Hello and welcome to Round 5 of Ranji Trophy 2015-16. It's November. We will be bringing you the live updates of the action from 13 matches being played across the country. We have our reporters Narbavi Rajendran covering the game between Uttar Pradesh and Punjab in Hyderabad, Pradeep K covering the match betweenMumbai and Railways, and Vishaal Loganathan for the match between Karnataka and Vidarbha in Baroda. You too can join in with your views.
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Punjab vs Uttar Pradesh:
First six of the game comes immediately after the Tea break! Kuldeep Yadav hits the spinner Vinay Choudhary straight down the ground. Narbavi says, "They are having trouble finding the ball."
Tea time, gentlemen:
Group A
In Mysore: Mumbai 197/2 vs Railways
In Raipur: Baroda 93 vs Tamil Nadu 50/1
In Hyderabad: Punjab vs Uttar Pradesh 186/5
In New Delhi: Bengal vs Gujarat - toss delayed
Group B
In Patiala: Odisha vs Team Rajasthan200/5
In Thiruvananthapuram: Delhi vs Jharkhand 219/5
In Vadodra: Karnataka 156/7 vs Vidarbha
In Kolkata: Assam vs Saurashtra - delayed due to wet outfield
Group C
In Ranchi: Himachal Pradesh vs Jammu & Kashmir 139/7
In Palam: Hyderabad vs Tripura - delayed due to bad light
In Indore: Andhra vs Services 112/2
In Jaipur: Haryana 142/6 vs Kerala
Chhattisgarh vs Goa:
Delhi vs Jharkhand:
Karnataka vs Vidarbha: Score - 124/7
Vinay Kumar is dropped at second slip on 14. Would have been Lalit's fifth wicket. Vinay Kumar is looking to play his shots now, and the wicket could, if things go his way, prove costly.
Andhra vs Services: Tea
Mumbai vs Railways: 150/2
Mumbai have added 20 runs from 12 overs after lunch. Suryakumar Yadav batting on 1 off 41 balls. With the ball getting soft, there's some uneven bounce. A couple have gone through nicely to the keeper, a few have scooted through at ankle height.
'number three.. number three' .. shouts , Md. Faiz Ahmed, from long leg. Railways have bowled well this session and they can sense a wicket or two. Fielders chirping around.
Karnataka vs Vidarbha:
Karnataka's innings is also falling apart quickly. ShreyasGopal is also out now, caught behind off Lalit Yadav. They have lost three wickets in return of one run. Karnataka: 103/6
Himachal vs Jammu & Kashmir:
Baroda vs Tamil Nadu:
The young pace duo of K Vignesh and Ashwin Christ snared nine wickets between them to bowl out Baroda soon after Lunch. Barring the top three, none of the batsmen managed to reach double figures. Kedar Devdhar's 26 was the highest score of the innings as Baroda scored only 93.
Mumbai vs Railways: Score - 146/2
21 balls - time taken by Suryakumar Yadav to get off the mark. Railways have slowed things down after lunch. There is problem with the ball. The umpire has a look, it undergoes the hoop test and seems to passed it. Play will continue with the same ball.
Himachal vs Jammu & Kashmir:
Karnataka vs Vidarbha: Score - 102/5
Manish Pandey falls. Some good bowling in the second session. They've been pegging the batsmen back with some short deliveries and trying to surprise the batsmen with a fuller one. Pandey gets struck on the crease as Lalit Yadav slips in a good length delivery. Out LBW.
Haryana vs Kerala:
Punjab vs Uttar Pradesh:
Rinku Singh has looked quite positive since lunch, the youngster is making his first class debut. Uttar Pradesh: 104 for 3.
Mumbai vs Railways:
Karan Thakur has started well after lunch, hitting consistent line and lengths. There's a close LBW appeal turned down. Might have been going over the top. Mumbai: 136/2. Half a chance for Bansal, Akhil Herwadkar drove uppishly and back at the bowler - who couldn't get his hands across on his follow-through. To add insult to injury, it rolls away to the fence. A life for Herwadkar on 58
Meanwhile:
In Perth, Dean Elgar and JP Duminy have notched up their respective centuries to help South Africa take a commanding position in the first Test against Australia at the WACA. They lead Australia by 293 runs with seven wickets in hand at Tea on Day 3. You can follow the live updates of the match here.
