GUJ vs KER Day 4 Highlights: Kerala won by 8 wickets – A brilliant performance by the Kerala team ensured their victory by 8 wickets against the Gurajat side. Chasing a target of 214 on the final day of the second-round game, fiery innings by Rohan Kunnummal who scored a ton, led his side to victory. Follow Ranji Trophy live updates on InsideSport.IN.
Rohan Kunnummal’s 106 knock was well supported by Kerala skipper Sachin baby who scored 62 and the duo led their team to victory at the Saurashtra Cricket Association stadium. The two forged a vital 143-run stand in just 135 balls for the second wicket to take Kerala closer to victory.
GUJ vs KER Day 4 Highlights: Kerala ride to victory by 8 wickets banking on a ton by Rohan Kunnummal alongside Sachin Baby’s defiant partnership.
While Kunnummal was the more aggressive one, Baby played his part to perfection. When Baby was dismissed by Siddharth Desai, Kerala needed just 44 runs. Kunnummal, who hammered 12 boundaries and three maximums, then led the team home in company of Salman Nazir (28 not out; 2×4, 2×6) in just 35.4 overs. Kunnummal, who had also scored a century in the first essay, was adjudged as the player of the match.
Earlier, Kerala first shot out Gujarat for 388 before gaining a slender first innings lead as they were bowled out for 439 in their first essay, riding on centuries by Kunnummal and Vishnu Vinod. Kerala bowlers had reduced Gujarat to 84/5, with pacer Basil Thampi (2/45) wreaking havoc at the beginning.
GUJ vs KER Day 4 Highlights: Kerala ride to victory by 8 wickets banking on a ton by Rohan Kunnummal alongside Sachin Baby’s defiant partnership.
However, Gujarat lower-order batters Karan Patel (81 off 150 balls) and Umang Rohitkumar (70 off 175 balls) conjured a 138-run stand for the sixth wicket to post a fighting total on the board. But once left-arm spinner Sijoman Joseph (3/48) dismissed Karan Patel, the other Kerala bowlers ran through the Gujarat tail to eventually bundle them out for 264 in their second essay. It was Gujarat’s second successive defeat, after they lost to Madhya Pradesh in the lung-opener, and hence cannot make the knock-outs.
Kerala Second Innings
| BATTING | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ponnan Rahul | lbw b Gaja | 7 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 33.33 | |||
| Rohan Kunnummal | not out | 106 | 87 | 12 | 3 | 121.83 | |||
| Sachin Baby (c) | c Kathan D Patel b Desai | 62 | 76 | 5 | 2 | 81.57 | |||
| Salman Nizar | not out | 28 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 93.33 | |||
| Extras | (b 4, lb 7) | 11 | |||||||
| TOTAL | (35.4 Ov, RR: 6.00) | 214/2 | |||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siddharth Desai | 16 | 0 | 91 | 1 | 5.68 | 0 | 0 |
| Roosh Kalaria | 4 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 3.25 | 0 | 0 |
| Chintan Gaja | 6 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 7.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Arzan Nagwaswalla | 7.4 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 5.73 | 0 | 0 |
| Karan Patel | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 6.50 | 0 | 0 |
GUJ vs KER Day 4 Highlights: Kerala ride to victory by 8 wickets banking on a ton by Rohan Kunnummal alongside Sachin Baby’s defiant partnership.
Gujarat Second Innings
| BATTING | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saurav Chauhan | b Jalaj S Saxena | 19 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 76.00 | |||
| Kathan Patel | lbw b Basil Thampi | 20 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 62.50 | |||
| Bhargav Merai (c) | lbw b Nidheesh | 11 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 61.11 | |||
| Manprit Juneja | lbw b Basil Thampi | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 54.54 | |||
| Het Patel † | c Rahul b Joseph | 6 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 22.22 | |||
| Umang Kumar | c Joseph b Jalaj S Saxena | 70 | 175 | 8 | 1 | 40.00 | |||
| Karan Patel | c Rahul b Joseph | 81 | 150 | 9 | 0 | 54.00 | |||
| Chintan Gaja | not out | 24 | 44 | 1 | 2 | 54.54 | |||
| Roosh Kalaria | c Govind b Jalaj S Saxena | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Siddharth Desai | b Jalaj S Saxena | 7 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 36.84 | |||
| Arzan Nagwaswalla | c Basil Thampi b Joseph | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 30.76 | |||
| Extras | (b 7, lb 8, w 1) | 16 | |||||||
| TOTAL | (85.5 Ov, RR: 3.07) | 264 | |||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MD Nidheesh | 16 | 2 | 66 | 1 | 4.12 | 0 | 0 |
| Basil Thampi | 18 | 5 | 45 | 2 | 2.50 | 1 | 0 |
| Jalaj Saxena | 18 | 1 | 57 | 4 | 3.16 | 0 | 0 |
| Eden Apple Tom | 7 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 4.71 | 0 | 0 |
| Sijomon Joseph | 26.5 | 8 | 48 | 3 | 1.78 | 0 | 0 |
Kerala First Innings: 439 all out, lead by 51 runs
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ponnan Rahul | 44 | 51 | 7 | 0 | 86.27 | |
| Rohan Kunnummal | 129 | 171 | 16 | 4 | 75.44 | |
| Jalaj Saxena | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 57.14 | |
| Sachin Baby (C) | 53 | 100 | 6 | 1 | 53.00 | |
| Vathsal Govind | 25 | 85 | 3 | 0 | 29.41 | |
| Vishnu Vinod (WK) | 113 | 143 | 15 | 1 | 79.02 | |
| Salman Nizar | 6 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 37.50 | |
| Sijomon Joseph | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 40.00 | |
| Basil Thampi | 15 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 68.18 | |
| Edhen Tom | 16 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 47.06 | |
| MD Nidheesh | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Extra | 21 (b 14, w 1, nb 3, lb 3) | |||||
| Total | 439/10 (107.3) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roosh Kalaria | 14 | 3 | 52 | 2 | 3.71 |
| Chintan Gaja | 20 | 0 | 95 | 0 | 4.75 |
| Arzan Nagwaswalla | 22.3 | 2 | 102 | 3 | 4.53 |
| Siddharth Desai | 39 | 3 | 132 | 5 | 3.38 |
| Karan Patel | 9 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 4.11 |
| Kathan Patel | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1.33 |
| Fall Of Wickets | FOW | Over |
|---|---|---|
| Ponnan Rahul | 1-85 | 13.6 |
| Jalaj S Saxena | 2-101 | 15.6 |
| Sachin Baby | 3-220 | 51.5 |
| RS Kunnummal | 4-249 | 59.5 |
| Vathsal Govind | 5-347 | 81.2 |
| Salman Nizar | 6-364 | 86.4 |
| S Joseph | 7-372 | 88.6 |
| Basil Thampi | 8-393 | 93.5 |
| Vishnu Vinod | 9-423 | 104.3 |
| Edhen Tom | 10-439 | 107.3 |
GUJ vs KER Day 4 Highlights: Kerala ride to victory by 8 wickets banking on a ton by Rohan Kunnummal alongside Sachin Baby’s defiant partnership.
