LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh amassed a formidable score of 556 to establish an imposing overall lead of 346 runs over Punjab during the Ranji Trophy match in Mohali.
Opening batter Madhav Kaushik 's stellar performance with a sublime century, coupled with the remarkable half-centuries from middle-order batter Rinku Singh , all-rounder Saurabh Kumar , and spinner Shivam Sharma , propelled UP to a commanding position in their first away match.
Uttar Pradesh declared their innings at 556/9 in 141.1 overs in their Elite C group encounter leaving Punjab struggling at 49/1 in 19 overs at the close of the penultimate day.
At the crease were Jaskaranvir Singh Paul (19) and Anmol Preet on 14. Abhay Chaudhary (11) was dismissed early by Vijay Kumar in the 10th over.
UP now have a full day on Tuesday to grab the remaining Punjab wickets to record a much-needed first win of the season. UP have never registered an outright win over Punjab in 10 earlier encounters in Ranji Trophy.
Overnight, 293/3, Uttar Pradesh added 263 runs in 60 overs on Monday. Madhav, who was at the crease at 128, added 35 runs and scored a magnificent 163 runs, while Rinku Singh added 22 runs to score 68 runs off 131 balls.
Rinku was caught by wicket keeper Salil Arora off the delivery of Krish Bhagat in the 99th over. Siddhartha Yadav (27) then joined Madhav at the crease to provide a healthy partnership, but Madhav Kaushik was caught by Pukhraj Mann off the delivery of Sanvir Singh in the 104th over. Yadav was dismissed by Sanvir Singh in 106th over. All-rounder Saurabh Kumar hammered a half-century, smashing 69 runs off 67 balls with the help of five boundaries and three sixes.
Saurabh Kumar and Shivam Mavi held a strong 87-run partnership off 118 balls for the seventh wicket. Mavi put up a healthy score of 37 runs but was dismissed by Krish Bhagat. Spinner Shivam joined Saurabh Kumar and added a 21-run partnership for the eighth wicket. Shivam smashed an unbeaten fifty off 58 deliveries. Atal Bihari (9) and Vijay Kumar (5) also contributed to the team's total.
Saurabh took two wickets giving away 55 runs and scored 69. "Our team performed well. Our team's top and middle order performed well. Shivam and I are in the lower order, and we both gave our best and scored runs," Saurabh said.
"It's a batting wicket, but we will try to bowl out Punjab tomorrow," he said.
Opening batter Madhav Kaushik 's stellar performance with a sublime century, coupled with the remarkable half-centuries from middle-order batter Rinku Singh , all-rounder Saurabh Kumar , and spinner Shivam Sharma , propelled UP to a commanding position in their first away match.
Uttar Pradesh declared their innings at 556/9 in 141.1 overs in their Elite C group encounter leaving Punjab struggling at 49/1 in 19 overs at the close of the penultimate day.
At the crease were Jaskaranvir Singh Paul (19) and Anmol Preet on 14. Abhay Chaudhary (11) was dismissed early by Vijay Kumar in the 10th over.
UP now have a full day on Tuesday to grab the remaining Punjab wickets to record a much-needed first win of the season. UP have never registered an outright win over Punjab in 10 earlier encounters in Ranji Trophy.
Overnight, 293/3, Uttar Pradesh added 263 runs in 60 overs on Monday. Madhav, who was at the crease at 128, added 35 runs and scored a magnificent 163 runs, while Rinku Singh added 22 runs to score 68 runs off 131 balls.
Rinku was caught by wicket keeper Salil Arora off the delivery of Krish Bhagat in the 99th over. Siddhartha Yadav (27) then joined Madhav at the crease to provide a healthy partnership, but Madhav Kaushik was caught by Pukhraj Mann off the delivery of Sanvir Singh in the 104th over. Yadav was dismissed by Sanvir Singh in 106th over. All-rounder Saurabh Kumar hammered a half-century, smashing 69 runs off 67 balls with the help of five boundaries and three sixes.
Saurabh Kumar and Shivam Mavi held a strong 87-run partnership off 118 balls for the seventh wicket. Mavi put up a healthy score of 37 runs but was dismissed by Krish Bhagat. Spinner Shivam joined Saurabh Kumar and added a 21-run partnership for the eighth wicket. Shivam smashed an unbeaten fifty off 58 deliveries. Atal Bihari (9) and Vijay Kumar (5) also contributed to the team's total.
Saurabh took two wickets giving away 55 runs and scored 69. "Our team performed well. Our team's top and middle order performed well. Shivam and I are in the lower order, and we both gave our best and scored runs," Saurabh said.
"It's a batting wicket, but we will try to bowl out Punjab tomorrow," he said.
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