Opener Sanjay Ramaswamy struck his maiden first-class century as Vidarbha produced an improved batting effort to pile up 315 for three in their second innings against Jharkhand in a Group B Ranji Trophy cricket match, here today.
Ramaswamy made 102 off 203 balls with the help of 17 boundaries, while skipper Faiz Fazal hit 59 off 66 balls to stitch 93 runs for the opening stand after resuming at the overnight score of 49 for no loss.
Besides the duo, Gamesh Satish made 44 while Aditya Shanware (54 not out) and Ravi Jangid (50 not out) remained unbeaten at stumps on the third and penultimate day of the match.
Ashish Kumar (1/56), Shahbaz Nadeem (1/79) and Vikash Singh (1/94) picked up a wicket each for Jharkhand.
Vidarbha now lead Jharkhand by just 58 runs with just a day's play remaining.
Earlier, Vidarbha conceded the vital first innings lead to Jharkhand.
Sent into bat, Vidarbha came up with a pathetic batting performance to be bundled out for 105.
In reply, Jharkhand declared their first innings at 362 for eight.
Brief Scores:
Vidarbha: 105 & 315 for 3 in 96 overs (Sanjay Ramaswamy 102; Ashish Kumar 1/56).
Jharkhand: 362 for 8 decl in 122.5 overs (Ishank Jaggi 112 not out; Akshay Karnewar 2/45).
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