A high-scoring second day of Ranji Trophy action saw three batters reach double centuries.
Urvil Patel led Gujarat with a dominant 210 off 227 deliveries, featuring 17 fours and six sixes. With support from Vishal Jayswal’s 77, Gujarat reached a declaration score of 534/9. Meanwhile, Punjab’s Sanvir Singh converted his overnight 100* into a massive score, backed by Salil Arora’s 205 and Emanjot Singh Chahal’s 122. Punjab declared at 592/9 against Andhra. In another fixture, Pradosh Ranjal Paul notched a double century and Ajith Ram hit a century from number seven to drive Tamil Nadu to 571/7 before captain Sai Kishore declared. Punjab batter Sanvir Singh doubled his Day 1 score of 100* to help his side bury Andhra under a mountain of runs. Which included 7 fours and 9 sixes, punjab had a troika of centurions – Salil Arora got 144 while Emanjot Singh Chahal smashed a 150-ball 122. With 22 fours in it, salil finished on 205 off 375 deliveries. 10 batter Sukhdeep Singh Bajwa joined in on the fun with a blitzy 38* as Punjab declared on 592/9.
Karnataka continued to dominate against Assam, finishing the day on 496/5 for a 361-run lead. KV Aneesh remained unbeaten on 142, supported by Aneshwar Gautam’s 83 and Manvanth Kumar’s 53*. In the clash between Uttar Pradesh and Baroda, openers Adarsh Singh (96*) and Madhav Kaushik (90*) held firm during a 55-over partnership in response to Baroda’s 355. As Assam chased shadows, Karnataka finished Day 2 on 496/5, taking their lead to 361 runs.
Vidarbha captain Akshay Wadkar scored a century in Nagpur before retiring hurt, while No. 8 Nachiket Bhute added a quick-fire 97 to help recover from an early 56/4. Defending champions Jammu & Kashmir saw steady contributions from openers Qamran Iqbal (68*) and Shubham Khajuria (80*) after holding Puducherry to 385. 8 batter Nachiket Bhute slammed six fours and five sixes enroute to a 111-ball 97 that pushed the team to a healthy first-innings lead after starting off the day at 56/4. Having started the day with an overnight score of 261/6, defending champions Jammu & Kashmir were buoyed by openers Qamran Iqbal (68*) and Shubham Khajuria (80*) after their bowlers let Puducherry get to 385.
Delhi avoided a collapse against Services thanks to a 78-run effort from Ayush Doseja and an unbeaten 80 from Sumit Mathur, effectively countering Services’ first-innings 266. Elsewhere, Dega Nischal fought hard for Uttarakhand with an unbeaten 148 off 376 balls. Rajasthan saw openers Rohan Rajbar (140) and Mahipal Lomror (97) stabilize the innings against Himachal Pradesh, pushing their lead to 222 runs. Saved Delhi the blushes with a measured 78, there wasn’t a third double century of the season for Ayush Badoni but his namesake – Ayush Doseja. Battling for 376 deliveries (62.4 overs), uttarakhand opener Dega Nischal was his team’s flagbearer with the bat as he fought on with an undefeated 148. His tally was only five runs short of what Haryana managed as a team in Dehradhun. Rajasthan opener Rohan Rajbar (140) and Mahipal Lomror (97) restored some batting normalcy in a the wildly fast-paced encounter between Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh, where both teams were bundled out in their first innings on the opening day.
Bowling performances were equally significant. Tripura’s spin duo Parvez Sultan and Sandip Sarkar dismantled Saurashtra for 118, with Sultan taking five wickets and Sarkar claiming four. Goa enforced a follow-on against Bihar after Yash Kasavankar and Vasuki Kaushik took three wickets apiece to bowl Bihar out for 107. In Chhattisgarh, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja recorded figures of 5/84, leaving Hyderabad at 275/9 at stumps, trailing by nine runs. Tripura’s 23-year-old spin duo Parvez Sultan (left-arm orthodox) and Sandip Sarkar (right-arm offbreak) put the screws on Saurashtra after their batters posted 268 in the first innings.
Mumbai’s innings against Railways saw further progress as Akash Anand and Shams Mulani hit half-centuries, moving the team from 247/6 to a final total of 396.
