Published: Feb 03, 2016, 08:30 AM (IST)
Edited: Aug 31, 2016, 10:05 AM (IST)
Hello and Welcome to CricketCountry’s live coverage of the first Quarter-Final match of the ongoing Ranji Trophy 2015-16 at Dr P.V.G. Raju ACA Sports Complex, Vizianagaram. It is being played between Vidarbha and Saurashtra. While Vidarbha were the table toppers of Group A at the end of the group stage, Saurashtra topped Group C. The other team from Group C that has progressed for the knockout stage is Jharkhand. From Group A and Group B, three teams went to the next round and from Group C, just two teams qualified. Vidarbha and Saurashtra will be led by Subramaniam Badrinath and Jaydev Shah respectively. READ: Ranji Trophy 2015-16, knockout stage schedule: Fixtures, team and ground details
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Saurashtra 70/1 in Overs 30; BATTING: Sagar Jogiyani 19(87), Cheteshwar Pujara 45(71): Pujara is batting in full flow at the moment, having hit nine boundaries so far to move to 45 off 71 deliveries, while Jogiyani is steady at 19 off 87 balls. The partnership for the second wicket so far is a solid 60. Saurashtra look set at 70 for 1 at the end of the day’s play, needing another 81 runs to equal Vidarbha’s first innings score.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Saurashtra 48/1 in Overs 20; BATTING: Sagar Jogiyani 13(54), Cheteshwar Pujara 29(44): Pujara is gathering runs at a rapid pace, while Jogiyani is playing an ideal supporting role at the other end, stonewalling along. Pujara has hit six boundaries in the innings so far, and Saurashtra will hope to finish on a score within the proximity of 100 at the end of the day without losing any further wickets, something that they can achieve if they continue on their current path.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Saurashtra 29/1 in Overs 13; BATTING: Sagar Jogiyani 10(40), Cheteshwar Pujara 13(16): Saurashtra are off to a shaky start in their first innings after producing a terrific performance with the ball to dismiss Vidarbha for 151. Avi Barot is dismissed for 5 off 22 balls, with Umesh Yadav striking early in the innings. While Cheteshwar Pujara has started his innings off with three quick boundaries, Jogiyani is batting patiently on 10 off 40 balls at the end of the 13th over. OUT! Avi Barot c Jitesh Sharma b Umesh Yadav 5(22)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Vidarbha 151 in Overs 50.4; BATTING: Ravikumar Thakur 4(11): Vidarbha have suffered a devastating collapse in the last few overs, from 105 for five to 130 for nine. The collapse begins with the dismissal of veteran batsman Wasim Jaffer, who falls nine runs short of his half-century after facing 86 deliveries, getting caught by Makwana off the bowling of Deepak Punia. Unadkat gets his fourth wicket of the innings after bowling Wakhare for 2. Umesh Yadav is the last man dismissed, departing for 25 off just 16 balls, with Jaydev UNadkat finishing with a fifer! OUT! Wasim Jaffer c Kamlesh Makwana b Deepak Punia 41(86), Aditya Sarvate c Sagar Jogiyani b Chirag Jani 10(37), Shrikant Wagh c Sagar Jogiyani b Jaydev Unadkat 10(13), Aditya Wakhare b Jaydev Unadkat 2(9), Umesh Yadav c Chirag Jani b Jaydev Unadkat 25(16)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Vidarbha 105/5 in Overs 40; BATTING: Wasim Jaffer 41(83), Aditya Sarvate 6(25): OUT! Jangid’s slow innings comes to an end after he gets his stumps disturbed by Jaydev Unadkat’s bowling, departing for six off 28 balls, with four of those runs coming off a boundary. Meanwhile, Wasim Jaffer is batting on 36 at the other end, and is fast losing out on support, though he looks likely to bring up his fifty soon. Vidarbha move past the 100-run mark, while Jaffer enters the 40s. OUT! Ravi Jangid b Jaydev Unadkat 6(28)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Vidarbha 76/4 in Overs 29; BATTING: Wasim Jaffer 18(40), Ravi Jangid 1(6): Subramanium Badrinath’s watchful stay comes to an end, with Vidarbha losing their fourth wicket with 63 runs on board. Chirag Jani comes into the attack, and rattles his stumps soon after. Meanwhile, Vidarbha head to lunch with 76 runs on board, with a lot depending on Jaffer’s prowess at the moment. OUT! Subramanium Badrinath b Chirag Jani 17(50)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Vidarbha 52/3 in Overs 18; BATTING: Subramanium Badrinath 8(38), Wasim Jaffer 14(16): Vidarbha have managed to cross the 50-run mark without losing any further wickets, their first positive sign of the otherwise disastrous morning. While Jaffer has quickly moved on to 14 off 16 balls with the help of three boundaries, Badrinath is batting with a strike rate of a little over 20 at the moment, with his two boundaries at the end of the 14th over off Unadkat fetching his only runs of the innings.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Vidarbha 42/3 in Overs 14; BATTING: Subramanium Badrinath 8(28), Wasim Jaffer 4(2): Satish is removed from the crease by Rathod, who picks up his second wicket in the process as Vidarbha find themselves in a terrible position at the moment. Meanwhile, Badrinath takes 27 deliveries to get off the mark, finally doing so with a boundary off Unadkat! He follows it up with another boundary off the next ball to fetch eight runs in the 14th over. OUT! Ganesh Satish c Chirag Jani b Hardik Rathod 21(39)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Vidarbha 20/2 in Overs 6; BATTING: Ganesh Satish 11(17), Subramanium Badrinath 0(4): Vidarbha are off to a shaky start after being put to bat by Saurashtra on the opening day of the first quarter-final of the ongoing Ranji Trophy 2015-16 at Vizianagaram. Jitesh Sharma is dismissed for a two-ball duck by Jaydev Unadkat, while Faiz Fazal falls to the bowling of Hardik Rathod for 9, with Vidarbha losing their second wicket with 20 on board. OUT! Jitesh Sharma c Avi Barot b Jaydev Unadkat 0(2), Faiz Fazal c Sagar Jogiyani b Hardik Rathod 9(13)
Toss: Saurashtra won the toss and chose to field.
Vidarbha’s Akshay Wakhare holds the second spot of the most wickets of this edition so far in the tournament. He has bagged 49 wickets from eight matches played in the group stage. Vidarbha’s further road in the tournament will mostly revolve around Wakhare and his performance with the ball. He has a great opportunity to finish as the leading wicket-taker because Kerala’s KS Monish who finished on the top of the most wickets table for a better average will not compete in the knockout stages. Kerala failed to progress despite Monish’s excellent spells. Meanwhile, they will want their most consistent batsman Faiz Fazal to continue scoring runs on consistent basis.
On the other hand, Saurashtra’s opening batsman Avi Barot will lead their batting line-up and in the absence of Ravindra Jadeja , the likes of Kamlesh Makwana and the other Jadeja will have to step in to keep the opponents’ batmen under control.
Squads:
Vidarbha: Faiz Fazal, Shalabh Shrivastava, Shrikant Wagh, Akshay Wakhare, Aditya Sarvate, Amol Ubarhande (wk), Subramaniam Badrinath (c), Ganesh Satish, Ravi Jangid, Ravikumar Thakur, Wasim Jaffer
Saurashtra: Avi Barot, Arpit Vasavada, Chirag Jani, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, Jaydev Shah (c), Kamlesh Makwana, Sagar Jogiyani (wk), Shaurya Sanandia, Sheldon Jackson, Samarth Vyas, Jaydev Unadkat
