The third and final round of the Buchi Babu tournament tarted today (August 26) - here's the round-up from all day one of all eight games.
TNCA President's XI vs Chhattisgarh
Batting first after winning the toss, TNCA President's XI saw crucial contributions from opener Vimal Kumar (54), captain and No.3 Pradosh Ranjan Paul (68), and senior batter Baba Indrajith (78), all of which helped them reach 266. Left-arm spinner Shashank Tiwari's 5-54 ensured Chhattisgarh didn't fall behind the game in the first innings. Their openers then safely negotiated the four overs they had to bat to finish on 4-0.
Scores at stumps: TNCA President's XI 266 vs Chhattisgarh 4-0
TNCA XI vs Bengal
Bengal off-spinner Rahul Prasad wreaked havoc on the TNCA XI lineup after a solid opening partnership of 89 between B Sachin (57) and Tushar Raheja (38). Prasad took the first four wickets to fall and ended with 5-44. The only other TNCA batter to go past 20 was former RCB squad member Sonu Yadav, who made 48 at No.7. Captain Shahrukh Khan failed again, making only eight as TNCA XI were bowled out for 203. Left-arm spinner DT Chandrasekar then ran through the Bengal top-order to leave them reeling at 40-4 before captain Abishek Porel steadied the ship and took them to stumps at 58-4.
Scores at stumps: TNCA XI 203 vs Bengal 58-4
Mumbai vs Haryana
Day one of the Mumbai-Haryana clash was headlined by another quick Sarfaraz Khan hundred. Batting at No.5, he reached his century off 99 balls – with a six – to back up the 92-ball ton he scored in Round 1. His brother Musheer Khan (30), fellow opener Divyansh Saxena (46), and Hardik Tamore (39) all got starts, before Shams Mulani (50*) and Tanush Kotian (48) added a 88-run partnership for the eighth wicket to take Mumbai close to 350.
Scores at stumps: Mumbai 346-9 vs Haryana
Indian Railways vs Baroda
Kush Marathe (52) and captain Navneet Virk (76) scored fifties for the Indian Railways, but that was pretty much it as the Baroda trio of Dhruv Patel (3-21), Aryan Chavda (4-68), and Abhimanyusingh Rajput (3-18) restricted them under 200. The Indian Railways bowlers kept things tight in response, conceding only 76 runs in 38 overs and taking out the Baroda top three.
Scores at stumps: Indian Railways 184 vs Baroda 76-3
Madhya Pradesh vs Hyderabad
Madhya Pradesh were cruising after opener Aryan Tiwari (53) and No.3 Shubham Kushwah's (25) 71-run second-wicket stand, but collapsed from 97-1 to 181 all out in 26.5 overs. All-rounder Rohith Rayudu was the destroyer-in-chief with his off-breaks, claiming 5-44. Hyderabad then continued the dominance into their batting innings. Opener Tanmay Agarwal is unbeaten overnight on 85, while his partner Nitish Reddy's 48-ball 41 helped them score at nearly five runs per over and almost overhaul MP's first-innings total on the first day itself.
Scores at stumps: Madhya Pradesh 181 vs Hyderabad 155-1
Jharkhand vs Punjab
Jharkhand's top-order came good against Punjab. Twenty-year-old opener Shikhar Mohan scored 105 before getting run out, while his opening partner Nizam Siddiqui (61) and No.3 Kumar Suraj (64) both scored sixties. Star wicketkeeper Robin Minz, who made his IPL debut for Mumbai Indians this year, also smashed 63 off 61, helping Jharkhand finish day one on 366-8.
Scores at stumps: Jharkhand 366-8 vs Punjab
Odisha CA vs Jammu & Kashmir
The Odisha vs J&K game saw the return of speedster Umran Malik. The 25-year-old quick, who had been fast-tracked to the national side after touching speeds in the 150s, was out for more than a year with injuries. Returning to competitive cricket after a long time, Malik did not show signs of rustiness, bowling Odisha opener Om Munde with his sixth ball of the day. While the first breakthrough was a drag-on, Malik followed up with a vicious in-dipper to castle the middle stump of Odisha captain and former CSK squad member Subhranshu Senapati with the next ball.
Malik only bowled 10 overs in the day, for 2-35. The two left-arm spinners Abid Mushtaq (4-95) and Vanshaj Sharma (4-90) shared the remaining wickets to keep Odisha down to 304, whose top-scorer was Rajesh Dhupar with 104 from No.5.
Scores at stumps: Odisha CA 314 vs Jammu & Kashmir
Maharashtra vs Himachal Pradesh
Prithvi Shaw did not feature in the XI for Maharashtra after scoring a hundred and a fifty in the first two matches. Promoted to open batting, former India U19 all-rounder Arshin Kulkarni responded with 146, adding a 220-run second-wicket stand with Ruturaj Gaikwad, who also notched up a century after twin failures in the first round and sitting out in the second. Regular wickets after their partnership – most of which were taken by left-arm spinner Prince Thakur (7-144) – saw Maharashtra get bowled out for 440.
Scores at stumps: Maharashtra 440 vs Himachal Pradesh
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