Shahbaz Nadeem seven-for sinks Kerala
A round-up of all the Ranji Trophy Group C matches on October 18, 2015
ESPNcricinfo staff
18-Oct-2015
Jharkhand 202 (Tiwary 75, Munda 54, Warrier 4-56) and 262 (Kishan 58, Monish 5-66) beat Kerala 148 (Prem 52, Aaron 5-23) and 183 (Kodoth 72, Nadeem 7-64) by 133 runs
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Jharkhand's left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem finished with career-best figures of 7 for 64, helping his team open their Ranji account with a 133-run victory against Kerala in Malappuram. Kerala, who came into the final day still needing 246 runs for a win, were dealt an early blow when Rohan Prem was trapped lbw off the fourth ball of the day. Akshay Kodoth (72) and Sachin Baby led a min-recovery, stringing together a 52-run partnership, but Baby's wicket sparked a collapse that led to Kerala losing their last eight wickets for just 56 runs. Nadeem ran through the lower middle order on his way to collecting 7 for 64, as Kerala were bowled out for 183 inside 64 overs.
HimachalPradesh 707 for 8 declared (Bist 220*, Bains 161, Dhawan 114) drew with Hyderabad 434 (Agarwal 118, Vihari 101, More 4-84) and 2 for 0
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Robin Bist's unbeaten 220 and Rishi Dhawan's 114 helped Himachal Pradesh amass a huge first-innings total of 707 for 8, as they took away three points from their drawn game against Hyderabad.
HP resumed from an overnight score of 402 for 5 and added 305 runs in the 72 overs that they batted on the day, as Bist and Dhawan shared a 175-run partnership. Hyderabad's captain Hanuma Vihari used as many as 10 bowlers in search of breakthroughs, three of whom conceded well over 100 runs. With HP batting out most of the day and only a few overs left, the two captains shook hands after the visitors batted for 13 overs, making just two runs in that period. For his unbeaten double-ton that featured 23 fours and one six, HP's Bist was adjudged the Man of the Match.