Riyan Parag Scores Second-fastest Ranji Trophy Century; Puducherry Trounce Delhi

Assam skipper Riyan Parag came close to rewriting history books as he smashed the second-fastest century in the history of the Ranji Trophy during Assam’s first game of the new season against Chhattisgarh at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium on Monday.

After Assam’s second dig, Parag smashed a century in 56 deliveries, eventually ending up with 155 off just 87 deliveries. He hit 11 fours and 12 sixes during his mad knock, but the knock may not be enough to secure a win for his team.

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However, Parag’s whirlwind innings ensured that Assam did not fall to an innings defeat in their season opener. After Assam won the toss and opted to field first, Chhattisgarh posted 327 riding on skipper Amandeep Khare’s 116 and Shashank Singh’s 82 and then proceeded to bundle out Assam for 159 to take a lead of 168 runs. Chhattisgarh enforced the follow-on, and coming into bat at 78/2, Parag kept losing his partners at regular intervals but managed to string together partnerships with Bishal Roy, Akash Sengupta and then with the tale to help Assam to 254, thus setting Chhattisgarh a target of 87.

At the time of writing, Chhattisgarh are coasting to a win with 10 wickets in hand.

The record for the fastest century for Ranji Trophy remains with Roshabh Pant who scored a 48-ball 100 for Delhi vs Jharkhand in the 2016-17 season.

Puducherry beat Delhi

In what can be termed as a big upset win, Puducherry registered a historic win under their belt beating a lacklustre Delhi outfit by a whopping 9-wicket margin in Delhi. Gourav Yadav was the star performed for Puducherry claiming 7/49 in the first innings helping Puducherry bundle out Delhi for a mere 148. Riding of Paras Ratnaparkhe’s 60 and Krishna’s 44 Puducherry made 244 in their first innings, taking a lead off 96 runs.

Delhi did not fare any better in the second dig and were bundled out for 145 with Abin Mathew Claiming 5/39. Yadav added three more to his tally to end with a 10-wicket match haul. Needing 51 to win, Puducherry got to the target losing one wicket.