Day 2 summary: Kerala launched a fightback after Het Patel and Karan Patel slammed centuries to power Gujarat to 388 in the first innings. On Day 2, Rohan Kunnummal scored a fine century while Sachin Baby smashed a fifty to keep Kerala in the game. At Day 2 close, Kerala were still trailing by 111 runs.
Batting first, they had a poor start and lost five wickets with just 90 runs on the board, but bounced back brilliantly banking on twin centuries. While Het Patel slammed 185, Karan Patel scored 120 runs. Nidheesh M was the star for Kerala with 5/54 while Basil Thampi bagged 4/118.
GUJ vs KER Day 4 Highlights: Kerala ride to victory by 8 wickets banking on a ton by Rohan Kunnummal alongside Sachin Baby’s defiant partnership.
Gujarat First Innings: 388 all out
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kathan Patel | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| SD Chauhan | 25 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 78.13 | |
| Bhargav Merai (C) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Manprit Juneja | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 13.64 | |
| Het Patel (WK) | 185 | 245 | 29 | 2 | 75.51 | |
| Umang Kumar | 24 | 62 | 4 | 0 | 38.71 | |
| Karan Patel | 120 | 166 | 18 | 1 | 72.29 | |
| Roosh Kalaria | 9 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 40.91 | |
| Chintan Gaja | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 140.00 | |
| Arzan Nagwaswalla | 6 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 60.00 | |
| Siddharth Desai | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extra | 9 (b 0, w 0, nb 3, lb 6) | |||||
| Total | 388/10 (96.1) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MD Nidheesh | 22 | 9 | 54 | 5 | 2.45 |
| Basil Thampi | 19.1 | 1 | 118 | 4 | 6.16 |
| Edhen Tom | 12 | 3 | 51 | 1 | 4.25 |
| Jalaj Saxena | 25 | 3 | 56 | 0 | 2.24 |
| Sijomon Joseph | 16 | 0 | 82 | 0 | 5.13 |
| Sachin Baby | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 10.50 |
| Fall Of Wickets | FOW | Over |
|---|---|---|
| Kathan Patel | 1-0 | 0.4 |
| Bhargav Merai | 2-12 | 2.2 |
| SD Chauhan | 3-33 | 9.6 |
| Manprit Juneja | 4-33 | 10.1 |
| Umang Kumar | 5-90 | 29.5 |
| Karan Patel | 6-324 | 81.1 |
| Roosh Kalaria | 7-345 | 88.4 |
| Chintan Gaja | 8-354 | 89.4 |
| Arzan Nagwaswalla | 9-373 | 92.6 |
| Het Patel | 10-388 | 96.1 |
GUJ vs KER Day 4 Highlights: Kerala ride to victory by 8 wickets banking on a ton by Rohan Kunnummal alongside Sachin Baby’s defiant partnership.
GUJ vs KER Squads
Gujarat Squad: Bhargav Merai (c), Het Patel (vc), Rujul Bhatt, Saurav Chauhan, Piyush Chawla, Siddharth Desai, Chintan Gaja, Manan Hingrajia, Manprit Juneja, Roosh Kalaria, Umang Kumar, Jayveer Parmar, Kathan Patel, Tejas Patel, Karan Patel, Priyesh Patel, Abhinav Tandel, and Parth Vaghani.
Kerala Squad: Sachin Baby (c), Vishnu Vinod (wk), Anand Krishnan, Rohan Kunnumel Vatsal Govind, Rahul P, Salman Nizar, Sanju Samson, Jalaj Saxena, Sijo Mon Joseph, Akshay K C, Mithun, Basil NP, Nideesh M D, Manu Krishnan, Basil Thampi Fanoos F, Sreeshanth S, Akshay Chandran, Varun Nayanar K), Anand Jospeh Vinoop Manoharan, Arun M, Vaishak Chandran.
GUJ vs KER Day 4 Highlights: Kerala ride to victory by 8 wickets banking on a ton by Rohan Kunnummal alongside Sachin Baby’s defiant partnership.
