A thrilling match is being played between Kerala and Gujarat at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
On the fourth day of the Ranji Trophy semifinal, Vidarbha has made a strong hold against Mumbai. The team gave a 406 -run target. In reply, Mumbai lost 3 wickets for 83 runs in the second innings. The team needs 323 runs on the last day.
The second semifinal is being played between Kerala and Gujarat. Kerala scored 457 runs in the first innings. Gujarat scored 429 runs after losing 7 wickets. The team is 28 runs behind.
Semifinal-1: Mumbai VS Vidarbha Vidarbha decided to bat at VCA Stadium in Nagpur. In the first innings, Vidarbha scored 383 and Mumbai scored 270. In the second innings, Vidarbha scored 292 runs and based on the first innings lead, they gave a target of 406 runs. Yash Rathore scored 151 from Vidarbha and Akshay Vadkar scored 52. Shams Mulani took 6 wickets and Tanush Kotia took 3 wickets from Mumbai. Shardul Thakur also took 1 wicket.
Mumbai allowed Vidarbha to score 292 runs in the second innings.
Rahane was out for 12 runs Mumbai lost 3 wickets for 83 runs in the second innings. Ayush Mhatre was out for 18, Siddhesh Lad was dismissed for 2 runs and captain Ajinkya Rahane for 12 runs. Shivam Dubey is unbeaten by 12 runs and Akash Anand for 27 runs. Harsh Dubey took 2 wickets from Vidarbha and Parth Rekade took 1 wicket.
Vidarbha has 3 wickets in Mumbai for 100 runs.
Semifinal-1: Gujarat VS Kerala The Kerala team decided to bat at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The team batted for 187 overs and scored 457 runs. Mohammad Azharuddin scored 177 runs. Salman Nijar scored 52 and captain Sachin Baby scored 69. Arjun Nagwaswala took 3 wickets from Gujarat and Chintan Gaja took 2 wickets.
At the end of the game, Gujarat lost 7 wickets and scored 429 runs. Priyanka Panchal scored 148 and Arya Desai scored 73 from the team. In the middle order, 3 batters scored more than 30 runs. Finally, Jayamit Patel is unbeaten on 74 and Siddharth Desai 24. The team has scored 429 runs after losing 7 wickets.
Jayamit Patel has maintained Gujarat in the match.
The team will reach the final based on the lead of the first innings if the match is drawn Jalj Saxena has taken 4 wickets from Kerala. MD Nidhesh, N Basil and Aditya Sarvat took 1-1 wickets. Gujarat is currently 28 runs behind in the first innings. If the match is drawn, the lead team will be declared the winner in the first innings. Therefore, the eyes of the two teams are on the lead of the first innings.
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