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Ricky hits century, match drawn

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WELL PLAYED: C. Raghu, with his loose, loopy backlift, put the bad balls away, hitting ten fours in his 195-ball knock.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab’s Ravneet Singh Ricky completed an unbeaten century (111) on the final day as the match against Uttar Pradesh in the four-day Ranji super league match petered out into a tame draw on Monday.

Punjab had set a stiff target for U.P. and even though Mohd. Kaif (71) and T.S. Srivastava (66) came up with breezy knocks there was little chance of a result.

At Jaipur, Saurashtra declared at the overnight score of 253 for three and did well to bundle out Rajasthan for 188, R.V. Dhurv picking up four wickets.

In Chennai, Tamil Nadu gained three points by virtue of having secured the first-innings lead against Karnataka as the match ended in a draw.

The scores:

Super league: Saurashtra 307 and 253 for three decl. beat Rajasthan 172 and 188 in 65.2 overs (R.V. Dhurv four for 60), at Jaipur. Pts: Saurashtra 5, Rajasthan 0.

Hyderabad 261 and 272 for four in 94.4 overs (D.B. Ravi Teja 54, A.S. Yadav 101 not out, A. Shinde 57) drew with Baroda 476 for nine decl., in Hyderabad. Pts: Baroda 3, Hyderabad 1.

Punjab 381 and 351 for nine in 111 overs (R. Inder 62, R.S. Ricky 111 not out, Charanjit Singh 64, Piyush Chawla four for 75) drew with U.P. 375 and 230 for five in 51 overs (T.M. Srivastava 66, Mohd. Kaif 71), at Chandigarh. Pts: Punjab 3, U.P. 1.

Andhra 179 and 287 for nine decl. beat Orissa 140 and 224 in 99.1 overs (N. Behera 66, D.S. Mohanty 46), at Cuttack. Pts: Andhra 5, Orissa 0.

Tamil Nadu 421 and 237 for nine decl. in 73.3 overs (M. Vijay 47, S. Badrinath 46, R. Srinivasan 50 not out, N.S.C. Aiyappa four for 45) drew with Karnataka 221 and 170 for three in 68 overs (C. Raghu 66 not out), in Chennai. Pts: Tamil Nadu 3, Karnataka 1.

Plate league: Assam 198 and 152 beat Kerala 85 and 233 in 126 overs (P.R. Prem 53, P. Prashanth 83, B. Baruah four for 13), at Silchar. Pts: Assam 5, Ker 1.

Jharkhand 105 and 403 beat Jammu & Kashmir 135 and 125 in 58.4 overs (A. Bhatt 43, S.S. Rao four for 32, Santosh Lal four for 48), at Jammu. Pts: Jharkhand 5, J & K 0.

Madhya Pradesh 475 and 217 for four decl in 43 overs (N.V. Ojha 93, J.S. Saxena 58) drew with Goa 293 and 217 for five in 74 overs (S.A. Asnodkar 90), at Margao. Pts: MP 3, Goa 1.

Haryana 193 and 106 in 53.3 overs (Kulamani Parida four for 36) lost to Railways 385 for nine decl., at Rohtak. Pts: Railways 6, Haryana 0.

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