Ranji Trophy 2019-20 | Team of Round 3 Ft. Shikhar Dhawan, Ishant Sharma, Karn Sharma

Shantanu Mishra (Odisha) - 110 vs Uttarakhand

After bowling out Uttarakhand for just 117, Odisha batsmen had the opportunity to bat them out of the game. But that could not happen as ODisha were 127-6 and the lead was just a slender 10 runs. However, Shantanu Mishra stepped up and batted very well with the tail to take Odisha’s first innings total to 256, himself scoring a brilliant century under pressure. Uttarakhand could not do much in their second innings as Odisha comfortably chased down a fourth-innings target of 63 to win the game by 10 wickets.

India’s discarded opener in the red-ball cricket, Shikhar Dhawan had a point to prove on a green top that he was good enough to bat at the higher levels on bowler-friendly pitches. He scored a brilliant 140 which helped Delhi post a healthy first innings total. The bowlers then, lead by Ishant Sharma, ran through the batting order of Hyderabad twice as Delhi chased dound a small target of 84 very easily.

Tamil Nadu have bowled out for 149 in their first innings thanks to a brilliant six-wicket haul from Ishwar Pandey. In reply, Madhya Pradesh posted a daunting 333 in their first-innings with Tamil Nadu staring down the barrel of a possible innings defeat. However, Kaushik Gandhi played a blinder of a knock scoring 154 runs and successfully keeping the MP bowlers at bay for the large part of the day. Tamil Nadu were able to escape defeat ending the day on 377-7 and after heroic innings from Gandhi.

Mohammad Saif (Uttar Pradesh) - 165 vs Saurashtra

Wicket-keeper N Jagadeesan also played a helpful hand of 54 alongside Kaushik Gandhi to boost the chances of Tamil Nadu saving the game. He was the only wicket-keeper who impressed in round three and thus gets his place at number six in this eleven.

After bowling out Mumbai cheaply for 114, Railways had the chance to capitalize and score big. However, they were in deep trouble at one stage with the score 24-4. But skipper Karn Sharma came out to bat and after seeing off the initial threat from the Mumbai bowlers, took the game to them and smashed an unbeaten 112 which took the Railways well past the first innings score of Mumbai. In the end, the Railways managed to complete a famous win over Mumbai by eight wickets. Karn Sharma also plays as the skipper in this eleven.

Fast bowlers:

Simarjeet Singh (Delhi) - 7 wickets vs Hyderabad

One of the major reasons why Railways were able to pull off a memorable 10 wicket win over Mumbai was due to their batting collapse in the first innings. Pradeep T was the destroyer-in-chief as he picked up 6 wickets in the first innings giving away just 34 runs and putting Railways in a dominant position.