Published: Nov 26, 2015, 08:36 AM (IST)
Edited: Aug 31, 2016, 04:58 PM (IST)
Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live coverage of the Ranji Trophy 2015-16 Group B match between Uttar Pradesh and Punjab at Kanpur. After three days of cricket, Punjab look to build on the lead they gained by dismissing Uttar Pradesh for only 226 with Siddarth Kaul picker a four-fer. Punjab gained a first innings lead of 46 before batsmen Mandeep Singh and Uday Kaul efforts made sure that Punjab overall lead by stumps on Day 3 was 290.For Uttar Pradesh Umang Sharma and Akshadeep Nath top scored with skipper Suresh Raina dismissed first ball by Siddarth. At stumps on Day 3 Uday Kaul and Harbhajan remained unbeaten with Punjab well placed at 244/6. Complete coverage of Ranji Trophy 2015-16
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: UP 204/6, BATTING: Akshdeep Nath 76 (210), Saurabh Kumar 1 (16) — MATCH DRAWN!!!! The 200 run comes up as the batsmen continue to bat steady without further damage to the innings. The match ends in a draw as Punjab gain three points while UP earn a point.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: UP 185/6, BATTING: Akshdeep Nath 58 (177) — GONE!!!! Sixth wicket goes down for UP as Piyush Chawla is dismissed for 58, while they need 157 more runs to win, and Akshdeep too scores his half-century.
OUT! Piyush Chawla ct Gitansh Khera b Siddharth Kaul 58 (96)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: UP 164/5, BATTING: Akshdeep Nath 47 (157), Piyush Chawla 49 (79) — It’s the same story here for UP as the batsmen just keep batting, while they need 178 runs to win.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: UP 138/5, BATTING: Akshdeep Nath 40 (142), Piyush Chawla 31 (54) — TEA!!!! UP continue to bat strong suffering no further setbacks, as thye need 204 runs to win.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: UP 120/5, BATTING: Akshdeep Nath 35 (130), Piyush Chawla 19 (49) — No harm done to the UP innings as of now as both the batsmen continue to perform well, while they need 222 runs to win.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: UP 108/5, BATTING: Akshdeep Nath 35 (108), Piyush Chawla 8 (31) — Following Dwiwedi’s dismissal, no harm has been done as the batsmen continue to bat comfortably, while they need 233 runs to win.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: UP 97/5, BATTING: Akshdeep Nath 31 (81), Piyush Chawla 0 (4) — GONE!!!! Eklavya Dwivedi is the man to be dismissed for 27 by Harbhajan Singh as UP still need 245 more runs to win this tie.
OUT! Eklavya Dwivedi b Harbhajan Singh 27 (45)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: UP 66/4, BATTING: Akshdeep Nath 18 (54), Eklavya Dwivedi 10 (27) — A steady start by the batsmen in the post-lunch session as they continue to bat comfortably, while they still need 276 runs to win.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: UP 57/4, BATTING: Akshdeep Nath 9 (26) — LUNCH!!!! Another wicket down in the form of Umang Sharma, who goes for 27, while UP need 285 more runs to win this tie.
OUT! Umang Sharma lbw Harbhajan Singh 27 (58)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: UP 40/3, BATTING: Umang Sharma 21 (40), Akshdeep Nath 9 (26) — No harm done following the three quick loss of wickets as the UP batsmen continue to bat steadily.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: UP 10/3, BATTING: Umang Sharma 0 (11), Akshdeep Nath 0 (7) — THREE DOWN!!!! Oh dear, that’s not the start UP would have expected for. Openers Almas Shaukat, Himanshu Asnora and Suresh Raina have been dismissed for single figures.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Punjab 295/7 dec., BATTING: Uday Kaul 109 (199), Barinder Singh Sran 26 (20) — DECLARED!!!! Punjab have declared their innings following a mammoth lead of 341 runs and a healthy ton from Uday Kaul. Can they bowl out UP today or will have to settle for a draw?
UP bowled well only in parts with the new ball and then in the post lunch session to take three wickets in 13 overs but things became easier for the Punjab as the pitch did not assist the bowlers. Mandeep and Uday did most of the work for Punjab playing according to the conditions even as Praveen Kumar bowled 12 consecutive line and length overs. Uday was the patient one in the partnership whereas Mandeep was aggressive. Yuvraj batted well in second innings for his 21 before getting out to Rajpoot. Harbhajan for Punjab returned to form picking 3 wickets in the first innings.
Punjab and UP, who are among four teams to be stuck with 17 points in this group, will both be desperate to get 6 points and be one step closer to the quarter-final spot.
Teams:
Uttar Pradesh: Suresh Raina (c), Eklavya Dwivedi (wk), Akshdeep Nath, Umang Sharma, Almas Shaukat, Piyush Chawla, Himanshu Asnora, Saurabh Kumar, Ankit Rajpoot, Imtiaz Ahmed, Praveen Kumar.
Punjab: Harbhajan Singh (c), Gitansh Khera (wk), Jiwanjot Singh, Manan Vohra, Yuvraj Singh, Mandeep Singh, Deepak Bansal, Uday Kaul, Barinder Singh Sran, Mayank Siddana, Siddharth Kaul.
