Ranchi, Nov. 12: Jharkhand conceded a huge 292 runs first innings lead to Hyderabad and have an uphill task at hand to save the match after closing at 102 for two in their second innings on the third day of their Ranji Trophy Plate League Group A match here on Friday.
Sensible unbeaten knocks by Saurabh Tiwari (32) and Ishant Jaggi (33) saved the day for the hosts after Lalith Mohan struck early, dismissing openers Siddhartha Sinha (22) and Rameez Nemat.
Resuming at 349 for five, Hyderabad rode on overnight batsman Ibrahim Khaleel’s 141 to post 492 in their first innings.
Bavanaka Sandeep (144) could add only 14 runs to his overnight score before he was bowled by Rahul Shukla, but Khaleel batted well in his 342-ball innings during which he struck 12 boundaries and a six.
Scorecard
Jharkhand 1st innings: 200
hyderabad 1st innings (overnight 349 for 5): B. Sandeep b Shukla 144, I Khaleel c Jaggi b Quadri 141, Vishal Sharma run out 13, A Absolem c Sinha b Quadri 6, Lalith Mohan not out 1, Kaneeshk Naidu c&b Nadeem 0.
Extras (b-8, lb-10, nb-10) 38
Total (in 163.3 overs ) 492
Bowling: Kuldeep Sharma 26-6-65-3, R Shukla 26-7-67-1, VR Aaron 26-7-80-1, SS Quadri 39-6-99-3, S. Nadeem 41.3-2-139-1, SS Tiwary 5-1-14-0.
Jharkhand 2nd innings: Sinha b Lalith Mohan 22, Nemat c Ravi Teja b Lalith Mohan 6, Jaggi batting 33, Saurabh Tiwary batting 32. Extras (b-1, lb-6, nb-2) 9
Total (2 wickets; 40 overs) 102
Fall of wickets: 1-29, 2-30.
Bowling: Absolem 8-2-20-0, Kaneeshk Naidu 8-2-21-0, Lalith Mohan 13-6-23-2, Vishal Sharma 4-0-17-0, B. Sandeep 3-3-0-0, Quadri 3-1-9-0, Ravi Teja 1-0-5-0.
Round-up
* Mumbai 621/8 vs Bengal 296 (Porel 71, Lahiri 62; Kulkarni 3/92)
* Delhi 318 & 122/2 (Dhawan batting 76; Ashwin 2/39) vs Tamil Nadu 208 (Badrinath 104; Mishra 4/49)
* Saurashtra 262 & 60/2 (Pathak 35) vs Gujarat 191 (Panchal 40; Unadkat 3/46)
* Haryana 127 & 310 (Badani 79, Joginder 47; Bhatt 7/127) vs Baroda 470
* Punjab 243 & 173/2 (Yuvraj batting 52, Inder Singh 52) vs Karnataka 426 (Uthappa 149, Amit Verma 60; Gony 3/92)
* Assam 187 & 160/9 (Muzumdar batting 73; Kartik 5/66, Bangar 2/38) vs Railways 182