Suryakumar Yadav made an 80-ball 90 in his first Ranji Trophy game in almost three years while skipper Ajinkya Rahane and Yashasvi Jaiswal struck fine hundreds to take Mumbai to 457 for three against Hyderabad on day one of the Group B contest here.
Surya, who has arguably been the best batter in white-ball cricket over the past 12 months, approached the red-ball game with the same aggressive intent that he is known for in the shorter formats. His knock comprised 15 fours and a six.
The stylish batter has time and again expressed his desire to play Test cricket for India. He last played a first-class game way back in February 2020.
Jaiswal continued his rich vein of form with a sublime 162 off 195 balls while Rahane was batting on 139 at stumps.
Prithvi Shaw was out for 19 after Hyderabad opted to field at the BKC ground.
Shorey’s ton
Opener Dhruv Shorey struck his eighth first-class hundred to steer Delhi to 271 for seven on day one of their fixture against Assam.
Assam removed Shorey's partner Anuj Rawat early after opting to field first.
Shorey remained unbeaten on 139 off 216 balls before bad light forced an early stumps with 81 overs bowled on the day.
Delhi's young captain Yash Dhull made 22 off 56 balls while Vaibhav Rawal came up with a valuable 43 off 71 balls. Senior batter Nitish Rana was out first ball.
Delhi, who lost their tournament opener to Maharashtra, fielded a depleted unit in the absence of injured pacers Ishant Sharma and Mayank Yadav. They were forced to field three debutants in Harshit Rana, Pranshu Vijayran and spinner Hrithik Shokeen.
Senior pacer Navdeep Saini, who suffered an abdominal muscle strain while being part of the Indian team in Bangladesh, is unlikely to be fit in time for Delhi's next game.
Patidar, akash help mp
Indore: Sandeep Sharma snapped
five wickets but Rajat Patidar and Akshat Raghuwanshi hit twin
fifties as defending champions Madhya Pradesh recovered to 289
for 7 against Chandigarh on the
opening day of their Elite Group 'D' match.
Electing to bat, openers Yash Dubey (44, 50 balls, 6 fours) and Himanshu Mantri (12) provided Madhya Pradesh a solid start, adding 63 runs for the first wicket.
However, Sandeep jolted the MP innings, picking up the wickets of Mantri and Dubey in quick succession.
Patidar (88, 116 balls, 16 fours), one of the stars of MP's maiden Ranji triumph, steadied the innings in the company of Raghuwanshi (65 not out, 167 balls, 5 fours, 1 six), putting on 94 runs for the fifth wicket.
The duo kept the Chandigarh bowlers at bay in a stand that lasted 154 deliveries even as Sandeep kept pegging away.
Sandeep, who has featured in two T20 Internationals for the country, then struck a vital blow by cleaning up Patidar.
Raghuwanshi then got together with Anubhav Agarwal (25) and added 67 runs for the seventh
wicket before the latter fell LBW
to Sandeep off the last ball of the
day. In another match in the group, Punjab hit back after being bowled out for 162 in 48.1 overs to reduce Railways to 77 for 7 at stumps at Karnail Singh stadium in New Delhi.
Anustup's 159 lifts Bengal against himachal
Kolkata: Veteran Anustup Majumdar stroked his way to an unbeaten 159 and lifted Bengal to 310 for 9 after a poor start against Himachal in their Group A
match.
Former champions Bengal were reeling at 44 for five after medium pacer Sidharth Sharma (5/69) struck thrice in the first 10 overs at Eden Gardens.
Rishi Dhawan accounted for Sudip Kumar Gharami, bowling him out for 5, while pacer Kanwar Abhinay got the prized wicket of skipper Manoj Tiwary (3) cheaply as Bengal found themselves in all sorts of trouble in the very first session of the first morning.
Then came the recovery acts, first through a 110-run partnership for the sixth wicket between Majumdar and Shahbaz Ahmed, and then the former's 65-run stand for the eight wicket with Akash Deep.
Shahbaz Ahmed's contribution was a handy 49 while Akash Deep got himself 34 runs.
At stumps, which was called 12 overs early owing to bad light, number 11 Ishan Porel (6) was giving Majumdar company.