Ranji Trophy: Knockouts after shootouts
The Ranji Trophy has returned after a one-season damage brought about by means of the Covid-19 pandemic. The rejigged structure presented best 3 video games for each and every workforce, with best the table-toppers progressing to the knock-outs. The collection of video games compared to 2019-20 (the former Ranji version) was once lowered from 169 video games to 65.
Alternatively, the curtailed season produced a number of shut contests. Those who readily spring to mind come with 41-time winners Mumbai surviving a scare in opposition to Goa, Jharkhand’s 15-run and two-wicket wins in opposition to Delhi and Tamil Nadu respectively, Bengal chasing down 350 in opposition to Baroda after being bowled out for 88, and Uttar Pradesh chasing down 359 at the final day in opposition to Maharashtra. The groups had been going for the kill and it additionally confirmed the price of a first-innings lead was once diminishing.