to win. OUT! Prakash Munda c Rahul Keni b Prasanth Parameswaran 2(7)

Live cricket scores Goa 302 & 102/5 dec. | Jharkhand 209 | Overs 37 | Batting: Darshan Misal 39(68), Rahul Keni 5(7): Goa declare their second innings on 102 for five. Jharkhand will now need 196 runs to win. It’s tough because not many overs are left to be bowled today and this is also the last day of the Test. It is advisable that Jharkhand be practical and just squeeze out the balls which will be bowled today. OUT! Snehal Kauthankar b Rahul Shukla 17(44), OUT! RR Singh c Sumit Kumar b Rahul Shukla 0(6)

Live cricket scores Goa 302 & 91/3 | Jharkhand 209 | Overs 32 | Batting: Darshan Misal 34(55), Snehal Kauthankar 16(40): Darshan Misal and Snehal Kuathankar are batting well in tandem. Their partnership has fetched Goa 40 runs. Goa are leading by 184 runs, maybe we’ll see a declaration after they add 70-80 more runs. Shahbaz Nadeem has picked two of the three Goa wickets which fell today. Goa have an edge at the moment.

Live cricket scores Goa 302 & 54/3 | Jharkhand 209 | Overs 19.4 | Batting: Darshan Misal 12(19), Snehal Kauthankar 1(2): Goa have lost three early wickets in their second innings. Both their openers— Amogh Desai and Swapnil Asnodkar are back in the pavilion having scored just 13 and 28 respectively. Sagun Kamat, who came one down was caught for a duck by Sumit Kumar off the bowling of Samar Quadri. Goa now lead by 147 runs. OUT! Amogh Desai b Shahbaz Nadeem 13(36), OUT! Swapnil Asnodkar lbw Shahbaz Nadeem 28(58), OUT! Sagun Kamat c Sumit Kumar b Samar Quadri 0(3)   

Live cricket scores Jharkhand 209 | Goa 302 | Overs 72.4 | Batting: Anand Singh 18(46): In a brilliant exhibition of pace and spin bowling, Goa bowlers were able to inflict a middle and lower-order batting collapse of Jharkhand batsmen. Starting from 159 for four from yesterday, Jharkhand were able to add only fifty runs today and lost all their remaining wickets i.e. six. They now have a 93 run first innings deficit. OUT! SP Gautam c Sagun Kamat b Shadab Jakati  45(158), OUT! Kumar Deobrat b Prasanth Parameswaran 49(78), OUT! Sunny Gupta c&b Shadab Jakati 0(10), OUT! Shahbaz Nadeem  c Shadab Jakati b Amit Yadav 11(24), OUT! Rahul Shukla c Shadab Jakati b Amit Yadav 4(13), OUT!  Samar Quadri c Prasanth Parameswaran b Amit Yadav 0(7)

Teams:

Jharkhand: Shahbaz Nadeem(c),Saurabh Tiwary, Samar Quadri, Ishank Jaggi, Kumar Deobrat, Shiv Gautam, Rahul Shukla, Prakash Munda, Anand Singh, Sumit Kumar(w), Sunny Gupta.

Goa: Dheeraj Jadhav(c), Amogh Sunil Desai, Swapnil Asnodkar, Rituraj Singh, Amit Yadav, Snehal Suhas Kauthankar, Darshan Misal, Rahul Keni(w), Sagun Kamat, Shadab Jakati, Prasanth Parameswaran.

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