On what was turning out to be a day for bowlers with 11 wickets going down, the right-handed batsman Rahul Tripathi's 71-ball 73 on Day 2 of the Ranji Trophy clash between Maharashtra and Vidarbha was undoubtedly the stand-out performance. Right from starting his knock on day 2 with 36 runs, Tripahti’s half-century helped his team Maharashtra to finish with close to 350.
However, this was not the end of dominance by Maharashtra, as their bowlers bowled the visitors out for just 120 runs, who were later asked to follow on. Vidarbha trail by 177 runs with 10 wickets remaining.
In Railways vs Mumbai match, for Mumbai, the left-handed batsman Shivam Dubey ensured that his squad had at least one centurion on day two, the 25-year-old hit 114 of 139 deliveries, with 13 fours and four sixes to score his maiden first-class ton.
Siddhesh Lad missed out on a three-figure score, as he got out scoring 99 runs, just one short of scoring a hundred. Mumbai finish with 411 before they the bowlers combined to reduce Railways to 115 for 6 at stumps. Railways trail by 296 runs with 4 wickets remaining in the innings
BRIEF SCORES:
Maharashtra vs Vidarbha: Day 2 - Vidarbha 2nd innings 46/0 (FY Fazal 20*, RR Sanjay 25*, 17 ov)
Railway vs Mumbai: Day 2 - Railways 1st innings 115/6 (AN Ghosh 39*, Harsh Tyagi 0*, 45 ov)
Baroda vs Gujarat: Day 2 - Gujarat 1st innings 264/6 (RH Bhatt 70*, RB Kalaria 8*, 92 ov)
Saurashtra vs Chhattisgarh: Day 2 - Chhattisgarh 1st innings 88/0 (SS Gupta 51*, Rishabh Tiwari 35*, 32 ov)