Ranji Trophy: Urvil Patel, Sanvir Singh and Pradosh Ranjan Paul hit double centuries on run-heavy day
Three batters crossed 200 on the second day of the fourth round as Gujarat, Punjab and Tamil Nadu piled up huge totals, while Karnataka took a lead of 361 over Assam.
Batters dominated the second day of the fourth round of the Ranji Trophy on Tuesday, with three players reaching double hundreds and several sides declaring well past 500.
Gujarat wicketkeeper-batter Urvil Patel made 210 against Kerala, backed by Aarya Desai's 95 and 77 from Vishal Jayswal. Gujarat declared at 534 for 9, and Kerala slipped to 74 for 3 by stumps, still 460 runs adrift.
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Punjab went even bigger against Andhra. Sanvir Singh scored 205, and centuries from Salil Arora (144) and Emanjot Singh Chahal (122) helped the hosts declare at 592 for 9. Andhra had reached 20 without loss after nine overs at the close.
Tamil Nadu and Karnataka take control
In Chandigarh, Tamil Nadu declared at 571 for 7 after Pradosh Ranjan Paul struck 208 and Ajith Ram remained unbeaten on 115. Spinner Sai Kishore then removed two batters as Chandigarh ended on 49 for 3, trailing by 522.
In Guwahati, Karnataka moved to 496 for 5 in reply to Assam's 135, a lead of 361. KV Aneesh was not out on 142, with Aneeshwar Gautam (83), captain Mayank Agarwal (72) and Manvanth Kumar (53 not out) also among the runs.
Close contests elsewhere
The bowlers had their say in the Maharashtra-Bengal game. Bengal were bowled out for 143, with Abishek Porel the only batter to pass fifty, as Pradeep Dadhe and Tanay Sanghvi took three wickets each. Maharashtra were 207 for 9 at stumps, ahead by 64, with Sanghvi unbeaten on 57. Mohammed Shami and Shahbaz Ahmed claimed three wickets apiece for Bengal.
Delhi edged ahead of Services, reaching 299 for 6 in reply to 266 for a lead of 33. Ayush Doseja made 78 and Sumit Mathur was unbeaten on 80 after opener Priyansh Arya's half-century. Mumbai, who posted 396, had Railways at 116 for 2, trailing by 280; Himanshu Sangwan took four wickets for Railways.
In Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir openers Shubham Khajuria (80 not out) and Qamran Iqbal (68 not out) put on an unbroken 149 in reply to Puducherry's 385, after seamer Sunil Kumar finished with 6 for 98. In the Plate group, Chinmay Sutar's unbeaten 135 for Mizoram, his third successive hundred of the competition, gave his side a lead of 81 over Arunachal Pradesh.
Several well-known names were among the performers, including Shami, Agarwal and Sarfaraz Khan, who made a half-century for Mumbai. Play resumes on day three on Wednesday.
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