Harpreet Singh produced an unbeaten 112 to anchor Madhya Pradesh to 292-7 against Uttar Pradesh on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy Group A match at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium here today.
Harpreet blasted 15 boundaries and a six in his unfinished 152-ball innings and he was ably supported skipper by Devendra Bundela (52).
For UP, Ankit Rajpoot (2/53), Pitush Chawla (2/64) and Kuldeep Yadav (2/94) picked a couple of wickets.
At the draw of stumps, Harpreet was left at the crease after Chandrakant Sakure was dismissed on the last ball of the opening day.
Electing to bat, Madhya Pradesh were dealt an early blow when they lost their opener Aditya Shrivastava (0) on the second ball of the innings but Mukul Raghav and Rajat Patidar (42) tried to rebuild the innings.
However, Raghav was forced to leave the field after he retired hurt on 31 with the scoreboard reading 54-1. Patidar and Bundela then joined hands but their partnership was soon broken when Yadav dismissed the former in the 35th over.
Bundela then alongwith Harpreet shared a 120-run stand to take MP across the 200-mark. However, Bundela was trapped infront of wicket by Chawla in the 64th over as MP slipped to 201-3.
Shubham Sharma (25) then provided good support to Harpreet as MP crossed the 250-mark but then they suffered a collapse, losing four wickets in the next 10 overs with Harpreet being the lone man standing.
Once Sharma was adjudged lbw in the 80th over, Raghav came back to bat at the team score of 252-4 but he could not stay longer and was sent packing by Imtiaz Ahmed in the 86th over. Wicket-keeper batsman Ankit Dane (9) and Sakure (4) were then dismissed by Yadav and Chawla respectively.
Brief Score:
Madhya Pradesh 1st innings: 292-7 in 89.5 overs (Harpreet 112 not out; AS Rajpoot 2/53).
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