Published: Nov 15, 2015, 08:32 AM (IST)
Edited: Aug 31, 2016, 04:37 PM (IST)
Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live coverage of Day 1 of the Group C game of the 2015-16 Ranji Trophy between Saurashtra and Himachal Pradesh, live from Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot. Saurashtra are table topper with 28 points from 5 matches after winning 4 and drawing 1 match. Himachal Pradesh are just below Saurashtra with 21 points from 5 games winning 2 and having drawn 3 matches. Saurashtra have looked unbeatable at home, HP will have it tough to beat them. Saurashtra drew their last match with Goa chasing 281. HP in their last match also had a draw against Services after scoring 531 in the first innings. Complete coverage of Ranji Trophy 2015-16
LIVE CRICKET SCORE Himachal Pradesh 310/3 in Overs 90; BATTING: PS Chopra 168(299), Robin Bisht 30(65): Himachal cross the 300-run mark with as many as seven wickets in hand! What’s better, they also have two set batsmen at the crease at stumps, with Chopra and Bisht batting on 168 and 30 respectively. Thanks to their strong batting performance, HP are in the driver’s seat at the moment and will look to carry their momentum over to the next couple of days.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE Himachal Pradesh 269/3 in Overs 80; BATTING: PS Chopra 147(269), Robin Bisht 11(35): Chopra has moved to 147 at the end of the 80th over, with Himachal reaching a score of 269 for the loss of three wickets. The opener will aim for a bigger score on the second day, with 200 very much on the cards for the opener at the moment. Earlier, Himachal lost their third wicket when Paras Dogra was caught by Jaydev Shah off the bowling of Jadeja. OUT!
LIVE CRICKET SCORE Himachal Pradesh 223/2 in Overs 62; BATTING: PS Chopra 119(214), Paras Dogra 17(16): Prashant Chopra brings up his century, batting on 119 at the end of 62 overs, having hit 18 boundaries so far in the innings. Earlier, Makwana managed to remove Kalsi for 37 to bring an end to the promising 81-run stand. Himachal are still in the driver’s seat at the moment though, going into tea at a score of 223/2. OUT! AR Kalsi lbw KR Makwana 37(61)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE Himachal Pradesh 147/1 in Overs 40; BATTING: PS Chopra 90(143), AR Kalsi 8(16): HP’s strong opening stand between Ankush Bains and PR Chopra comes to an end, with the former getting bowled off the bowling of Jaydev Unadkat for 47 off 83 balls. Meanwhile, Chopra is approaching is hundred, reaching a score of 90 at the end of 40 overs. OUT! Ankush Bains b Jaydev Unadkat 47(83)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE Himachal Pradesh 115/0 in Overs 32; BATTING: Ankush Bains 47 (81), PS Chopra 66 (113): Bains and Chopra have brought up the 100-run opening stand between them, with Chopra batting on 66 and Bains three runs away from his half-century at the end of 32 overs. Saurashtra are at a loss of options at the moment.
Saurashtra will be missing their star players Ravindra Jadeja and Cheteshwar Pujara who are on national duty playing against South Africa in Gandhi- Mandela Series 2015. Jadeja has been the breakthrough performer up until now picking up 38 wickets in 4 matches he had played for Saurashtra.Himachal Pradesh will want double century scorer Paras Dorga to come good again and Shresth Nirmohi to continue his wicket taking form. Saurashtra will want to stay on top going into round 8 of the Ranji Trophy 2015-16.
TOSS: Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat in this away game against Saurashtra, being played at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE Himachal Pradesh 58 for no loss in Overs 11; BATTING: Ankush Bains 16 (27), PS Chopra 43 (41): Ankush Bains and PS Chopra have provided the Himachal side a very strong start in this important away clash. They have added 58 runs in the first 11 overs, and their confident batting would increase the confidence in the other batsmen to come.
Squads
Saurashtra: Abhishek Bhat, Sheldon Jackson, Ravindra Jadeja, Kamlesh Makvana, Deepak Punia, Jaydev Unadkat, Aarpit Vasavada, Avi Barot , Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, Chirag Jani, Sagar Jogiyani (wk), Cheteshwar Pujara, Jaydev Shah (c), Vandit Jivrajani, Mohsin Dodia, Saurya Sanandiya
Himachal Pradesh: Ankush Bains (wk), Bipul Sharma (c), Prashant Chopra, Paras Dogra, Pankaj Jaiswal, Ronit More, Abhimanyu Rana, Akash Vasisht, Ankush Bedi, Robin Bist, Rishi Dhawan, Nikhil Gangta, Ankit Kalsi, Shresth Nirmohi, Varun Sharma, Akshay Chauhan
