Ranji Trophy: Victories for Delhi, Mumbai, Karnataka, Gujarat

New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) The final day of the fourth round of the Ranji Trophy saw Delhi, Karnataka, Mumbai, Gujarat coming out victorious against their respective opponents on Saturday. While Delhi achieved their four-wicket victory against Uttar Pradesh in their

In other Group B matches, Saurashtra thrashed Jharkhand by six wickets to bring up their third win on the trot. Chasing a paltry 59, Saurashtra lost the opportunity to score seven points as they lost a few early wickets, but eventually completed it without much trouble to sit behind Gujarat and Kerala.

Kerala, meanwhile, needed only 8.5 overs on the final morning to brush aside Jammu & Kashmir by 158 runs and collect their third win from four games in Thiruvananthapuram.

In Group D, Vidharbha cantered to a 192-run win, courtesy off-spinner Akshay Wakhare's second five-wicket haul of the match to skittle the Services out for 99 chasing 292, in Nagpur.

Group D toppers Punjab thrashed Chhattisgarh by an innings and 118 runs, thanks to seamers Sandeep Sharma and Barinder Sran, who bagged seven wickets between them in the second innings at Raipur.

In the other fixure, Bengal settled for a draw with Himachal Pradesh in Kolkata. Chasing 141, Bengal scored 65/4 in 15 overs, to draw the tie but not before bagging three points on the basis of their first innings lead.

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IANS