Hingrajia’s unbeaten 108 anchors Gujarat reply as Badoni’s 217 and Arya’s 199 power Delhi

Manan Hingrajia remained unbeaten on 108 as Gujarat reached 363 for five at the close of day three of their Ranji Trophy Group-C match against Delhi at the Palam ‘B’ ground on Tuesday, after Ayush Badoni’s 217 and Priyansh Arya’s 199 had propelled Delhi to 648 for six declared.

Gujarat resumed the day on 98 for two in reply to Delhi’s declaration and Hingrajia, who had been 12 overnight, carried his innings through the entire third day to move the visitors to 363 for five in 120 overs; the visitors trailed by 285 runs at stumps.

Hingrajia’s unbeaten 108 came off 274 balls and included 12 fours and one six; the 28-year-old scored 96 runs on the day and was described in the report as displaying restraint despite having attacking options in his repertoire.

Jaymeet Patel made 72 off 119 balls with nine fours and shared a 124-run fifth-wicket partnership with Hingrajia, while captain Chintan Gaja was 41 not out off 105 balls with three fours when stumps were drawn; Money Grewal had previously spilled a chance at fine-leg when Gaja was on five off Navdeep Saini.

Early in the day Vedant Trivedi fell in the seventh over, strangled down the leg side off Divij Mehra and caught by wicketkeeper Anuj Rawat, and Urvil Patel’s 23 off 28 balls ended when Hrithik Shokeen’s off-spin turned into his arc and Ayush Badoni took a sharp catch at slip.

Delhi’s first-innings scorecard read: Priyansh Arya b Hingrajia 199, Sanat Sangwan c Urvil b Harshal 8, Yash Dhull c Trivedi b Harshal 10, Ayush Doseja (run out) 29, Ayush Badoni c Urvil b Jaymeet 217, Sumit Mathur c Abhishek b Hingrajia 92, Anuj Rawat (not out) 61; Extras (b-12, lb-13, w-7): 32; Total (for six wkts. decl. in 136.4 overs): 648. Fall of wickets: 1-67, 2-87, 3-142, 4-376, 5-543, 6-648. Gujarat bowling: Gaja 24-4-91-0, Nagwaswalla 24-1-91-0, Harshal 18-0-97-2, Jaymeet 18-6-66-1, Siddharth 26-2-127-0, Hingrajia 14.4-1-72-2, Jayswal 11-0-76-0, Aarya 1-0-3-0.

Gujarat’s first-innings details listed Abhishek Desai c Doseja b Shokeen 34, Aarya Desai c Dhull b Shokeen 11, Vedant Trivedi c Rawat b Divij 38, Manan Hingrajia (batting) 108, Urvil Patel c Badoni b Shokeen 23, Jaymeet Patel c Sanat b Saini 72, Chintan Gaja (batting) 41; Extras (b-25, lb-7, w-1, nb-3): 36; Total (for five wkts. in 120 overs): 363. Fall of wickets: 1-25, 2-79, 3-118, 4-153, 5-277. Delhi bowling: Divij 13-2-34-1, Saini 20-4-46-1, Shokeen 31-3-94-3, Grewal 14-2-40-0, Badoni 17-3-53-0, Mathur 13-1-39-0, Priyansh 7-1-13-0, Doseja 5-0-12-0.

At stumps Gujarat were 363 for five, trailing Delhi by 285 runs with Manan Hingrajia unbeaten on 108 and Chintan Gaja 41 not out.