Ranji Trophy: Ayush Badoni joins Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli in elite club with successive double tons

Delhi captain Ayush Badoni carved his name in the record books with a second successive double century, joining Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli as only the third Delhi batter to achieve the feat in consecutive firstclass innings. In the process, Delhi seized control against Jharkhand in their Ranji Trophy Group C clash in Ranchi on Tuesday.

Badoni remained unbeaten on a commanding 210 off 228 deliveries, while allrounder Sumit Mathur compiled a career-best unbeaten 150 as Delhi declared their first innings at 515/5 on Day Two. In reply, Jharkhand reached 131/4 at stumps, trailing by 384 runs with six wickets in hand.

The day belonged to Badoni, whose remarkable run of form continued after his double century against Gujarat.

Brief scores: In Ranchi: Delhi 515/ 5 decl (Ayush Badoni 210*, Sumit Mathur 150*) vs Jharkhand 131/4 (Utkarsh Singh 53*).

Moliya scores triple ton

Vadodara: In the clash between Baroda and defending champions Jammu and Kashmir, Baroda started the day on 259/6, with Priyanshu Moliya unbeaten on 113*. The batter went on to add 208 more runs to his overnight score, subsequently making 321 off 492 balls. The knock included 36 fours and a six.

Ranji Trophy, Round 3, Day 2

Group A:

In Indore: Bihar 99 & 134 all out (Ayush Loharuka 76*; Saransh Jain 6/49) lost to MP 407/8 decl (Saksham Purohit 132, Rajat Patidar 109; Amod Yadav 3/54) by an innings and 174 runs; In Vadodara: Baroda 616 (Priyanshu Moliya 321*, Mahesh Pithiya 102; Sahil Lotra 4/160) vs J & K 6/0.

Group B:

In Mysuru: Tripura 197 vs Karnataka 297/7 (Rohan Patil 72, KV Aneesh 68; Abhijit Sarkar 3/59); In Secunderabad: Punjab 431 (S Arora 151, P Singh 81; Chama Milind 4/79, Rakshan Readdi 3/80) vs Hyderabad 193/2 (Abhirath Reddy 97, Rahul Radesh 72*); In Rajkot: Assam 281 vs Saurashtra 156/4 (Hetvik Kotak 65*).

Group C:

In Mangalapuram: Bengal: 350 (Shahbaz Ahmed 121; Aditya Sarwate 4/95) vs Kerala 101/6 (Vishnu Vinod 41; Mohammed Shami 3/20); In Pune: Gujarat 223 vs Maharashtra 278/ 9 (Saurabh Nawale 95; Chintan Gaja 3/55, Sidharth Desai 3/40).

Group D:

In Mumbai: Mumbai 430 (Angkrish Raghuvanshi 114, Musheer Khan 109, Tanush Kotian 52*; Samant Jakhar 3/41) vs Haryana 108/2 (Ankit Kumar 35; Musheer Khan 2/28); In Chennai: Railways 184 & 107/9 (Sahab Singh 42; R Sai Kishore 4/38, Jeganathan Hemchudeshan 3/21) vs Tamil Nadu 165 (Baba Indrajith 59; Raj Choudhury 5/41, Toufik Mondal 4/48).