Mumbai, Oct 28 (CRICKETNMORE) Amit Verma's unbeaten century (125 not out) helped Assam recover from early jolts to post 268\/6 against Karnataka at stumps on the first day of a Ranji Trophy cricket match here on Thursday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Pacer S. Aravind scalped three wickets in the first 10 overs to reduce Assam to 16 for 3, before Verma played an unbeaten 125-run knock to take Assam out of trouble.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Verma forged a 76-run partnership for the fourth wicket with Arun Karthik and 54 with Tarjinder Singh for the fifth wicket.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Aravind did the bulk of the damage for Karnataka, taking five wickets in his 21 overs while Abhimanyu Mithun picked up a groin strain after bowling only 1.4 overs, and did not bowl more in the day.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In other matches, Delhi bowled out Odisha for 237 , before their openers swiftly moved on to 43 by the close of first day's play in Mohali.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Odisha started off on a poor note as their openers departed for single-figure scores and the side slid to 59 for 4.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Subhranshu Senapati (76) and Biplab Samantray (62) however resurrected the innings with a 141-run fifth-wicket stand.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
But spinner Varun Sood (6 for 37) dismissed Samantray to break the partnership and precipitate a collapse. Openers Unmukt Chand and Gautam Gambhir then saw out the day for Delhi.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Debutant Vikash Singh took four-for as Jharkhand skittled Vidarbha out for 105 before scoring 146\/1 to round out their dominant first day in Wayanad.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Vikash and fellow pacers, Ajay Yadav and Ashish Kumar picked up nine wickets. Jitesh Sharma was the only Vidarbha batsman to cross 20-run mark.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In reply, after an early wicket, Pratyush Singh (80 not out)and Anand Singh (58*) took Jharkand to a 41-run lead by stumps.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Maharashtra's Naushad Shaikh (118*) and Ankit Bawne (83) stitched together a 177-run partnership for the third wicket against Rajasthan in Hyderabad, as the side ended the day at 280 for 3.<\/p>\r\n", "image": "https:\/\/img.cricketnmore.com\/uploads\/2016\/10\/assam.jpg", "alt_img": "Image for Ranji: Gritty Verma takes Assam to 268\/6 vs Karanataka", "alt_title": "Ranji: Gritty Verma takes Assam to 268\/6 vs Karanataka", "image1": "", "video": "", "seo_title": "Ranji: Gritty Verma takes Assam to 268\/6 vs Karanataka", "seo_desc": "Mumbai, Oct 27 (CRICKETNMORE) Amit Verma's unbeaten century (125 not out) helped Assam recover from early jolts to post 268\/6 against Karnataka at stumps on th", "seo_keywords": "", "tag": "", "tagging": "", "status": "1", "img_rpt": "0", "google": "0", "standout": "0", "edapps": "0", "pulse": "0", "no_index": "0", "feed": "0", "fixture": "0", "slug": "ranji-gritty-verma-takes-assam-to-2686-vs-karanataka", "user_id": "0", "read_count": "0", "ians_date": "0000-00-00", "ians_time": "00:00:00", "server_time": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "trash": "0", "view_count": "1664", "page_break": "0", "instant_articles": "0", "auto_link": "0", "created": "2016-10-28 00:29:00", "updated": "2016-10-28 00:29:00", "img_from": "", "img_source": "", "schedule_publish": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "news_keywords": null, "livescore_text": null, "livescore_link": null, "btn_text": null, "resend_feed": "0", "google_feed": "0", "read_more": "0", "posted_by": "1", "jio_date": "2016-10-28 00:29:00", "scheduled": "0", "news_now": "1", "breaking_news": "0", "google_date": "2016-10-28 00:29:00", "featured": "0", "pred_match_id": null, "article_content_type": null, "link": "https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/ranji-gritty-verma-takes-assam-to-2686-vs-karanataka-20631" }