Lunch Break: Score Updates
Group A
Mumbai 130/2 vs Railways
Baroda 80/7 vs Tamil Nadu
Punjab vs Uttar Pradesh 78/3
Bengal vs Gujarat - toss delayed
Group B
Odisha vs Team Rajasthan 116/3
Delhi vs Jharkhand 95/4
Karnataka 77/3 vs Vidarbha
Assam vs Saurashtra - delayed due to wet outfield
Group C
Himachal Pradesh vs Jammu & Kashmir 59/2
Hyderabad vs Tripura - delayed due to bad light
Andhra vs Services 50/2
Chhattisgarh vs Goa - delayed start
Haryana 67/3 vs Kerala
Karnataka vs Vidarbha:
Robin Uthappa falls for 46. Spinner introduced in the last over before lunch, and he strikes first ball. Aditya, left armer, gets the ball to turn and leave the batsman. Uthappa lunges forward, but gets an edge through to the keeper. He seems unhappy with the decision, but has to go. Out for 46.
Karnataka are in a spot at Lunch. Uthappa held one end up with some decent batting, but Vidarbha's pacers were very tight in their lines and lengths. There was a period after drinks when it looked like Karnataka will step on the pedal, but Vidarbha once again pulled things back with some good bowling. Stuart Binny, the in form batsman, in next and he needs to come good again. At lunch, Karnataka are 77/3
Mumbai vs Railways:
Shreyas OUT for a 73-ball 70, looks to flick and misses a straight ball from Karan Thakur. Almost gave himself OUT. Much needed wicket for Railways. Mumbai are 130 for 2. Suryakumar Yadav is the new batsman in.
Meanwhile, in Mysore, the crowd has swelled to around 75-80.
Baroda vs Tamil Nadu: Top order collapse
Mumbai vs Railways:
Fifties for both Shreyas Iyer and Akhil Herwadkar. The latter gets it with a big six off Karn Sharma over wide long on. Mumbai motoring along at 117/1
Delhi vs Jharkhand:
Mumbai vs Railways:
Shreyas Iyer is living dangerously now... constant lapses in concentration. He played away from his body, gets a thick edge and it flies through the vacant second slip region. Railways paying for their defensive field. He has raced away to 44 off 39. Mumbai: 76/1
Kerala vs Haryana:
Himachal vs Jammu & Kashmir:
Mumbai vs Railways: Score - 63/1
Railways have been very disciplined, but they have run into Shreyas Iyer - who seems to be in the mood to make up for some modest scores this season. The pitch has eased and it's excellent batting conditions at the moment. Karn Sharma comes for his first over.
Rush of blood almost cost Iyer now, He came down the track, wasn't anywhere close to the ball, ended up hoicking across the line and missed. Thankfully for him, the ball hit his back leg and rolled away wide of the keeper.
Baroda vs Tamil Nadu: Wicket
Karnataka vs Vidarbha:
R Samarth is dropped at mid wicket, on 10, off Ravi Thakur. Flicked firmly towards mid wicket where the fielder gets both hands to it, but puts its down. However, he doesn't take advantage of the opportunity. Thakur squares him up with an away going delivery, and the edge is taken at slip.
Robin Uthappa gets a move on after the drinks break. Three boundaries in an over off Lalit Yadav.
Mumbai vs Railways:
Shreyas Iyer is looking in solid touch after the first ball scare. Pretty much everything is coming from the middle of the bat. Danger signs for the Railways bowlers. Drinks break in Mysore.
Punjab vs Uttar Pradesh:
Just as Narbavi was saying, "Umang Sharma and Samarth Singh have looked comfortable against the new ball duo of Siddharth Kaul and Sandeep Sharma," Uttar Pradesh lose a wicket.
"I think I have jinxed him. Sandeep strikes again.Yuvraj Singh persisted with Sandeep for one more over and the move has paid off." Samarth Singh was trapped in front, Sarfaraz Khan walks out to the middle. He is the biggest name in this batting lineup, he has to deliver!
Interesting, there are some 25 odd people watching the game.
Delhi vs Jharkhand:
Mumbai vs Railways:
Amit Mishra strikes in his sixth over. A lovely delivery just outside off, made Kaustubh Pawar play and finds the edge to the keeper. He isout for 7.
.. and he nearly has Shreyas Iyer next ball, finds the edge which squirts towards gully.
But he is off and running on his third ball, lovely on-drive, beats mid-on and races away across the fast outfieldand follows it up with an even more delightful straight drive.
