Ranji Trophy: Ayush Badoni joins Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli in elite club with back-to-back double tons

Ayush Badoni (Image credit: X) Delhi captain Ayush Badoni etched his name into the record books with a second consecutive double century, joining Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli as only the third Delhi batsman to achieve the feat in consecutive first-class innings. In the process, Delhi took control of Jharkhand in their Ranji Trophy Group C clash in Ranchi on Tuesday.Badoni remained unbeaten on an impressive 210 off 228 deliveries while all-rounder Sumit Mathur compiled a career-best unbeaten 150 as Delhi declared their first innings at 515/5 on day two. In response, Jharkhand reached 131/4 at stumps, trailing by 384 runs with six wickets in hand.The day belonged to Badoni, whose remarkable run of form continued after his double century against Gujarat.Brief Scores: At Ranchi: Delhi 515/5 decl (Ayush Badoni 210*, Sumit Mathur 150*) vs Jharkhand 131/4 (Utkarsh Singh 53*).

Finances reach a triple note

Vadodara: In the clash between Baroda and defending champions Jammu and Kashmir, Baroda started the day on 259/6 with Priyanshu Moliya not out on 113*. The batsman added another 208 runs to his overnight score and subsequently made 321 off 492 balls. The knock included 36 fours and a six.

Ranji Trophy Round 3 Day 2

Group A:At Indore: Bihar 99 & 134 all out (Ayush Loharuka 76*; Saransh Jain 6/49) lost to MP 407/8 decl (Saksham Purohit 132, Rajat Patidar 109; Amod Yadav 3/54) by an innings and 174 runs; At Vadodara: Baroda 616 (Priyanshu Moliya 321*, Mahesh Pithiya 102; Sahil Lotra 4/160) vs J&K 6/0.Group B:At Mysuru: Tripura 197 vs Karnataka 297/7 (Rohan Patil 72, KV Aneesh 68; Abhijit Sarkar 3/59); At Secunderabad: Punjab 431 (S Arora 151, P Singh 81; Chama Milind 4/79, Rakshan Readdi 3/80) vs Hyderabad 193/2 (Abhirath Reddy 97, Rahul Radesh 72*); At Rajkot: Assam 281 vs Saurashtra 156/4 (Hetvik Kotak 65*).Group C:At Mangalapuram: Bengal: 350 (Shahbaz Ahmed 121; Aditya Sarwate 4/95) vs Kerala 101/6 (Vishnu Vinod 41; Mohammed Shami 3/20); In Pune: Gujarat 223 vs Maharashtra 278/9 (Saurabh Nawale 95; Chintan Gaja 3/55, Sidharth Desai 3/40).Group D:In Mumbai: Mumbai 430 (Angkrish Raghuvanshi 114, Musheer Khan 109, Tanush Kotian 52*; Samant Jakhar 3/41) vs Haryana 108/2 (Ankit Kumar 35; Musheer Khan 2/28); At Chennai: Railways 184 and 107/9 (Sahab Singh 42; R Sai Kishore 4/38, Jeganathan Hemchudeshan 3/21) vs Tamil Nadu 165 (Baba Indrajith 59; Raj Choudhury 5/41, Toufik Mondal 4/4).

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