Ranji Trophy: Rajat Patidar’s Ton Helps Madhya Pradesh Recover Against Vidarbha

Rajat Patidar’s knock of 121 helped defending champions Madhya Pradesh recuperate from a poor begin to end at 234 for six at stumps on day one in every of their Ranji Trophy Group D match towards Vidarbha in Indore on Tuesday. Sent into bat by Vidarbha captain Faiz Fazal, MP had been in a spot of hassle dropping the 2 openers and Shubham Sharma throughout the first 10 overs. While Yash Dubey (2) was trapped LBW by Yash R Thakur, fellow opener Himanshu Mantri (7) fell in an identical method to medium-pacer Lalit Yadav.

Shubham Sharma (1) lasted solely 4 balls to depart the house workforce in bother.

Patidar, one of many star performers in MP’s Ranji Trophy triumph final season, rose to the event. In the corporate of skipper Aditya Shrivastava (34), he placed on 74 runs to revive the innings.

The 202-ball partnership made positive that MP received again into the sport. A century stand between Patidar, who was cautious to begin with, and Saransh Jain (45 batting) ensured that Madhya Pradesh had been on observe to publish a great whole.

Vidarbha received an enormous breakthrough within the 89th over when Patidar fell LBW to Lalit Yadav (2/37) after a splendid rearguard effort.

Meanwhile in Valsad, Punjab rode on a ton by Nehal Wadhera to complete day one at 276 for seven towards Gujarat whereas Mohammad Saif’s unbeaten 161 powered Railways to 322 for 8 towards Jammu & Kashmir at Surat.

Brief scores: Group D: At Valsad: Punjab 276 for 7 in 90 overs (Nehal Wadhera 120 batting (234 balls, 16X4, 1X6), Prabhsimran Singh 43, Anmol Malhotra 41, Chintan Gaja 3/59) vs Gujarat.

At Indore: Madhya Pradesh 234 for six in 90 overs (Rajat Patidar 121, Saransh Jain 45 batting, Aditya Shrivastava 34) vs Vidarbha.

At Surat: Railways 322 for 8 in 85 overs (Mohammad Saif 161 batting (216 balls, 23X4), Vivek Singh 32, Abid Mushtaq 3/76) vs J&Okay.

At Agartala: Chandigarh 313 for two in 86 overs (Manan Vohra 124 batting (215 balls, 16X4), Kunal Mahajan 103 batting (142 balls, 14X4, 1X6)

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