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Ranji Trophy: Sarfaraz Ton Boosts Mumbai; Sai Spins TN to Victory

Mumbai’s Sarfaraz Khan delivered a commanding performance in the Ranji Trophy Elite Group D, scoring an unbeaten 154 off 228 balls to help his team post a total of 528 for eight against Himachal Pradesh. His aggressive batting, featuring 19 fours, anchored partnerships with Siddhesh Lad (87) and Akash Anand (117), leaving Himachal Pradesh struggling at 144 for three in their second innings with a 244-run deficit remaining as play resumed on the final day of the match in Bilaspur.

Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu secured a dominant victory over Uttarakhand by an innings and 66 runs, thanks in large part to R Sai Kishore’s career-defining hat-trick. The leg-spinner dismissed Lakshya Raichandani, Saurabh Rawat, and Aditya Rawat in consecutive deliveries to finish with figures of 6 for 34, dismantling Uttarakhand’s fragile 113-run reply after they had already collapsed to 9 for 1 chasing a target of 313.

Elsewhere, Railways chased down a revised target of 305 for victory against Rajasthan, with Eshaan Goyal, Bhargav Merai, and Ravi Singh each contributing half-centuries to their team’s total, while Haryana wrapped up a resounding innings-and-24-run win over Chandigarh in just two days of play, maintaining their lead at the top of Group D.

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