A round-up of the Ranji Trophy quarter-final matches on February 6, 2015
ESPNcricinfo staff06-Feb-2016
ScorecardFile photo: Arup Das (second from left) returned match figures of 11 for 124•PTI
Assam needed just 20 balls on the fourth day to take the final two wickets to put them in the semi-finals of the Ranji Trophy.Arup Das, who finished with figures of 8 for 83, took both the wickets in consecutive overs as Punjab could only manage 12 runs of the required 64 at the start of the day.Punjab were ultimately bowled out for 236, succumbing to a 51-run loss.
ScorecardIqbal Abdulla and Jay Bista took five-wickets hauls to bundle Jharkhand out for 94 and complete a massive 395-run win for Mumbai, booking the team’s place in the semi-finals. Jharkhand started the day at 28 for 1 in the chase of 490.Overnight batsmen Shiv Gautam (27) and Virat Singh (26) added 36 before Jharkhand suffered a stunning collapse, losing their last nine wickets for 30 runs. Offspinner Jay Bista took 6 for 16 in 6.4 overs, while Iqbad Abdulla claimed five wickets in 16 overs.
ScorecardMadhya Pradesh’s batsmen continued their plunder in the Ranji Trophy quarter-final. Harpreet Singh scored his second fifty-plus score and converted it into a hundred. He was part of a 149-run stand for the sixth wicket with Ankit Dane (69) and then a 65-run stand with left-arm spinner Ankit Sharma and was finally dismissed for 139 off 206, with 14 fours. MP set an improbable target of 788, Bengal went through the motions until stumps to finish on 113 for 3.