Srinagar, Oct 14: After a historic knock of 255 runs by Shubham Khajuria earlier in the match, right-arm medium pacer Auqib Nabi captured 5 wickets to help Jammu and Kashmir gain a vital 1st innings lead against Maharashtra and earn three points in the ongoing Ranji Trophy Elite Group-A match at Sher-e-Kashmir Cricket Stadium here on Monday.
Earlier, resuming from an overnight score of 312/6 in 86 overs, Maharashtra today rode on the overnight pair of Arshin Kulkarni and BS Ghosh to make a partnership of 108 runs, thus taking the score to 420 runs before part-timer Abdul Samad did the trick, trapping Ghosh at his individual score of 47 runs off 163 balls studded with 5 boundaries.
Then Auqib Nabi took 3 quick wickets to bowl the entire team out for 426 runs, thus helping Jammu and Kashmir to gain a first innings lead of 93 runs and earn three points.
Arshin played a brilliant innings of 87 runs off 124 balls with 9 fours and one six.
For Jammu and Kashmir, Auqib was the pick of the bowlers, who took 5 wickets by conceding 100 runs in 35.3 overs, while Rasikh Salam bagged 2 wickets. Yudhvir Singh, Abid Mushtaq and Abdul Samad claimed one wicket each.
For his fabulous batting display, Shubham Khajuria was declared as the player of the match.
The Sub Committee Members of JKCA including Brig Anil Gupta, Mithun Manhas and Adv Sunil Sethi congratulated the Jammu and Kashmir team for this performance.
Brief Scores
J&K 1st innings 519/7 dl
Shubham Khajuria 255 Shivansh Sharma 106*
HA Walunj 4/143
Maharashtra 1st innings
428/10 SA Veer 127 Arshin Kulkarni 87 Ruturaj Gaikwad 86
Auqib Nabi 5/100.
