Pujara's Bat Worked In Rajkot, Scored 63rd Century In First Class

This match between Saurashtra and Manipur is being played at Sanosara Cricket Ground A in Rajkot. This ground is located 32 kilometers from the stadium (Niranjan Shah Stadium) of the ongoing third Test match between India and England.

India's legendary batsman, Cheteshwar Pujara, is in great form these days. He scored a century in the Elite Group A match of the Ranji Trophy against Manipur. In this match being played in Rajkot, Pujara scored 108 runs in 105 balls. Thanks to his century, Saurashtra declared its first innings at the score of 529 runs for six wickets. Apart from Pujara, captain Arpit Vaswara played an inning of 148 runs, and Prerak Mankad played an inning of 173 runs.

This is Pujara's 63rd century in first class. He has scored his third century in this season of the Ranji Trophy. Earlier, Pujara had scored an unbeaten 243 runs against Jharkhand. At the same time, in the last match, 110 runs were scored against Rajasthan. This match between Saurashtra and Manipur is being played at Sanosara Cricket Ground A in Rajkot. This ground is located 32 kilometers from the stadium (Niranjan Shah Stadium) of the ongoing third Test match between India and England.

Pujara's 'Baseball'

The effect of England's famous baseball was not much visible at Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot, but at Sanosara Cricket Ground A, Pujara played aggressive innings in the same style. He scored runs at a strike rate of 102.86 in first-class matches. This is the best strike rate of any batsman on his team in the first innings. Pujara hit 12 fours and one six. Manipur had scored 142 runs in its first innings. By the end of the second day's play, he had scored 55 runs for three wickets in the second innings. He is still 332 runs behind.

Shardul Led Mumbai To Victory

On the other hand, thanks to the stormy bowling of Shardul Thakur, the Mumbai team defeated Assam by an innings and 80 runs in Elite Group B. Assam had scored 84 runs in the first innings. At the same time, Mumbai had scored 272 runs in the first innings. In this way, he got a lead of 188 runs. The Assam team was reduced to 108 runs in the second inning. Shardul Thakur, who took six wickets in the first innings, also bowled lethally in the second innings. He took four wickets. In this way, Shardul took 10 wickets in the match.