Bengal vs Jharkhand
Half a century of Abhimanyu Easwaran and Sudip Kumar Gharami helped the Bengali to control his encounter with Jharkhand. After throwing Jharkhand for 173 on the first day, Bengal lost opener Kazi Saifi early on the second day, but the two half-centurions added 136 for the second wicket. Jharkhand hit back with some quick wickets, including skipper Manoj Tiwari, but Shabaz Ahmed and Abhishek Porel prevented any further damage from being done. Stumps saw Bengal finish on his 65 lead with five more wickets to add to that tally.
Madhya Pradesh vs Andhra
Despite a collapse in punching power, Andhra took over the fight against defending champion Madhya Pradesh. Andhra continued with 262/2 and saw Karan Shinde and Ricky Bhui stacking in runs. As Shinde pulled up a century, Bhui moved to 149 before both batters fell in quick succession, causing a collapse. Nonetheless, Andorran skipper Hanuma Vihari made headlines for his gallant action coming out to bat after dropping his ninth wicket after breaking his wrist. Vihari hit with a left hand and faced most deliveries with one hand, drawing Andorra to 379.
In response, the MP opener added his 42 and got off to a great start before Andhra attacked. KV Sasikanth pushed out Yash Dubey and Prithvi Raj sacked Himanshu Mantri in the next over. While Shubham Sharma hit his 50, Nitish Reddy took the decisive wicket off his Rajat Patidar and pinned the MP further back. Then Sasikanth sacked his Shubham of half a century in front of the stumps as the MP was down 235 runs and it was Andhra’s day.
Saurashtra vs Punjab
Centuries from their opener in Punjab helped them take a one-inning lead against Saurashtra on day two, with both Prabhsimran Singh and Naman Dhir beating him over 4.5 seconds and Scoring one over each, they put the pressure on Saurashtra from the start. Prabhsimran hit 126 but Naman smashed seven sixes for 131 and Punjab bet 212 for the first wicket. The partnership was eventually broken by him by Parth Bhut, Yuvrajsinh Dodiya came on and soon after another wicket in hand he led Saurashtra’s comeback.
Dharmendrasinh Jadeja then managed to stop his rampaging Naman and helped his team pull things back. The list went from 212/0 to 292/5. Mandeep Singh and Anmol Malhotra then added important runs and he finished the day with a 24-run lead. The two are expected to extend their lead further on his third day. Karnataka vs Uttarakhand
Karnataka struggled in his second day against Uttarakhand with a strong show batting. After leading Stumps in the first innings with a dominant performance on the first day, Karnataka was able to extend Stumps lead to over 350 on the second day. Ravikumar Samarth and Mayank Agarwal missed centuries after his downfall in the 80’s, but Devdutt Padikkal and Nikin Jose took charge.
The pair added 118 for his third wicket and registered 50 to hold off Uttarakhand. After the duo was fired, it was Shreyas Gopal’s turn to extend his domination of the team. He added 108 for the fifth wicket alongside Manish Pandey and was also able to lead the partnership.Through the stumps, Gopal came up with three figures and remained unbeaten with 103.