New Delhi, Nov 10 (Inditop.com) Tejinder Pal Singh hit a century to put Railways in a comfortable position against Himachal Pradesh on the first day of the Ranji Trophy Super League match here Tuesday.
Tejinder scored 102 as Railways were 238 for four at stumps at the Karnail Singh Stadium here.
Railways, opting to bat first, were put on the back foot after double strikes from off-spinner Sarandeep Singh (4-79). Sanjay Bangar (34) and Tejinder did the repair job but Sarandeep struck again rattling Bangar’s stumps to peg back Railways at 100 for three.
Tejinder and Yere Goud (48 batting) then stitched a 130-run partnership for the fourth wicket to put Railways on top at the end of the first day’s play.
At Rajkot, Shivakant Shukla (119) and Parvinder Singh (120 batting) did the bulk of scoring as Uttar Pradesh piled up 287 for five against Saurashtra at stumps.
Brief scores (Day I):
At Delhi: Railways 238/4 (Tejinder Pal Singh 102, Yere Goud 48 batting; Sarandeep Singh 4/79) vs. Himachal Pradesh.
At Delhi: Delhi 154 all out (Punit Bisht 31 not out, Mayank Tehlan 28; R Vinay Kumar 8/32). Karnataka 91/2 (K.B. Pawan 40 batting, Rahul Dravid 33 batting).
At Kolkata: Baroda 219/6 (Jacob Martin 46, Irfan Pathan 42 batting; Laxmi Ratan Shukla 2/38, Sourav Sarkar 2/50) vs. Bengal.
At Rajkot: Uttar Pradesh 287/5 (Shivakant Shukla 119, Parvinder Singh 120 batting; Sandeep Jobanputra 2/44, Rakesh Dhruv 2/79) vs. Saurashtra.
At Mohali: Punjab 221 all out (Ravi Inder Singh 63, Arjun Kakkar 30; Munagala Praneet Arjun 6/47, Alfred Absolem 3/56) vs. Hyderabad 12/1.
At Ahmedabad: Gujarat 275/5 (Parthiv Patel 130 batting, Bhavik Thaker 72; Chandrasekhar Ganapathy 2/35, Aushik Srinivas 2/58).
At Mumbai: No play was possible between Mumbai and Orissa due to heavy rain.
