Spin bowling all-rounder Aditya Sarwate produced another impressive show as Vidarbha registered a comfortable 115-run win over Haryana on the fourth and final day to qualify for the Ranji Trophy quarterfinals from group A on Monday. Vidarbha (33) grabbed six points from what was their fifth win in the tournament to finish on top of Group A and were followed by Saurashtra (29). Sarwate, who had scored 99 in the first innings, made a valuable 42 in the second essay to help Vidarbha add 92 runs to their overnight total of 113/4.
They set the visitors a victory target of 296 after being dismissed for 205 in 71.4 overs.
Vidarbha then dished out a superlative bowling effort with left-arm spinner Sarwate also starring with the ball, taking two wickets for 38 runs to go with his first-innings figures of 3/59. Off-spinner Akshay Wakhare (3/30) snapped three as the hosts bundled out Haryana for 180 in 34.3 overs.
Pacer Umesh Yadav (2/37), Aditya Thakare (1/47) and Yash Thakur (1/21) were the other wicket-takers.
Chasing the total, Haryana failed to capitalise on the starts and lost wickets at regular intervals to be reduced to 113 for 5 in the 25th over.
Number 9 batter Anshul Kamboj, in fact, emerged as their top-scorer with an entertaining 25-ball 46, studded with five fours and three sixes.
Vidarbha had scored 423 in their first innings and in response, Haryana had posted 333.
Jharkhand beat Rajasthan by 89 runs
Left-arm spinner Anukul Roy bagged his fifth five-wicket haul as Jharkhand thrashed Rajasthan by 89 runs in their Group A contest.
Jharkhand, defending 248, had left Rajasthan gasping for breath at 120 for six in their second innings on day 3.
On Monday, the hosts returned to complete the task with the 25-year-old Roy claiming two more wickets to complete a fine five-wicket haul at the Keenan Stadium.
Varun Aaron (1/22) provided the first breakthrough in the morning when he removed overnight batter Samarpit Joshi (23), who was caught by Nazim Siddiqui in the 54th over.
Mahipal Lomror too could just another 18 runs to his overnight score of 30 before being a victim of Roy, who cleaned up Aniket Choudhary (0) for his fifth victim.
In between, Utkarsh Singh got rid of Manav Suthar (14) as Rajasthan cut a sorry figure with the bat.
With the win, Jharkhand finished their campaign on a high, signing off at the sixth position in group A.
Tamil Nadu, Karnataka Qualify From Group C
Tamil Nadu needed just seven overs to chase down an easy target and beat Punjab by nine wickets on the final day to top Group C and qualify for the Ranji Trophy quarterfinals here on Monday.
With six points from the easy win, TN topped the group with 28 points from seven matches.
Karnataka, who drew with Chandigarh in Hubballi on Monday, also qualified for the quarterfinals as they finished second in the group with 27 points.
Tamil Nadu left-arm spinner Sai Kishore (4/80) shone with the ball on Monday as he took four wickets to help his side bowl Punjab out for 231 in 64.2 overs.
Punjab were following-on after they made 274 in their first innings in reply to Tamil Nadu’s 435.
Ajith Ram (3/52) and Pradosh Ranjan Paul (3/23) added one wicket each to their two on Sunday as Punjab added just 51 runs from 24.2 overs for the loss of six wickets in their second innings.
Punjab began the final day at 180 for 4.
Needing just 71 runs for an outright win, Tamil Nadu reached the target in just seven overs for the loss of one wicket.
Narayan Jagadeesan and Pradosh Ranjan Paul remained unbeaten on 26 and 22 respectively while Suresh Lokeshwar made 19 as Tamil Nadu reached 71 for 1 to win the match.
In Hubbali, Chandigarh ended the final day on 236 for 5 in their second innings after Karnataka had piled up a massive 563 for 5 declared in their first innings on Sunday to draw the match. Chandigarh had made 267 in their first innings.
Karnataka secured three points from the match on the basis of first innings lead.
Chandigarh got one point from the drawn match and ended at seventh spot in the eight-team group with six points.
Gujarat, who had beaten Goa by seven wickets in Porvorim on Sunday, missed the bus as they finished third in the group with 25 points — two less than that of Karnataka — from seven matches.
Railways, who beat Tripura by five wickets on Monday in Agartala, finished fourth with 24 points from seven matches.
Brief Scores: In Nagpur: Vidarbha 423 and 113 for 4 in 38.2 overs (Dhruv Shorey 43, Atharva Taide 49) lead Haryana 333 by 203 runs.
In Jamshedpur: Jharkhand 188 and 269 beat Rajasthan 210 and 158 all out in 68.1 overs (Mahipal Lomror 48; Anukul Roy 5/36) by 89 runs.
In Delhi: Maharashtra 225 and 157 for 6 in 90 overs (Arshin Kulkarni 58; Kaushal Tambe 44; Pulkit Narang 2/33, Nitin Tanwar 2/29) draw against Services 432 allout in 190 overs (Shubham Rohilla 72, Rajat Paliwal 51, Nakul Sharma 87; Taranjitsingh Dhillon 5/131)
In Salem: Tamil Nadu 435 and 71 for 1 in 7 overs beat Punjab 274 and 231 all out in 64.2 overs (Nehal Wadhera 109; Sai Kishore 4/80) by nine wickets.
Points: Tamil Nadu 6 points; Punjab 0.
In Agartala: Tripura: 149 and 333 lost to Railways 105 and 378 for 5 in 103 overs (Pratham Singh 169 not out, Mohammad Saif 106; Manisankar Murasingh 3/81) by 5 wickets.
Points: Railways 6, Tripura 0.
In Hubballi: Chandigarh 267 and 236 for 5 in 80 overs (Arslan Khan 63, Mayank Sidhu 56 not out; Vasuki Koushik 2/26) drew with Karnataka 563 for 5 declared.
Points: Karnataka 3 (on basis of first innings lead), Chandigarh 1.
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