Ranji 2021-22 | In case you missed it: Quarter-Finals Day 2 Round-Up

Day 3 of the quarter-finals in the Ranji Trophy is underway but just in case you missed the action from yesterday, here is a quick sum-up of all that happened. The Day 2 of four simultaneous quarter-finals of the ongoing Ranji Trophy season witnessed intense battles as the fight for the four semi-final spots continued to heat up. In case you missed the action from day 2, here is an end-of-the-day report of the four knockout matches.

Bengal vs Jharkhand

Bengal resumed their first innings from where they left off on Day 1, mounting runs with utter disdain. By the end of the second day, they reached 577-5 with no signs of declaring.

Sudip Kumar Gharami hammered 186 while Anustup Majumdar added 117 runs. Manoj Tiwary and Shahbaz Ahmed saw off the remaining overs before stumps at 54* and 7*, respectively.

Brief scores:

Bengal 577-5 (178 overs)

Sudip Kumar Gharami 186, Anustup Majumdar 117;

Sushant Mishra 2-122, Anukul Roy 1-91

Mumbai vs Uttarakhand

Mumbai captain Prithvi Shaw finally called for a declaration at 647-8. Young Suved Parkar claimed several Ranji records en route to his 252-run knock. Meanwhile, Sarfaraz Khan continued his purple patch with 153.

Uttarakhand failed to survive the remaining 11 overs in the day as they lost two wickets, including their captain Jay Gokul Bista who fell for a golden duck.

Brief scores:

Mumbai 647-8 (166.4 overs)

Suved Parkar 252, Suved Parkar 153;

Deepak Dhapola 3-89, Kamal Singh 1-10

Uttarakhand 39-2 (11 overs)

Kamal Singh 27*, Kunal Chandela 8*;

Mohit Avasthi 1-12, Tushar Deshpande 1-13

Uttarakhand trail by 608 runs

Karnataka vs Uttar Pradesh

At the end of Day 2, Karnataka are in the driver’s seat. The match has seen the most progress out of all the quarter-finals. After the Manish Pandey-led side ended their first innings at 253, they shot out Uttar Pradesh for 155 to gain a 98-run lead.

Before the close of play, Karnataka managed to extend that lead up to 198 with two wickets still in hand.

Brief scores:

Karnataka 253 (84 overs)

Samarth R 57, Shreyas Gopal 56*;

Saurabh Kumar 4-73, Shivam Mavi 3-60

Uttar Pradesh 155 (37.3 overs)

Priyam Garg 39, Rinku Singh 33;

R More 3-47, Vidhwath Kaverappa 2-19

Karnataka 100-8 (34 overs)

Mayank Agarwal 22, Krishnamurthy Siddharth 15;

Saurabh Kumar 3-32, Ankit Rajpoot 2-15

Karnataka lead by 198 runs

Punjab vs Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh look firm favourites to earn this year’s semi-finalists rights following a dominant day with the bat. Number 3 batter Shubham S Sharma scored an unbeaten 102 to ensure his side enjoyed their post-Day 2 rest with a 19-run lead in the bank.  

Brief scores:

Punjab 219 (71.3 overs)

Abhishek Sharma 47, Anmolpreet Singh 47;

Anubhav Agarwal 3-36, Puneet Datey 3-48 

Madhya Pradesh 238-2 (99 overs)

Shubham S Sharma 102*, Himanshu Mantri 89;

Mayank Markande 2-70

Madhya Pradesh lead by 19 runs