Ranji Trophy: Gujarat held but collect three points

Batsman Uday Kaul (unbeaten 67) and Taruwar Kohli (47 not out) batted bravely to help Punjab force a draw in a Ranji Trophy Group B encounter against Gujarat here Friday.

Punjab began the last day on 219 for four in their first innings, trailing Gujarat by a huge margin of 294 in the sixth round match.

Taruwar Kohli went on to make 71 and Gurkeerat Singh contributed 49 but that did not prevent Punjab from getting bowled out for 362, against Gujarat's 513 for eight declared.

Gujarat enforced the follow-on but a strong reply from the visitors, led by Kaul, helped the visitors eke out a draw, who reached 120 for one in their second innings.

The draw helped the home team collect three points due to a superior first innings score.

Given below are the brief scores:

At Ahmedabad: Gujarat vs Punjab, Gujarat 1st innings 513 for 8 declared, Punjab 1st innings 362 all out (Uday Kaul 77, Jiwanjot Singh 76; Ruhul Bhatt 5/44) Punjab 2nd innings following on 120 for one (Uday Kaul 67) Match Drawn

At Hyderabad: Assam vs Hyderabad, Assam 1st innings 393 all out, Hyderabad 1st innings 215 all out, Hyderabad following on 122 all out (Swarupam Purkayastha 8/29) Assam won by an innings and 56 runs

At Nagpur: Vidarbha vs Saurashtra, Vidarbha 1st innings 583 for nine declared, Saurashtra 1st innings 309 all out (Cheteshwar Pujara 114, Akshay Wakhare 5/89) Vidarbha 2nd innings 116 for two (Faiz Fazal 55) Match Drawn

At Kolkata: Bengal vs Jammu and Kashmir, Bengal 1st innings 387 all out, Jammu and Kashmir 1st innings 315 all out, Bengal 2nd innings 264/5 declared (Abhimanyu Easwaran 63, Manoj Tiwary 61) Jammu And Kashmir 2nd innings 219 for two (Imran Haroon 102) Match Drawn

At Dharamsala: Himachal Pradesh vs Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh 1st innings 304 all out, Jharkhand 1st innings 232 all out (Rameez Nemat 77, Ishank Jaggi 56; Rishi Dhawan 5/90, Vikramjeet Malik 3/53) Himachal Pradesh 2nd innings 91 for six (Ajay Yadav 3/18, Rituraj Singh 2/22)

At Indore: Madhya Pradesh vs Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh 303 all out, Karnataka 1st innings 522 all out (Manish Pandey 193, Shreyas Gopal 124; Puneet Datey 4/80) Madhya Pradesh 2nd innings 277 for three (Naman Ojha 115, Aditya Shrivastava 108) Match Drawn

At Delhi: Goa vs Services, Goa 1st innings 304 all out, Services 1st innings 341 for nine (Anshul Gupta 125, Hardik Sethi 113; Gauresh Gawas 4/87)