By IANS,
New Delhi : Railways breathed life into their Ranji Trophy campaign with an emphatic innings and five-run victory over Gujarat on the final day of the Super League match at Valsad Friday.
Railways bowled out Gujarat for 295 in their second innings. The visitors scored 391 in their first innings and packed off Gujarat for just 91.
Resuming at 139/2, still 161 short of an innings defeat, Niraj Patel (102) and Parthiv Patel (52) combined for a 99 run-stand, but Murali Kartik (4-75) broke the partnership dismissing Parthiv.
Suresh Saxena accounted for three batsman, including Niraj.
Railways collected six points from their first victory of the season which took their tally to 10 points in five matches. They are placed fourth in the points table in Group A.
Brief scores:
At Valsad, Gujarat vs Railways: Gujarat 91 all out and 295 all out (Jay Desai 76, Niraj Patel 102, Parthiv Patl 52, Murali Kartik 4-75, Santosh Saxena 3-54) Railways 391 all out.
At Hyderabad, Hyderabad vs Mumbai: Hyderabad 266 all out and 276/6 (P Shashank Nag 57, Ambati Rayudu 79, Abhinav Kumar 49; Iqbal Abdulla 3-72, Ramesh Powar 2-37), Mumbai 521/2 declared.
At Pune, Maharashtra vs Uttar Pradesh: Maharashtra 292 all out and 338/9 dec, Uttar Pradesh 208 all out and 391/7 (Parvinder Singh 100, Tanmay Srivastava 45, Praveen Kumar 42; Jitendra Patil 2-53)
At Sambalpur, Tamil Nadu vs Orissa: Tamil Nadi 361 all out and 375/8 (Srikkanth Anirudha 81, Dinesh Karthik 152; Dhiraj Singh 3-122, Alok Chandra Sahoo 2-56), Orissa 327 all out
At Delhi, Delhi vs Saurashtra: Saurashtra 328 all out and 214 all out (Chirag Pathak 43, Prateek Mehta 41 not out; Parvinder Awana 3-48, Pawan Suyal 4-41, Pradeep Sangwan 2-49), Delhi 383 all out and 161/2 (Virat Kohli 88, Ankur Julka 33)