left-arm spinner Varun Sood made full use of the turn on offer bagging a maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket as Delhi took 16 Gujarat wickets on the day to inch closer towards a hat-trick of outright wins in the Ranji Trophy, here on Tuesday. Starting the day at 34 for one in reply to Delhi's first innings score of 425, Gujarat were all out for 150 in the first innings conceding a mammoth first innings lead of 275 runs. After being enforced follow-on, Gujarat were 152 for seven in the second essay with 123 runs in arrears to avoid innings defeat.
Sood was the pick of the bowlers in both innings as he got 4/50 in the first innings followed by 5/37 in the second till now. For someone, who had only 13 wickets from his first five first-class appearances, the current match-haul of 9/87 will only help him consolidate his position in the team. With three wickets remaining, there is a possibility that Sood will bag his first 10-for in first-class cricket.
Brief Score
Delhi: 425/6 declared lead Gujarat: 150 (Varun Sood 4/50) and (following on) 152/7 (Varun Sood 5/37, Shivam Sharma 2/52) by 123 runs.
Railways player hit on the neck
Chennai: There was yet another scary on-field incident during a Ranji Trophy cricket match which saw Railways fielder Rohan Bhosale being hospitalised after a full-blooded sweep shot by Tamil Nadu’s Rajagopal Sathish hit on the back of his neck during the third day's play. Bhosale was fielding at short leg when he was struck. He was proclaimed to be dizzy later and needed urgent medical attention. luckily, he never lost consciousnesss.