A round-up of the Ranji Trophy 2014-15 Group C matches played on December 29, 2014
ESPNcricinfo staff29-Dec-2014
ScorecardParas Dogra made his highest first-class score•PTI
Paras Dogra hit an unbeaten double-century as Himachal Pradesh racked up 549 for 4 declared against Assam in Guwahati. Ankush Bains departed on his overnight score of 156 but Dogra ticked along from 76 to 230. His runs came at a fair clip, off 362 deliveries with 20 fours and three sixes. Dogra added 156 for the fourth wicket with Rashmi Parida. After Parida fell for 64, Dogra and Rishi Dhawan (39 not out) put on 111 in 21 overs. Himachal ended their innings after 166 overs, with three Assam bowlers conceding 100-plus runs. The Assam openers survived 12 overs till the close of play.
ScorecardSeamer Rituraj Singh scored 39 at No. 9 and then took three wickets to put Jharkhand in control against Kerala in Dhanbad. Jharkhand began the day on 246 for 6, and Kaushal Singh (53) and Rituraj played crucial knocks to stretch the innings to 337. Rituraj then removed the Kerala openers KB Pawan and VA Jagadeesh cheaply. Amit Verma and Sachin Baby could not last long and it was down to Sanju Samson to prop up the score. Samson made 89 off 176 deliveries with 12 fours and one six. Rituraj provided the breakthrough again, when he had Samson caught by Kaushal. Rohan Prem made an unbeaten 35 but Kerala were still trailing by 158.
ScorecardAmit Yadav and Gauresh Gawas reduced Tripura to 139 for 5 on a curtailed day in Agartala. Goa had resumed their innings on 234 for 8 in the morning, and were soon bowled out for 251. Both the wickets went to seamer Manisankar Murasingh. Tripura’s opening partnership was worth 43 but Gawas took two in two to peg them back. Bishal Ghosh (37) and Rakesh Solanki (43) steadied the innings for a while before Yadav struck twice in successive overs. Captain Abhijit Dey was battling on 23 as Tripura faced an 112-run deficit after only 43.3 overs were possible in their innings.
ScorecardHanuma Vihari’s sixth first-class century led hosts Hyderabad’s reply to Services. Hyderabad lost Akshath Reddy for a duck before Vihari and Tanmay Agarwal (35) steadied the innings. After Agarwal’s departure, Ravi Teja (32) got a start as well before becoming Roshan Raj’s second wicket. Vihari carried on, facing 214 deliveries for an unbeaten 114 which included eight fours and two sixes. He had added his third successive fifty-plus stand, with B Anirudh (24 not out), by stumps to take Hyderabad to 210 for 3. Earlier, Saurabh Kumar hit his maiden first-class fifty to guide Services from 235 for 7 to 306. Saurabh had retired hurt on 0 on day one after top-edging a sweep through his helmet. He hit five fours and four sixes in his unbeaten 57 off 48.
