Buchi Babu | Punjab gets the better of Madhya Pradesh

Uday Pratap Saharan scored a composed century (109), while skipper Anmolpreet Singh (72) and Anmol Malhotra (87) played crucial supporting roles to help Punjab gain a significant 165-run first-innings lead and pave the way for its six-wicket win over Madhya Pradesh on the final day of the All India Buchi Babu tournament at the MRF-Pachaiyappa’s ground on Sunday.

In the second essay, MP could manage only 230 for eight in the allotted 45 overs, setting Punjab a modest target of 66 for victory. Punjab made light work of the chase, racing to a win in just 6.2 overs.

In a Group-B encounter, Jammu and Kashmir’s Vanshaj Sharma (four for 74) and Abid Mushtaq (four for 78) spun a web around the Baroda batters, restricting them to 182 for nine in its second innings. Chasing a target of 78, J&K eased to a 10-wicket victory and secured a bonus point.

The scores (round two, day three): Group-A: At Gojan-B: TNCA President’s XI 384/9 & 4/2 in 5 overs drew with Maharashtra 228 in 74.1 overs (Prithvi Shaw 66, Harshal Kate 62, Siddharth Mhatre 42, C.V. Achyuth 3/50).

Points: TNCA President’s XI 3(9); Maharashtra 1(1).

At SSN: Himachal Pradesh 144 & 74/2 in 15.4 overs (Ankush Bains 37 n.o.) drew with Chhattisgarh 227/6 decl. in 65.4 overs (Rishi Sharma 51, Ashutosh Singh 37, Sanjeet Desai 41, Amandeep Khare 37, Apoorav Walia 3/57). Chhattisgarh 3(9); HP 1(1).

Group-B: At TI-Murugappa: Baroda 176 & 182/9 in 45 overs (Harsh Desai 32, Pradip Yadav 38, Vanshaj Sharma 4/74, Abid Mushtaq 4/78) lost to Jammu & Kashmir 280 & 82/0 in 24.3 overs (Vivrant Sharma 34 n.o., Yawar Hassan 48 n.o.).

J&K 7(13); Baroda 0(6).

At SRMC (Turf): Odisha 222 & 184/8 in 45 overs (Swastik Samal 37, Om Munde 41, Akash Pandey 4/64) lost to Indian Railways 210 in 60.5 overs (Kush Marathe 33, Eshaan Goyal 31, Zubair Ali Khan 80, Sumit Sharma 4/110, Badal Biswal 3/57) & 197/5 in 38 overs (Ashish Singh 34, Eshaan Goyal 40, Dinesh Mor 67).

Railways 6(6); Odisha 0(0).

Group-C: At Gojan-A: TNCA XI 414/8 drew with Haryana 207 in 63.2 overs (Lakshya Dalal 73, Ankit Kumar 32, Dheeru Singh 36, D.T. Chandrasekar 5/67). TNCA XI 3(9); Haryana 1(7).

At IITM-Chemplast: Mumbai 266 drew with Bengal 325/5 in 90 overs (Aditya Purohit 122, Saurabh Singh 86, Anustup Majumdar 34).

Bengal 3(3); Mumbai 1(1).

Group-D: At MRF-Pachaiyappa’s: Madhya Pradesh 230/9 & 230/8 in 45 overs (Shubham Sharma 30, Soham Patwardhan 42, Akshat Dwivedi 39 n.o., Mangesh Yadav 75, Prerit Dutta 3/89) lost to Punjab 395/9 decl. in 88 overs (Uday Pratap Saharan 109, Anmolpreet Singh 72, Anmol Malhotra 87, Aditya Mishra 5/93) & 68/4 in 6.2 overs (Aditya Mishra 3/31).

Punjab 6(6); MP 0(6).

At Guru Nanak: Jharkhand 283 & 130 in 25.3 overs (Sharandeep Singh 39, Sourabh Shekhar 34, Tanay Thyagarajan 4/74, Aniket Reddy 3/25) lost to Hyderabad 330 in 82.4 overs (P. Nitish Reddy 106, Rahul Radesh 70, Varun Goud 65, Manishi 3/84, Rishav Raj 3/67) & 89/8 in 22.3 overs (G. Rahul Singh 35, Rishav Raj 5/44, Manishi 3/39).

Hyderabad 6(12);

Jharkhand 0(0).