Services beat Vidarbha in cliffhanger
Round-up of the fourth day of the fourth round of the Ranji Trophy Plate League
Group B
Three runs to win off two balls, with one wicket remaining. That's what the equation had come down to for Vidarbha in their match against Services at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur. Seamer Amrinder Singh struck the crucial blow for Services, getting wicketkeeper Amol Ubarhande stumped off the penultimate ball of the last day, to give them a two-run victory. It was a cruel end for Vidarbha after what had been a spirited fight on the fourth day, not least from the last man out Ubarhande. He had come in with Vidarbha in trouble at 238 for 6 in their chase of 353, and made 39 off 45 balls to get them to within striking distance of an unlikely win. Vidarbha started the day needing 349 more runs to win with nine wickets in hand - a seemingly impossible task considering neither team had scored more than 300 in the match, and Vidarbha's last four totals read 61, 138, 139 and 147. But Ravi Jangid, Himanshu Joshi and Shalabh Shrivastava all got half-centuries for Vidarbha to surprise Services who had actually declared at the end of the third day in search of a victory. Services ran out three of Vidarbha's batsmen and Amrinder and Yashpal Singh got three wickets each to give them their second victory of the season. The win takes Services to second place in the Group B table.Group A
Goa went above Hyderabad in the Group A table, after taking three points from their match at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. The match was destined for a draw after Hyderabad avoided the follow-on on the third day, but Goa secured the first-innings lead after wiping out the hosts' last five wickets for 43 runs on the fourth morning. Offspinner Amit Yadav finished with figures of 4 for 68 for Goa. The visitors had some batting practice for the rest of the last day and opener Vaibhav Naik got an unbeaten half-century.Group A
Teams | Mat | Won | Lost | Tied | Draw | Aban | Pts | Quotient | For | Against |
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Madhya Pradesh | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 1.953 | 1924/38 | 1737/67 |
Rajasthan | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 1.765 | 1570/39 | 1323/58 |
Goa | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 1.434 | 2392/52 | 1829/57 |
Hyderabad (India) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0.803 | 1345/50 | 1876/56 |
Jharkhand | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0.691 | 1649/64 | 1789/48 |
Tripura | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.347 | 981/80 | 1307/37 |
Group B
Teams | Mat | Won | Lost | Tied | Draw | Aban | Pts | Quotient | For | Against |
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Maharashtra | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 1.613 | 1699/38 | 1580/57 |
Services | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1.197 | 1708/51 | 1790/64 |
Andhra | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 1.282 | 1764/43 | 1728/54 |
Kerala | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 1.455 | 1441/37 | 1419/53 |
Vidarbha | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0.689 | 1630/64 | 1589/43 |
Jammu & Kashmir | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.472 | 1848/77 | 1984/39 |