The third round of Ranji Trophy started on Saturday. On the first day, Gujarat batsman Priyank Panchal scored a century in the match against Rajasthan and shared a 156-run partnership with Arya Desai for the opening wicket. In another match, Andhra Pradesh scored 295 runs for the loss of 6 wickets on the first day, thanks to the 60-plus innings of Sheikh Rashid, Hanuma Vihari and KS Bharat. Gujarat scored 285 runs for the loss of 7 wickets on the first day.
In the match played at Sawai Man Singh Cricket Stadium in Jaipur, Rajasthan won the toss against Gujarat and decided to field first. Gujarat had a good start. Priyank Panchal shared a 156-run partnership with Arya Desai for the first wicket. Desai scored 86 runs off 119 balls. Priyank Panchal scored 110 runs off 208 balls. He hit 14 fours in his innings. Gujarat scored 285 runs by losing 7 wickets by the end of the day’s play. For Rajasthan, Arfat Khan took 3 wickets and Kunka Ajay Singh took 3 wickets. Three Andhra batsmen played 60+ innings
Andhra Pradesh scored 295 runs by losing 6 wickets on the first day against Himachal Pradesh at its home ground Visakhapatnam. Andhra Pradesh came to bat first after losing the toss. Three of its batsmen played half-century innings and scored 60 plus runs. Sheikh Rasheed scored 69 runs by facing 132 balls, Hanuma Vihari scored 66 runs by facing 115 balls and KS Bharat scored 65 runs by facing 39 balls.
Rishi Dhawan and Divesh Sharma took 2-2 wickets for Himachal Pradesh.
