On the third day of the Ranji Trophy semi-finals on Wednesday, Vidarbha leads by 260 runs against Mumbai. They scored 147 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in their second innings at stumps on Day 3. Akash Anand scored a century in the first innings for Mumbai who were all out for 270 earlier in the day. In the second semi-final, Gujarat is ended on 222/1 at stumps, trailing by 235 runs against Kerala who scored 457 in the first innings. Semifinal 1: Vidarbha vs Mumbai
In Nagpur's VCA Stadium, Mumbai started playing on the third day with a score of 188/7. Tanush Kotian resumed the innings with 5 runs and opener Akash Anand with a score of 67 runs. The team was all out for 270 runs. Akash scored 106 runs. Kotian was out for 33 and Mohit Awasthi for 10 runs. Parth Rekhade from Vidarbha took 4 wickets. Yash Thakur and Harsh Dubey took 2 wickets each. Meanwhile, Darshan Nalkande and Nachiket Bhute took 1 wicket each. Vidarbha had scored 383 runs in their first innings, giving them a lead of 113 runs. Vidarbha lost wickets early in the second innings
Vidarbha lost 4 wickets for just 56 runs in the second innings. Atharva Taide couldn't even open his account. Meanwhile, Dhruv Shorey scored 13, Danish Malewar scored 29, and Karun Nair scored 6 runs. By stumps, Yash Rathod was unbeaten on 59 and Akshay Wadkar on 31. Vidarbha has scored 147 runs for the loss of 4 wickets. Therefore, they currently have a lead of 260 runs. From Mumbai, Shams Mulani has taken 2 wickets. Shardul Thakur and Tanush Kotian have taken 1 wicket each. Semifinal 2: Gujarat vs Kerala
On the third day at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Kerala started playing from a score of 418/7. Aditya Sarwate was out for 11, MD Nidheesh for 5, and N Basil for 1 run. Mohammed Azharuddeen returned not out with 177 runs. The team scored 457 runs. From Gujarat, Arzan Nagwaswalla took 3 wickets. Chintan Gaja got 2 wickets. Priyajit Singh Jadeja, Ravi Bishnoi, and Vishal Jaiswal got 1 wicket each. 2 batters were also run out. Gujarat lost only 1 wicket
Gujarat batted for 71 overs in their innings and scored 222 runs for the loss of just 1 wicket. Priyank Panchal remained not out at 117 and Manan Hingrajia at 30 runs. Arya Desai was out for 73 runs. Basil took the only wicket. Gujarat is currently 235 runs behind.Original Article