Sunday, November 18, 2018

Ranji Trophy 18-19: Jharkhand vs Haryana

Match Summary: Haryana (81 & 72) lost to Jharkhand (143 & 12/1) by 9 wickets
Points: Jharkhand 6, Haryana 0

As the scorecard says it all, the game was played in Lahli, a ground known all over India for producing seaming wickets and low scores! And that’s what happened. Haryana won the toss & elected to bat but were knocked out for 81 by the Jharkhand seam attack of Ajay Yadav, Rahul Shukla & Varun Aaron. Anukul Roy once again top scored for Jharkhand and get a 61 run lead. Haryana were knocked over again in the second innings. Jharkhand missed a chance for a bonus point victory as they lost Ishan kishan’s wicket in the chase of 11.

Highlights:
  • Team Changes: In: Sumit Kumar, Rahul Shukla, Out: Kumar Deobrat, Ashish Kumar 
  • Ajay Yadav picked up the Player of the Match for his 7-wicket match haul
  • Varun Aaron took his 5th first-class 5-wicket haul with a career-best 6/32 in the second innings.
Season Stats:
  • Top Scorer: Ishan Kishan – 164 @ 41.00
  • Top Wicket-Taker: Varun Aaron – 9 @ 17.44
  • Player Count – 13
Points Tally: 9 from 2 games – currently at 3rd place.

Coming Up Next – Rajasthan who are the table toppers with 2 bonus point victories.

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