Jadeja's six makes Tripura follow-on

Tripura 103 (Jadeja 6-27) and 11 for 3 (Jadeja 2-4) trail Saurashtra 307 (Jackson 97, Jadeja 91, Saha 4-72, Dey 4-118) by 193 runs
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Ravindra Jadeja's left-arm spin pushed Tripura towards defeat only on the second day in Rajkot. Jadeja took eight of the 13 Tripura wickets on a day that saw 17 overall. Tripura were bowled out for 103 and were 11 for 3 after being made to follow-on, still trailing by 193 runs.

Jadeja rocked Tripura's top order when he came on as the first-change bowler. Their collapse started when Arindam Das (24), Rakesh Solanki and Kaushal Acharjee were dismissed within eight runs and seven overs to leave them on 61 for 5. Three middle-order batsmen reached double-figures for a brief resistance but Jadeja's 6 for 27, his 13th five-for in first-class matches, was assisted by Kamlesh Makvana's offspin (3 for 32) to take the last four wickets for nine runs.

Tripura's second innings didn't go any better and Jadeja's figures didn't get any worse. After Jaydev Unadkat dismissed Subhrajit Roy for a 16-ball duck, Jadeja took two more to finish the day with figures of 31.1-16-31-8. Twelve of the 13 Tripura dismissed batsmen were caught.

Earlier, Saurashtra added 37 runs to their overnight 270 for 6 as Sheldon Jackson fell three short of a hundred. Chirag Jani fell on the second ball of the day and left-arm spinner Tushar Saha took the remaining three wickets to finish with 4 for 72, and bowl Saurashtra out for 307.

Services 161 (Paliwal 26, Poonia 24, Shukla 3-61) and 5 for 0 need another 72 runs to beat Jharkhand 45 and 192 (Tiwary 56, Virat Singh 51, Pathania 7-64)
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Medium-pacer Diwesh Pathania, playing his maiden first-class match, ended with figures of 13 for 83, as Services closed in on a big victory against Jharkhand in Delhi. Pathania, who collected 6 for 19 in the first innings to bundle Jharkhand out for 45, as he picked up 7 for 64 to run through the visitors even in their second essay, meaning Services needed just 77 for the win.

Services, who began the day at 131 for 9, managed to finish with 161 to earn a lead of 116, thanks largely to a 43-run stand for the last wicket between Raushan Raj and Poonam Poonia. Jharkhand's hopes of an unlikely turnaround were further dented by the loss of key wickets at regular intervals, as Pathania reduced them to 41 for 4. Virat Singh (51) and Saurabh Tiwary (56) led a recovery by hitting fifties and stringing together a 66-run partnership. However, no other batsman barring Jaskaran Singh (30) could produce a vital knock, as Jharkhand were bowled out for 192 in 74 overs.

Kerala 158 for 2 (Jagadeesh 69, Prem 67) trail Jammu & Kashmir 330 (Bandeep 82, Raza 73, Monish 3-63) by 172 runs
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Very little separated Jammu & Kashmir and Kerala on the second day in Srinagar, as the hosts made 330 in the first innings, before VA Jagadeesh and Rohan Prem helped shaved 158 runs off that total.

J&K, who began at an overnight score of 247 for 7, were lifted by an eighth-wicket stand worth 120 between Bandeep Singh and Waseem Raza. Bandeep hit 10 fours for his 82, while Raza's 73 featured eight fours, helping the team past 300. Left-arm spinner Karaparambil Monish was Kerala's best bowler, collecting 3 for 63.

Kerala were dealt an early blow in their reply when Akshay Kodoth was dismissed for 6, but half-centuries from Jagadessh (69) and Prem (67 not out) kick-started the innings. However, the visitors had another setback towards the end of the day, as the pair's 129-run stand ended when Jagadeesh was run out in the 57th over.

Only 47 overs were possible in Porvorim, where useful lower-order contributions helped Hyderabad extend their overnight 246 for 5 to a first-innings total of 325 before Goa replied with 47 for the loss of opener Amogh Desai. Hyderabad lost B Anirudh and Akash Bhandari in successive overs, having added only 10 runs on the second day, before Mehdi Hassan and Vishal Sharma added 43 for the eighth wicket.

The fall of Vishal's wicket brought to the crease Habeeb Ahmed, who had retired hurt on 5 on the first day. He only added 6 to his score before retiring hurt a second time. Hassan then added 20 with No. 11 Sudeep Tyagi before he was last man out for 38, bowled by the seamer Rituraj Singh who finished with three wickets.