UP 272/9 I Live Cricket Score,Gujarat vs Uttar Pradesh, Ranji Trophy 2015-16, Group B match, Day 1 at Valsad; Stumps

Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live coverage of Day 1 of the Group B game of the 2015-16 Ranji Trophy between Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh, live from Valsad. Gujarat are currently placed at fifth in the table with 9 points while Uttar Pradesh are placed seventh with 7 points in the kitty. Gujarat drew their previous match with good performances from Parthiv Patel who made a well constructed 122 and Rush Kalaria who took 5 wickets, claiming five of the top six wickets. Uttar Pradesh also had a to settle for a draw with Ankit Rajpoot being pick of the bowler. Teenage sensation Sarfaraz Khan made almost  run a ball 155 to carry his good batting form.  READ: Ranji Trophy 2015-16, full coverage here

Parthiv Patel has only been one bright spot for Gujarat in it’s batting line up with amassing 347 runs at a incredible average of 115 with second best being 68 with a difference of only 7 runs, Priyank Kirit Panchal (340 runs). Rujul Bhatt is the best bowler for Gujarat picking up 10 wickets in 3 games. For Uttar Pradesh Sarfaraz Khan is in top form making 160 runs in 2 games at an average of 53.33, only Mohammad Saif is in front with an average of 54.20. Ankit Rajpoot and Kuldeep Yadav are playing catch up with each other with 14 and 10 wickets respectively .

Gujarat: Parthiv Patel (c & wk), Manpreet Juneja, Jasprit Bumrah, Smit Patel, RP Singh, Ramesh Powar, Venugopal Rao, Niraj Patel, Mehul Patel, Rohit Dahiya, Priyank Panchal, Rujul Bhatt, Samit Gohel, Rush Kalaria, Bhargav Merai, Hardik Patel.

Uttar Pradesh: Praveen Kumar (c), Piyush Chawla, Sarfaraz Khan, Kuldeep Yadav, Tanmay Srivastava, Mohammad Saif, Deependra Pandey, Ankit Rajpoot, Saurabh Kumar, Umang Sharma, Eklavya Dwivedi, Akshdeep Nath, Almas Shaukat, Amit Mishra, Himanshu Asnora, Israr Azim.

Live cricket scores: Uttar Pradesh 272/9 | Overs 90| Batting: Himanshu Asnora 56(134), Ankit Rajpoot 0(5) : Uttar Pradesh have ended the Day 1 of their Group B Ranji game against Gujarat at Valsad. At stumps, Himanshu Asnora was unbeaten on a fighting 56, while medium pacer Ankit Rajpoot was unbeaten on 0. Plenty of Uttar Pradesh batsmen got starts but failed to convert them into big scores. Almas Shaukat, Umang Sharma, Eklavya Dwivedi and all-rounder Piyush Chawla got starts but threw them away. Only Asnora and Dwivedi went past 50. Dwivedi played a blinder before getting out. A lot will depend on how Asnora leads the charge yesterday and how the Uttar Pradesh bowlers come out in defense of its total.

OUT! Saurabh Kumar ct S K Patel b R H Bhatt 26(36)

Live cricket scores: Uttar Pradesh 262/8 | Overs 87| Batting: Himanshu Asnora 52(128), Saurabh Kumar 21(29) : Himasnhu Asnora is running out of partners as Uttar Pradesh is struggling at Valsad. Asnora has reached to his half-century and is holding the fort for his team. He got good support from the experienced Piyush Chawla, who scored 29 runs and added valuable 58 runs with Asnora for the seventh wicket. After his dismissal, Praveen Kumar too went back soon without scoring. He fell to Axar Patel’s left-arm spin.

OUT! Praveen Kumar ct R H Bhatt b Axar Patel 0(3)

OUT! Piyush Chawla ct M C Juneja b R B Kalaria 29(37)

Live cricket scores: Uttar Pradesh 186/6 | Overs 71| Batting: Himanshu Asnora 23(87), Piyush Chawla 9(14) : At tea, Uttar Pradesh have reached 6 for 186. After a decent start, the team lost its way mid-way, with two wickets falling on the same score post-lunch. Eklavya Dwivedi’s blitzkreig then took close to 150, before he perished immediately after scoring his 50. Murtaza too played surprisingly at a brisk rate before falling cheaply. The freakish batting has now placed the team precariously at 6 for 186, with all-rounder Piyush Chawla and Himasnhu Asnora left for the recovery job.

Live cricket scores: Uttar Pradesh 164/6 | Overs 62| Batting: Himanshu Asnora 16(93), Piyush Chawla 0(5) : Uttar Pradesh continue to lose the plot. They’ve lost two more wickets during this phase of play, which saw some action as Eklavya Dwivedi reached to his blazing 50 and perished immediately. His 41-ball 50 had nine boundaries and a six. The next man to come, Ali Murtaza, too looked in a hurry and scored 11-ball 13 before being dismissed. Both the wickets fell to the Gujarat and Mumbai Indians pacer Jasprit Bumrah.

OUT! Ali Murtaza ct Parthiv Patel b J J Bumrah 13(11)

OUT! Eklavya Dwivedi ct Axar Patel b J J Bumrah 50(41)

Live cricket scores: Uttar Pradesh 126/4 | Overs 54| Batting: Himanshu Asnora 5(39), Eklavya Dwivedi 31(23): Uttar Pradesh have had a horrid start to the post-lunch session when it lost both the players unbeaten at lunch on the same score. The first to go was Umang Sharma, who became Kalaria’s second victim. In the very next over, offie Ramesh Powar remove Mohammad Saif to take his second wicket. Himanshu Asnora and Elavya Dwivedi now have the daunting task of getting the team to a safe total against a potent Gujarat attack.

OUT! Mohammad Saif ct S K Patel b Ramesh R Powar 4(37)

OUT! Umang Sharma ct R H Bhatt b R B Kalaria 30(105)

Live cricket scores: Uttar Pradesh 87/2 | Overs 42| Batting: Umang Sharma 30(93), Mohammad Saif 4(27): Uttar Pradesh have reached 2 for 87 at lunch. Both Umang Sharma and Mohammad Saif are playing steadily at the moment and would look to continue in the same fashion. Gujarat would look to get more wickets post-lunch and try and keep the opposition to a low score, as there ain’t any big name to follow. Uttar Pradesh is yet again without the services of young Sarfaraz Khan.

Live cricket scores: Uttar Pradesh 81/2 | Overs 36| Batting: Umang Sharma 27(73), Mohammad Saif 1(14): After all the hard-work, Almas Shaukat has given away a start and has been dismissed by veteran offie Ramesh Powar. Young Mohammad Saif has come out in the middle to join Umang Sharma, who’s been going steadily at 27 runs. Gujarat have tried five bowlers till now and they’ve done a decent job. Current India player Axar Patel has been bowling a tight line from one end.

OUT! Almas Shaukat ct S K Patel b Ramesh R Powar 42(83)

Live cricket scores: Uttar Pradesh 48/1 | Overs 21| Batting: Almas Shaukat 39(66), Umang Sharma 3(25): Uttar Pradesh have been steady after the dismissal of their opener Tanmay Shrivastava early. He could manage only nine runs before edging a Rush Kalaria delivery to HB Merai. Since then, Almas Shukat and Umang Sharma have been doing a fair job for their team.

OUT! Tanmay Shrivastava ct B H Merai b R B Kalaria 9(50)

Uttar Pradesh won the toss and decided to bat first.