The sixth round of Ranji Trophy 2024-25 started on Thursday. In this round, 7 Indian stars are playing for their respective state teams. It includes big names like Indian captain Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, Yashaswi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara and Ravindra Jadeja.
Indian captain Rohit Sharma is struggling with form. Rohit couldn't do anything special here either. He was dismissed for 3 runs off 19 balls. Apart from him, Rishabh Pant, Yashaswi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill also failed. These four batters could not even touch double figures.
On the other hand, Maharashtra's regular captain Ankit Bavanen has been suspended for one match.
Ravindra Jadeja took five wickets against Delhi from Saurashtra Ravindra Jadeja playing for Saurashtra has achieved the feat of taking five wickets in the first innings against Delhi. Jadeja bowled 17.4 overs against Delhi in which he took five wickets for just 66 runs. Jadeja put so much pressure on Delhi that the team could score only 188 runs in the first innings. The big thing is that Rishabh Pant is also playing in the Delhi team, but even his presence could not save this team. Rishabh Pant himself got out after scoring just one run in 10 balls.
Jaddu has 547 wickets in first-class cricket and is now just three wickets short of the 550-wicket mark.
Ravindra Jadeja took 5 wickets for the 18th time in Ranji Trophy history The last few months in international cricket have not been good at all for Ravindra Jadeja, who is playing for the Saurashtra team. Then his performance in the Ranji Trophy match against Delhi will surely boost his confidence. Ravindra Jadeja has taken 5 wickets for the 18th time in Ranji Trophy. Not only this, he has also completed his 200 wickets in this tournament. With this, Ravindra Jadeja became the fourth bowler to cross the 200-wicket mark for Saurashtra after Jaydev Undkat, Dharmendra Singh Jadeja and Kamlesh Makwana. Ravindra Jadeja has now become the 20th player to score over 3000 runs and take 200 wickets in Ranji Trophy history.
Took 5 wickets in an innings for the 35th time in first class cricket Ravindra Jadeja first took the wicket of Sanath Sangwan against Delhi. After this, he also took the wicket of Yash Dhul, who was dismissed for 44 runs. After this, Jadeja also made Delhi captain Ayush Badoni his victim. Jaddu also took the wickets of Harsh Tyagi and Navdeep Saini and thus achieved the feat of taking five wickets in an innings for the 35th time in first-class cricket. Jadeja has 547 wickets in first-class cricket and is now just three wickets short of the 550-wicket mark. Ravindra Jadeja last played a Ranji Trophy match against Tamil Nadu in 2023 and there too he wreaked havoc with the ball. Then Jadeja took 7 wickets for 53 runs against Tamil Nadu.
Indian captain Rohit Sharma got out after scoring 3 runs in 19 balls against Jammu and Kashmir.
Rohit got out after scoring 3 runs Indian captain Rohit Sharma is struggling with form. Rohit, who was playing in the Ranji Trophy after 10 years, got out after scoring 3 runs in 19 balls against Jammu and Kashmir. He was caught by Paras Dogra by Umar Nazir. He scored only 31 runs in three Tests on the tour of Australia. Ajinkya Rahane is leading Mumbai.
Apart from that, Yashaswi Jaiswal, who came to open with him, could not do anything special. He was dismissed LBW by fast bowler Okib Nabi Dar. Yashaswi scored 4 runs in 8 balls with the help of a four.
Yashaswi Jaiswal scored 4 runs in 8 balls with the help of a four.
Gill playing for Punjab scored only 4 runs Shubman Gill, who played at number three in Tests for India, is playing in this Ranji Trophy round. The Punjab team took the field under his captaincy. Against Karnataka, Gill was dismissed for just 4 runs. Karnataka bowler Abhilash Shetty dismissed him. His 8-ball innings included a four. At the same time, Punjab were bowled out for just 55 runs against Karnataka.
Pant is out for just 1 run After Rohit, Gill and Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant also disappointed on the first day of the sixth round of the Ranji Trophy. Pant could score only 1 run out of 10 runs.
Maharashtra's Ankit Baugh suspended for one match Maharashtra will face Baroda in Ranji Trophy 2025 on Thursday. Rituraj Gaekwad is leading Maharashtra in this match. The team's regular captain Ankit Bavanen has been suspended for one match. The team was informed about this before the match against Baroda.
During the match against Services in the fifth round, Bawan was caught at slip off the bowling of left-arm spinner Amit Shukla. However, the replay clearly showed that the ball hit the ground before Shubham Rohilla took the catch. As the match was live-streaming only and not televised, the DRS option was not available.
Bawne refused to leave the field after being dismissed, which halted play for 15 minutes. Play resumed after the intervention of match referee Amit Sharma and Maharashtra coach Sulakshan Kulkarni. However, Bawne's behavior was considered insubordinate and he was prosecuted and suspended for one match.
Siddharth Desai took 9 wickets in an innings in Ranji Trophy
Due to Siddharth Desai's deadly bowling, the Gujarat team bowled out Uttarakhand for 111 runs on the first day of the match. Siddharth Desai surpassed Ashish Zaidi's figures of 9/45 to record India's third best performance in the domestic red-ball tournament. Uttarakhand decided to bat first, but this decision proved fatal for them. …
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