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Shubman Gill in motion within the Ranji Trophy.© X/mufaddal_vohra
Punjab skipper and opener Shubman Gill (102) struck a cultured century however failed to save lots of his group from an innings defeat to Karnataka of their Ranji Trophy Group C match right here Saturday. Gill added 95 runs on the third day to his in a single day 7 to attain 102 from 171 balls from which he struck 14 fours and three sixes. He scored his first fifty off 119 balls and the following 50 runs got here in simply 40 balls. He was the eighth batsmen dismissed within the Punjab second essay after they conceded an enormous 420-run lead within the first innings.
Punjab had scored a paltry 55 of their first innings with Gill contributing simply 4 runs. They have been 24 for two in 13 overs of their second innings at stumps on the second day Friday.
In the long run, Punjab have been shot out for 213 in 63.4 overs of their second innings to lose by an innings and 207 runs.
Karnataka, who had made 475 in 122.1 overs of their first innings with Ravichandran Smaran (203) scoring his maiden top notch double hundred, collected seven factors, together with a bonus level for an innings win.
Pacer Yashovardhan Parantap and leg-spinner Shreyas Gopal took three wickets every for Karnataka throughout Punjab’s second innings.
Gill had did not impress within the current five-match Take a look at collection in Australia for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The 25-year-old right-hander was unable to place up any important contribution.
He performed in 5 innings in three Checks, scoring simply 93 runs with a highest rating of 31 at a mean of 18.60. He was dropped for the fourth Take a look at however got here again within the fifth and final sport as captain Rohit Sharma sat himself out. However Gill may simply 20 and 13 within the final Take a look at.
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