Karnataka vs Vidarbha:
First boundary for Karnataka. It's taken them till the ninth over to do so. Right on cue, three langaurs run onto the field, and one of them even finds himself a comfortable spot right in front of the sightscreen.There is one Karnataka fan amongst the sparse crowd here. Suhas Naidu has taken a 24-hour bus from Bangalore to be here supporting his team.
Mumbai vs Railways:
Seven overs up and the batsmen haven't rotated strike even once. It's Akhil Herwadkar vs Bansal and Kaustubh Pawar v/s Amit Mishra so far.The first single of the match comes in the 10th over and finally Amit Mishra will bowl to Akhil Herwadkar.
Haryana vs Kerala:
Baroda vs Tamil Nadu:
Abhinav Mukund, Tamil Nadu skipper, won the toss and elected to field against Baroda in the match in Raipur.
Teams:
Tamil Nadu Playing XI:Abhinav Mukund (c), N Jagadeesan (wk), Dinesh Karthik, Malolan Rangarajan, Baba Indrajith, Aswin Crist, Kaushik Gandhi, Aushik Srinivas, Lakshminarayanan Vignesh, Vijay Shankar, Krishnamoorthy Vignesh
Baroda Playing XI: Yusuf Pathan, Deepak Hooda (c), Dhiren Mistry, Kedar Devdhar, Swapnil Singh, Munaf Patel, Murtuja Vahora, Pinal Shah (wk), Soaeb Tai, Sagar Mangalorkar, Vishnu Solanki
Mumbai vs Railways:
The ball is nipping around, but railways have gone defensive already, just two slips and a gully, and one man patrolling the boundary though - at long leg
Odisha vs Rajasthan:
Himachal vs Jammu & Kashmir:
Jammu & Kashmir have won the toss and elected to bat against Himachal at the Jharkhand State Cricket Association International Stadium in Ranchi.
Teams:
Jammu and Kashmir (Playing XI): Shubham Pradeep Khajuria, Umar Nazir Ahmed Mir, Ian Dev Singh Chauhan, Parvez Ghulam Rasool Zargar (c), Samiullah Beigh, Mithun Manhas, Puneet Bisht (wk), Ram Dayal, Aamir Aziz Sofi, Rohit Sharma, Harmeet Singh
Himachal Pradesh (Playing XI): Ankush Bains (wk), Mayank Dagar, Pankaj Jaiswal, Rishi Dhawan (c), Robin Bist, Akshay Chauhan, Bipul Sharma, Paras Dogra, Ankit Kalsi, Prashant Chopra, Sumeet Verma
Karnataka vs Vidarbha: Early strike
Vidarbha have struck early as Mayank Agarwal falls cheaply to Lalit Yadav. He tried to leave a delivery outside off, but was late and the edge was snapped up at slip by Ganesh Satish.
Punjab vs Uttar Pradesh: Toss
Uttar Pradesh opted to bat, but new captain Tanmay Srivastava edged the very first ball behind off Sandeep Sharma. Yesterday the Punjab coach had hinted that Manpreet Gony could play, but unfortunately he didn't regain fitness. Mandeep Singh is back after returning from national duty.
Karnataka vs Vidarbha: Toss
Vidarbha have won the toss and elected to field.Karnataka have made three changes. Vinay Kumar, Manish Pandey and Abrar Kazi come into the sidde.
Mumbai vs Railways:
Both opening bowlers have gone past the outside edge, but otherwise have been a tad too short in their lengths. There is good bounce and nice carry to the keeper, pitch has a bit of green tinge to it. Nitin Bhille is the wicketkeeper for Railways.
Mumbai vs Railways: Toss
Mumbai won the toss and opted to bat. Umpires for the match: KN Ananthapadmanabhan and Nandakishore. Pradeep says, "Can count around 15 people in the stands so far, but looks like most of them are students from the university. Just one small section of the stands has been shaded, under a shamiana, with around 40-50 chairs in it, and that's where these people are sitting."
Teams:
Railways (Playing XI): Saurabh Wakaskar, Arindam Ghosh, Karn Sharma (c), Amit Mishra, Ashish Yadav, Karan Thakur, Shivakant Shukla, Deepak Bansal, Nitin Bhille (wk), Ashish Reddy
Mumbai (Playing XI): Aditya Tare (c/wk), Abhishek Nayar, Akhil Herwadkar, Kaustubh Pawar, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Siddhesh Lad, Shardul Thakur, Balwinder Sandhu, Tushar Deshpande, Vijay Gohil
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