Ton-up Kaif bails UP out of trouble

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Ton-up Kaif bails UP out of trouble

Mohammad Kaif bailed Uttar Pradesh out of trouble with an unbeaten century on the first day of their Ranji Trophy match against Karnataka.

India discard Kaif was the lone Uttar Pradesh batsman to shine on a day when most of the other struggled to get going.

Kaif remained unbeaten on 105 when stumps were drawn, while Imtiaz Ahmed was yet to open his account.
Earlier, Karnataka debutant Hosagivappa Sharath claimed five wickets including that of Suresh Raina
Besides the left-handed Raina, the 19-year-old medium pacer sent back opener Ali Murtuza, and middle-order batsmen Parvinder Singh and Arish Alam after his team chose to field.
Brief scores:

Uttar Pradesh: 245 for 8 in 82 overs (M Kaif 105 not out; H S Sharath 5/44)
Rayudu leads the way
Stand-in captain Ambati Rayudu led from the front with an impressive half-century as Baroda ended the first day's play at a comfortable 252 for three against Delhi in a third round Ranji Trophy Group B encounter.
Brief Scores: Baroda 1st innings 252/3 (A Rayudu 83 batting, A Chauhan 82 batting, Aditya Waghmod 54, Rajat Bhatia 2/20)
Maharshtra restrict Tamil Nadu to 273/9
Maharashtra came up with an impressive bowling effort to restrict last year's finalist Tamil Nadu to 273 for nine in their first innings at stumps on the opening day of a third round Ranji Trophy Group B match.
Pacers Shrikant Mundhe (3/38) and Samad Fallah (2/49) shared five wickets between them while spin trio of Akshai Darekar (2/86), Satyajit Bachhav (1/48) and Chirag Khurana (1/30) accounted for other Tamil Nadu wickets to fall on the day.
Yo Mahesh top-scored for the hosts with a 130-ball 81 during which he struck eight boundaries and three hits over the fence.
Brief Scores:
Tamil Nadu: 273 for nine in 90 overs (Yo Mahesh 81, Ramaswamy Prasanna 56, Malolan Rangarajan 50 batting; Shrikant Mundhe 3/38)

Advantage Punjab on Day 1
Pace trio of Manpreet Gony, Sandeep Sharma and Siddarth Kaul shared six wickets between them as Punjab restricted Railways to 193 for seven in their first innings at stumps on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy Group A match.
Gony (2/20), Sandeep (2/32) and Kaul (2/62) scalped two wickets apiece while left-arm spinner Bipul Sharma (1/15) accounted for the other Railways batsman on the first day of the encounter which produced only 74 overs.
Brief Scores:
Railways: 193 for seven in 74 overs (Nitin Bhille 41, Ashish Yadav 34; Manpreet Gony 2/20)

Gujrat recover to reach 230/6
An undefeated 66-run seventh wicket partnership between left-hander Manpreet Juneja and seasoned Rakesh Dhruv helped Gujarat reach 230 for six against Bengal on a curtailed opening day of a third round Ranji Trophy encounter.
Due to bad light, only 73 overs of play was possible on the day as Bengal bowlers had Gujarat on the mat at 164 for six before Juneja-Dhruv carried out a recovery act.
Brief Scores: Gujarat 230/6 (Smit Patel 67, Parthiv Patel 61, Sourav Sarkar 3/57)
Anshul, Yashpal take Services to 277/3
Anshul Gupta and Yashpal Singh scored a century each as Services finished the first day of their Ranji Trophy Group C match against Tripura at a dominating 277 for three.
The duo raised an unbeaten 211 runs for the fourth wicket to help their team sit comfortably at the draw of stumps after Tripura bowlers struck in quick succession to reduce the visitors to 66 for three.
Brief Scores:
Services: 277 for three in 86 overs (Anshul Gupta 112, Yashpal Singh 110; Rana Dutta 39/1)
Odisha humiliate Haryana
Haryana were caught badly in the 'green-trap' that they had set for their opposition with minnows Odisha bundling them out for a meagre 66 in a third round Ranji Trophy.
Odisha then came out to bat and took their score to 177 for six and now have a handy 111-run first innings lead.
Brief Scores:
Haryana: 66 in 32.1 overs (Rahul Dalal 21, Basant Mohanty 5/24, Biplab Samantray 3/17)

Odisha: 177/6 (Natraj Behra 44, Biplab Samantray 42, Deepak Behra 31, Mohit Sharma 4/37)
Jharkhand end day one at 222/2
Jarkhand top-order fired in unison to finish the opening day of their Ranji Trophy Group C match against Goa here on a strong 222 for two.

At the close of play, Ishank Jaggi was unbeaten on 56, and giving him company was Saurabh Tiwary on 34.

Brief scores:

Jharkhand: 222 for two in 90 overs (Manish Vardhan 73, Ishank Jaggi not out 56; Shadab Jakati 53/1)
Kerala 211/5 against Assam on Day 1
Off-spinner Arlen Konwar scalped three wickets to keep Assam in the hunt after hosts Kerala ended the opening day at 211 for five in their Ranji Trophy Group C match.
Konwar returned with figures of three for 49 to bring Assam back into the match after Abhishek Hegde (46) and V A Jagadeesh (40) gave Kerala a solid start, sharing 85 runs for the opening stand.
Brief Scores:

Kerala: 211 for five in 90 overs (Abhishek Hegde 46, V A Jagadeesh 40; Arlen Konwar 3/49)
Rajasthan bowl out MP for 256
Pacers Pankaj Singh and Rituraj Singh shared eight wickets between them as Rajasthan restricted Madhya Pradesh to 256 all out on the opening day of their Group A Ranji Trophy match.

The visitors hit back by reducing the hosts to seven for one at close on an eventful day.