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Rishabh Pant Photograph: (X)
Indian cricket star Rishabh Pant is back in Delhi colours as he returned to Ranji Trophy action against Saurashtra on Thursday. The 27-year-old had a day to forget as he was out for just one run when he was dismissed by Dharmendrasinh Jadeja. Pant, though, was crowded by fans for his autograph on day one of the game on Thursday.
One fan got so emotional seeing his idol that he touched Pant’s feet. The cricketer was quick to stop the fan from doing so. Pant was quick to oblige the emotional fan with a few pictures and an autograph as he was surrounded by security personnel. Delhi were bowled out for 188 as Ravindra Jadeja picked a fifer to mark his return to domestic cricket.
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Saurashtra were placed 163/5, still trailing 25 runs to gain a first-innings lead. Harsh Tyagi gave Delhi their first wicket, dismissing Chirag Jani for 16 runs. Skipper Ayush Badoni then dismissed Cheteshwar Pujara for just six runs. Sheldon Jackson batted for 29 balls to score seven before falling to Shivam Sharma.
Harvik Desai’s 93 puts Saurashtra on cusp of first innings lead
With the score reading 73/3, Harvik Desai was joined by Ravindra Jadeja and the pair added 82 runs for the fourth wicket. The stand came in 59 balls before Shivam Sharma dismissed Jadeja for 38 off 36 balls with two fours and three huge sixes. Harvik Desai was the final wicket of the day out for 120 caught by Pant off Arpit Rana.
Mumbai’s bowlers brought the hosts back into the game to reduce Jammu and Kashmir to 174/7 at the end of the day. Paras Dogra was batting on 19 with Yudhvir Singh Charak batting on two runs. The best batter for the visiting side was Shubham Khajuria, who scored 53 while Abid Mushtaq scored 37-ball 44 runs. Mohit Avasthi picked up three wickets for Mumbai, while Shams Mulani got two scalps. J&K leads Mumbai by 54 runs.
Karnataka have taken a lead of 141 runs after bowling out Punjab for just 55 runs. Siddharth Desai scripted history by claiming 9/36 to bowl out Uttarakhand for 111 runs. Gujarat in reply ended the day at 190/4, leading by 79 runs. More action is set to follow on day two of the Ranji Trophy matches as some of the biggest names take part in the encounter.