Ranji Highlights: Urvil Patel, Sanvir Singh, Pradosh Ranjal Paul slam double hundreds
Elsewhere, Vidarbha captain Akshay Wadkar revived his team's fate with a century against Madhya Pradesh
Best Batting performances:
KV Aneesh slammed a ton (142*) while Aneshwar Gautam (83) and Manvanth Kumar (53*) made half-centuries that allowed Karnataka bat through the day. As Assam chased shadows, Karnataka finished Day 2 on 496/5, taking their lead to 361 runs.
Uttar Pradesh openers Adarsh Singh (96*) and Madhav Kaushik (90*) batted 55 overs on Day 2 to build their team's strong riposte after Baroda finished on 355.
Vidarbha captain Akshay Wadkar picked up his team's floundering effort to score a century on Day 2 in Nagpur. No. 8 batter Nachiket Bhute slammed six fours and five sixes enroute to a 111-ball 97 that pushed the team to a healthy first-innings lead after starting off the day at 56/4. Wadkar had to retire hurt after getting his ton.
Defending champions Jammu & Kashmir were buoyed by openers Qamran Iqbal (68*) and Shubham Khajuria (80*) after their bowlers let Puducherry get to 385, having started the day with an overnight score of 261/6.
Punjab batter Sanvir Singh doubled his Day 1 score of 100* to help his side bury Andhra under a mountain of runs. Punjab had a troika of centurions - Salil Arora got 144 while Emanjot Singh Chahal smashed a 150-ball 122, which included 7 fours and 9 sixes. Salil finished on 205 off 375 deliveries, with 22 fours in it. No. 10 batter Sukhdeep Singh Bajwa joined in on the fun with a blitzy 38* as Punjab declared on 592/9.
Day 2 of this round of the domestic tournament had another double-centurion: Gujarat's Urvil Patel smashed his way to a 227-ball 210*, with 17 fours and six sixes. Vishal Jayswal scored 77 in his company as Gujarat declared on 534/9.
There wasn't a third double century of the season for Ayush Badoni but his namesake - Ayush Doseja, saved Delhi the blushes with a measured 78. Sumit Mathur, from No.7, scored an unbeaten 80 to push back strongly after Services scored 266.
Uttarakhand opener Dega Nischal was his team's flagbearer with the bat as he fought on with an undefeated 148, battling for 376 deliveries (62.4 overs). His tally was only five runs short of what Haryana managed as a team in Dehradhun.
Rajasthan opener Rohan Rajbar (140) and Mahipal Lomror (97) restored some batting normalcy in a the wildly fast-paced encounter between Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh, where both teams were bundled out in their first innings on the opening day. Day 2 was about measured batting that saw Rajasthan push their lead to 222 runs.
Fifties from Akash Anand and Shams Mulani pushed Mumbai from an overnight score of 247/6 to 396 against Railways.
Pradosh Ranjal Paul completed his double century while Ajith Ram hit a ton from No.7 powering Tamil Nadu to 571/7 when captain Sai Kishore opted to declare.
Best Bowling performances:
Tripura's 23-year-old spin duo Parvez Sultan (left-arm orthodox) and Sandip Sarkar (right-arm offbreak) put the screws on Saurashtra after their batters posted 268 in the first innings. Sultan picked a fifer while Sarkar snared four to help their side bundle out Saurashtra for just 118.
For Goa, a medley between youth and experience gave them a strong foothold over Bihar. 19-year-old off-spinner Yash Kasavankar and 34-year-old Vasuki Kaushik picked three wickets each to bundle out Bihar for only 107, allowing Goa to enforce follow-on.
Dharmendrasinh Jadeja returned figures of 5 for 84 as Chhattisgarh kept Hyderabad on a leash in their home ground on Day 2. Chhattisgarh added only 5 runs to their overnight score of 279/7 before folding but Jadeja did well as Hyderabad went to stumps on 275/9, still behind by 9 runs.
