Ranji Trophy 2015-16: Gurkeerat Singh, Varun Khanna star as Punjab crush Railways by innings and 126 runs

Punjab beat Railways by an innings and 126  runs on Day Four of the Ranji Trophy 2015-16 Group B encounter at Mohali. Railways were always in danger of the innings defeat starting the fourth and final day of the game. Varun Khanna backed up the hard work of the Punjab batsmen by picking up as many as eight wickets for just 97 runs to bowl out Railways for a score of 282 in their second innings. Punjab will be delighted with their work and a home win and will hope to build on it going further into the tournament.  Live Cricket Score, Punjab vs Railways, Ranji Trophy 2015-16, Group B match, Day 4 at Mohali

For Railways, it was a game to forget, first their bowlers conceded over 600 runs in two days with Mandeep Singh scoring a brilliant 109 to set up the platform for Gurkeerat Singh to notch up the first double hundred of the Ranji Trophy 2015-16. It was a serious spell of fast bowling of Brainder Sran with figures of 6 for 61. After enforcing the follow-on, Punjab never let slip of the game and ensured that they won the game despite a good fighting knock from Arindam Gosh who struck a gritty unbeaten knock of 98 but he could not save his team from the heavy defeat as Varun Khanna ran through the Railways line-up to set up a huge victory for the home side and earn valuable seven points to start their season well.

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Brief scores:

Punjab 604 for 5 decl. (Uday Kaul 112, Mandeep Singh 109, Gurkeerat Singh 201*, Gitansh Khera 102*; Arnab Arun Nandi 1 for 86) beat Railways 196 (Saurabh 69, Anureet Singh 90; Brainder Sran 6 for 61) and 282 (Arindam Ghosh 98*; Varun Khanna 8 for 97) by an innings and 126 runs.