Ranji Trophy quarter-finals, day 4 LIVE Score update: Madhya Pradesh beat Punjab by 10 points, into semi-finals

Welcome to Sports starLIVE bulletin of the quarterfinals of Ranji Trophy in Bengaluru.

RANJI TROPHY LIVE COMMENTARY

Bengal vs Jharkhand | Message from Dhruva: Virat Singh crawls through the cards to bring back 50 of his 151 balls. He’s been disciplined all day – getting out and away from the short term. Jharkhand 208/7 for 70 rounds.

Bengal vs Jharkhand | Dhruva: Shahbaz gets another bounce by Shahbaz as Nadeem rushes into a silly spot. Jharkhand 202/6

Mumbai vs Uttarakhand | Amol tweets: Mumbai on the course for registering the highest winning percentage in First Division cricket. Previous highest: 685 New South Wales beat Queensland 1929-30. In the Ranji Trophy, the highest score: 540 Bengal beat Orissa in 1953-54.

Mumbai vs Uttarakhand | Amol: Shams Mulani made it past the middle order, winning three quotes in his first three passes. Uttarakhand could hardly keep up with the first training session. Aditya Tare is holding back despite the injury to his finger.

Punjab vs Madhya Pradesh | Lalith text: Saransh Jain gets his third club when he surprises Vinay Choudhary with a sharp serve that shoots up to the outer edge to miss. Punjab 203/9 in 68.3 passes.

Punjab vs Madhya Pradesh | Lalith: Meanwhile, Punjab leads with massive SIX from Mayank Markande in the mid lane. Punjab 184/8 in 64.3 passes – 6 lead.

Mumbai vs Uttarakhand | Amol: Mohit Avasthi joins the group, penetrates Swapnil Singh’s defence, and closes the middle. Chandela is looking stable like Uttarakhand is struggling at 29/4 at the drink break.

Bengal vs Jharkhand | Dhruva: Mondal receives his fourth cane. Put it on the Anukul Roy lengthwise and then move it away and it feeds the outer edge into the slide. Jharkhand 157/6.

Bengal vs Jharkhand | Dhruva: Only 14 runs came in the first 11 runs of the day. Jharkhand 153/5 in 54 rounds. Virat Singh and Anukul Roy prepare for a challenge. Bengal can also stay for a long day on the field.

Mumbai vs Uttarakhand | Amol says: Dhawal set Robin Bist with a perfect ending. Hit the ball The best 5 players threw the ball in the channel and followed it with a bouncer. Bist is nowhere behind the line and the stump will rotate.

Punjab vs Madhya Pradesh | Lalith tweets: FIVE TICKETS for Kumar Kartkeya! Clean new powder Sanvir Singh with nothing. MP is close to the finish line. Punjab 155/7 in 58 rounds.

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CLEAR SIX! Kartkeya foxed Anmol Malhotra with a slower ball and found the outside line for Patidar on the first miss. Bringing his tally to 19 goals this season. Punjab 166/8 in 62 episodes.

Punjab vs Madhya Pradesh | Lalith update: The first sign of the morning for MP. Siddarth Kaul tripped while bowling by Saransh Jain. Punjab 148/6 in 55 episodes.

Mumbai vs Uttarakhand | This is Amol: Dhawal Kulkarni was famous in the morning. He first gets one to shape and then moves to Kamal Singh castle, then swings one at Jay Bista to transform it into a pair for captain Uttarakhand. Chandela and Bist have survived since then. 15/2.

Punjab vs Madhya Pradesh | Lalith: Kumar Kartkeya aims to shoot MP to win against Punjab on Day 4 at Alur (3). Madhya Pradesh in the distance touching the semi-finals.

Mumbai vs Uttarakhand | Amol: Mumbai was officially announced on March 261. Can Uttarakhand perform better in his essay and chase 796?

STUMPS, DAY 3

first. Uttar Pradesh (155 wins & 213/5) beat Karnataka (253 wins & 114 wins)

2. Punjab 120/5 in 47 overs (Kaul 16*, Malhotra 10*) track 58 times that of Madhya Pradesh

3. Jharkhand 139/5 in 45 overs (Singh 17*, Roy 1*) tracked 634 times against Bengal

4. Mumbai 261/3 in 58 rounds (Jaffer 17 *, Parkar 6 *) 794 times ahead of Uttarakhand

On Wednesday, Uttar Pradesh became the first team to reach the semi-finals of the ongoing Ranji Trophy season with a crunch five-match win over Karnataka.

On Day 4, Bengal wanted to beat Jharkhand as soon as possible to take the lead. After posting 773 for 7, pacer Sayan Mondal rallied three quotes while Shahbaz Ahmed took a few to drop Jharkhand to 139 for 5 at the stump on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, the game between Punjab and Madhya Pradesh is drifting towards an interesting finish, with the former hitting 58 runs after crashing five misses.

On the other hand, Mumbai continues to cause misery for Uttarakhand pitchers as their lead now stands at 794. Mumbai is likely to open the second innings of the first session and allow the athlete toss his ball into the semi-finals.