Ranji Trophy: Ravindra Jadeja's bowling heroics helped Saurashtra to defeat Delhi by 10 wickets

Saurashtra’s Ravindra Jadeja with his Player of the Match award in Rajkot yesterday. Pic/PTI

Ravindra Jadeja was unplayable on a spinners' paradise and added another seven (7-38) to his first innings five-for as Saurashtra all but ensured Delhi's exit from Ranji Trophy with a 10-wicket victory inside two days in Group D, here on Friday.

While the famed Indian batters were huge flops across games, all-rounder Jadeja showed why he is still menacing on tracks that offer significant help.

The hosts pounded Delhi by dismissing them for a mere 94 in 25.2 overs in their second innings. This was after Saurashtra did well enough to score 271. The 83-run first innings lead on a difficult track proved to be decisive. Saurashtra scored the required 12 runs in just 3.1 overs. The match lasted little over 150 overs across two days.

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Rishabh Pant fans were left high and dry as he got out for 17 in the second essay after scoring 1 in the first innings.

In another match, Punjab skipper Shubman Gill endured a tough day as Karnataka posted a mammoth 475, built around Ravichandran Smaran's maiden first-class double ton that put the hosts firmly in the driver's seat in their Elite Group C match in Bangalore on Friday.

In their second innings, Punjab were 24-2 in 13 overs, and were trailing by 396 runs, with Gill holding the fort at seven not out from 36 balls, and Jassinder Singh at the crease on zero.

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