Pant, Chand and Rana dominate Assam

After bowling Assam, who had been 132 for 6 overnight, for 193, Delhi’s batsmen piled on the runs in Vadodara. Three of their top five made fifties; fifty-five to captain Unmukt Chand, an unbeaten 72 to Nitish Rana and a rapid 84 not out to Rishabh Pant, who played the Under-19 World Cup earlier this year. Pant’s innings included seven fours and five sixes.

The batsmen’s efforts made the second day’s play near perfect for Delhi. It had begun with Pradeep Sangwan ripping through the tail to finish with 3 for 47 – Assam’s Tarjinder Singh was left stranded with 61 runs to his name – and it ended with Delhi ahead by 48 runs with seven wickets remaining.

A maiden first-class century from 19-year old Kaushal Singh helped Jharkhand secure an 83-run lead over Maharashtra in Delhi.

Coming in at 108 for 5 in the 35th over, Kaushal batted through to stumps on the second day and helped his team overcome a top-order wobble. And it wasn’t like he was plodding along either. His 121 runs came off only 178 …

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