Ranji Trophy 17-18: Jharkhand vs Haryana

Match Summary: Haryana (208 & 296) lost to Jharkhand (425/9d & 81/0)
Points: Jharkhand 7, Haryana 0

The return of Shahbaz Nadeem bolstered Jharkhand as they romped home to a 10 wicket victory over Haryana. They knocked out Haryana quickly after having lost the toss. The top order failed but the middle and lower order took them to a big lead. After knocking over the Haryana top order in the 2nd innings, Jharkhand must have started scenting an innings victory. But there was some stubborn resistance, which lasted well into the final session. But the young openers chased down the target with ease and also secured a bonus point. 

Highlights

• Playing XI:Changes: 
• In: Shahbaz Nadeem, Shasheem Rathour (both in their first appearance of the season), Varun Aaron
• Out: Babul Kumar, Ajay Yadav, Ashish Kumar 
• Saurabh Tiwary continues to captain the side
• First-class century #17 for Ishank Jaggi which turned the game in Jharkhand's favour.
• Ishan Kishan crosses the landmark of 50 catches in his 29th game.
• 14th career 5-wicket haul for Shahbaz Nadeem
• 50th first-class game for Sunny Gupta

Season Stats

• Top Scorer: Ishan Kishan - 271 @54.20
• Top Wicket-taker: Sunny Gupta - 15@20.20
• Player Count: 15
• Captain Count: 2

Points Tally - 8 after 3 games. Moved up 2 places to 4th.

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