Published: Oct 01, 2015, 08:30 AM (IST)
Edited: Aug 31, 2016, 02:20 PM (IST)
Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live coverage of Day One of the Ranji Trophy 2015-16 Group B match between Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. The battle of the two Pradeshs ought to make for some interesting viewing. With Praveen Kumar leading UP, the side will doubtless have his scrappy attitude. UP will dearly miss the services of their two stalwarts Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Suresh Raina, both of whom are on national duty. They have a lot of talent in their midst though; Piyush Chawla, Sarfaraz Khan, Kuldeep Yadav, and Tanmay Srivasatava have immense potential. On the other hand, Madhya Pradesh too have some serious talent in the midst with Ishwar Pandey, Jalaj Saxena, and Naman Ojha being regular fixtures of India A. Naman recently made his Test debut as well, and will be quite confident at the moment. Read all Ranji Trophy 2015-16 team previews here
Live cricket score Uttar Pradesh 260/2 | Overs 90 | BATTING: Almas Shaukat 110 (274), Mohammad Saif 34 (74): Alamas Shaukat scores an excellent ton and Uttar Pradesh finish Day One one high. Ishwar pandey and Ankit Sharma are the two wicket-takers for Madhya Pradesh.
Live cricket score Uttar Pradesh 232/2 | Overs 80 | BATTING: Almas Shaukat 42 (101), Mohammad Saif 26 (46): Uttar Pradesh are actually going on very well. They are in a commanding position, edging towards close of play. Opener Almas Shaukat is nearing a ton and Mohammad Saif is giving him good support at the other end. OUT! Tanmay Shrivastava c Datey b Pandey 75 (139), Himanshu Asnora LBW Ankit 30 (56)
Live cricket score Uttar Pradesh 108/0 | Overs 36 | BATTING: Tanmay Srivastava 65 (115), Almas Shaukat 42 (101): Uttar Pradesh are in commanding position at lunch with Srivastava batting past fifty and Shaukat almost there. Madhya Pradesh will have to regroup after lunch and look to pick up quick wickets.
Live cricket score Uttar Pradesh 22/0 | Overs 3| BATTING: Tanmay Srivastava 13 (9), Almas Shaukat 8 (9): Uttar Pradesh have made an excellent start to their innings, going at over seven an over at the early stages. Madhya Pradesh have to cut things down a little bit.
Playing XI:
Uttar Pradesh: Praveen Kumar (c), Piyush Chawla, Amit Mishra, Kuldeep Yadav, Eklavya Dwivedi (wk), Tanmay Srivastava, Ankit Rajpoot, Almas Shaukat, Himanshu Asnora, S N Khan, Mohammad Saif.
Madhya Pradesh:
TOSS: Uttar Pradesh have won the toss, elected to bat first
Squads:
Uttar Pradesh: Praveen Kumar (c), Piyush Chawla, Sarfaraz Khan, Kuldeep Yadav, Akshdeep Nath, Amit Mishra, Mohammad Saif, Ankit Rajpoot, Umang Sharma, Eklavya Dwivedi, Himanshu Asnora, Israr Azim, Saurabh Kumar, Tanmay Srivastava, Deependra Pandey, Almas Shaukat.
Madhya Pradesh: Devendra Bundela (c), Ishwar Pandey, Ankit Sharma, Udit Birla, Jalaj Saxena, Naman Ojha, Puneet Datey, Mihir Hirwani, Rameez Khan, Avesh Khan, Ankit Dane, Harpreet Singh, Mohnish Mishra, Yogesh Rawat, Aditya Shrivastava, Rajat Patidar.
